The Fighter still Remains - spn_cinema art

[amberdreams]

Title: The Fighter Still Remains

Movie Prompt: Warrior

Pairing: Gen

Rating: PG
Posting in this spn_cinema fill in two parts - Art first, fic to follow. Title from Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer.

Main pic.

Waiting for the final fight.


Pencil enhanced with Photoshop.
Here's the pencil drawing. Nowhere near as good as I envisaged of course. Dammit. Apart from getting their faces all wrong, the anatomy ain't the best either. Apart from that it's great. Huh. At least I got to try out my new 9B pencil.


Those of you familiar with the film will probably recognise the source photo I was trying to capture. I love that picture.

Comments

[kalliel]

Anatomy schmatomy, I think this is gorgeous! I love all the different shades and tones to the grayscale here, and the difference in texture between the smooth highlights and the rougher, organic shadows. Lovely!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

he he you say the nicest things. Can I keep you?

[kalliel]

ONLY IF I GET TO KEEP YOUUUUUUUUU. :P

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I think mine is the better part of that bargain!

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

*Nom* muscles, I'm always happy to see the boys depicted in big tough guy fashion, love this :-)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

They are big tough guys, after all - they just need to get their kit off a bit more often to remind us, right?

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

wow this is amazing and you are so epic god I love it

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

*grin* you said epic... thank you!

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh this is gorgeous!!! I love the varying textures, and the all the luscious shading (your pencil sketch is beautiful and I will not hear anything bad about it - so there!!)

I love their facial expressions and how you have them back to back with the wall separating them - lovely portrait perspective too.

Thank you for sharing :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I just got to the stage where all I can see is the errors! So it's good that someone else can still enjoy it.

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

ooooh, man, I love this! Sam's expression, especially. Somehow the pencil medium really suits this subject matter, and I love the details-- the handwraps, Sam chewing the toothpick, the hair, Sam's eyebrows! Shows how great it is that I love it, when I dislike anything to do with pugilism, usually. :-D Awesome. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It's funny how fandom allows us to like things we hate in real life - I'm SO not a fan of boxing or brutal sports, but I love 'em in fanfic and fanart! Yay for being contrary!

Oh and Sam's biting on his hand wrapping not the Tom Hardy toothpick but that's ok. *wink*

[sillie]

Anatomy is hard, and I got it wrong so often (I said it on Twitter once, I really wish that there was an undo button on traditional art. :')). I think if the overal feel of the pictures is good, it doesn't matter as much though. And the feel of this pictures is awesome. I really love it. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It's a glitch in my head, I don't seem to be able to see the wrongness until it's way too late to fix it LOL
But thank you!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE??

Amb, this looks SO DAMNED GOOD. It is so my groove...made 15 times better by your casting. ;)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh you need to see it - both the brothers in it are so good, and it's a really intense, moving story. Don't think my fic version is really going to hit all the buttons the film does.

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

absolutely gorgeous. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thanks me dear!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Your work is always so wonderful. This is so atmospheric and er…yum! I haven't heard of this movie - and you say it features brothers? Sounds like my thing!

<33

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Someone recommended the film to me a while ago and I watched it reluctantly because I thought it would be a bit like Rocky or something - but it's so good! I'd really recommend it - and yes, it centres around two brothers, and their messed up relationships with each other and with their Dad.

I'm trying to write a SPN version but am probably not doing the film justice.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

That is just so wonderful, I mean I adore all your work but when you go heavy on the shading and make it seem so gritty, those are my complete faves :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! I have a lot of trouble getting things dark enough so it's good to know when it works!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Well you pulled it off here :D

[equally-dour.livejournal.com]

so beautiful!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Cheers me dear!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I like this; I don't think the faces are too bad at all. I especially like how you've made Dean look stockier than Sam :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I still can't see past what's wrong so encouragement is very nice to have. :D

[becc-j.livejournal.com]

oh god you did warrior! Argh. I love this and the boys look wonderful <33

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I tried! It wasn't how I envisaged it of course, but not too bad. The story should be up soon...

[pennydrdful.livejournal.com]

This is great! Love the atmosphere and tone :)