Touched by Death - spn_j2 BB art masterpost

[amberdreams]

For the first of my two art fills for the marvellous spn_j2_bigbang,I was lucky enough to snag spnloverja's murder mystery/thriller Touched by Death. I love me a good mystery!
You can read it here (or click on the banner).

As usual, I had much more in mind but ran out of time, but I did manage this illustration - cops Jensen and Jared working late into the night on the trail of the killer.

And two text/chapter dividers



Process!
You'll have noticed a raven theme to these pics. That's because the plot centres round a serial killer with a penchant for Edgar Allen Poe.
Banner:
I drew the raven in pencil, photographed it and added it to the banner. The crime scene tape was a transparency gained via an image search, and I used two textures - one old paper, the other bloody scratches - to get the background effects. The quote is from a Poe poem, and appears in the story.
Main scene:
The background was a collages from photos I found via an image search (because I'm lazy!) - an office, plus a crime board that I pinned a Poe Killer notice to. I then drew the boys using PS and PaintTool Sai, and added various textures and lighting effects to get the right look and feel to the scene. Hopefully it worked. I didn't use any references for the boys.
Dividers:
I used the same crime tape and textures as I used for the banner, and drew a new raven perched on the tape. The raven was drawn in PS.

Comments

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Very nice. The ravens and the crime scene tape area a beautiful contrast and the picture of the late night at work with the crime board thingy behind them is very engaging; I really wanted to get up close and study everything. Of course, the first thing I noticed when I looked at that picture was the way Jared's bum was perched on the edge of the desk; I'm not gonna lie. I spent a while staring at that before moving on to the rest of the captivating picture! :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I find Jared's bum very engaging too... LOL! Thanks for the lovely comment!