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My second Time travel bang, this time with the lovely Masoena. The moment I saw the prompt included travel to ancient Egypt, I had to snaffle it!!

Click on the banner to read the story of Sam's misadventures on AO3

Painted scene of the pyramids being constructed with buildings and palm trees in the foreground. Overlaying the background picture are pictograms forming the words "Lost in Eygpt". In a more ordinary font it says "By Masoena with art by Amberdreams"

This next scene could be a little spoilery, but only if I tell you what's happening - otherwise, hopefully it's a big fat teaser to tempt you to read the fic!( Read more... )

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!

I wrote something!

Title: At Three in the Morning
Words: 100
Prompts - word: tattoo; phrase: It was three in the morning; ship: Sastiel
For the SPN Proship Bang weekly drabble challenge. You can use one or several of the prompts.

Castiel was formless for a long time – or maybe it was a short time? Who knows how, or if, time worked in the Empty. It was quiet, almost peaceful, to be nothing. Jack pulling him back was surprising, and he felt different, after. Fixing Heaven was a useful distraction from thoughts of Winchesters, but then Dean died. Again.

Castiel considered seeing Dean, but instead something drew him to visit Sam, still alive on Earth. Perhaps it was because Sam’s grief was more familiar. Nestling inside Sam’s dreams, Castiel’s heart drummed to the same painful, rhythmic tattoo. It felt like home.

I had the great pleasure of working with coragyps on her chilly but heartwarming Wincestiel story, Ice Fatigue. You can read it here on AO3 (story link will be live soon). It's a beautifully written Cas POV, with my fave kind of Cas - the slightly bemused, alien yet vulnerable angel, dealing with feelings for two confusing and fustrating humans. My Sam gals will enjoy it too, methinks.

The scene I've ilustrated is right at the start and fortunately I'm not giving anything away if I tell you things do get better (and warmer) for Castiel after this bad beginning! 😂
Cover:

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And there you have it. I won't bore you with the details of all the researching for underwater ice diving or other references - just take my word for it - there was research aplenty.

This are a last minute challenge with a last minute quickie art, and I was very lucky to have

ellerkay take a fancy to the prompt! you can read her charming wee story by clicking on the thumbnail or HERE

The prompt was this!
big pretzel Cas

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!

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

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Title: Time to Die
Movie Prompt: Blade Runner
Pairing: None
Rating: PG
Word Count or Media: Traditional art
Summary: Even the most powerful androids have short lives, is it surprising they might rebel against their destinies?
Notes: This was going to be a fic but I just couldn't get the words to co operate, in spite of having 1000 words written and a pretty good idea where the story should go. But I had this image in my head the whole time, so here ya go.
For this scenario imagine Dean and Sam as Blade Runners and Castiel as rogue Angel Android (ala Roy Batty).
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Title: You want a better story. Who wouldn’t?
Creator: Amberdreams
Recipient: Tigerlilynoh
Rating: PG13
Word Count or Media: Traditional and digital art
Warnings: Could be seen as MCD, angst
Author's Notes: Words by Richard Siken, voicing thoughts in Castiel’s head, perhaps.

Summary: Everyone needs a place. It shouldn't be inside of someone else.
I turned my back on the story. A sense of superiority.
Everything casts a shadow.
Your body told me in a dream it's never been afraid of anything.

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Art for this year's Dean Cas Big Bang, for pantheonofdiscord's story Crazy Diamonds.
Teaser (click to read the story on AO3)

The Art post is also on AO3.
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The weather finally let up long enough for me to varnish Giraffic Park, one coat. It took ages to dry though, this sunshine only lasted a couple of hours this afternoon. Plus the light wa so bad this morning I missed patches all over the damn place! Hopefully the second coat will cover it all when I do it tomorrow. In my defense, it was a bit wobbly up the step ladder on that slope.

So here are a couple of outside sunny pics! Shiny, huh? ( Read more... )

I just realised I can post my contribution to the recent SPN Seasons anthology, for the Fall/Autumn section. The stories were all Gen oneshots with a word limit of 1200. The anthology is divided into the four seasons, with each story vaguely thematic around each. There are a lot of really cool stories in there, so if you get a chance to download the book, I'd recommend it!

Title: Mists and Mellow Frutifulness
Word count: 1200
Characters: Castiel, Sam, Dean, OCs.
Rating: Gen, PG13
Warnings: Set in a far future with ambiguously alive or dead characters. Outsider POV.

The day the Storyteller arrived in Ashford, Virginia, the wind changed direction, bringing with it a hint of frost from the north, together with the first touch of flame in the maple leaves.

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It was nice to have something fun to art for - so cheers to

kcscribbler for the adorable de-aging fic written for

zelda_addict in the

spn_bigpretzel Spring Fic Exchange! (And for the reminder that we were posting today!)
Story link coming very soon.

The art is slightly spoilery for an incident in the fic, so be warned. I should probably warn for flashing images and arachnophobes beware too...
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So, I wrote a poem for

spnapo.

(April Fools’ Day) “I don’t like poetry. Put up or shut up.” -Meg (demon 2.0), “Reading is Fundamental.”

I don’t like poetry, Meg says.

A poem, she says, has too many tangents.
It twists words looking for rhymes,
Tries too hard to be—plangent.
Like church bells.

