.art: Bird of paradise (Dean/Cas) PG13
Bird of paradise by trinityofone (Dean/Cas) R | ~34,000 ( MASTERPOST)
Sufferin' snakes, you guys! Here is Trin's and my entry for the 2010 deancasbigbang! "Bird of Paradise" is absolutely stunning, and it was such a privilege to get to talk the fic out with Trin and do the art for it--such a privilege and so much fun, and many thanks and hugs to her for the encouragement, kind words, and being awesome company in the car on our extensive travels through New England. Please go read her fic, because it's awesome--and also I recommend that you read first, because one of the images in here is fairly spoileriffic. But if you don't mind being spoiled, click on! Under the cut are the full-sized version of the cover, two other illustrations, and the soundtrack.
Cover
The cover is one of the first times I've tried doing something vaguely like drawing/illustration mixed with my usual style of flinging various textures at a screencap and seeing what happens; I got the idea from a piece oatmeal_queen and I did together, where she drew the figure and I added in some texture stuff. Cas and Dean are loosely based on some stock photography, with some modifications. After I finished the drawing, then I flung various textures at it to see what would happen, and what ended up happening was this odd sort of phoenix-type thing.
To kill a mockingbird
This piece illustrates a scene in Part 3. If you haven't read the fic yet (and why not???), I won't say what part it is so I don't spoil you. To put this together, I used some photos as reference, and in Illustrator messed around with contrast and lines to de-age Cas, Dean, and Jo as much as I could and not have it look like I'd run Misha, Jensen, and Alona through some kind of totally freakish and unnatural de-aging program--sort of the reverse of those scary online thingies that will age a picture of your baby for you.
Bird of paradise
One of the images I very much wanted to work in was Ellen's bird of paradise pin, which is one of the touchstone items in the story, not only a token for Jo, but for Dean. The bird is a combination of bird stock image, desaturated and with contrast and brightness reduced to "solid black," and some curvy vector brushes for the tail. Then I turned the bird into a brush, set a dark blue texture as a pattern, and used the bird as a stamp. Added in some background textures and text from the fic, and there you have it. A solid black version forms the divider between sections in the fic.
Soundtrack
Track Listing
01. Salve Regina | choure gregorienne
02. Freedom Hangs Like Heaven | iron & wine
03. Que Sera Sera | pink martini
04. Dark Eyes | iron & wine and calexico
05. Drowning Man | u2
06. Hold Hands and Fight | the rosebuds
07. To Kill a Mockingbird | elmer bernstein
08. Your Protector | fleet foxes
09. Everywhere I Go | lissie
10. 100 Knives | mirah
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Sufferin' snakes, you guys! Here is Trin's and my entry for the 2010 deancasbigbang! "Bird of Paradise" is absolutely stunning, and it was such a privilege to get to talk the fic out with Trin and do the art for it--such a privilege and so much fun, and many thanks and hugs to her for the encouragement, kind words, and being awesome company in the car on our extensive travels through New England. Please go read her fic, because it's awesome--and also I recommend that you read first, because one of the images in here is fairly spoileriffic. But if you don't mind being spoiled, click on! Under the cut are the full-sized version of the cover, two other illustrations, and the soundtrack.
Cover
The cover is one of the first times I've tried doing something vaguely like drawing/illustration mixed with my usual style of flinging various textures at a screencap and seeing what happens; I got the idea from a piece oatmeal_queen and I did together, where she drew the figure and I added in some texture stuff. Cas and Dean are loosely based on some stock photography, with some modifications. After I finished the drawing, then I flung various textures at it to see what would happen, and what ended up happening was this odd sort of phoenix-type thing.
To kill a mockingbird
This piece illustrates a scene in Part 3. If you haven't read the fic yet (and why not???), I won't say what part it is so I don't spoil you. To put this together, I used some photos as reference, and in Illustrator messed around with contrast and lines to de-age Cas, Dean, and Jo as much as I could and not have it look like I'd run Misha, Jensen, and Alona through some kind of totally freakish and unnatural de-aging program--sort of the reverse of those scary online thingies that will age a picture of your baby for you.
Bird of paradise
One of the images I very much wanted to work in was Ellen's bird of paradise pin, which is one of the touchstone items in the story, not only a token for Jo, but for Dean. The bird is a combination of bird stock image, desaturated and with contrast and brightness reduced to "solid black," and some curvy vector brushes for the tail. Then I turned the bird into a brush, set a dark blue texture as a pattern, and used the bird as a stamp. Added in some background textures and text from the fic, and there you have it. A solid black version forms the divider between sections in the fic.
Soundtrack
Track Listing
01. Salve Regina | choure gregorienne
02. Freedom Hangs Like Heaven | iron & wine
03. Que Sera Sera | pink martini
04. Dark Eyes | iron & wine and calexico
05. Drowning Man | u2
06. Hold Hands and Fight | the rosebuds
07. To Kill a Mockingbird | elmer bernstein
08. Your Protector | fleet foxes
09. Everywhere I Go | lissie
10. 100 Knives | mirah
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