galathea | Intermission: Some Art

Over the last couple of weeks I have been in a real fanart funk. It’s not even that I have no ideas, in fact I have about half a dozen unfinished S4 related pieces in my WIP folder, it’s just that I have no real enthusiasm for PS at the moment. Sometimes fanart seems such an inadequate means to capture what I want to say, that I wished I settled on vidding back in the days. *g* Well, enough with the self-pity, on with the art.

Reunion: Despite the fact that this is probably one of the simplest episodic pieces I’ve done in a while, this one was a real nightmare and I only didn’t give up on it because I really, really wanted that scene on my desktop. I wanted to art a hug between the brothers for a long while but AHBL and Mystery Spot were unsuitable, because they only show extreme close-ups. Still, even with the Lazarus Rising caps I had troubles to come up with a decent composition. In the end I based it on a layout of one of

bre2004’s beautiful pieces and she kindly allowed me to reuse her idea. Thanks again, hon! *hugs*

As for the art itself, I kept it really simple because nothing is more expressive than Jensen and Jared’s expressions and I wanted the distraction from it to be minimal. In accordance with the lyrics the caps surrounding the hug are only half-blended, broken up in pieces by various means (lights, boxes, lines) to symbolize that alone, Sam and Dean are fractured. The images come together in the hug in the middle, both boys are whole again when reunited. I went for warm (orange) and hopeful (green) colours. Beware, I used utterly schmoopy lyrics here. I was in a very sappy mood when I made this and so Sam and Dean had to suffer. LOL

Reunion

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Smile: I made this Jensen piece for

ehlwyen’s birthday last week, because everybody should have sunshine, smiles and the beauty that is Jensen Ackles as a birthday present! ;)

Smile

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You all know the drill, no posting elsewhere and no pretending it's your own. Just for private desktop use! *g* Resources as usual over at Salt'n Burn!