ABOUT THIS PAGEI think it's so cool that there are so many graphic designers in the wrestling community. At first, I didn't know other people were making designs and then slowly I got to meet a whole bunch of you. I'm beyond happy that I have and I hope to meet more of you! I love seeing other peoples takes on edits that they've made. I love when we get close to a PPV and we have editors making posters (some that are actually better than WWE's official designs). I hope this community continues to grow and we gain more editors that will put their own spin on things and make unique edits of their own and contribute to the community.
I made this website to try and go a bit further than just posting edits. I don't know about other designers, but my best edits are the ones that have meaning. It's easy to place two renders, add a background and say "Yup, PPV poster you guys, check it out". When I edit, there's a million things that go through my mind. Why am I making this edit? What's it for? What's the message I want to get out there? What inspired me to make it? Whenever I edit, I always have an idea of what I want. That idea always never pans out and I end up with something completely different than I initially wanted. I love this about editing. I surprise myself sometimes too. It's incredible what someone can do once they get going. Anyways, I made this website to kind of give you guys an idea of where my mindset was at when I made these edits. I chose my favourite edits so far and kind of gave a background/overview on each one. If you guys click on the picture on the home page, you'll be taken to another page that kind of gives you a description of why I made the edit the way I did. I hope you guys enjoy and I hope to make more edits in the near future! - AF1 ABOUT MEIf you guys are really interested, here goes nothing... --[ MY NAME ]-- No, my real name is not Abby. And no, it's not Felicity either lol. I kind of came up with with that username because Abby is such a short and sweet name to pronounce. Felicity is the name of a chick from the show Arrow. Her character is cute and nerdy and I love her. And of course the ever-famous "1" in my username is because I'm #1 (also, abbyfelicity was taken). Only certain people in the IWC know my real name (like two people lol) and I don't wanna tell a whole bunch of people because not a lot of you guys like me lol (we'll get to that). --[ MY AGE ]-- I think the most thing I get asked is how old I am. Some people call me immature and say "SHE CAN'T BE MORE THAN 15". Welp.... I am more than 15. A lot more. I'm currently 20. I'll be 21 in November. So there's that. --[ WRESTLING ]-- The other thing I get asked a lot is how long I've been watching wrestling. Idk lol. For as long as I can remember. I don't know the exact year but 2003-2004 seems about right. My brothers would watch it and so I started watching it too (my mom actually watched it in the 80's too lol so I guess it runs in the family). I really only watched the main event scene with them till' about 2005-2006 where I started watching weekly. I stopped watching all together around 2008-2010. Idk why I stopped. A lot was going on in my life at that time period (nothing bad, just a lot of change) and my brothers sort of drifted away from it and so did I. In 2014, my older brother came to me and asked, "Hey do you still watch WWE?" I said nahhhh fam, too cool for dat shiiit (realistically I said something along the lines of "no" lol). Anyways, my brother was all like, "Oh, I was curious to see what was going on in WWE and so I was watching a couple of the recent shows. It's SOOO different from when we use to watch. There are no more brands anymore, it's just 1 brand. There's no more GM's, they have this thing called the authority run by Triple H. They don't just hire guys anymore, they have this thing called NXT run by Triple H and it's sort of like a whole other show and they just promote the top guys from there. Also, a few years back there was these guys called the Shield and they're sick af. They broke up now but they basically run the show. It's awesome, you should watch." And me being such an awesome lil sister, I took my brothers advice. I started watching again. I was thrown off at first because the guys I grew up with were mostly gone. I felt comfort with guys like Orton, Cena, Kane, Big Show, Jericho, Triple H, Undertaker, etc., because I remembered them all from when I watched way back when. I was BEYOND heart broken to learn that Edge had retired due to injury. I remember watching his retirement speech on YouTube for the first time and just balling my eyes out (we'll get to why later). I was kind of interested in this guy, y'all might know him as Seth Rollins. I immediately took a liking to Rollins. Idk why, he just reminded me SO MUCH of Edge. Maybe because he was Mr. MITB? Maybe it was the long hair? Or maybe it was his heel character. Whatever it was, I loved it. I watched the women and cringed. The Bellas and Paige were mainly what was on. Naomi was also featured sparingly. Nothing they did impressed me. My brother hyped up AJ Lee to me and said she was probably the best/ONLY thing going for the women's division. AJ Lee was injured at the time so I never got to see her perform (I did watch some clips on YouTube and I loved her). She returned, had 1 or 2 matches and then retired lol. So idk. I'm a fan of AJ but also I'm not because I didn't really get to see much of her. Anyways, I liked what was going on on the main roster (barring the women) so I decided to give NXT a try. I fell in love with a young gal, y'all might know her....Banks? Sasha Banks? Sasha Banksy? Yeah, her. I love heels. I ADORE heels. And at the time Sasha was breaking out and becoming one of the best heels in NXT. I watched when banks won the NXT title, I watched her defend it against Charlotte, Becky, and of course, Bayley. I was excited to see her get called up to the main roster. I was happy that they were doing a "divas revolution" and they were giving women a chance. NXT TakeOver Brooklyn in 2015 was what sold me. At that moment, I was a full-on MARK for women's wrestling. I was wow'd. I honestly wish I could un-see that match just so I can re-watch it for the 1st time again. That's how amazed I was. And the rest is history. --[ MY FAV'S ]-- It's no secret I'm a huge Sasha Banks fan. I'm also a huge fan of Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor and Elias. I'm also a fan of other women people....like Peyton Royce, Ember Moon, Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss (slowly