Poetry reminds her of clamouring priests
in churches full of hate for her kind.
Women, witches, a hate-feast
Of bitter fools.

Cas says, in the beginning was the Word
Yeah, and they said the Word was God, she scoffs
So put up or shut up

Laughable lovers write poems, Meg points out.
She can’t afford to believe in love,
It’s not what Hell’s about.
Unlike Castiel.

I wield words as weapons, Meg says.

There’s a kind of poetry in that, Cas thinks.

Title: Sam I Am
Author: amberdreams
Artist:

quickreaver
Words: ~12k
Rating: NC17
Warnings: mental illness, hallucinations, a dash of incest, angst
Characters: Sam/Dean, Castiel, Meg, OCs
Summary: An alternative to the Born Again Identity. Here Castiel doesn’t immediately think of the idea of transferring Sam’s madness onto himself. As a result, Sam's brain is still fried. He escapes from the Westville asylum wing by himself, steals a car and drives until he runs out of road in Idaho. In the parking lot of a motel in a small town, Sam finds a kind of peace for a while.

Acknowledgements: All the thanks and love to my betas,

ameliacareful and

firesign10, they made this fic so much better! Many thanks also to the

sammybigbang mods for creating and wrangling this challenge. You are awesome, chaps!
The art is by

quickreaver so you know it's going to rock, right? Well, what are you waiting for - go and check out the ART MASTERPOST HERE.

Part 1| Part 2

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Sam I Am - Part 2

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My second

spn_j2_bigbang art post is for a pretty epic fic by

winchesterpooja - The Song of the Ravens. I don't use the word epic lightly - pooja's taken on creating an AU after episode 3.15, and an alternate of season 4, with the added twist of the boys being separated. To retell a whole season in a completely new way was no mean task, and I'm looking forward to reading the whole fic uninterrupted as we've both been working up to the wire on this one!
Click on the banner to read the story on AO3

Summary: With barely two weeks remaining for Dean to go to Hell, Sam isn't coping, and Dean is hell-bent on making it all seem like small consequence. After all this, a mysterious string of deaths, and a subsequent case in Texas was all they needed to hammer in the final nail in the coffin. Interfering with this case proves detrimental to Sam and Dean, as they're left looking for each other in ways that they never expected, against odds that they can't even begin to imagine.

Will they find each other in time, or will the circumstances of their separation become an advantage to other evil forces?

The rest of the art:

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balder12 won one of my offerings in the fanworksauction auction for sylsdarkplace - and by the way it is not too late to donate even though the auction is now over. So balder asked for some art to accompany this rather beautiful story, and I was happy to oblige. Everyone is Trying to Get to the Bar has some wonderfully descriptive passages, with amazing imagery about Castiel's true form, and the nature of Heaven once you get outside of the human regions, and I thought I'd give one particular scene a go.

Initially I liked what I'd done, but now I'm not sure I'm happy with any of it! So I've stopped fiddling and will let you judge. And read the story, if you haven't already!

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I thought I might as well post progress - why not, hey?
I've added Cole, Abaddon and Rowena. Cain and Crowley next!
Abaddon detail

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Today I decided I need a poster to get signed by everyone at Asylum 14, so I've started on an idea based round a t shirt design I did (to cheat a bit and save some time!)
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War amongst the rebels

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SPN100 Drabble Challenge: word count 100
Challenge word: mad
Warnings: None
Summary: Castiel is carrying more than souls inside him, there are darker things contributing to his God delusion.

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Red mist descends. Everything is red – crimson, carmine, alizarin – blood. Who’d have thought madness would look as beautiful as this; like a hundred glowing sunsets across the sedimentary layers of the Grand Canyon.

Ironic, really, when its origins lie in the molten tar-blackness of the thousands of leviathans that squirm inside him.

Red clears to crystal blue. Finally Castiel can see the destruction he’s wrought – dark shadowed wings burnt into grass no longer fresh and green.

He waits for the horror that never comes; then after a moment, he smiles.

God looks on his creation and it is good.

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This next one is part of a set of six, all by different writers - you can read the set on fanfic.net.

Donut Fear
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SPN100 Drabble Challenge: word count 100
Challenge word: mad
Warnings:
Summary: Sheriffs Mills and Hanscomb join the Winchesters, Castiel and Crowley on a haunted train.

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The train whistle screeches as they enter a tunnel.

Donna’s not scared. Nope. She can cope with a simple ghost hunt, you betcha. It’s no worse than dealing with Joe Wiggins when he gets drunk on a Saturday night.

She follows Jody’s lead, searching the carriage for anything this ghost might be attached to. She doesn’t know what happened to the Winchesters, but the tense set of Jody’s shoulders speaks volumes.

Guess they shouldn’t have made the ghost mad. She’d been close to shoving Dean’s over-protective ass off the train herself, mind.

Not until after he’d shared his donuts though.

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Entries tagged with castiel

Art masterpost for Lost in Eygpt

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Drabble - At Three in the Morning

Team Free Will Bang - Art Masterpost

Big Pretzel Halloween Reverse Banging

Team Free Will Bang - Reluctant Faith

SPN Cinema - Time to Die

Summergen reveal - Art

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Sketching and Giraffing

Supernatural Seasons - Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Spn_bigpretzel Spring exchange art

A kind of poetry

Sam I Am - Sammybigbang fic

Sam I Am - Part 2 of 2

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