BigBang 2012 ARTPOST the second!
Because of the whole work issue I had only claimed one story for this year's spn_j2_bigbang. Luckily I had also signed up for pinch hit duties and after dealing with real life shenanigans for the past few weeks, I was thrilled to be treated to another lovely story to make art for! A romantic comedy no less, inspired by a collection of songs. So you can enjoy fic, artwork and music!
I happily present my designs for:
Title: A Crazy Little Thing
Author: dontknowmyname
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Photoshop (Illustrator & Pen for sketches)
Pairing: Jensen/Jared
Story Rating: NC-17 (Art is G:)
Wordcount: 22,364
Summary: College is nothing but studying and sleeping for Jared until the socially awkward and klutzy freshman literally runs into Jensen Ackles, a big name senior without a plan for the future. Despite Chad’s ridiculous meddling, the two find that there’s an odd but incredible attraction between them. When Jared returns home for a family dinner on the back of Jensen’s motorcycle, they find out if their relationship can last in the face of adversity.
ARTWORK!
Storybanner
See above. Click for 1800x1200 pixel version! I build Jensen out of three different photos (from Vancon2010 by raloria), I also fiddled a little with Jared:
The left side of the banner is transparent, so the motorbike sticks out on whatever background the image is used on. All the other designs are transparent too.
Chapterheaders
I made two sets of chapterheaders, both in the style of the banner, but one with Jensen/Jared and one with images of the places they meet... I was very happy when dontknowmyname and I agreed the latter capture the fun spirit of the story best. - Click for 500 pixel versions!
Set 1: J2
Set 2: Dates
(I bet you're very curious
about that first chapter:
go read the story!;)
Dividers
Originally I had planned to only make two dividers, to simply separate J2's point of views. I struggled to find the perfect image for Jared, so I ended up making more. The website on the laptop is of the University of Texas by the way;) I also made a simple line version (not included here) - Click for 500 pixel versions!
Soundtrack
Because this story was loosely based on the author's playlist, she asked me to make a CD-cover. I found the near perfect photo of a couple on the right motorbike; I painted it black and made the rider on the back taller so obviously now they are biker!Jensen and freshman!Jared *grins* - Click for 600 pixel versions!
You can listen to the complete playlist (and bonus covers) at my YouTube Channel!
Sketches
Because I know how y'all love to see these, here are some sketches. I first made a moodboard to decide on the best Jensen/Jared combination for this story. The banner-sketch below was based on the pictures I chose from that. I'm quite pleased with how the banner turned out; as you can see above, it came pretty close to what was in my head:) You can check out the moodboard and more sketches in my source post.
With the story dontknowmyname sent me images that had inspired her; among them the Hell on Wheels devil, that I adjusted a little for the helmet in the divider and on the CDcover. I had wanted to make a logo of my own, but eventually I ran out of time to make it fit to my liking, so this didn't end up on the final art:
I also doodled a cracky sketch of the boys to entertain my author :-D
(Now you know why I don't draw final fanart by hand;)
Icons
Last but not least: a set of icons!
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6.
The end!
Final notes
Thank you, dontknowmyname for sharing your story and the music (and images) that inspired you. I had a lot of fun talking to you and creating designs for your lovely story :-)
As usual also a BIG thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for their perfect organisation of the spn_j2_bigbang. I'm very happy you thought of me for pinch hitting:)
Extensive notes about my source materials can be found here.
Thank YOU for stopping by! You're welcome to comment as honest as you like; I love concrit (and of course squee;)
J.
P.S. You can find all my previous artwork in this masterpost!
I happily present my designs for:
Title: A Crazy Little Thing
Author: dontknowmyname
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Photoshop (Illustrator & Pen for sketches)
Pairing: Jensen/Jared
Story Rating: NC-17 (Art is G:)
Wordcount: 22,364
Summary: College is nothing but studying and sleeping for Jared until the socially awkward and klutzy freshman literally runs into Jensen Ackles, a big name senior without a plan for the future. Despite Chad’s ridiculous meddling, the two find that there’s an odd but incredible attraction between them. When Jared returns home for a family dinner on the back of Jensen’s motorcycle, they find out if their relationship can last in the face of adversity.
ARTWORK!
Storybanner
See above. Click for 1800x1200 pixel version! I build Jensen out of three different photos (from Vancon2010 by raloria), I also fiddled a little with Jared:
The left side of the banner is transparent, so the motorbike sticks out on whatever background the image is used on. All the other designs are transparent too.
Chapterheaders
I made two sets of chapterheaders, both in the style of the banner, but one with Jensen/Jared and one with images of the places they meet... I was very happy when dontknowmyname and I agreed the latter capture the fun spirit of the story best. - Click for 500 pixel versions!
Set 1: J2
Set 2: Dates
(I bet you're very curious
about that first chapter:
go read the story!;)
Dividers
Originally I had planned to only make two dividers, to simply separate J2's point of views. I struggled to find the perfect image for Jared, so I ended up making more. The website on the laptop is of the University of Texas by the way;) I also made a simple line version (not included here) - Click for 500 pixel versions!
Soundtrack
Because this story was loosely based on the author's playlist, she asked me to make a CD-cover. I found the near perfect photo of a couple on the right motorbike; I painted it black and made the rider on the back taller so obviously now they are biker!Jensen and freshman!Jared *grins* - Click for 600 pixel versions!
You can listen to the complete playlist (and bonus covers) at my YouTube Channel!
Sketches
Because I know how y'all love to see these, here are some sketches. I first made a moodboard to decide on the best Jensen/Jared combination for this story. The banner-sketch below was based on the pictures I chose from that. I'm quite pleased with how the banner turned out; as you can see above, it came pretty close to what was in my head:) You can check out the moodboard and more sketches in my source post.
With the story dontknowmyname sent me images that had inspired her; among them the Hell on Wheels devil, that I adjusted a little for the helmet in the divider and on the CDcover. I had wanted to make a logo of my own, but eventually I ran out of time to make it fit to my liking, so this didn't end up on the final art:
I also doodled a cracky sketch of the boys to entertain my author :-D
(Now you know why I don't draw final fanart by hand;)
Icons
Last but not least: a set of icons!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The end!
Final notes
Thank you, dontknowmyname for sharing your story and the music (and images) that inspired you. I had a lot of fun talking to you and creating designs for your lovely story :-)
As usual also a BIG thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for their perfect organisation of the spn_j2_bigbang. I'm very happy you thought of me for pinch hitting:)
Extensive notes about my source materials can be found here.
Thank YOU for stopping by! You're welcome to comment as honest as you like; I love concrit (and of course squee;)
J.
P.S. You can find all my previous artwork in this masterpost!