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cat_77 ([personal profile] cat_77) wrote2010-04-10 11:14 pm
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Merlin - Family Manip

Mainly just so I have an archive post of this (because I am obsessive that way), but during the [community profile] camelot_fleet party this weekend, [personal profile] lunatique gave the prompt of "Hunith/Balinor+bb!Merlin - family" and I decided to play around with GIMP.


Ealdor Family



Pleased to be ignoring the totally anachronistic blanket and the fact Merlin looks sunburned, kthnxbai.
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[identity profile] emeraldteal.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Shall I ignore the fact that Balinor's holding his baby like an American football too?

Thought so. ;)

They make a handsome couple, red-baby and all. :D

[identity profile] cat-77.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Dude, that's like an actual hold taught to people in classes for babysitting and such - they call it the Football Hold even. I swear to the deity of your choice that I am not making this up.

Used to volunteer at a children's hospital and was taught it again by the nurses there - it's apparently comforting and supports the head or some such thing.

(Didn't say it was the best manip, but hey, it gave me something to do for a few minutes, so it's all good. *g* 'Sides, now we can think of how poor Balinor was trying to hard to be the good father and show baby Merlin the little nest of baby dragons... and then it all went horribly wrong. Good thing a) he's a Dragonlord, and b) Hunith loves him.)
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[identity profile] emeraldteal.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
The Football Hold. Riiight. :D (don't do that here or the elderly matrons/midwives/passing grandma will beat you about the head. ok, maybe not the head, since that's a taboo area to play around with... but they will be most 'displeased'. *g* they even frown upon women getting right back to work after giving birth. everyone should stay cooped up at home, with hair in a bun, socks on the feet and eating boiled food for two months *eyeroll*)

Hey, at least you can do manips! My GIMP-fu is comatose. I tried to make a simple MxA wallpaper and I'm just not happy with the results. :/

Now I want to read an AU where Balinor teaches Merlin to train dragons. LOL.

Also forgive the verbal diarrrhea since the doctor prescribed me a muscle relaxant cause my neck was as stiff as a board along with the attending migraine. Aaaaiiihhh, 16 hours after I took the meds, I still feel light headed and nauseous. Why did I go to work again? Heh.

Anyway. ^.^

[identity profile] cat-77.livejournal.com 2010-04-15 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I am totally not making this up (http://www.ehow.com/how_5018046_properly-put-baby-football-hold.html).

There are some moms here who take the full allotted time off after giving birth, but others go right back after a week or so. I think it's a mix of culture, comfort, and finances more than anything.

GIMP is all about trial and error. Some stuff is going to suck major big ones, and others will not suck quite so much. It's not Photoshop level, but it's fun (and frustrating) to play around with.

Totally understand the meds thing - scared people at work last week when I cam in after taking my migraine meds late the night before. You sort of ride the high for a while, then go back later and say, "Er, what did I do?" *g*
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