ARTpost: SPN_J2_BigBang 2016
On SPN_J2_BigBang claimday, back in May, I was all jetlaggy after a trip on the nightbus from London and I messed up the time, so I figured I missed out this year:( I'm so glad I signed up as a pinchhitter because I got lucky after all! It was a match made in heaven even, with a story about the guys going on a roadtrip along Route 66, JUST LIKE I DID LAST SUMMER:) And the author is one of the fangirls I met up with in the USA back then; how cool is that for a fandom collaboration?
I happily present:
Title: Begin To Begin Again
Author: dugindeep
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Black marker, Photoshop & Image Ready (for animation)
Pairing: Jensen/Jared (background Jensen/Danneel, Jared/Genevieve)
Genre: RPS futurefic | Wordcount: ~26K
Story Rating: NC17 | ART Rating: G!
Summary: Years after Supernatural ends, Jensen realizes that his job isn’t the only thing missing. He’s divorced, a lame-duck father, and living alone. He wakes often from long-ago memories of the boots and leather jacket he filled out back when he had purpose, dreams of the connection he had with the one who stood beside him through it all. When Jensen finds a spark of himself while reconnecting with his daughter, he is determined to make this new feeling stick with a cross-country trek in the driver's seat of the Impala.
Even as he’s weighted down by his own growing pains post-Supernatural, Jared meets Jensen in middle of Michigan, and they both dive into the same luxurious dream of seeing the country with nothing but time and pavement ahead of them. As Jensen and Jared rediscover themselves and their friendship, they uncover more between them that awakens buried feelings and lights a fire between them.
STORYBANNER
A still version of the animated banner above. Click for a closer look (that goes for all images below)
Happy memories in the semi black and white background (Sam & Dean OR Jensen & Jared? Read the story!)
Notice the -too(?) subtle- extra gray in their hair in the coloured photo? (In the sources section below I reveal how I did that;)
BABY
I had originally planned to create the Impala out of paper, but when I had sketched an outline version for cutting, I liked it as it was, so I decided to go with the drawing for a change!
I traced my pencil version of the Impala with black marker on white paper and then inverted it with the magic of Photoshop into a black car:) I made it slightly transparent in the banner for a more dynamic look (full black would look rather massive and take away attention from the photos in the background.
I drew separate versions of Jared and Jensen (see sketches below) and put them in the car digitally, moving them around depending on the direction they were driving:) I also made versions of Jensen driving on his own. (Why? READ THE STORY!)
DIVIDERS
I made 13 (THIRTEEN!) dividers in total, divided in three themes, all with the red line and dots as a graphic element (symbolizing a road on a map;)
Full size is 600 pixels, the dividers down below are reduced to save space: click to see original sizes!
First theme: Homelife, with teenage JJ texting on the couch and shopping with dad Jensen:
Second theme: Baby, a transparent set of the Impala
Driving to the East; solo Jensen and J2 together
Driving to the West; solo Jensen and J2 together
Third theme: On the road, views from Route 66
Sleeping in motels: Jensen on his own (I also made one with both of them) + a Classic American Diner
Route 66 roadside attraction (do you spot the whale?) and corndogs & fries at the Cozy Dog.
Route 66 sign \o/
EXTRA ARTWORK
A J2 "ussie" in front of the Blue Whale of Catoosa, OK *grins*
SKETCHES
I had to take the backwheel off the Impala for alignment, haha: it kept dipping its nose. I also made drawings of a postcard and textmessages on a phone that didn't end up in the final dividers. (Seriously: READ THE STORY)
Close up of my first effort and the final drawing of Jensen and Jared :-D
SOURCES
Jensen photographed by Karen Cooke at JIB2015 (link to TUMMY Jensen, especially for dugindeep;) Jared at Saturn Awards presswalk, June 2016; I combined images found on Tumblr and GettyImages I added gray hair from Tim Omundson, photographed by bflyw at JIB2016 The linedrawing from J2 driving the Impala was made from a screenshot from Supernatural S11Ep4: Baby I used references from Getty Images for "couple sitting on the hood of a car" :-) JJ texting on the couch from Mind Waves and Teenager JJ shopping from MyHealthNews Greece with a smirking Jensen in the background from the Supernatural Parody video by the Hillywood Show® The J2 selfie originally had salt_and_sprite@Twitter in the middle, lucky girl! (June 21st, 2016) Fonts: Hobo & Christopherhand All roadtrip photos were made by me in August 2015 on Route 66 \o/ The sunset below is also my own photo, taken two weeks ago from my back balcony:)
THE END
Aaaaahw. *chinhands*
THANK YOUS
First of all: thank you, wendy for being on top of things and for pairing me up with a fic when I didn't expect to play in this classic fandom challenge anymore *throws confetti*
Thank you, dugindeep for writing this intense postSupernatural story and for taking the guys down my memory lane of the Route 66, I wish I could have added more photos :-p
As always also a thank you to all visitors of my journal for stopping by. I'd love for you to leave a comment, however short or long. Concrit is always welcome as well!