fading), etc., but my love for them is MILES behind my love for Banksy. Growing up, my favourite male superstar was Edge (which is why I was very upset to learn he was forced to retire). I mentioned that I have a thing for heels and Edge was my perfect heel. Just a dirty, cheating, sneaky type character that does whatever it takes to win. What A LOT of you might NOT know, or we'll be SHOCKED to learn is that I was THE BIGGEST, and I mean BIGGEST Trish Stratus fan growing up (so yeah....I don't JUST like indy talent assholes....smh). I remember she was the first female I saw in wrestling and she was holding a title and I thought it was like the coolest thing ever. Didn't know her name, never seen her wrestle, didn't know anything about her, I just saw a pretty girl holding a championship and I fell in love (I was in attendance at Unforgiven 2006 and I can assume you already know how that went). But yeah, Edge and Trish were my favs lol. --[ PERSONAL LIFE ]-- I'm single. I was born and raised just outside of Toronto, Canada (although I'm not living there right now because of school). I'm currently in University getting my Biology undergraduate degree. I'll be done in April of 2018 (yay). The plan right now is Law School (big change from my undergrad but still, I have a thing for arguing lol). I have a job that I hate so VERY much. I work in retail....at the mall.....Urban Behaviour.....kill me please. I mostly love my co-workers but OMG I wanna kill our customers. I don't go a single shift without getting into an argument with one of them over the stupidest little shit. My best advice? STAY IN SCHOOL. DON'T WORK RETAIL. PLEASE. I've been working there for 2 and half years now and I've wanted to shoot myself every day since. The only thing I like about my job is the fact that my experience there makes me wanna stay in school and strive for a high paying career. I don't have any pets. If I did, I would have birds. I love birds. I grew up with pet birds. And yeah.... I love birds lol. I am Lebanese. I was born and raised in Canada but STILL, LEBANESE AT HEART. My parents were born and raised in Lebanon and my entire family is from there. I'm Muslim, loud and proud. So don't DM me and say "I hate muslims but I like you" because that's fucking stupid and I will block you. I have blocked people for being racist (not just against muslims, but against anyone). I have ZERO tolerance for that shit. And yeah...great stuff. --[ LIKES/DISLIKES ]-- I hate chocolate (brownies, cakes, etc. fucking disgusting). I HATE FISH. I HATE SEAFOOD. I HATEEEEEE IT WITH EVERY INCH OF MY BEING. It's fucking terrible. Nasty af. Uhm.....idk lol....idk what else I hate. I hate people who are not upfront about things. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is people who beat around the bush, or sugar coat things....like BE BLUNT. TELL ME IT STRAIGHT UP AND MOVE ON. HOLY FUCK. Another one of my pet peeves is people who chew loudly. OMG. I will stab you with a fork. STFU. Thanks. Things I like lol......wrestling, obviously. I LOVE video games. I currently play on my PS4. I play lots of games (almost all of them lol). I love birds as I mentioned above....uhm....idk lol. My fav colour is green (hate using it in editing though) but yeah. I also love medieval movies/shows/documentaries. --[ PERSONALITY ]-- So....as some of you already know....I have a strong personality lol. Don't give me shit and I won't give you shit. I'm extremely sarcastic. I think that's what throws people off. Some people understand it and say I'm a chill person. Other people take it the wrong way and label me as a negative, rude, sexist (lol) kind of person. Go fuck yourselves lmao. Yes, I can be harsh. Yes, I can be blunt. But would you rather me lie or sugar coat shit to you? I hate when people do that shit to me so when I have something on my mind, I'm gonna say it. It's who I am and I'm not sorry for that. I try and keep it strictly about WWE so that I'm not attacking people personally. My fav people are the ones who tell me that as a female I should be supporting all the female wrestlers instead of constantly nagging on them and that I should be supporting all the females in the IWC instead of being all defensive....and then they turn around and talk shit about me. Am I not a female? Do I not deserve the same respect that you guys constantly cry over? Or does that narrative only apply when I say shit? Anyways... I don't have to support all the women in WWE to support women's wrestling. Ever stop to think that maybe some of these women are dragging down the division instead of holding it up? Maybe that's the way I see it and maybe that's why I'm so critical with girls like the Bella's and Dana Brooke (not Eva Marie though, she did so much for the division). I want women's wrestling to succeed. I want it to be a thing where people tune in JUST because of it and watch the rest of the show just cause. But because I love it so much, I become critical. And I'm a sarcastic asshole at times so yeah I make jokes lol, get over it. But yeah. --[ EDITING ]-- I love editing. I started out only making Sasha Banks edits and now I've somewhat expanded to make edits of more wrestlers. I have certain wrestlers I'm more comfortable editing simply because I have ideas for them. I try and challenge myself sometimes and edit someone I'm not use to just to see what I can do. I'm not emo lol (as someone tends to remind me every day), but I do like dark, mysterious kind of edits. I think those types of edits have more meaning behind them and at least in my eyes, look a little nicer. I can't simply grab a Sasha Banks render, add effects and be done. I gotta add blood to that shit. I gotta add skulls or fire or something to make it less happy. I love adding quotes to an edit. I think every edit (aside from PPV posters I guess) needs a good quote to tie it all in. I feel like a quote is an easy way to get others to see what you were trying do with a certain edit. Even if you don't find a place for a quote on the actual edit, maybe caption it with a quote. My fav quote is actually from the show Lost and it goes: "I did not ask for the life I was given, but it was given nonetheless, and with it I did my best." Haven't really made an edit that would go well with this quote but maybe someday. Sometimes I skip the quotes all together and just name my edits. I don't put much thought to it, I literally just name it whatever I was thinking of when I was making the edit or whatever inspired me to make the edit a certain way. But yeah, editing is fun....you should try it some time. - AF1 |