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Posting time snuck up on me for this one, so apologies to glovered that I ended up doing something experimental and retro at the same time. I hope it works to give you a taste of the horror vibe from the fic!
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Link to fic: HERE
The art follows:
Detail from the banner
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Sam in Detroit, tracking Dean Smith...
2016 horrorBB main-1.1
Dean Smith's movie poster
Dean smith poster-2
It is supposed to be a bit fuzzy round the edges, in case you think I just totally failed at cutting and pasting LOL

Process:
It was hard to work out how best to do the art for this one. Being an AU based on Notting Hill (with horror!), it was crying out for photomanips - and I had the idea for the movie poster first. Then after doing that, somehow it didn't feel right to do something looser, so the street scene pic is a manip that I then put through some PS filters to get that painted effect. The background is a photo of graffitti in Detroit I found on an image search, the main photo of Dean was a promo pic from last year, and Sam was from one of my own screen shots.

The banner is more closely tied to two separate but specific scenes in the fic, and consists of an image searched photo of some docks, plus a drawn silhouette of Dean.

And that's about it!


Date: 2016-10-14 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] milly-gal.livejournal.com
I literally cannot tell you how much I love these pieces. Sam tracking Dean - *LOVES*
As for Dean himself in that wanted poster - *LOVESLOVESLOVES*
Woman, one of these days I'll come on here and not feel like a total newbie ;) ♥
The street scene image, seriously, kudos!

Date: 2016-10-14 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
So when you don't comment I'll know it's awful! LOL
Thanks for your support!

Date: 2016-10-15 10:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] milly-gal.livejournal.com
Aha, hush ya gums, lol!

Date: 2016-10-14 06:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emmatheslayer.livejournal.com
this is amazing I love it epic work

Date: 2016-10-14 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thanks very much!

Date: 2016-10-14 06:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com
Ooh, this is a really cool digital technique! Pretty derned effective, too.

Date: 2016-10-14 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Aw thanks - it felt like major cheating given that I've moved so much into drawing and digital painting, you know? But I didn't want a straight manip for this, and I could never produce an original artwork in this style.

Date: 2016-10-14 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herminekurotowa.livejournal.com
Magnificent! *u*

Date: 2016-10-14 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thankee kindly!

Date: 2016-10-14 10:37 pm (UTC)
sillie: (BigBang2010AmriaDean)
From: [personal profile] sillie
These are wonderful bb. I especially love the Dean poster. Great work!

Date: 2016-10-15 05:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thank you! I wasn't sure about 'reverting' to total digital stuff so I'ts good to know it's ok!

Date: 2016-10-15 01:56 pm (UTC)
ext_57687: (♥ actor | ja jib11 laughing! (ani))
From: [identity profile] big-heart-june.livejournal.com
fjiefjdlkfladfk!!! YOU ARE RIDICULOUS!!! these are AMAZING!! i cant stop staring....man, every single author is the luckiest to have you ♥

Date: 2016-10-15 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
You say the nicest things! ♥ ♥ ♥

Date: 2016-10-15 05:23 pm (UTC)
ext_57687: (♥ actor | j2 head rub)
From: [identity profile] big-heart-june.livejournal.com
And I mean every single word 💗

Date: 2016-10-15 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Ooh and you have a fancy heart too, you clever thing.

Date: 2016-10-17 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madebyme-x.livejournal.com
These are so wonderful and very effective! It's great to see you play with different art techniques too. Thank you for sharing :)

Date: 2016-10-17 09:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm relieved you like it!

Date: 2016-10-17 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com
This is fantastic!

Date: 2016-10-17 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thanks very much! ♥

Date: 2016-10-17 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hugemind.livejournal.com
These look wonderful!! The banner has that classic horror movie imagery, and I love the Dean i the movie poster totally tracking Sam. <3

Sam in Detroit

Well, having recently rewatched 5x04, that makes the art instantly more scary. *eep*

fic: My Head on the Hood of your Car (master)

Date: 2016-10-21 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] livejournal.livejournal.com
User [livejournal.com profile] glovered referenced to your post from fic: My Head on the Hood of your Car (master) (http://glovered.livejournal.com/159131.html) saying: [...] | Art Post [...]

Date: 2016-10-21 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glovered.livejournal.com
This is the most beautiful art ever. I know I've told you this, but I'm seriously obsessed with the one of Sam walking past the movie poster of Dean. Thank you again for being patient with me while I very slowly figured everything out.

Date: 2016-10-21 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
I'm glad you managed to wrestle this one into submission eventually! I shall have to read it now to find out what happens! :D

My head on the hood of your car (Sam/Dean, 30k)

Date: 2016-10-21 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] livejournal.livejournal.com
User [livejournal.com profile] glovered referenced to your post from My head on the hood of your car (Sam/Dean, 30k) (http://spnhorrorbang.livejournal.com/10080.html) saying: [...] | Art Post [...]

Date: 2016-10-22 02:09 pm (UTC)
sylsdarkplace: Aubrey Beardsley's Salome & St John (syls default)
From: [personal profile] sylsdarkplace
I love how each image has it's own thing going, but they are all tied together through use of color and cityscapes. They evoke a mood of mystery and danger. I really want to read the fic now and find out what it's all about. Well done.

Date: 2016-10-22 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thank you! And thank you for your patient modding too!

Date: 2016-10-29 05:36 am (UTC)
meus_venator: (J2 pastel bigger)
From: [personal profile] meus_venator
Lovely work. I really like the movie poster especially. I want to see that movie : )

Date: 2016-10-30 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Thank you! That's great... :D

Date: 2016-11-08 03:06 am (UTC)
kalliel: (free fall)
From: [personal profile] kalliel
These are so fantastic! The silhouette is so cool, but my favorite is definitely the image of Sam walking through that urban area--I love the sense of place it has, and Sam looks so organic to the scene. I feel like the posterized effect can be difficult to pull off--and can so easily look godawful--but the end result looks fantastic here. And as a stylistic touch it adds so much extra character to the piece, and suggests a lot about the feel of the fic. I especially like how it turned out on the chain link and the ground detail. Love these!

Date: 2016-11-08 09:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Oh thanks a lot! I went for the street scene as a photo manip to save time but it still took a bit of work to figure out he best place to put the billboard with the poster, and where to place Sam, adding shadows etc... Anyhow, I do kind of like how it turned out though it still feels like cheating to not draw something! LOL

Date: 2019-09-03 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glovered.livejournal.com
I still freakin love this art!

Date: 2019-09-03 09:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com
Well hello, you! I'd completely forgotten about this but I'm glad you still have a soft spot for it! :D

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