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SPN Eldritch Reverse Bang - When the Wind Blows

2026-04-29T20:45:12Z

I've been nearly 100% awol for poor casey679, who's written a beautifully creepy story based on my prompt - thanks bunches me dear, you're a star!
Click on the banner to read the story

The prompt

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Art for DWBB - Let's Go Home

2026-02-22T15:19:53Z

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

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From barn to bridge - Now it's perfect...

2025-11-22T21:43:13Z

From barn to bridge...

Watercolour boys for 2025's Now It's Perfect.
Check out the collection on AO3.

I really must remember to post here! I keep forgetting...

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A unexpected arty gift!

2025-11-07T14:14:07Z

How very unexpected and kind! Fatima_O on AO3 has made a very thoughtful and thought-provoking gift for me out of the blue - so I'm urging y'all to go and leave her some love!

It's a really cool and beautiful mixed media art of Sam and Dean, based on a few lines from a poem:

They are forgiven as they forgive all those dark wounds and deep.

Their beds are made on the Lap of Time and they lie down and sleep.

They are forgiven as they forgive all those old wounds that bleed.

They shut their eyes from their worshippers; they sleep till the world has need.

The Sack of the Gods — Rudyard Kipling

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New writing community!

2025-07-20T09:14:37Z

New to Dreamwidth, calling all writers!
@fan_writers comm - for meta about writing

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SPN Eldritch Reverse Bang - The Masks We Wear

2025-04-24T15:05:03Z

Eldritch Reverse Bang number 2 - I was such a lucky duck to have my second art piece chosen by morganaDW, who's written an epic J2 vs monster fic, with loads of hurt boys (so much my jam!).
You can find the story here on AO3 (or click on the banner)

Story Pairing: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki

Story Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 155,097

Story Warnings: This is one has the usual warnings for language, explicit content that includes violence, non-con including rape, mention of past non-con elements including rape with a weapon, sexual violence. It also has triggers for PTSD, mentions of past suicide, past non-con, and past physical abuse. It has minor character deaths. It also has spells, magic, and near demonic possession by shadow creatures.

The art is rated Teen and SFW, just creepy. It's also spoiler free for the story plot.

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The original prompt was this creepy SOB. No idea where this came from...( Read more... )

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Art for WIPBang. DCU - Refugia

2024-11-27T10:41:12Z

Congrats to my lovely author, Euxellis for cracking on and finishing this WIP in spite of exams! I enjoyed dabbling in the DCU for a change, and the Looper idea is a good un!
Banner (click through to read the story or HERE)

Jason Todd, meet Tim Drake...

Process is unexciting:
Researching poses (used a screen cap from the Walking Dead for Tim with the shotgun, no reference used for Jason), sketching and then drawing the final scene in my Arches sketchbook to paint. No progress pics because Flickr doesn't like .heic files and I haven't had time to convert them.

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Wincest BB Art Masterpost - Let Your Colours Bleed...

2024-10-28T21:19:14Z

This feels like a rare post these days but many thanks to my lovely author sixtysevenautomatic for giving me some much needed inspiration!
You can check out their cool and sexy twisting of the Trials (Coming soon) HERE (or click on the banner below)
Banner by sixtysevenautomatic using a bit of my art 😁

My art contributions (apologies to people viewing on a phone as they are not formatted well for portrait views!)
The first scene is not spoilery - Sam and Crowley in the chapel

The second scene is from late in the fic, spoilery and NSFW, so read the story first!
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Process-wise - pencil sketched into a concertina sketchbook so the whole spread looks like this:

Little vid (I can't turn pages and hold my phone very well LOL

Early sketch for the sex healing scene

I did several bad sketches of Sam kneeling but forgot to photograph them so will spare you.

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Arty post - Drawtober & other things

2024-10-02T22:01:40Z

It's been a while since I posted anything arty that isn't fanart, but I've recently started a new art class, similar to my old sketchbooking one, where the challenge is to try lots of different things and push yourself out of your comfort zone.

The theme of the first two weeks has been caricature, and after sticking to pencil last week, this week it was all about going straight in with the indian ink, and using bamboo pens and sticks to make sure I wasn't too precious. Wanda Gág with her giant palette was the first one I did today, and I really liked it!

