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amberdreams) wrote2016-12-13 11:38 am
amberdreams) wrote2016-12-13 11:38 am
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Last Chance - J2 Reversebang art masterpost
Yay, my posting day for the inaugral 
j2_reversebang has arrived! My prompt was claimed by the lovely 
amypond45, who wrote this engaging story - click on the banner to go read it on LJ! AO3 link here.
I did two versions of this banner, this blue one was the first, then I thought I'd try inverting it, and we both liked that one better.
This is the original prompt that sparked off the story
I just fancied the idea of Jared being in some straightened circumstances, and Jensen being his (possibly less than competent) guardian angel - plus it was an excuse to have both of them nearly naked, so...
I did one more piece for the story, because this pool scene conjured up such lovely images. I'm not sure I did it justice, but I like the overall effect. Again I ended up with two versions with different colour schemes because I couldn't decide which I liked best.
This is the red/sunset one
And this is the blue one
The process part!
Starting with the last one, the pool scene. I created the abstract-Hockney-esque water in Affinity Designer, which I just bought. This was my first use of it and I'm not sure what I'm doing, but it looked ok enough to use. The rest of the pic was created in PS6.
This is the drawing of the boys, using photo refs of Jensen and Jared, and photo I found of two people kissing. Jared's body's come out too squished and I'm less than happy with his face, but overall it was passable.
The pool tiles are from a photo I found on the web. I used PS filters on the photo to create that painterly effect, and I changed the angle a lot (as you can see from the orignal photo below).
Here's the background in blue and then in red, so you can see how I put my Affinity water together with the photoshopped tiles.
For the prompt pic, I used a statue of an angel as the pose reference for Jensen, a photo of some random sleeping nude for the guy on the bed, and one of the Brazil beach photos for Jared's body; slimmed down as this Jared is younger.
Here's an irritating animation to show the pic taking shape. LOL!
Some of the reference photos I used (including NSFW peen pic):
Naked dude - beware penis!
j2_reversebang has arrived! My prompt was claimed by the lovely amypond45, who wrote this engaging story - click on the banner to go read it on LJ! AO3 link here.I did two versions of this banner, this blue one was the first, then I thought I'd try inverting it, and we both liked that one better.
This is the original prompt that sparked off the story
I just fancied the idea of Jared being in some straightened circumstances, and Jensen being his (possibly less than competent) guardian angel - plus it was an excuse to have both of them nearly naked, so...
I did one more piece for the story, because this pool scene conjured up such lovely images. I'm not sure I did it justice, but I like the overall effect. Again I ended up with two versions with different colour schemes because I couldn't decide which I liked best.
This is the red/sunset one
And this is the blue one
The process part!
Starting with the last one, the pool scene. I created the abstract-Hockney-esque water in Affinity Designer, which I just bought. This was my first use of it and I'm not sure what I'm doing, but it looked ok enough to use. The rest of the pic was created in PS6.
This is the drawing of the boys, using photo refs of Jensen and Jared, and photo I found of two people kissing. Jared's body's come out too squished and I'm less than happy with his face, but overall it was passable.
The pool tiles are from a photo I found on the web. I used PS filters on the photo to create that painterly effect, and I changed the angle a lot (as you can see from the orignal photo below).
Here's the background in blue and then in red, so you can see how I put my Affinity water together with the photoshopped tiles.
For the prompt pic, I used a statue of an angel as the pose reference for Jensen, a photo of some random sleeping nude for the guy on the bed, and one of the Brazil beach photos for Jared's body; slimmed down as this Jared is younger.
Here's an irritating animation to show the pic taking shape. LOL!
Some of the reference photos I used (including NSFW peen pic):
Naked dude - beware penis!
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The Jared reference is from the Brazil photos! Aha! I was guessing all over the place, but I didn't guess that (I kept thinking maybe "Hell House" with Sam in a towel).
You KNOW I love the pool scene. SO gorgeous and intimate! I love both colors because afternoon into sunset makes the romantic afternoon that never ends. It's perfect for the story since that scene is so central to the narrative. LOVE!
Jared's face in the pool scene is beautiful, by the way. He looks so young annd vulnerable and so in love, with his half-lidded eyes and parted lips. He's just perfect, imho :)
Really enjoyed following your process on this -- art is not my thing, so I'm always amazed and impressed to see how you do such magic (which is exactly what it feels like to me!)
I'm so grateful for all you did during this project -- working with you was sheer heaven (in a good way ;-)
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I'm so glad you think the pool Jared works and his expression was right - that's the best compliment!
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I always love your process series. TO see how pieces happened and were assembled and brought to life - it's fascinating to me!!
Looking forward to reading the story!
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And I love the progress animation piece too, clearly showing all your steps from pencil to colour. Very cool!!!
Thank you for sharing your pretty with us all, and I'm looking forward to giving the fic a read! Take care :)
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Love the pale blue in the alternative version of the banner, but yeah, I too think the inversed black and white is a stronger visual.
What a cool prompt (heheheh, any excuse to get the boys naked is cool with me;) I adore Jensen as an angel (great pose!) and an extra cheer for Jared's hippppsssss.
The pool scene is gorgeous; I love how you mixed the image with the background and both colour schemes work in their own way, it's absolutely amazing! The drops really seem to roll down their faces.
I see what you mean about Jared's body being squished, but honestly I just can't stop staring at Jensen's marvelous shoulder and arm, you are the BEST in making those muscles work. Plus their profiles are stunning and did I already mention the dripping hair? Glorious.
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I'm happy you like Jensen's arm, I was quite pleased with that, and the faint blush of sunburn on his shoulder.
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Aw thanks, petal, your comments always make me happy.
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That gif is great! And it's cool that you have a red and blue version of the pool pic because it's kind of amazing to see just how different feelings the colors evoke.
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