Art for DWBB - Let's Go Home

[amberdreams]

It's time for my fave boy's Bang! I snagged two great stories and this is the first of them, a really insightful look into Dean's psyche via a series of flashbacks by the talented need_more_meta. My first time working with them and hopefully not my last.
So with no more ado - the banner. Click on it to go to the story on AO3.



And the main picture

Once image that jumped out at me from the start - I really wanted to pay homage to Paul Newman and this scene (if you know, you know) - so here's wee Dean doing his Cool Hand Luke impression to entertain Sammy.


I also did some more wee dividers, each having some relevance to its flashback scene


In terms of process - I spent ages trying to find the right references for the main picture of Dean and Sam, because I had something specific in mind for the scene, based on the excellent descriptions. I'm a bit annoyed with myself, because I really liked my first Dean sketch the best, but by the time I was drawing him onto the watercolour paper, I'd lost his face, and the final version is a lot less Dean-like. Sigh. I didn't use any references for the mini Dean/Cool Hand Luke.

All the pics are sketched in pencil, inked with fountain pen then splashed with watercolour. The white outline round the boys is the only digital thing.

Here are my rough sketches - and you may notice the finished piece I've angled their bodies a lot more because I wanted to really show that intimacy and closeness.

The first Dean

Working out the pose and composition (for the main pic and mini Dean!). I prefered this Dean's face to the final one too!

Comments

[mekare]

>> liked my first Dean sketch the best, but by the time I was drawing him onto the watercolour paper, I'd lost his face, and the final version is a lot less Dean-like.

I know how that goes, it‘s very frustrating.

Love your wee Dean!

[amberdreams]

Heh heh fellow artist, we know how this goes LOL
Thank you!