Welcome to Shotgun Opera, Sasha's fanart, graphics resources, and premade layouts archive.

Please do not take my artwork, redistribute, hotlink, or edit my works. I claim no affiliation with any of the likenesses used in my work. These are fanworks only, and I do not make any profit from them. No infringement intended.

Updates

The Smell of Wine and Cheap Purfume
Posted on 01 Mar 2010 by Sasha
Nothing new to report. Pretty swamped... got a lot on my plate what with school, running SGO, trying to create a Supernatural graphics challenge site (tentative start date March 15), trying to revive O`Death, writing a new multichapter Bamon fic, and collaborating with two other authors on two separate Bamon fics. *whew* This is a lot, and I think I'm going to have to take a step back with SGO until I get my priorities in line.

However, I'm still working on graphics, and I'll be updating with new pretties soon enough. I do, however, have one new item of note:

[March 2010 SOTM!]: Steff @ Tired of Being Sorry. Click here to read more about why I chose her!

[1 New Award]: From a while ago, when I entered one of my old videos over at Chosen One Awards. My forte is obviously graphics, but I think I did pretty well for someone who only uses Windows Movie Maker! Award here and winning video right here.

That's all for now because I'm so rushed. But I've gone so long without at SOTM it was about time laughing

P.S. Happy birthday to Jensen Ackles! BB turns 32 this year (gasp! He's an old man! Lol)
Love You Forever
Posted on 10 Feb 2010 by Sasha
You can tell how bored I am. I think I've updated every day this week so far. It's kind of sad, but I legit have nothing better to do, except watch the snowstorm rage outside (which is kind of fun to do, interestingly enough).

Anywho, more updates!

New Layout!: Titled "The Family Business" because I'm unoriginal like that. I just wanted to have an excuse to use the new high-def Supernatural promo photos I've saved as well as some awesome textures I snagged from Marilyne. I've seriously been on such a layout-making bent lately it's ridiculous. It's also addicting! I'm probably going to stick with this one for a while. I didn't really like the last one I had, which is why it didn't stay up for more than a couple of weeks. Note the sidebar "dailies" image: I had lots of fun coming up with a new, imaginative way to link my daily haunts. Also changed my "obsessed"s. Will add a SOTM sometime this century.

Rearranged Pages: I rearranged some things, namely I revamped the "Goodies" section to be a bit more straightforward and streamlined. Took "Screencaps" out of the sidebar and merged it with "Goodies," sorry for any confusion.

[1] New Affiliate: CRene @ Magical Mayhem. She's got some great stuff!

[3] New Screencap Packs: The Vampire Diaries [1.01 & 1.09] and the movie Stardust.

[3] Premade Layouts: Yes, that's right! I'm so excited about this, you have no idea. I've decided to start a "business" of sorts by creating "Basic," "Plus," and "Deluxe" premade layouts. "Basic"s are, of course, free. "Plus" costs $2USD and "Deluxe" $3.50USD. For more info on each, click here and scroll down to "Premades."

The first premade is called "Black Ice," featuring Paul Wesley, one of my newer muses. I think it's fine as far as lighter layouts go, and I wanted to make it mostly black and white to make it look more modern.

The second premade is called "Protect You." You might recognize it from one of my older layouts (two lays ago, to be precise). It's one of my favorites, and I've decided that after a respectable amount of time, I will allow some of my layouts to be open to the public, the ones that I'm not selfish about.

The third and last one is perhaps the best layout that I've ever made in my life, if I may say so myself. It is called "Wayward Sons," and features Sam and Dean Winchester with a teal color scheme. The header image is particularly crisp... I almost didn't let this one be a premade because it was so good I wanted it for myself. Almost.

Anyway, find the layouts here. Please let me know what you think about them, and link me if you use them so I can see them in action!! But note that you should have a working knowledge of PHP (which is html) to use them.

ETA: I added an installation guide that is completely step-by-step, so those of who who may not be familiar with that type of thing can DIY! Find 'er here: INSTALL 101!
Don't Even Know What to Say to This, Really
Posted on 09 Feb 2010 by Sasha
Well, you can tell that you've finally made it big when people start stealing your stuff. I was just randomly surfing the net whilst on one of my foreign affiliates, when, what should I find but an affiliate button with artwork that looked strangely familiar! I was like, "huh, that's really weird. It has the same coloring as my Damon wallpaper from last month." So I clicked on the affie link and my eyes were greeted with the unpleasant sight of my wallpaper being used as someone else's layout... without my permission!

Now, I'm a very easygoing person, so before overreacting, I checked to see if the person had even credited me in the first place. Luckily, this person did, or I don't know what I would have done (this goes without saying, but it would have been of massacre-proportions). I kindly informed the person to freakin' ASK me the next time they decide to run around with a layout using my wall (which, by the way, defeats the purpose of layouts. Either you make one on your own, or you get a premade one with the person's CONSENT. Don't half-ass it like that). Haven't heard back yet, but not sure if I want to. I'm still pretty upset, if you can't tell.

Plus, this makes me really sad, because now instead of finding clever places to hide my watermarks so that they aren't too obtrusive on the eyes, I'm going to have to stamp huge, unsightly brands all over my art so that people won't do this again. It kind of makes me feel like a less generous person, really. Whatever. Maybe I'm overreacting; this is the first time something like this has happened, so I'm not really sure how to proceed. Did I react too harshly? Was it too soft of a reprimand? Ugh. I don't even care anymore. I just want to sleep. :/

/rant

Look out for some new additions: a truckload of caps are coming your way, including some newer movies (Stardust, POTC, etc. etc.) *sigh* Long day, guys. Long day.

ETA: Spoke with the site owner, things are good now. I'm very glad that she credited me and was honest (unlike some scoundrels out there who do nothing of the sort), so thank you NeYma for doing that. smile

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