Happy Birthday Indiachick! Gift art.

[amberdreams]

Well it's already tomorrow in Kerala, so I reckon it is not too early to call this 26th April!
A little birthday gift to one of my favourite, most imaginative ficwriters and lovely girl indiachick - inspired by the beautiful poem Tell it Like it is.
Hope you have a totally spectaculacular birthday!
Preview (the drawing with contrast adjusted and a few minor fiddles in photoshop)





In the poem, Dean is Charon, ferrying souls of the dead to Hades.
I coloured the drawing in PaintTool Sai and then achieved the overall effect with a texture by musymas on Flickr.

Comments

[ash48.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous hun! I love the colouring (and the stubble <3)

That poem is fantastic too.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and yes the poem is marvellous, ain't it!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

NICE! And I'd not read the poem before, either. Two treats for the price of one!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ooh I'm glad I drew your attention to the poem then - it's worthy of a read and re-read!

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

The poem is sad and beautiful. Your visual fits it well!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you, I hoped it would complement the poem so it's great your think it does.

[indiachick.livejournal.com]

Oh my GOD. This is wonderful. YOU are wonderful! I only saw the preview at first and was squeeing then, but the colour version! It's just beautiful (the freckles! the stubble! <3) Dean should keep the hood, it becomes him.

Thank you for this lovely gift, Amber! <333

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Well your writing is a gift so this is just a little thank you for that! *smoochy hugs you*

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Her poem was awesomely creepy and your art fits it perfectly. Dark mark of Cain Dean makes me very happy.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Hee thanks - me too!

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, this is soooo delightfully creepy! (I read her poem a while back and yes, this is a perfect match of art to prose. Brava!)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It was one of those fics that puts vivid images in your head, wasn't it! Glad you thought this did the poem justice

[gorkonelka.livejournal.com]

Dean as Charon is one perfect idea ;) with that hood and his storytelling voice ;) You did perfect job to connect your art with poem. Thank you

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

No, thank YOU! :D

[de-nugis.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's lovely! And I frivolously adore the fine stubble amidst the sombreness.

Charon!Dean is an interesting variant on the reaper!Dean idea one sometimes sees.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Mm that is true, like the reaper Dean fic I wrote for you ages ago. Thank you for liking the stubble.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i love the shadow over his eyes. and also his freckles. and stubble. and everything. the color's fabulous too.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I really wanted to do the deep shadowed eyes even though it pains me to cover up his best feature! LOL