Artwork SPN_J2_BigBang 2020 - the second!
Within five minutes after staking my claim in the spn_j2_bigbang I got a message from the author and I got even more excited about the fic I had been able to grab! I already loved the summary but when I found out who wrote it, I didn't have any doubts that the whole story would be great. She's one of my favorite fanfic authors who always adds extra layers of thinky thoughts to an already exciting plot. I had a blast squeeing behind the scenes and tried to capture some of the awesomeness of this story. I'm all giddy that I can finally share this collab with y'all:) Enjoy!
Title: Metaphysical Inc.
Author: blackrabbit42
Artist: beelikej
Art Rating: G | Medium: Papercutting & folding + Photoshop
Fic Rating: R | Pairing: Jensen/Jared [RPF AU] | Word count: ~21K
Warning: Slight gore in an opening scene that involves a labor and delivery room.
Summary: Loosely inspired by Monsters, Inc. Jensen works for the Life Department, Jared works for the Death Division. When they accidentally bring a live human baby into the metaphysical world, they need to work against the forces of Time and Fate, as well as that little shit from Chaos, Misha, to return baby Bee to her rightful place in the human world. Doing so might involve sacrifices and changes neither of them ever imagined.
Additional artworks & animations
Did you notice the optical illusion in the story header above? The portal may appear to move if you avoid looking straight at it: stare a little off the side to the swirl to see the effect.
I also made digital animations; beware if you are sensitive to moving gifs and/or spoilers! The two animations follow the dividers below. The second gif contains scenes from the fic. You can skip all artspoilers by clicking through to: the WIP section
DIVIDERS
ANIMATIONS
PROMO
Inspired by this running gag on Monsters, Inc promotions;)
CHARACTER CARDS
Okay, fine, this is not a Jeff/Jensen fic. Indulge me :-p
EXTRA ART
An homage to one of my favorite exchanges between J2. (Their insults seem to say it all at first yet then we get layer upon layer of insight into their work which I loved deeply. This one's for you, blackrabbit42 <3)
This concludes the artsection. Next up is a peek behind the scenes!
The Making Of
I'll try to keep the babbling to a minimum. If you have any questions about the process, let me know!
First sketch after reading and the template for the antlers.
One idea that got stuck in the sketching stage and the set up for the portal swirl.
Reference/base pictures for digital fiddling with J2.
Cutting and then manipulating the paper antlers with my bone folder to create a 3D effect.
My original cutting plan to cut the full circle swirls turned out to be too demanding for my patience (so much curvy cutting...) and I had to change course. I ended up cutting a double swirl in three colours that I digitally copied to make the final shape.
I got so frustrated by having to double cut the delicate thin black swirls I grabbed a marker in desperation. I was so relieved that worked out; can you tell the difference in the photo between a papercut black swirl and the two I drew on the blue swirls? It saved me so much time, I could cry.
Without and with backlight. In the end I had to digitally brighten it.
Photoshoot!
Credits, sources & Thank yous
FONTS: Monster AG (Title) & SF Slapstick Comic (Names)
J2 faces from a photo-op of amberdreams at JIBCon2017, more of her cool pics with the guys here! Jensen's outfit: see reference photo's in WIP section:) Jared's outfit: from outfittrends.com MC from EW's Halloween Photo Shoot by Finlay MacKay. JDM in Rampage; Image via Warner Bros. Antlers reference from NY Times 2019/10/15, credit: Klimkhamer et al., The Royal Society. Batwings based on non-copyright image on Festivalclaca.cat. Portal optical illusion inspired by Pixers.us.
Thank you, blackrabbit42 for this glorious fic; I am still in awe about the universe you created (and that goes so far beyond the film it was inspired by). It was funny and lovely and it made me think about life and death! <3
Last but not least a shout out to BigBang's trusty mod wendy and everyone who participates in this classic fandom event. *grouphug*
J.
Previous animation experiment: Parallel Synchronized Randomness
More of my other artsy fiddlings: Artmasterlist 2010-2018 | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond
SPN_J2_BigBang 2020 - Artwork the first
X-posted to https://beelikej.dreamwidth.org/560838.html
Title: Metaphysical Inc.
Author: blackrabbit42
Artist: beelikej
Art Rating: G | Medium: Papercutting & folding + Photoshop
Fic Rating: R | Pairing: Jensen/Jared [RPF AU] | Word count: ~21K
Warning: Slight gore in an opening scene that involves a labor and delivery room.
Summary: Loosely inspired by Monsters, Inc. Jensen works for the Life Department, Jared works for the Death Division. When they accidentally bring a live human baby into the metaphysical world, they need to work against the forces of Time and Fate, as well as that little shit from Chaos, Misha, to return baby Bee to her rightful place in the human world. Doing so might involve sacrifices and changes neither of them ever imagined.
Additional artworks & animations
Did you notice the optical illusion in the story header above? The portal may appear to move if you avoid looking straight at it: stare a little off the side to the swirl to see the effect.
I also made digital animations; beware if you are sensitive to moving gifs and/or spoilers! The two animations follow the dividers below. The second gif contains scenes from the fic. You can skip all artspoilers by clicking through to: the WIP section
DIVIDERS
ANIMATIONS
PROMO
Inspired by this running gag on Monsters, Inc promotions;)
CHARACTER CARDS
Okay, fine, this is not a Jeff/Jensen fic. Indulge me :-p
EXTRA ART
An homage to one of my favorite exchanges between J2. (Their insults seem to say it all at first yet then we get layer upon layer of insight into their work which I loved deeply. This one's for you, blackrabbit42 <3)
This concludes the artsection. Next up is a peek behind the scenes!
The Making Of
I'll try to keep the babbling to a minimum. If you have any questions about the process, let me know!
First sketch after reading and the template for the antlers.
One idea that got stuck in the sketching stage and the set up for the portal swirl.
Reference/base pictures for digital fiddling with J2.
Cutting and then manipulating the paper antlers with my bone folder to create a 3D effect.
My original cutting plan to cut the full circle swirls turned out to be too demanding for my patience (so much curvy cutting...) and I had to change course. I ended up cutting a double swirl in three colours that I digitally copied to make the final shape.
I got so frustrated by having to double cut the delicate thin black swirls I grabbed a marker in desperation. I was so relieved that worked out; can you tell the difference in the photo between a papercut black swirl and the two I drew on the blue swirls? It saved me so much time, I could cry.
Without and with backlight. In the end I had to digitally brighten it.
Photoshoot!
Credits, sources & Thank yous
FONTS: Monster AG (Title) & SF Slapstick Comic (Names)
Thank you, blackrabbit42 for this glorious fic; I am still in awe about the universe you created (and that goes so far beyond the film it was inspired by). It was funny and lovely and it made me think about life and death! <3
Last but not least a shout out to BigBang's trusty mod wendy and everyone who participates in this classic fandom event. *grouphug*
J.
Previous animation experiment: Parallel Synchronized Randomness
More of my other artsy fiddlings: Artmasterlist 2010-2018 | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond
SPN_J2_BigBang 2020 - Artwork the first
X-posted to https://beelikej.dreamwidth.org/560838.html