J.
P.S. My previous artpost has a Dress Up Jared Doll! --> The Roommate
P.P.S. If you're in the mood for more, check out My Art Masterpost (with all my artsy fiddlings starting from my first BigBang in 2010!)
I happily present:
Title: Begin To Begin Again
Author: dugindeep
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Black marker, Photoshop & Image Ready (for animation)
Pairing: Jensen/Jared (background Jensen/Danneel, Jared/Genevieve)
Genre: RPS futurefic | Wordcount: ~26K
Story Rating: NC17 | ART Rating: G!
Summary: Years after Supernatural ends, Jensen realizes that his job isn’t the only thing missing. He’s divorced, a lame-duck father, and living alone. He wakes often from long-ago memories of the boots and leather jacket he filled out back when he had purpose, dreams of the connection he had with the one who stood beside him through it all. When Jensen finds a spark of himself while reconnecting with his daughter, he is determined to make this new feeling stick with a cross-country trek in the driver's seat of the Impala.
Even as he’s weighted down by his own growing pains post-Supernatural, Jared meets Jensen in middle of Michigan, and they both dive into the same luxurious dream of seeing the country with nothing but time and pavement ahead of them. As Jensen and Jared rediscover themselves and their friendship, they uncover more between them that awakens buried feelings and lights a fire between them.
STORYBANNER
A still version of the animated banner above. Click for a closer look (that goes for all images below)
Happy memories in the semi black and white background (Sam & Dean OR Jensen & Jared? Read the story!)
Notice the -too(?) subtle- extra gray in their hair in the coloured photo? (In the sources section below I reveal how I did that;)
BABY
I had originally planned to create the Impala out of paper, but when I had sketched an outline version for cutting, I liked it as it was, so I decided to go with the drawing for a change!
I traced my pencil version of the Impala with black marker on white paper and then inverted it with the magic of Photoshop into a black car:) I made it slightly transparent in the banner for a more dynamic look (full black would look rather massive and take away attention from the photos in the background.
I drew separate versions of Jared and Jensen (see sketches below) and put them in the car digitally, moving them around depending on the direction they were driving:) I also made versions of Jensen driving on his own. (Why? READ THE STORY!)
DIVIDERS
I made 13 (THIRTEEN!) dividers in total, divided in three themes, all with the red line and dots as a graphic element (symbolizing a road on a map;)
Full size is 600 pixels, the dividers down below are reduced to save space: click to see original sizes!
First theme: Homelife, with teenage JJ texting on the couch and shopping with dad Jensen:
Second theme: Baby, a transparent set of the Impala
Driving to the East; solo Jensen and J2 together
Driving to the West; solo Jensen and J2 together
Third theme: On the road, views from Route 66
Sleeping in motels: Jensen on his own (I also made one with both of them) + a Classic American Diner
Route 66 roadside attraction (do you spot the whale?) and corndogs & fries at the Cozy Dog.
Route 66 sign \o/
EXTRA ARTWORK
A J2 "ussie" in front of the Blue Whale of Catoosa, OK *grins*
SKETCHES
I had to take the backwheel off the Impala for alignment, haha: it kept dipping its nose. I also made drawings of a postcard and textmessages on a phone that didn't end up in the final dividers. (Seriously: READ THE STORY)
Close up of my first effort and the final drawing of Jensen and Jared :-D
SOURCES
THE END
Aaaaahw. *chinhands*
THANK YOUS
First of all: thank you, wendy for being on top of things and for pairing me up with a fic when I didn't expect to play in this classic fandom challenge anymore *throws confetti*
Thank you, dugindeep for writing this intense postSupernatural story and for taking the guys down my memory lane of the Route 66, I wish I could have added more photos :-p
As always also a thank you to all visitors of my journal for stopping by. I'd love for you to leave a comment, however short or long. Concrit is always welcome as well!
J.
P.S. My previous artpost has a Dress Up Jared Doll! --> The Roommate
P.P.S. If you're in the mood for more, check out My Art Masterpost (with all my artsy fiddlings starting from my first BigBang in 2010!)