2 Episodic Wallpapers
Sep. 1st, 2009 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galatheaI had an unexpected surge of artistic energy last week and spent some time with photoshop. I figured that it is unlikely that I get any S4 art done when S5 starts to air, so I used the opportunity to make some art from a couple of my favourite S4 episodes. I am pretty happy how these turned out, so I hope you enjoy them as well. :)
Fractured Mind: This wallpaper deals with Sam’s withdrawal induced hallucinations in When The Levee Breaks. Sam is falling to pieces, his mind fractured into manifestations of himself, represented by his younger self, Mary and Dean. While their voices haunt and mock him, he looks longingly towards the exit of the dark prison he spun for himself, but, obstructed from all sides, he is unable to break free. I cut the wallpaper into pieces and disarranged them slightly to visualise Sam’s fractured mind. I also used glass fragments in order to enhance the 'fractured' theme and striped light stocks to symbolise prison bars. The colour scheme is a mix of warm and cold colours, because Sam finds comfort (Mary) as well as pain (Sammy, Dean) in his hallucinations.
Fractured Mind
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Replaced: In this wallpaper I tried to visualise the conflicting emotions Adam, his half-brother in Jump The Shark, creates in Dean. The realisation that John made a new family for himself, while Dean lost his own, and Sam's eagerness to play the 'big brother' to Adam's little brother threatens Dean's roles in his family. He doesn't know his place anymore, feels replaced in the lives of the people he loves most.
At the bottom Sam is bonding with Adam over research, while Dean watches them from afar. Usually Sam and Dean work together, now Adam has taken the place next to Sam. At the top Adam is at John’s side, father and son leaning towards each other. Again, Dean’s place is taken by his half-brother. In the middle we see Dean, who doesn’t know anymore where he fits in the puzzle of his life, if he is not Sam’s big brother and John’s son. I thought the incomplete puzzle metaphor worked well with Dean’s insecurity, and I used the colours to emphasise Dean’s outsider status. While Adam, John and Sam are bathed in warm colours, Dean is separated from them in cold black&white.
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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!
Fractured Mind: This wallpaper deals with Sam’s withdrawal induced hallucinations in When The Levee Breaks. Sam is falling to pieces, his mind fractured into manifestations of himself, represented by his younger self, Mary and Dean. While their voices haunt and mock him, he looks longingly towards the exit of the dark prison he spun for himself, but, obstructed from all sides, he is unable to break free. I cut the wallpaper into pieces and disarranged them slightly to visualise Sam’s fractured mind. I also used glass fragments in order to enhance the 'fractured' theme and striped light stocks to symbolise prison bars. The colour scheme is a mix of warm and cold colours, because Sam finds comfort (Mary) as well as pain (Sammy, Dean) in his hallucinations.
Fractured Mind
1024x768 | 1280x800
Replaced: In this wallpaper I tried to visualise the conflicting emotions Adam, his half-brother in Jump The Shark, creates in Dean. The realisation that John made a new family for himself, while Dean lost his own, and Sam's eagerness to play the 'big brother' to Adam's little brother threatens Dean's roles in his family. He doesn't know his place anymore, feels replaced in the lives of the people he loves most.
At the bottom Sam is bonding with Adam over research, while Dean watches them from afar. Usually Sam and Dean work together, now Adam has taken the place next to Sam. At the top Adam is at John’s side, father and son leaning towards each other. Again, Dean’s place is taken by his half-brother. In the middle we see Dean, who doesn’t know anymore where he fits in the puzzle of his life, if he is not Sam’s big brother and John’s son. I thought the incomplete puzzle metaphor worked well with Dean’s insecurity, and I used the colours to emphasise Dean’s outsider status. While Adam, John and Sam are bathed in warm colours, Dean is separated from them in cold black&white.
Replaced
1024x640 | 1280x800
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!
