Conversations on a Balcony - Small Fandom Big Bang Art 2015
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Title: Conversations on a Balcony
Artist: kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Author: deinonychus_1 / Athene
Fandom: Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Jason/Pythagoras, Icarus/Pythagoras
Rating/Category: PG (Story: PG-13)
Warnings: None for the art
Story summary: It’s late at night, they are in the house by themselves, so Jason and Pythagoras talk. In a story told wholly through a series of late night conversations, often aided by alcohol, Jason and Pythagoras discuss anything and everything, from the not so serious (such as the time Jason tries to explain the internet), to subjects that are close to both their hearts. In doing so, they learn more about each other and their friendship grows.
But no matter how close they are, Jason knows they both have secrets. Jason still dare not tell Pythagoras the truth about who he is and where he comes from. And no matter how honest Pythagoras is about his sexuality and past relationships, Jason soon comes to believe that his friend is hiding a great heartache.
When matters come to a head one night, Jason must decide how much he is prepared to risk in order to save his relationship with the best friend he has ever known.
Link to fic master post: Fic on LJ or Fic on AO3
Artist notes: I've only seen maybe half a season of Atlantis, but am an absolute sucker for the 'from friends to lovers' trope so picking this story to do art for based on the summary was an easy decision! And one I didn't regret, as it was thoroughly enjoyable with many inspirational scenes to make art for :) Thank you to my writer deinonychus_1 not just for the story, but for enabling me with many screencaps and always been so enthusiastic about my efforts. And as always, thank you to the mod of smallfandombang for organising the whole thing and giving me a reason to pretend to be an artist once more! Please see here for texture and photo attributions.
This is the cover for the story. I wanted to use not just an image of the boys, but also incorporate aspects of the story, hence geometric texture (for Pythagoras) and the wine jugs (for the copious wine!) - Click for full size!
The drinking theme continues for the chapter titles/dividers...
This was actually the first graph I did. As soon as I read the scene of Pythagoras telling about his lost lover I knew I had to illustrate it. Nice of the canon to provide such an unambiguous image too... I believe this is less subtext and more text? Anyway, fire and wings were compulsory of course, considering who we're talking about! Text straight from the story. - Click for full size!
Final piece. This illustrates a scene full of hesitation and conversation full of subtext... And as I was spoiled for choice when it came to screencaps of the boys staring at each other in a yearning fashion... :D Words again from the story itself. - Click for full size!
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Title: Conversations on a Balcony
Artist: kat_lair / Mistress Kat
Author: deinonychus_1 / Athene
Fandom: Atlantis
Characters/Pairings: Jason/Pythagoras, Icarus/Pythagoras
Rating/Category: PG (Story: PG-13)
Warnings: None for the art
Story summary: It’s late at night, they are in the house by themselves, so Jason and Pythagoras talk. In a story told wholly through a series of late night conversations, often aided by alcohol, Jason and Pythagoras discuss anything and everything, from the not so serious (such as the time Jason tries to explain the internet), to subjects that are close to both their hearts. In doing so, they learn more about each other and their friendship grows.
But no matter how close they are, Jason knows they both have secrets. Jason still dare not tell Pythagoras the truth about who he is and where he comes from. And no matter how honest Pythagoras is about his sexuality and past relationships, Jason soon comes to believe that his friend is hiding a great heartache.
When matters come to a head one night, Jason must decide how much he is prepared to risk in order to save his relationship with the best friend he has ever known.
Link to fic master post: Fic on LJ or Fic on AO3
Artist notes: I've only seen maybe half a season of Atlantis, but am an absolute sucker for the 'from friends to lovers' trope so picking this story to do art for based on the summary was an easy decision! And one I didn't regret, as it was thoroughly enjoyable with many inspirational scenes to make art for :) Thank you to my writer deinonychus_1 not just for the story, but for enabling me with many screencaps and always been so enthusiastic about my efforts. And as always, thank you to the mod of smallfandombang for organising the whole thing and giving me a reason to pretend to be an artist once more! Please see here for texture and photo attributions.
This is the cover for the story. I wanted to use not just an image of the boys, but also incorporate aspects of the story, hence geometric texture (for Pythagoras) and the wine jugs (for the copious wine!) - Click for full size!
The drinking theme continues for the chapter titles/dividers...
This was actually the first graph I did. As soon as I read the scene of Pythagoras telling about his lost lover I knew I had to illustrate it. Nice of the canon to provide such an unambiguous image too... I believe this is less subtext and more text? Anyway, fire and wings were compulsory of course, considering who we're talking about! Text straight from the story. - Click for full size!
Final piece. This illustrates a scene full of hesitation and conversation full of subtext... And as I was spoiled for choice when it came to screencaps of the boys staring at each other in a yearning fashion... :D Words again from the story itself. - Click for full size!
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