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I love me a sci fi AU, and this is a very cool SPN one! It was a great pleasure to work with ghoulsnhalos on this. Story link HERE!
2020 Cas garden

I did two main pics for this, I don't think either are spoilery.

First, Castiel meditating in his underground garden
2020 Cas garden

Second is a scene from early in the story. I won't say why Sam and Dean are facing off here, you'll have to read that for yourself!
2020 TFW Sam & dean coloured





Progress stuff

Here's the drawing and inking for the Winchester face of scene before I tried out my new Roman Szmal watercolours.
2020 TFW Sam & dean scene inked 1

And Cas
2020 castiel ink

The boys are drawn on the same piece of paper, but I did Cas separately from his garden background. Cas and his garden, plus the bees, were done in my handmade Saunders Waterford paper sketchbook bought on Etsy, and the paper is a creamy colour. The Winchesters are in my Etchr Sketchbook, also cold pressed 100% cotton, but a whiter paper. Their background is a photo I played around with in Affinity - I gave it a grain texture and then layered it onto the painted background of the watercolour.

So here are the two unfiddled with watercolours. I'm using Affinity software now as my Photoshop CS6 doesn't work with Mac Catalina. *sigh*
2020 castiel coloured
2020 TFW Sam & dean coloured

And here are the bees and the garden in the sketchbook.
2020 bee garden

Date: 2020-09-10 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] de-nugis.livejournal.com
Those are beautiful. Bees!

Date: 2020-09-10 06:29 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fufaraw
These are all gorgeous--and it's fun to see the progression. Thanks for sharing them here.

Date: 2020-09-10 01:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jj1564.livejournal.com
Wow I love nearly naked Cas meditating, what a lovely bod! And the garden is beautiful. Dean and Sam facing off looks great and intriguing. Love it all!

Date: 2020-09-10 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roxymissrose.livejournal.com
Oh, I love garden-sitting Cas! And your bees are *amazing*!!

Date: 2020-09-10 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quickreaver.livejournal.com
Aw, pretty, Amb! I especially love the banner! THOSE BEES.

Date: 2020-09-10 07:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kirathehyrulian.livejournal.com
I really love your title card. The garden is so lovely. It looks like acrylics not watercolors. Your bees are adorable. I love the shading and coloration on Cas. Dean has a ROBOT ARM!!! Aw, Sam and Dean are fighting. Sam doesn't exactly look too shocked, so maybe he knows something. Hmmmm, brother drama. Sam and Dean are surrounded by old tv's or monitors of some kind. I wonder if Sam's got a tech job or something. Or is this Dean's place and Sam was trespassing? So many questions.

Date: 2020-09-11 01:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zara-zee.livejournal.com
Chiming in to say that the bees are adorable! They're really so cute. It's all lovely, but the bees are my favourite! <3

Date: 2020-09-11 03:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com
i love that even sitting in his garden meditating (and mostly naked :D ) castiel is still scruffy. and dean's arm...! it looks a little like medieval armor, which is such a neat contrast with the fact that it's, you know, a robot arm. also, bees! the bees are great.

Date: 2020-09-12 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com
I love both of these - must go and read the story when I get a mo. I love how you've done Castiel - I don't see you do him very often!

Date: 2020-09-21 07:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blindswandive.livejournal.com
Love it all, Amb, your art is always so delightful *_* <3 You must be tired of hearing me drool over your paint and color skill but I just - AGH - your watercolor as always is above and beyond. Cass's otherworldly meditation and those bees are especially gorgeous *_* And omg all the stubble and body hair *BY HAND* I am stunned and jealous and it looks WAY too good. (Even the bees' little furry selves ;_;)

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