Art: Bring Me a Dream

[dancing_adrift]

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

Comments

[madebyme_x]

What perfect art for the fic - I love it!!! Jensen's smile, and the black and green work so on Zanna!Jared, and I love all the glitter as well.

Wonderful work - thank you so much for sharing! Take care :)

[dancing_adrift]

Thank you so much for commenting! I'm glad you like it ^_^ <3

[alycat]

The green hair was such a perfection addition and it just worked for me from the very first time I saw it.

And god, you did so much art! It's glorious and I'm amazed my little fic could inspire you this much.

The size kink is awesome and I love the splashes of glitter on Jensen. Go pretty boy with his invisible zanna glitter! <3

Thank you thank you for claiming my fic!

[dancing_adrift]

haha, yay, I'm so glad you like the green hair. Jared's hair...is pretty much the first part I worked on besides the basic outline, lol.

Working in a digital medium makes it far, far too easy to play around and make ridiculous amounts of stuff. I feel like I made one 'art' and then just a bunch of variations from that, lol. I'm glad you don't seem to think it's too much, lol.

The size bit is all you - I'm so glad you asked me to make that change, because it was necessary, but I wouldn't have thought of it myself :) And, really, there'd be glitter all over Jared's boy, but since I was trying to depict the time right after they'd been reunited, I figured I'd hold back a little bit yet ;)

Thank YOU! XP lol <3

[beelikej]

Yay for a succesfully finishing your first art challenge \o/ I can tell you had fun by all the variations you played with *grins* I love how you did the glitter, it really sparkles all over! (Also Jensen's freckles, woohoo) I can't stop staring at how massive Zanna Jared is.

FYI: that is not usually what 'reference used' means, but for a first endeavor into arting it's not a bad idea to start with tracing to learn how lines in a body flow;) I think you really managed to turn that image into an original scene. Kudos for the couch and background (that art-deco lamp!). Last but not least: the lettering is very pretty too:)

I'm so happy you came over to play in this challenge *twirls you some more*

[dancing_adrift]

Yay, thank you!! hehehe, I'm glad Zanna Jared is doing it for you ;) <3

Haha - I didn't think that was exactly what it meant...but I figured I might as well be honest about my skills. Maybe if I had used traditional mediums like pencil and paper I would have done fine, but using a mouse to draw...it ain't easy. Lol. I'm glad you like my lamp, silly little detail that it is. And hooray for appropriate font choices! *phew* ;)

Thank you so much for the lovely comment <3 *happily continues twirling*

[dancing_adrift]

hi :) Question from the newb: what exactly does 'reference used' imply? Lol. I figure I ought to know so I may appropriately mark my future art endeavors. Thanks! :)

[beelikej]

:) You use a reference to check how body parts move or what a person's face looks like from a specific angle. Most artists will use reference images, hardly anyone just paints or draws from memory. But they wouldn't trace the original, they would use it as a guide. (For instance for my icon of Felicia I made a photomanip first and then traced that, if I had used it as a reference I would have drawn her freehand while checking with one or several pictures to get that posture right;)

I don't think there is any shame in tracing at all (it really depends on what you're aiming for in your art), but in general it is considered a beginner's technique or "cheating";) When I don't draw freehand I usually say I used an image as a base instead of calling it a reference.

Hope that helps. Good luck with your next challenge!

[somer]

ALL THE GLITTER AND ALL THE MUSCLES! And all the freeeckles :D This is really gorgeous! Love how much work you put in this! Really, really awesome :D

[dancing_adrift]

aww, thank you so much! ^_^ <3 <3 <3

[sillie82]

Oooh, very awesome! Love Jared's green hair and Jensen's freckles. <3

[dancing_adrift]

yay! I'm happy you like those details ^_^ Thank you very much! <3