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amberdreams ([personal profile] amberdreams) wrote2014-11-06 10:10 am

Snapshots and Sacrifices - SDMB art masterpost

This is the last of my SDMB art posts for the the 4th annual samdean_otp minibang challenge. The fic by [livejournal.com profile] candygramme and [livejournal.com profile] spoonlessone is pre Stanford era, Sam is 17. He gets a job with a young photographer, Eric Brady, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Dean...
Animated banner (yes yes, i know, I'm a kid with a new toy! LOL). Click on the banner to READ THE FIC
 photo snapshots banner small.gif

I didn't do a huge amount of illustration for this one, I ended up concentrating on a single scene in the story that appealed to me - Dean's first encounter with Eric at Eric's photographic studio. It is a tiny bit spoilery, I suppose.
Dean meets Eric1
Detail of Sam's face
Dean meets Eric1 teaser
I did two versions of the same drawing as a text/paragraph divider because I liked the idea of a negative image (it seemed appropriate!)
darkroom divider small
darkroom divider black small
And I appropriated this rather fun photo from this wallpaper site to make Chapter headers
chapter one

For references I used various promo pics from Days of Our Lives and Gilmour Girls. I didn't give Eric the floppy hair but went with his more Dean-like cut which I assumed was from the latter years of Jensen's time on the show.
This was my main Sam ref for the drawing, though I changed the hair.
Jared Dean Forrester1
This is the Eric Brady style-era I was using
Eric_Brady_02
and this is the photo I drew the darkroom sink etc from
darkroom
I shouldn't include the photos, it just shows up my lack of ability to capture a likeness!! Ha ha ha.
So there you have it. My next SDMB post will be my fic (which I can't remember writing now, it feels so long ago) and much more excitingly, dollarformyname's hugely anticipated art - no pressure, girl! LOL

[identity profile] zara-zee.livejournal.com 2014-11-06 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
I like this animated banner! It's nice and gentle and doesn't make me motion sick! :) I really like the concept of the dividers, the way you have the picture and the negative. Also nice detail on Sam's face! And lol at Dean shaking hands with holy water hidden behind his back! :)

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2014-11-06 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
ha ha yes, this gif is easier to look at than the electrifying one! Glad you approve. :D