Art: Bring Me a Dream
Title: Artwork for Bring Me a Dream
Author: alycat (also on AO3)
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: G
Medium: GIMP 2 (aka "Paint, with layers!" :D), with a little help from Picasa 3 for cropping and framing.
If "reference used" is code for "I used an existing image and traced over it because my freehand wouldn't do the pretty justice," then... reference used. XP
Artist Notes: For Round 1 of quicky_bang. I had so so so much fun with this - my first art challenge!
HUGE THANKS TO:
Firstly, to alycat for writing such a sweet, hot fic that also had a lot of really awesome visual elements to it. (Hello, glittery Zanna!Jared?? In *leather*?? Who wouldn't love the chance to work with that??) Also, for your enthusiasm towards the sneak-peaks of the art I gave you, and for the constructive input (skinny-fied Jensen = size kink win!). It seriously means a lot that you were so awesome about me making art for your fic, especially since this is essentially my first time, and I don't really have the most sophisticated art programs to work with on my computer, lol. ((hugs)) You rock. I had so much fun making this for you <3
Secondly, to my creative team - my sounding board(s), my support system, and my dear friends - gluedwithgold and non_tiembo_mala for being there for me every step of the way. As always, your advice, ideas, and support are invaluable to me and absolutely appreciated. Love you ladies :)
And finally, to beelikej for setting up such an awesome challenge!! I'm so so so *psyched* that I could participate (and possibly be the first claim to post art???). Thank you for making it so easy! Your enthusiasm and encouragement have been so great! Keep up the awesome work! I'm definitely looking forward to future challenges :)
Okay. NOW, the moment you've all been waiting for (if you haven't read the fic yet, DO THAT FIRST) -
ARTWORK for BRING ME A DREAM, a fic by alycat - inspired by the Season 11 Supernatural episode Just My Imagination - starring teenager!Jensen and his glittery Zanna Jared!
After Jared first surprises Jensen by re-appearing after his 10-year absence, they have a little chat on the couch of Jensen's parents' living room. I'd already half finished this before alycat even accepted my claim on her fic. To say I was eager... is a bit of an understatement XP
DIVIDERS
Of course, being the over-eager SOB that I am, I couldn't just stop at that main image, so I did some divider art, too (there's, like, three breaks in the fic, so I figured, why not?).
Divider 1: ALL THE GLITTER
I really wanted to add much more glitter to everything (because in the fic, Jared's glitter is EVERYWHERE), but glitter is surprisingly tough to draw, at least for this chica. But I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out.
Divider 2: Jensen's Bracelet
Since this whole story starts with Jensen coming out to his parents, I figured a little artistic liberty was allowed in adding a rainbow to the art. And, since Zannas are imaginary friends, what better way to represent that than with a rainbow friendship bracelet? *headcannon: Jared and Jensen made the bracelets together when Jensen was younger. You just can't see Jared's because... well, because. Leather gloves were there, and I didn't want to make it a bigger thing, since there's no mention whatsoever of Jensen having a rainbow bracelet in the fic.* And, of course, GLITTER. BECAUSE GLITTER.
Divider 3: J&J Heart
This was a small part of a different design I'd created that was too busy and therefore discarded. But I thought this bit was cute, so I kept it. Again, with added glitter.
MISCELLANEOUS ART
I'm really not kidding when I said I had a lot of fun making this art. Below are a few variations for the above art. A few things are just for fun, though some were created with the intention of giving alycat options for wherever she wants to use the art. Enjoy!
Title Banners
Just a Boy and his Zanna
Perhaps not the ideal frame, but I still thought the 'museum matte' option looked pretty classy.
And, finally...
(Can Zannas be photographed? Hell - I don't care. I just thought this was cute ^_^) Oh - one more quick note: I'm not sure where I got the idea that Jared also had green in his hair. The fic only mentioned glitter there. Guess I just got stuck on the whole "black and green" attire concept and that somehow translated to his hair as well. Hey, alycat didn't even mention it, so I'm guessing it was okay with her, so it's all good! ;)
So! There you have it! I hope you enjoyed my first foray into creating art as part of a LJ challenge. I had SO much fun. Thank you for viewing! I adore comments and I'd love to hear if you liked any of this :) <3
P.S. I... um...I also may have created a short music [YouTube] playlist inspired by this fic. You can check out the post for that here! ;)
Author: alycat (also on AO3)
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: G
Medium: GIMP 2 (aka "Paint, with layers!" :D), with a little help from Picasa 3 for cropping and framing.
