Art Masterpost - spn_J2_bigbang 2015 - Dreameater
Challenge: spn_j2_bigbang
Title: Dreameater
Author: animediva
Art: dun
Pairing/character: Dean/Castiel
Rating: R for story, G for art
Summary: While helping Bobby clean up his attic, Dean accidentally releases an ancient Japanese creature, the twisted and vengeful, dream-eating baku. But the curse on the sealing scroll is that he will slowly lose his luck and life force within 108 days to power the baku's pulling Japanese demons into an unprepared and unknowing new American world. That is, if the loss of luck doesn't just kill him first. In the process, gets a new bird buddy, the tengu Castiel, a sarcastic sidekick, the kitsune Gabriel, and has to save the world before the baku steals dreaming from humanity and drives the world mad. In the end, the Righteous man rises to the challenge of killing the baku through a love he never imagined or saw coming.
The story 'Dreameater' by animediva was so huge and so rich in imagery that there were moments when I almost felt panicky. Luckily those moments were short-lived and the rest of the time I really enjoyed doing the art for this amazing story. Some of these pictures may seem a bit puzzling, but it will all become clear (hopefully) when you read the story -- so off you go! :)
LJ: http://animediva.livejournal.com/1046691.html
AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4221873
The art was done with pencil on paper, scanned and coloured in photoshop (pattern brush and paper texture layer with multiply blend for the background)
The final cover art:
Cover v.2 (which was in fact the first version):
Ichiren-Bozu:
Tengu Castiel:
Kitsune Gabriel:
Chapterheads, examples:
A few of the sketches I did (because I really enjoyed drawing the animal forms):
Title: Dreameater
Author: animediva
Art: dun
Pairing/character: Dean/Castiel
Rating: R for story, G for art
Summary: While helping Bobby clean up his attic, Dean accidentally releases an ancient Japanese creature, the twisted and vengeful, dream-eating baku. But the curse on the sealing scroll is that he will slowly lose his luck and life force within 108 days to power the baku's pulling Japanese demons into an unprepared and unknowing new American world. That is, if the loss of luck doesn't just kill him first. In the process, gets a new bird buddy, the tengu Castiel, a sarcastic sidekick, the kitsune Gabriel, and has to save the world before the baku steals dreaming from humanity and drives the world mad. In the end, the Righteous man rises to the challenge of killing the baku through a love he never imagined or saw coming.
The story 'Dreameater' by animediva was so huge and so rich in imagery that there were moments when I almost felt panicky. Luckily those moments were short-lived and the rest of the time I really enjoyed doing the art for this amazing story. Some of these pictures may seem a bit puzzling, but it will all become clear (hopefully) when you read the story -- so off you go! :)
LJ: http://animediva.livejournal.com/1046691.html
AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4221873
The art was done with pencil on paper, scanned and coloured in photoshop (pattern brush and paper texture layer with multiply blend for the background)
The final cover art:
Cover v.2 (which was in fact the first version):
Ichiren-Bozu:
Tengu Castiel:
Kitsune Gabriel:
Chapterheads, examples:
A few of the sketches I did (because I really enjoyed drawing the animal forms):