Art for "Meadows of Heaven" by epeeblade for spn_j2_bigbang, part I

[lapillus]

Meadows of Heaven by epeeblade is the first of two stories I've done art for for this year's spn_j2_bigbangSummary: Hundreds of years in the future, in a galaxy torn apart by war, Commander Jeffrey Dean Morgan must team up with Lt. Jensen Ackles to rescue two lost soldiers on a planet with a society based around BDSM (bondage, domination, submission, sado-masochism).

Comments

[leyna55]

This was an epic & impressive task *g*

Oh, I hadn't noticed you had painted them at first! Are they paint-overs, or straight portraits (because that's either a huge job, or a really massive one with all those portraits *g*)

I love the way you got the crew (I think? since I haven't read it yet) all in their matching uniforms, and the rest in appropriate outfits (like Rachel in her rennaissance style gown and background).

[lapillus]

Definitely paintovers! Well, cloned then painted. My drawing ability is really pretty darn limited, but I had found that Painter provided me with enough tools to do some fun stuff. Mostly I drew the costuming changes, and redid a bit of the body I used with Misha. The citycscape probably has the most actual drawing on my part - all of the distant buildings and the trees. In general everything was photoshopped then painted over.

And thank you for noticing the uniforms - they were an interesting challenge! :)

[thruterryseyes]

very clever! Who the hell is Guard Lan? I want him....

[lapillus]

Glad you like it!

Guard Ian is an original character based, visually, on model Paul Francis. epeeblade has a whole character guide here.

[lapillus]

Thank you! They were all a lot of fun to do.

[lapillus]

Thank you! The paintovers were something completely new to me and a lot of fun (Painter has sold me on the fact that I need a full copy. They really do allow a bunch more stuff, at least at my levels of confidence and are somehow just more "play". I'm also really glad that the black and white worked - I like it as a color scheme generally (and it was one less thing to worry about when trying a radically new technique.) It's a very fun verse to play with and I'm quite happy that no one else snapped it up.

[meret]

Great job! Beautiful art work! :)

[lapillus]

Thank you! I'm delighted that you enjoyed it :)