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Drawesome challenge #67 - Stained Glass

2024-09-22T20:50:08Z

This is a little bit of a cheat since I actually made this art in 2018, but as I haven't had the inspiration or time to produce something new, I thought I'd recycle this.
It's the Archangel Michael (from Supernatural), in watercolour and ink, and even though I could nit pick and find things I'm not 100% happy with, I'm actually quite proud of this one.

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SPN_J2 Big Bang - Art for Whiskers, Love & Destiny

2024-06-28T07:11:04Z

Time for another SPN_J2_Bigbang spn_j2_bigbang! I thought I'd have a quick look back and I've been doing this challenge since 2011 and done 16 artings for different fics, making this art for a cute J2 story by SamAndDean76 samanddean76my 17th! Without further ado....

Story link HERE or click on the banner

Main pictures
NB the second one is a tad spoilery, so you may want to read the story first.
Firstly, nekkid Jared. NSFW warning for a teeny glimpse of peen.( Read more... )

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Paris in the Spring...

2024-06-08T21:41:27Z

Last weekend it was time to see the Boys again - and this time the Saturday was my birthday, so I just had to go to this one, didn't I?

When our little group of con-friends were looking at conventions this year, initially it was just going to be Nat and Chris, Darklight veterans Wendy and dizzojay, and myself. Then tickets didn't sell out, and the J2 effect started to take hold, and before you know it, Elisa and Anne had bought tickets too, and I had myself a roomie!

The venue wasn’t a hotel, and there were two halls for panels, which were supposed to mirror each other (newsflash, that didn’t exactly work out), and the schedule was exactly the same on the two days because all the tickets were day tickets – and I’m not sure that really worked either. Certainly the Saturday was a lot busier than the Sunday, which kind of worked in our favour as we’d all (apart from Elisa) bought Angel passes for the Saturday, and Demons for the Sunday which meant Sunday having fewer attendees didn’t impact us too badly in terms of queuing times.

Some things didn’t go so well – but first, the good stuff. Chris’s birthday is on 9^th June and we are both hitting 64 this year, so we decided to share a group op (which amazingly included the Js!) for a joint 60s themed birthday celebration, and it went pretty much to plan! The sunglasses didn’t quite get distributed, and Jared held the inflatable banjo behind Gen’s head like a halo, but the improvisation was great fun and everyone was in such a great mood, even though it all took place in such a short few seconds, it was definitely memorable!

( Lots of photos under the cut! )

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Assume I CAN

2024-03-24T14:26:11Z

Such a great message

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Notes from Basing- or Amazing-stoke…

2024-03-04T22:28:54Z

Adventures with

dizzojay ...And other non LJ friends (Natalie and Chris!).

I’d thought this convention had promoted itself as the taking the best from all kinds of conventions and at first it seemed like it was pretty well organised - but then it wasn’t.

But JDM was delightful. I had a lovely photo op with him early on; there was a minder guy who was friendly and got your name while you were waiting, then shouted "an Anne-Marie comin’ in" to Jeff as you walked towards him. He made eye contact, noticed my Dean shirt straight away and beamed, saying “my boy!”. I showed him the white marble and asked if he remembered the pearl, and he laughed, said should I do this? while crossing his hands over his crotch, then when we were done we had a hug and he rumbled “As if I could ever forget The Pearl!”

Photo number 2 was Jeff and the Impala, which was when the con admin side began to unravel. We were told to get our Jake photos first, then that people were already queuing outside for Jeff. We asked and staff told us Jeff was there and the queue was definitely outside. We moved outside, lots of people milling about, staff member tells people with photos to queue here. Jeff’s other minder comes out to tell everyone no photos, Jeff comes out, waves at everyone, mobile photos are allowed briefly, Jeff goes back inside, we wait. Suddenly someone tells us the real queue is INside, back where we were before. Eventually after much debate and kerfuffle, I drag Natalie inside and we find the end of the proper queue, and of course we are then right at the back. Being inside does mean we can see Jake has arrived, go get our Jake photos then go back to Jeff’s queue.

Finally we get to Jeff, the same jolly man (looking like a SPN character in plaid shirt and chef’s shoes) does the intro thing for us, and because I’d got hot while hanging around, I’m announced as Jeff’s biggest fan (ha ha!). Jeff is warm and charming again. I make an idiot of myself going the wrong way, have to wait for the next photo to be taken, am scurrying back inside to photo collection when the photographer shouts at me I need a retake because my eyes were closed. So I get to be the very last Jeff/Baby photo, get an extra squeeze and feel of the soft leather jacket, and Jeff telling me “I’m always fuckin’ up, darlin’” when I explain I messed up the first photo.

