Artpost: Reversebang 2015-2016

[beelikej]

After taking a break from last year's edition, I'm back to joining the spn_reversebang! As before my main goal was to lure a fellow JDM lover into writing a story to go with my art. (In a Reverse Bang artists make fan-art which is posted anonymously for authors to choose as inspiration for fanfiction.)
That mission is almost accomplished, because there will be a

Comments

[sillie82]

Eeeheeeheeee! *delighted clapping* These are so fun! :D :D But also a lot of work. I take my hat off to you lady. The tentacles look amazing (and I bet they were fun to play with. :P) The banner looks great and I really like the extra piece as well.
Thanks for the look into your process, I always find it facinating. All in all an awesome set! :D

[sillie82]

Oh, oh! Also still cracking up over the guys waving pompoms. So awesome. XD

[beelikej]

*beams* Thank you very much! These guys are always fun to play with, the tentacles gave it an extra dimension;) I so enjoyed doing mixed media again. Fiddling in Photoshop was a change of pace from papercutting, but surprisingly just as much work (I tend to forget;)

Oh and I wasn't sure if I should share the pompoms, but I'm glad I did :-D

[sillie82]

The pompoms graphic is awesome. :D

Woaaaah, that endbanner is great! Love those pictures of Jensen and JDM. <3

[bflyw]

Awesome art!
I love how the paperclippig brings out another dimention in your art - and how all over awesome it is. Seems like (to me).that being all hands on with the art like this brings out a whole level of confidence in you as well that we didn't see as much when your art was all digital - or if it was, it didnt shine through like this. I love of you really excel in this.
I don't know where you got the idea of tentacles or why anywant want to include that in a fic - and mustn't that be very inconvinient when putting out fires (pictures of very crisp tentacles in my head) - but it sure must be fun to play with in art - and looks really good in your piece!

[beelikej]

Thank you! *smishes* So many compliments, wow. It's true that I found part of myself again when I started playing with paper, but I was also really happy to go back to digital fiddling for this challenge. Doing a combination of techniques makes me the happiest:)

The idea for the tentacles came from various sources, they are intriguing appendices. My author actually came up with some clever uses in a crisis, even in the middle of a fire! You'll have to wait to find out :-p

[cherie_morte]

omg, you adorable dork, that last piece has me lolling.

I LOVE HOW YOU DID THE TENTACLES HERE (what, I'm predictable, sue me). Such pretty colors, especially together. And the loveliest squiggles, plus doing the suckers as the top layer so they kinda look 3D was such a smart move, they really pop! I just love how unique your style is, so it's really wonderful to see you lay out the steps you took to get to the finished project. :D

[beelikej]

*giggles* I almost didn't include the pompoms piece, now I'm glad I did;)

You may be one of the people who inspired the tentacles with all that talk on Twitter! Happy to hear the suckers work (heehee, your unedited comment made me wonder if I had understood what they were actually for :-p)

Thank you for your wonderful comment, bb.

[emmatheslayer]

this is amazing I am looking forward to this one so much I love the art so much jeff/ Jensen is my love well one of them

[beelikej]

Thank you! I never get tired of playing with Jeff and Jensen, the tentacles were a fun bonus;)

[cassiopeia7]

OMG, lady! My fingers hurt just from WATCHING your procedure! (Those suction-cups, good lord, how long did those teeny things take you?) I'm also fascinated by your Photoshoppery in which you changed Jensen's con clothes to scrubs. Most impressive!

But you know what I like most of all? The bright and cheery pinks and oranges of Jeff's tentacles -- those colors lend a sense of whimsy that "realistic" green tentacles definitely would not. Great color choice and fantastic artwork! ♥

[beelikej]

Yeah, once I started cutting I realized those suction cups were not my brightest idea *grins* Yay for having a tiny knife!
It was such fun to go back to Photoshopping again; Jensen is actually made from two different convention photos. After I had put him together, all I really had to do was dye his outfit the right tone of blue and cut a V-neck (why does he never wear those out in public, they look so good on him!!)

Oooh, good point about the colour! I was inspired by some toy-tentacles I bought a long time ago; they are on the fingers of that life size model in my livingroom. What? *innocent face*