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amberdreams ([personal profile] amberdreams) wrote2021-06-28 10:42 am

SPNJ2 BB Art Master Post for Tsuki_no_bara - Quartet for a Haunting

Something about [livejournal.com profile] tsuki_no_bara's fic summaries must appeal to me because once again her story was top of my pick list, and I was lucky enough to snag it too!

Story link HERE!

I usually do a banner but left it too late this time, so I'll jump straight in with the main picture. I won't say too much because the images by themselves aren't spoilery but if I explain, they will be and I want everyone to enjoy reading the fic first.

Here's Jensen, sitting on his bed on the stage of the abandoned theatre.
Tsuki-no-bara SPNJ2BB

The second piece is a sketch Jensen made of Jared, on a page from one of his music composition books.
Tsuki-no-bara SPNJ2BB

Process:

I started from the stage scene, an image which just jumped out at me and I really wanted to try it. Initially I had some ambitions to create a diorama using a box and some transparent watercolour film I'd found, but I couldn't work out how to use the acetate, and my construction skills are next to zero, so I ended up with my usual pencil on watercolour paper and did the scene in two parts.
I drew Jensen (Ross in the story) first, using all sorts of references from mattresses to lanterns. I also forgot initially that Ross in the story has longer hair.
So first sketch with short hair:
Tsuki-no-bara SPNJ2BB
Starting to watercolour with the longer hair
Tsuki-no-bara SPNJ2BB
I then painted the stage separately, because the scale of the Jensen pic was too large to fit the stage around him and give the sense of depth I was after.
Tsuki-no-bara SPNJ2BB

I melded the two pics together in Affinity (a Photoshop type software but 100x cheaper - highly recommended!). And that was it really. I did a similar melding for my Jared sketch - drawn in blue pencil on white paper, then using multiply layers I added the textured paper and the music lines.

[identity profile] dun.livejournal.com 2021-06-30 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
The image of Jensen on his mattress on the stage has such a great feeling of enchantment about it. I love the reddish brown colour together with the blue, they really envelope Jensen and bring out the twinkle in the lights. You've also managed to get Jensen to sit on the bed in an enviably natural way and the blending of the pics works really well. Also, Jared's smile is lovely! <333

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2021-06-30 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! I used so many reference pics for this piece. LOL