Happy Devil's Day... art & words

[amberdreams]

A fill for kalliel's prompt on citrusjava's Halloween Meme. The prompt was - dia de los muertos - Sam dances with a skeleton. Whose?
First the gif

A short story

Dean heard music playing softly in the distance as he came through the bunker door, beer and candy in his arms. He followed the melody through the corridors, listening to it slide smooth off the shiny tiles. It wasn’t anything he recognised, not that he was in the habit of delving to Sam’s music collection. Even if he could bring himself to master the sacrilegious iPod, He’d never acknowledge that Sam’s tastes were worth listening to. This tune was quite catchy, though.

As he got closer to Sam’s room, he could make out a vocal, maybe a cello, and underneath the music, the sound of feet shuffling. Dean stopped dead at the open door, his shopping forgotten.

Sam was dancing with a beautiful girl, a blissful expression on his face that Dean had never seen before. The  vocal cut in, rising over the swelling guitar and cello.

and you can trust in the power of music

you can trust in the power of prayer

but it’s only the white of your knuckles

that’s keeping this plane in the air

Another time Dean would have been proud his boy had found a girl (though he might have quibbled about bringing her into the Bunker) but the scene before him raised the hairs on the back of his neck.

Because Dean could see right through the girl to the bones beneath, and the room was cold as Alaska.

And here's the still versions




To be honest, I was thinking Jess, but I've made her too short!
Lyrics from Dancing as Fast as I Can by Oysterband

Comments

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

this is amazing great work

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Wow, both the artwork and the words are beautiful but chilling, and I thought she was Jess! And I love the lyrics you chose too.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say that's Dancing as Fast As I Can by the Oysterband. I should post a link :D

And thank you!

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

It rang a bell with me but I couldn't recall the song, thanks!

[manzanita-crow.livejournal.com]

beautifully done! I'd love to do some Halloween stuff, but I've kinda run out of artistic mojo by the time I've done with college design nowadays. But it's fun :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Glad you are enjoying college! And think of all the ideas you be able to play with once you are qualified...

[thursdaysisters.livejournal.com]

WOW this is gorgeous!!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you!

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

That is bloody BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Hee thanks very much!

[kalliel]

Oooooh fic to go with it! CHILLING. I love it. :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha. I can't help but think you could have done better. ;)

[viviansface.livejournal.com]

oooh this is stunning! and i love the little fic that goes with it, too; i find it really intriguing that you decided to tell it from Dean's pov. just awesome! ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Why thankee kindly. When I'd finished the pic I thought it just had to be a Dean POV...who knows what/who Sam is seeing?

[viviansface.livejournal.com]

or maybe it's Dean that's seeing things?

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

exactly!

[big-heart-june.livejournal.com]

*stares and stares* this blows me away...WOW. amazing job, bb ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thanks, this was just a last minute thing, I wasn't expecting it to be so popular!

[fireheart13.livejournal.com]

wow, jusyt beautiful art, bb!!! i love the way the skeleton is in the girl. And the text...just creepy enough!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a last minute thing but seemed appropriate for today. :D

[sandy79.livejournal.com]

Amazing work, and for me, she looks a bit like Jo Harvelle... Anyway, great pieces, both art and fiction, and the lyrics are absolutely fitting! Happy Halloween!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Yes I can see a hint of Jo ... thanks anyway! :D

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

OH AMB. This is so good! I read it as Jess immediately, regardless. I have yet to play with animation, and you ROCKED it with this! And the ficlet with it? MY HEART.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm kind of wishing I'd had that prompt and this idea before and put it in for RB...

I'm not sure what I'm doing with the gif thing but I'm just using this free site to have a play. http://makeagif.com/

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Hauntingly beautiful! I love the gentle softness of the sketch; how Sam and Jess are so focused on each other, and then the shock of the skeleton gif. A perfect fill for the prompt. The text sets the scene so well too.

Thank you for sharing :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the lovely comment, I'm really surprised how folk are liking this one :D

[sillie]

Oh wow, so pretty!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[fanspired]

wonderful work and the accompanying drabble is both sweet and creepy

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[laughablelament]

Ohhh the story too! O.O I have massive goosebumps! Perfect Halloween haunting.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Loved your story better :D

[laughablelament]

*blush* Aww stop it now. :D Thank you.

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Oh that's awesome. I love the picture/gif and the accompanying drabble is so sad, and just a wee bit creepy too!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Creepy sad is good, thank you!

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

Oooh I LOVE THIS! I love all that sweeping movement with their arms and bodies, they completely look like they're in the middle of a dance. *sighs* I'd love to be swept up by Sam ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, wouldn't we all? :D

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, both the art and the story are so wonderfully haunting and eerie. I absolutely love how you rendered Sam's ethereal dance partner - her skeleton so looks as if it's glowing!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I used the colour dodge tool to make the bones stand out

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

*swallows her own tongue*

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Do I need to send Sam round to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre? :D

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

YES! *ahem* I mean, only if you think it'd help ;)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous! And Sam has grown since the beginning of the show, so there is no way Jess would be even close to his height now.

Really love both static versions, and the animated one. So sad and pretty at the same time!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Excellent, I'll take that explanation! Thanks very much!

[galwithglasses.livejournal.com]

I love both the art and the story. She's beautiful, whoever she is....

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

consensus seems to be that she's Jess, so I'm running with that now :D
Thank you!

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

That blinking skeleton is soooo cool!
I'm loving this monocoloring :))))