I always suck at titles.

[elwen]

I will make this skin as soon as I name it. Suggestions?



I have some ideas as to what I'd like the title to evoke, but I'm not finding anything appropriate. Maybe I'm being too locked into this name-skins-after-songs thing, after I was finally converted.

For those who recognize the image: yes, I just spent several hours editing out the godawful red background. Doesn't the color scheme look so much more Geass-y now? C/Lulu OTP SQUEE.

Comments

[solidark.livejournal.com]

If the name-skins-after-songs thing just doesn't work for you (at least with this one), maybe you should look into song lyrics? Or quotes? Or even bible passages? Or simply expressions in other languages? I just usually name them after songs because of the way skin-making works for me: Generally the skins are influenced by the music I listen to (Techno/Trance = techy skin; Greek/Turkish music = glittery skins with glass-filter overload; Metal/Rock = dark skin that can go both ways; JPop = blindness-inducing skins in bright colours) and often get their titles from the songs but it doesn't have to be this way ^^;;

What should the title convey? Should it be more dark or more mysterious? Or both? Because I think I have a few suggestions... *eyes metal- and world-music-folders*

BTW, I love the new background for C.C. and Lulu. I hated the red one! :D

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

C.C.'s expression makes me feel like the title should be something spiritual or mystical. But then again, I feel like overtly religious won't work.

But even if your suggestions don't fit that criteria, I'd love to hear them! I usually choose the title first, and whatever that conveys to me guides the style, though my style doesn't vary much in the first place.

[ling84.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was thinking "Light of Green" would be a good fit... :D

Definitely looks more Geass-y with your cleaning job. They were starting to look like oversized bats in the original.

C.C./Lulu FTW.

[solidark.livejournal.com]

Hm... spiritual or mystical... I think I have a few suggestions:

I love Greek titles because basically everything sounds mysterious, even if it actually isn't. There are not enough people speaking Greek out there to tell the difference.

To mystiko - this is a no-brainer. It also means 'the secret' in Greek and is the name of a song by Zante Dilemma, a Greek rock band.

Kardia - is Greek and means 'heart' as well as 'darling' (and thus appears in about 80% of Greek lyrics). Maybe not ambivalent enough for C.C./Lulu ^^;;

Monos mou - Greek for 'alone/by myself' - might be somewhat fitting because both, C.C. and Lulu are together yet always alone. It is also a song by Greek pop singer Antonis Remos.

Hard rock/metal bands also tend to use great titles for their songs. Particularly if they're from Finland (haha, I love Finnish hard rock bands and their great, cheesy song titles *lol*).

'Our Solemn Hour' is a song-name by hard rock band Within Temptation.

'The Final Sacrifice' is the name of a song by some German metal band whose name I forgot. Lulu looks like he might have sacrificed something/someone important prior to the scene...

There are actually several song titles by Finnish hard rock band HIM that'd fit - 'Funeral of Hearts', 'The Sacrament' or 'And Love Said No'

There is a song called 'Wings of Despair' by German metal band Kamelot.

'Mystic and Divine' is the name of a song by Luca Turilli, an Italian hard rock musician.

Nightwish, another Finnish metal band has great names for songs that'd fit such as 'Bare Grace Misery', 'Feel For You' or 'Ghost Love Score'.

Hm... is this enough? I still have tons of song titles. If you consider something but need to hear the song first, I can upload it for you ^^;;

(does it show that I have summer holidays and too much time on my hands? *lol*)

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you for all the suggestions! They really help a lot. I really like "Our Solemn Hour" and "Wings of Despair". I think right now I'm considering those, and "Shadow to Light", an Amethystium song. Or, if there were some way to condense the following lyrics into a title:

bokura kitto kurayami no kaina kara umarete kita
kanawanu koi wo suru you ni
hikari e to izanawarete

we were surely born from the arms of darkness
as if bearing a love that can never be realized
we are drawn towards the light

(from Kouya Ruten (http://www.twin-elements.com/lyrics/jpop/fictionjunction-yuuka/kouya-ruten))

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

Okay, after looking at the lyrics [and listening to the song on YouTube -- man, YouTube is so good for sampling songs these days], I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with "Our Solemn Hour". Yay, title 決定!

[solidark.livejournal.com]

I think the title really fits :). Now I can't wait for the finished skin!