Make A Request: Part II
Jan. 8th, 2010 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galatheaWith the holidays over, I now have time to slowly, but surely, work on my Christmas request list, the imperative word being 'slowly'. *g* At least I developed ideas for most of the requests y’all threw at me, so I guess that’s a good sign, although of course that’s no guarantee that it’ll work out. I hope you all don’t mind that I won’t work on the requests in chronological order, I just pick the prompt that my muse points at, I have no real say in the matter.
Anyway, the wallpaper today is for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chiiyo86. I hope you like it, hon! :)
Day & Night: Dearchiiyo86! I found your request particularly challenging, although the moment you posted your prompt - use the wide-angle overhead shots of Dean in Lazarus Rising and Sam in I Know What You Did Last Summer in one wallpaper - I already had an idea for it that sprung from the caps itself. With Dean being shown in bright daylight and Sam in the dark of the night, the visual juxtaposition of day & night, dark & light, birth & death, black & white kind of was the logical step for this wallpaper. Still, I fiddled forever with this, the caps weren't easy to work with and it took me a while to work out the composition. I hope I fulfilled your request to your satisfaction though.
The story I wanted to tell here is simple: On the left we see Dean, post-resurrection, alone and confused, on the right Sam is at the crossroad, grim and determined to bring his brother back. The grief over Dean's death set the darkness within Sam free and he is willing to sacrifice everything to be reunited with his brother. The text emphasises that notion by suggesting that Sam left behind light, goodness, optimism - in short, everything that is associated with 'light of day' - in the time he was without Dean. The angle/lighting in the cap of Sam at the crossroad results in Sam throwing a really huge, elongated shadow and by allowing that shadow to cross over into Dean's side of the wallpaper, I used that to show that Sam's inner darkness 'overshadows' the joyful fact of Dean's return. I also like the symbolism of Sam and Dean's shadows falling side by side, while the characters themselves face away from each other.
Day & Night
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!
Anyway, the wallpaper today is for
chiiyo86. I hope you like it, hon! :)Day & Night: Dear
chiiyo86! I found your request particularly challenging, although the moment you posted your prompt - use the wide-angle overhead shots of Dean in Lazarus Rising and Sam in I Know What You Did Last Summer in one wallpaper - I already had an idea for it that sprung from the caps itself. With Dean being shown in bright daylight and Sam in the dark of the night, the visual juxtaposition of day & night, dark & light, birth & death, black & white kind of was the logical step for this wallpaper. Still, I fiddled forever with this, the caps weren't easy to work with and it took me a while to work out the composition. I hope I fulfilled your request to your satisfaction though.The story I wanted to tell here is simple: On the left we see Dean, post-resurrection, alone and confused, on the right Sam is at the crossroad, grim and determined to bring his brother back. The grief over Dean's death set the darkness within Sam free and he is willing to sacrifice everything to be reunited with his brother. The text emphasises that notion by suggesting that Sam left behind light, goodness, optimism - in short, everything that is associated with 'light of day' - in the time he was without Dean. The angle/lighting in the cap of Sam at the crossroad results in Sam throwing a really huge, elongated shadow and by allowing that shadow to cross over into Dean's side of the wallpaper, I used that to show that Sam's inner darkness 'overshadows' the joyful fact of Dean's return. I also like the symbolism of Sam and Dean's shadows falling side by side, while the characters themselves face away from each other.
Day & Night
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!
