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amberdreams ([personal profile] amberdreams) wrote2021-09-14 09:41 pm

Marvel Trumps Hate - art fill

A long, long time ago, Marvel Trumps Hate 2020 had an auction to raise money for charity.  The Marvel Art Party on Discord put together a package deal of 9 artists, of which I was one. We were won by the dynamic duo, Mystrana and Greywrites, and after much faffing and deliberation about what to do, I finally managed to finish my offering! Mystrana and Greywrites were happy for us to share with the world, so you can check all the fills in the AO3 collection.

Without further ado, I present Witch Bucky and his familiar, Alpine the cat, flying over some medieval city, in a far distant and happy AU.
First the SFW version with pants
Marvel Trumps Hate 2020

And the NSFW version minus pants
Marvel Trumps Hate 2020
The naked except for boots version came first, pants were added digitally!

After finally making the decision about what to draw, the process was pretty simple.
I had been wanting Bucky to be flying on his broomstick, when I saw some photos taken using a special lens which showed the scene in a kind of inverted global view. I also looked at medieval maps with the building drawn in street view style, and decided to combine the two ideas for the background.
Here's the aerial view without Bucky and co.
Marvel Trumps Hate 2020
It's drawn in pencil, inked then watercoloured. The paper was round but wouldn't fit on the scanner so it got cropped into an ellipse. 😂
Bucky was drawn and painted on a separate piece of watercolour paper then I mashed the two scanned paintings together digitally. I adjusted the colours to reflect the actual colours as the scans leach a lot of the vibrance out. Other than that, there's no digital interferrence with the traditional art.
Here's the Bucky painting with his basket/sack of companions. Up to you whether he or Alpine have bewitched the actual Avengers or Bucky's made the plushies for his cat to play with. Either way, little Plushy Cap is happy to hold onto Bucky's finger...😍
Marvel Trumps Hate 2020

[identity profile] ellerkay.livejournal.com 2021-09-15 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Eeeeeeeeee I love this SO MUCH! Utterly delightful! He and Alpine look so happy, and the little Avengers are adorable. (Also, shirtless/pantsless Bucky?? YES PLEASE, I will take this absolutely any time! UNF. :P)

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2021-09-15 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Yes, nude Bucky was my fave — while hand waving any thoughts about what havoc that broomstick would wreak on his nuts. I mean, his magic would cushion his ride, right? 😂

[identity profile] ellerkay.livejournal.com 2021-09-15 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
HA! I think it must — imagine the danger from splinters alone, otherwise. XD

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2021-09-15 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
😮😳😂
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[personal profile] kalliel 2021-09-15 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
This is sooooo excellent! I love the whimsy of it, from Bucky's expression to his lil' basket of friends to the fairy tale conceit and the round of the town below. All the elements of this just fit together so well and the effect is sheer topsy-turvy delight. I'm realizing now that I'm not sure if I've ever seen a movie with Bucky in it, but my impression is that his canon storyline has a very different color palate, so I feel like it's especially nice to see him in such a joyous and fanciful AU!

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2021-09-15 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The best of the Captain America movies is Bucky's — I recommend it! Captain America and the Winter Soldier. But yes, Bucky's story is very dark so it's fun to allow him to let rip! 😂