Conceptual Wallpaper
Sep. 7th, 2009 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galatheaYesterday I went into a mad art frenzy and got completely immersed in a wallpaper for hours and hours. In order to stop me from meddling with it any further, I need to get it off my hard drive and out in the open. I figured you all won't mind. *g*
The First Seal: This wallpaper deals with the angels and demons' fight over Dean’s soul, so to speak. Basically I wanted to make this wallpaper ever since the words: "We laid siege to hell!" came out of Castiel’s mouth in On The Head of A Pin, which conjured a very powerful image in my mind. Of course the end result is nowhere near that powerful image. I was simply not skilled enough (and didn’t find the right images to work with) to create something like what I had in my mind, so I settled for a compromise. It still cost me an insane amount of hours to put this together though, and I am still not sure if it at least conveys the idea I had in mind. By the way, I want to say that this piece was heavily influenced by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uglybusiness, whose level of perfection with these kinds of manipulated wallpapers, I aspire to.
So, in my mind this is the moment where Dean breaks from the torture Alistair subjected him to and he gets off the rack. He is defeated at Alistair’s feet, who triumphantly towers over his new 'pet'. To the left we see the angels, trying to battle their way into hell, but they are too late, they won’t reach Dean in time. I incorporated both Castiel’s as well as Alistair’s quotes from On The Head of A Pin into the wallpaper, because I wanted both perspectives in the piece. Visually I tried to build a little cave within hell, where Alistair kept Dean separated and tortured him. I used a volcano, smoke, rocks and fire sparks to recreate hell and a couple of flying/exploding bricks where the angels try to break through. The red/orange colour scheme obviously corresponds with fire/hell, and the piece goes from light (where there’s hope in form of the angels) to very dark (where Dean cowers in darkness).
So, that’s it. My next project is a companion piece to this, that deals with Sam as the one who breaks the last seal.
The First Seal
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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!
The First Seal: This wallpaper deals with the angels and demons' fight over Dean’s soul, so to speak. Basically I wanted to make this wallpaper ever since the words: "We laid siege to hell!" came out of Castiel’s mouth in On The Head of A Pin, which conjured a very powerful image in my mind. Of course the end result is nowhere near that powerful image. I was simply not skilled enough (and didn’t find the right images to work with) to create something like what I had in my mind, so I settled for a compromise. It still cost me an insane amount of hours to put this together though, and I am still not sure if it at least conveys the idea I had in mind. By the way, I want to say that this piece was heavily influenced by
uglybusiness, whose level of perfection with these kinds of manipulated wallpapers, I aspire to.So, in my mind this is the moment where Dean breaks from the torture Alistair subjected him to and he gets off the rack. He is defeated at Alistair’s feet, who triumphantly towers over his new 'pet'. To the left we see the angels, trying to battle their way into hell, but they are too late, they won’t reach Dean in time. I incorporated both Castiel’s as well as Alistair’s quotes from On The Head of A Pin into the wallpaper, because I wanted both perspectives in the piece. Visually I tried to build a little cave within hell, where Alistair kept Dean separated and tortured him. I used a volcano, smoke, rocks and fire sparks to recreate hell and a couple of flying/exploding bricks where the angels try to break through. The red/orange colour scheme obviously corresponds with fire/hell, and the piece goes from light (where there’s hope in form of the angels) to very dark (where Dean cowers in darkness).
So, that’s it. My next project is a companion piece to this, that deals with Sam as the one who breaks the last seal.
The First Seal
1024x768 | 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!