He’s so NICE!

So basically all of that - queuing for Jeff, queuing for Jake, queuing for Jeff again - took all morning and most of lunchtime. So the Stargate panels I thought I’d be able to pop in and see, big nope. We grabbed a drink and snack, Jane decided to go and queue for Jeff’s first auto session, which was due to start at 14:30. I go up to my room for half an hour or so, then think I’d better see where the others were. Joined them in Jeff’s queue, and it was just as well, as that ended up being the only auto session he did, and it was a marathon.

Because all his morning sessions had massively overrun, he was then late starting signing, came in probably about 15:30. There were several queues, no instructions from staff until we’d all been standing there for ages. Then we are told JDM VIP tickets were being given priority and should all move to the outside lane queue. An hour later it’s clear all the queues are moving together. Three hours later we eventually reach JDM! Who was clearly knackered but still giving everyone his full attention, personalising the autos, engaging with everyone.

So after that all panels were finished apart from JDM’s, which should have happened at c16:00 and only started at 18:00. Just as well he was only doing the one day because his voice had nearly gone… The panel was a lot of fun though, and it was a good day in terms of interaction, terrible for the uncertainty, mixed messages and lack of communication. I hope if this person decides to do more, they will listen to feedback from both sides, guests and attendees…

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The Elephant and Castle - 2024 trail artings

2024-02-29T13:04:14Z

Not the London Elephant and Castle but two separate trails - the elephant is going to Lichfield and is being sponsored by the cathedral, and the castle is for a trail in Swansea, and is called Fortress Freedom.

Lichfield is in Staffordshire so the ellie is called Staffie, and has a handful of Staffordshire landmarks and wildlife featured. The design is another variation on the one I originally did for Newcastle, and is now being recycled on my mum's bear too. Well I like the colours and it's an effective way of highlighting a few local buildings etc, without having to do a full scene. 😂

As usual for these trails, I'm sharing more here than I should, so depending on people not to share in public until the trails go live in July.

Staffie
Finished but unvarnished - side with Tamworth bandstand and Sutton Coldfield town hall tower

Side with Lichfield cathedral and Aethelswith's statue from Tamworth (if you've watched The Last Kingdom you'll know Aetheswith, daughter of King Alfred and wife to the King of Mercia)

Fortress Freedom (in progress)

To give you an idea of scale, I can just about touch the tops of the crenellations on the castle but I was on tiptoes (I'm 5'1") 😆

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The marvellous Katy Chen - art

2024-01-30T22:26:19Z

I'd completely forgotten to post this Marvel art of Katy Chen (Chen Ruiwen) I did for the Marvellous Coloring for a Cause project. It's intended as a download and print colouring page (or download and digitally colour!). If you click on the monochrome version you should be taken through to Flickr and be able to download a HQ version if you're so inclined.
I just added some basic colour on one version because I wanted to have this on my new phone case!
Black and white version

My colours. I only did the background because I like how she stands out this way.

Katy was my fave character in the whole of Shang Chi.

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Hoziernatural Bang Art post 1 - No Plan

2024-01-30T22:21:13Z

Song: No Plan
Title: Marvel at Flowers You'll have Made
Author: Sammichgirl
Artist: amberdreams

Beta Reader: jerzcaligrl

Summary: Canon divergent Supernatural where Dean still kills monsters. What's different are the humans he kills, the reason he does it, and how Sam begins to handle the clean up afterwards. Dean is judge, jury and executioner to seeming innocents and Sam finds a way to keep them safe and off the radar with a mixture of law knowledge, an extensive fascination with botany and a bit of learned magic. Their devotion grows deeper and more feral until it's all consuming and burns bright hot, defying anything in their path to happiness.

Story link HERE or click on the banner!

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Hoziernatural Bang Art post 2 - Foreigner's God

2024-01-30T22:18:30Z

Song: Foreigner's God
Title: He Feels No Control of His Body
Author: withthekeyisking
Artist: amberdreams
Beta Reader: miajackswild
Summary: Sam Winchester has spent his entire life believing in a God and a Heaven that never believed in him in turn.

