history bang art master post - SPN. And not one Stick Stand by Another by tesserae_

[amberdreams]

I was lucky to nab tesserae_'s hard to describe Supernatural fic to do art for in this year's history_bigbang. It's not time travel, and it's kind of an AU mixed with non AU, so the past has a version of John and Mary, with wee Sam and Dean, while the present has the Sam and Dean we know. See? Hard to categorise! So now you'll have to read it, right?
Story link HERE on AO3! Woo hoo!

Two details from the larger pic
Mary and wee Sammy

Wee Dean


A look at the work in progress for anyone interested in such things

I drew it all in photoshop using photo references for the faces - a JDM photo shoot, a still of Mary, Dean is from a photo of one of my friend's sons on a beach somewhere while Sam is totally made up! (Which is probably why he looks like a little doll ha ha ha!). I then painted it in Sai, then back to photoshop to add textures.

And I'll wait fro someone cleverer than me to explain how I managed to cock up John's face just by colouring it. I got something very wrong there and it's gone from looking quite like him to looking like some other bloke! LOL

Comments

[yohkobennington.livejournal.com]

Little Dean tho, I want to cuddle him and tickle him.

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

That's weird, John does look much better uncoloured, I can't see why!! But little Dean is perfect, he looks full of life and joy. Lovely.

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like how you brought the characters into the past. And I have to chime in with everyone about the adorableness of wee!Dean.

As for John, the first thing that strikes me in the colored version is the roundness of the forehead. I think the highlight is a bit large?

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Ah! John looks so serious and Dean looks so happy and MARY CARRYING SAM! I already can't wait to read this. :)

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, wee Dean - so adorable!

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

Oooh, love the golden palette! So it's an fifteenth-century-ish Winchester story? Mary has a suitably Puritan look about her. And Dean is just adorable! ♥ This looks like a story I need to read.

Re line-to-color mishaps, I've been there and done that. Many times. :) Something as simple as too much or too little shading in an eye socket or cheekbone can totally wreck a likeness. Now I keep the photo ref in front of me as I shade the facial contours. (But hey, at least y'all digital artists can hit the back button if it all goes sideways.) :D

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

OMG. Dean's wee freckles and eyelashes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to lick them. In a cute, age-appropriate way, of course.

:)

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Perfect style for a historical! I just love it! Especially the little vignette of Mary and the boys; you just don't see that often at all.

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

I love the biblical feeling. And little Dean is perfect!

[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

And these are so wonderful! Thank you for pulling the boys to life so beautifully - that scene was the first I wrote, and I'm so glad that was what you chose to capture.

Also, here it is! (Hey - it's 13 minutes to midnight! That's still the 20th, right? Holy shit.)

On AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1496215

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

This is lovely :) I especially love wee Dean and Sammy - Dean looks so happy! The colors are beautiful, too.

I don't know if you still want answers about John, but I think you lost some of the darkness around his eyes - JDM has some permanent eye circles, and without them, he looks smoother and less aged, so he looks less like him. I think darker eyelashes might have helped, too. :) But it's still gorgeous!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

This are great! (and there's a history big bang? Wow...). You've captured the past beautifully - especially with the colouring. I love Wee!Dean trailing behind with that delightful smile on his face. Then there's Mary's worried face and John's serious one - there's a real sense of story in this picture (it's made me very intrigued about the actual story).
xx

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

It's not often that I see art for all four members of the Winchester family so this is a real treat!

I love the serious expressions on Mary and John's face compared with how carefree Dean looks (so cute, with his freckles). Baby Sam is just too adorable!

You've certainly made me want to read this fic! Such beautiful art and I love the golden warmth of the colour palette.