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Friends Only banner: help on which picture to choose...
I've decided to change my friends only banner, specifically changing the image. Apparently I can't part yet with my journal header (I'm still rather in awe at the manip to make him look like Bran that I just can't let the header go *blush*). :p But I thought it'd be nice to at least make a new FO banner.
I need help in deciding which of these two images you prefer. Getting some other opinions will help me a lot in deciding. :-) I was going to do a proper LJ poll, but it wasn't working for me and since I need to show the images, it's easier to just set it up this way...
The first image is a painting of a black wolf and raven. I purposefully looked for an image of a black wolf and raven together as in "The Wolf and the Phoenix", there are two characters who symbolize these two animals in a way. There'll even be a scene where a raven interacts with a black wolf. So if anything else, it visualizes a part of my story. I'm taking it as a piece of surprise fanart for my story even though I randomly found it online. It works. :p
The site for the artist who did the black wolf & raven painting (as well as other great paintings): http://mullardwildlife.com/wildlife_paintings/
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This is a real photo of a baby ring-tailed lemur clinging to its mother's back as baby lemurs do. This picture is so tempting to use because of the cuteness factor. Hard to resist!
Ring-tailed lemurs are the most social of the lemurs (there are about 50 species of lemurs who live in Madagascar, Africa in the wild at least. Ring-tailed lemurs are the most popular lemurs held in captivity in zoos around the world). They are related to monkeys and apes, so that's where the slight resemblance comes from. You can't see here...but they're called ring-tailed lemurs because of their black & white ringed long tails...
I recently watched this online (PBS Nature special) called, "A Lemur's Tale":
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-lemurs-tale/video-full-episode/5501/
** You can watch the full episode for free...no registration or anything...sometimes there's an ad or two, but I don't think for this particular one there were any. And yes, I did watch a good handful of Nature specials online recently. It was pretty awesome. :)
"A Lemur's Tale" is about 50 minutes long and a bit of a tearjerker, but worth watching for the cute baby lemurs and just learning more about lemurs in general... It tells the story of five baby lemurs growing up in the wild in Madagascar -- the sad part is not all of the five babies survive. Hence the tearjerker... (I feel like I'm not selling it :p...better read a fluffy, happy fic after watching this special.)
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Okay, so...which one do you like?
The black wolf & raven painting
OR
The baby ring-tailed lemur for the cuteness...
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Thank you in helping me to decide. I really appreciate it since I'm currently torn between the two images. :(
I need help in deciding which of these two images you prefer. Getting some other opinions will help me a lot in deciding. :-) I was going to do a proper LJ poll, but it wasn't working for me and since I need to show the images, it's easier to just set it up this way...
The first image is a painting of a black wolf and raven. I purposefully looked for an image of a black wolf and raven together as in "The Wolf and the Phoenix", there are two characters who symbolize these two animals in a way. There'll even be a scene where a raven interacts with a black wolf. So if anything else, it visualizes a part of my story. I'm taking it as a piece of surprise fanart for my story even though I randomly found it online. It works. :p
The site for the artist who did the black wolf & raven painting (as well as other great paintings): http://mullardwildlife.com/wildlife_paintings/
~ * ~
This is a real photo of a baby ring-tailed lemur clinging to its mother's back as baby lemurs do. This picture is so tempting to use because of the cuteness factor. Hard to resist!
Ring-tailed lemurs are the most social of the lemurs (there are about 50 species of lemurs who live in Madagascar, Africa in the wild at least. Ring-tailed lemurs are the most popular lemurs held in captivity in zoos around the world). They are related to monkeys and apes, so that's where the slight resemblance comes from. You can't see here...but they're called ring-tailed lemurs because of their black & white ringed long tails...
I recently watched this online (PBS Nature special) called, "A Lemur's Tale":
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-lemurs-tale/video-full-episode/5501/
** You can watch the full episode for free...no registration or anything...sometimes there's an ad or two, but I don't think for this particular one there were any. And yes, I did watch a good handful of Nature specials online recently. It was pretty awesome. :)
"A Lemur's Tale" is about 50 minutes long and a bit of a tearjerker, but worth watching for the cute baby lemurs and just learning more about lemurs in general... It tells the story of five baby lemurs growing up in the wild in Madagascar -- the sad part is not all of the five babies survive. Hence the tearjerker... (I feel like I'm not selling it :p...better read a fluffy, happy fic after watching this special.)
~ * ~
Okay, so...which one do you like?
The black wolf & raven painting
OR
The baby ring-tailed lemur for the cuteness...
~ * ~
Thank you in helping me to decide. I really appreciate it since I'm currently torn between the two images. :(
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I had so much fun watching the beginning of 'Game of Thrones' the other day! I'm very tempted to continue, but I promise to hold off until we can find time for a marathon. I hope your first day of class went well today! :)
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Such amazing paintings, I agree. I like the one of the red fox curled up in the snow by the tree. So lovely. :)
Unfortunately now, the black wolf and raven scene may not make it into the story. It's tentative at the moment. I feel like I'm working with puzzle pieces now -- trying to figure out how to best sequence things. I'm really hoping I can get the wolf & raven scene in.
I had fun too with watching (well, rewatch for me, but still you know...second impressions are important *nods*). I'd love to continue watching Game of Thrones with you -- a marathon would be epic. I don't want to keep you from watching the rest of the episodes with the scheduling issues. :( But I showed you the best bits probably of episode 2: Bran's direwolf killing the assassin and Joffrey getting mauled. Okay, er...both scenes are a bit violent. Welcome to the show! :p I don't think you'll like the end of episode 2...well, it's half-yay!, half-nooooooo! The cliffhanger strikes again, but it's pretty much like that for each episode. You get used to it. I'm not helping in keeping you from watching the show on your own, right? I'll just go sit in a corner and...yeah...
My first day was all right. I'm hoping the book I ordered online comes in tomorrow as I have a reading from that text.