If "reference used" is code for "I used an existing image and traced over it because my freehand wouldn't do the pretty justice," then... reference used. XP
Artist Notes: For Round 1 of quicky_bang. I had so so so much fun with this - my first art challenge!
HUGE THANKS TO:
Firstly, to alycat for writing such a sweet, hot fic that also had a lot of really awesome visual elements to it. (Hello, glittery Zanna!Jared?? In *leather*?? Who wouldn't love the chance to work with that??) Also, for your enthusiasm towards the sneak-peaks of the art I gave you, and for the constructive input (skinny-fied Jensen = size kink win!). It seriously means a lot that you were so awesome about me making art for your fic, especially since this is essentially my first time, and I don't really have the most sophisticated art programs to work with on my computer, lol. ((hugs)) You rock. I had so much fun making this for you <3
Secondly, to my creative team - my sounding board(s), my support system, and my dear friends - gluedwithgold and non_tiembo_mala for being there for me every step of the way. As always, your advice, ideas, and support are invaluable to me and absolutely appreciated. Love you ladies :)
And finally, to beelikej for setting up such an awesome challenge!! I'm so so so *psyched* that I could participate (and possibly be the first claim to post art???). Thank you for making it so easy! Your enthusiasm and encouragement have been so great! Keep up the awesome work! I'm definitely looking forward to future challenges :)
Okay. NOW, the moment you've all been waiting for (if you haven't read the fic yet, DO THAT FIRST) -
ARTWORK for BRING ME A DREAM, a fic by alycat - inspired by the Season 11 Supernatural episode Just My Imagination - starring teenager!Jensen and his glittery Zanna Jared!
After Jared first surprises Jensen by re-appearing after his 10-year absence, they have a little chat on the couch of Jensen's parents' living room. I'd already half finished this before alycat even accepted my claim on her fic. To say I was eager... is a bit of an understatement XP
DIVIDERS
Of course, being the over-eager SOB that I am, I couldn't just stop at that main image, so I did some divider art, too (there's, like, three breaks in the fic, so I figured, why not?).
Divider 1: ALL THE GLITTER
I really wanted to add much more glitter to everything (because in the fic, Jared's glitter is EVERYWHERE), but glitter is surprisingly tough to draw, at least for this chica. But I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out.
Divider 2: Jensen's Bracelet
Since this whole story starts with Jensen coming out to his parents, I figured a little artistic liberty was allowed in adding a rainbow to the art. And, since Zannas are imaginary friends, what better way to represent that than with a rainbow friendship bracelet? *headcannon: Jared and Jensen made the bracelets together when Jensen was younger. You just can't see Jared's because... well, because. Leather gloves were there, and I didn't want to make it a bigger thing, since there's no mention whatsoever of Jensen having a rainbow bracelet in the fic.* And, of course, GLITTER. BECAUSE GLITTER.
Divider 3: J&J Heart
This was a small part of a different design I'd created that was too busy and therefore discarded. But I thought this bit was cute, so I kept it. Again, with added glitter.
MISCELLANEOUS ART
I'm really not kidding when I said I had a lot of fun making this art. Below are a few variations for the above art. A few things are just for fun, though some were created with the intention of giving alycat options for wherever she wants to use the art. Enjoy!
Title Banners
Just a Boy and his Zanna
Perhaps not the ideal frame, but I still thought the 'museum matte' option looked pretty classy.
And, finally...
(Can Zannas be photographed? Hell - I don't care. I just thought this was cute ^_^) Oh - one more quick note: I'm not sure where I got the idea that Jared also had green in his hair. The fic only mentioned glitter there. Guess I just got stuck on the whole "black and green" attire concept and that somehow translated to his hair as well. Hey, alycat didn't even mention it, so I'm guessing it was okay with her, so it's all good! ;)
So! There you have it! I hope you enjoyed my first foray into creating art as part of a LJ challenge. I had SO much fun. Thank you for viewing! I adore comments and I'd love to hear if you liked any of this :) <3
P.S. I... um...I also may have created a short music [YouTube] playlist inspired by this fic. You can check out the post for that here! ;)