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Gencest Bang art post for Yoann

2024-01-30T22:16:30Z

Yoann has been the best and most patient author, and the story is lovely (even if I ended up sniffling over that damn Barn yet again).
Read the story HERE on AO3 (it will be unlocked shortly), or click on the banner.

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2024 to do list

2024-01-30T22:12:24Z

Here we go again...

Fandom Stuff

spn_j2_bigbang Signed up. Artist schedule HERE. Main dates - claims 17th May, drafts 3rd June, posting starts 24th June.

wincest_reverse

j2_reversebang

wincestbigbang

Non Fandom Artings

March of the Elephants, Lichfield. Paint Staffie by end Feb

Castles in the Air, Swansea. Paint Fortress Freedom by end March

Waiting to hear from Aarhus, Southampton, Chichester, Oxford and Ayrshire

Life drawing 6 weeks

Sketchbooking 10 week terms (winter term ongoing)

Other stuff

Cardiff GB Olympic Qualifiers Ice Hockey

Italy preJIB14 trip - train via Lille, Lyon, Milan, Florence, Naples then Rome

JIB14 (J2)

Crossroads 8 (?)

Basingstoke Comic Con (Stargate, Richard Armitage)

Paris Darklight Con (Jared)

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Copenhagen for St Lucia

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A Tale of Two Brothers - Art post

2024-01-17T20:28:40Z

Realised I'd forgotten to cross post here! So this is a bit of a catch up.

So fun to take part in a new event aimed at bringing all sides of fandom together, the SPN ProShip Big Bang. Hopefully it will become a fixture in the SPN calendar. Many thinks to the mods for setting it up and making it such a welcoming place.
My author wrote an interesting AU spin on the Winchesters and their destiny, make sure to check it out HERE on AO3!

Without the text

I started off thinking I'd do something in watercolour, but I kept working on my initial sketch of Cas and Dean trying out some new coloured pencils and ended up liking the effects I was getting, so ran with the coloured pencils for the Crowley side too.

The timing of the bang wasn't the best for me, as this time of year is when loads of design deadlines fall for the sculpture trails, so I only did the two drawings in the end, mashing them together to form a single image.

Descended_from_Hufflepuffs was a pleasure to work with, and I enjoyed their take on the Winchester brother's unbreakable bond!

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44th Street - Marvel Big Bang

2023-12-04T09:20:06Z

Posting solo because my author had to withdraw from the bang for personal reasons, but hopefully the art will still make sense!
In summary - Clint and Natasha are sent into the past on a mission, and live for some time in 1950s New York.

I've done two illustrations.

First is Natasha and Clint in a crowded subway carriage.

I took the brilliant composition from a 1950s/60s advert illustration by Mac Conner, and reinterpreted it in collaged rough gouached paper and ink.

The second picture is also gouache and shows Natasha walking alone on 44th Street, using a period photo as a reference.

The fic will be posted later, serialised in chapters, so I'll add a link when I have it, for those interested.

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Bird Watercolours

2023-07-16T13:30:54Z

It's World Watercolour Month and I've been doing a few outside of the various fandom challenges, so thought I might as well post them here.

I got a nice small square book with an adorable owl cover, so I decided the obvious thing to put in it was birds. It's Arches 200gsm paper, not too many pages and so shouldn't be impossibly daunting to fill. That's the theory anyway!

So far I've done three birdies.
A frequent visitor to our garden at home, the dopey Wood Pigeon. Ink and wash.

Yet to see one in the wild - the barn owl.

Jude the house hen, companion to reapertownusa

I'm still in two minds whether to go for just watercolour, or ink and wash so I think the birds will be vary the options a bit. I may add some ink to Jude, because there's a lot of texture in her feathers...though I am quite liking her like this so, maybe not.

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SPN_J2 Big Bang - Art for Amypond45, Looking at the Stars

2023-07-16T13:09:29Z

Forgot to cross post this one!
Something about amypond45's summaries obviously appeals to me because we keep matching up in challenges! Today it's the spn_j2_bigbang's turn, and the first of two art posts for this year's bang.
STORY LINK AO3 | LJ
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SPN_J2 Big Bang - Art for Zubeneshamali Origin Story

2023-07-10T21:36:23Z

My second SPN_J2 BB spn_j2_bigbangis for another of my fave authors and people - zubeneschamali, and as a bonus, one of my fave tropes - superpowers!
STORY LINK finally here! AO3
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