Extra art for dimeliora's SPNJ2BB

[amberdreams]

As promised! One more picture to go with the art (HERE) for dimeliora's intriguing spn_j2_bigbang fic.

This was a scene I really wanted to illustrate, and one dimeliora mentioned that she'd like to see.

Dean takes Sam out of the hospital to see the Impala.

This is pencil, watercolour and a touch of fine-liner ink pen, with some shadows and textures added in PS afterward.

I had a process!
I went through quite a few pencil sketches trying to work out the best angle for this scene, so you could see Baby, how hurt Sam is, and how Dean's placing Sam's hand on the car. I also tried out several different facial angles/expression (didn't like any of them!)

Then I thought I'd do some positioning using Photoshop, and came up with this as my final pose.

I used this, plus photo refs for the Impala and their two faces, and drew the pencil sketch.
Thusly

Somehow between the PS sketch and the pencil version Dean became more upright.
Next I added watercolour in stages, the boys and car first

Then the background stage 1 before the final stage above

And that's it!

Comments

[dimeliora.livejournal.com]

I know I sent this in an email, but I wanted to make sure it was posted publicly and said as many times as possible:

This is beautiful. This is heart-stoppingly beautiful and I am so very happy with it!!! The expressions, the colors, the setting, all of it is just amazing! Thank you so so so much for this, and thank you for bringing something from my crazy brain into beautiful focus in the real world. I cannot say enough how much I love this!!!!

I was so very lucky to get you as an artist, and I am so grateful to have had a chance to work with you!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy to have had the chance to work with you! MWHAH!