Wallpaper | Confusion

[galathea]

Two years! That's how long it's been since I last opened Photoshop for anything more complex than an icon. It's not that I don't have ideas anymore, but when I started working more hours, I had to choose between keeping weekly reviews up and making art, and obviously the former won out. And the longer I stayed away from fanart, the more difficult it became to go back to it. So imagine my surprise when I was suddenly overcome with the urge to make art yesterday. I feel extremely rusty, so don't expect anything special; it's just a simple episodic piece for The Born-Again Identity



So, yesterday I was browsing and listening to a random music playlist on my computer - internally pondering whether I wanted to read a Big Bang story or start working on one of my missing S6 reviews - when Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower came on. Of course, I know the song in and out, but the second line of the lyrics suddenly struck me as a perfect summary for Sam's situation in The Born-Again Identity - and that motivated me to open PS. The end result you can see below. There is nothing deep or fancy here. In fact, I am glad I still know how to make a simple blend. *g* I think the composition is a bit odd, but I don't entirely hate it either, so I thought why not post it anyway.

This is the first time I downsized various wallpaper sizes from the orgininal 1680x1050 size. Thanks, uglybusiness for the pointers. I am not sure how the quality looks on the actual corresponding monitor resolutions, so if the downsized versions looks blurry or oversharpened to some of you, just let me know. :)


1680x1050 | 1440x900 | 1280x800 | 1024x640

So far I spent most of the hiatus relaxing, catching up on shows I had lost track of while they were airing and working my way through the SPN Big Bang 2012. However, I do plan on finally writing the three S6 reviews that are still missing from my review archive, and maybe finish the half-written S6 meta I have still lying around. And who knows! Maybe yesterday wasn't just a fluke and I get to dust off my PS skills and make some more art as well. But knowing my fickle muse, I wouldn't count on it.

Comments

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, ChrisArt ♥

I'm happy to see you arting again. I know what it's like when you stop doing something for whatever reason, it just gets harder and harder to get back into it again, but the ice is cracked now - and you haven't forgotten everything you ever knew, see!

[sweet-lyri.livejournal.com]

Oh, you have NO idea how much I missed seeing your art around!!

This is just fabulous! I love the coloring, and the confusion on Sam's face. The texture, the text...it's all so brilliant. Definitely my new background!!!

[bowtrunckle.livejournal.com]

ART!!! I love your stuff. I can't find my around PS, so I really appreciate everyone else's efforts. Wonderful.

[naisica.livejournal.com]

Oh, hon! So glad you made this art:)))
Hope you will do more. I missed it))

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

Yay! It's awesome that you're creating again. The wallpaper is gorgeous. <3

Poor Sammy, though.

[uglybusiness.livejournal.com]

Well, you were clearly exaggerating when you said you had forgotten composition, coloring etc. :) This doesn't look "rusty" at all. I love the angsty idea and the clever use of straight cut edge of the screencap across Sam's forehead. The quality looks very good on my monitor. (And I'm glad if I could help!)

Welcome back to the fanart land! We missed you here. ;)

[nikkimisplaced.livejournal.com]

Yay lovely Chris art! *hugs* your rusty is amazing.. I'm quite happy to see much more rusty art if you are up to it!! :) <3

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

Oh wow that's GORGEOUS! <333 The composition and caps and texture are perfect, and that line does fit so well! (Oh Luci, I miss you, even if you were torturing poor Sam).

Lol I will always associate that song with BSG now, though! :p

[fotw-sv.livejournal.com]

Nice piece Chris! I felt like that today at work...lol

[erin-nikki.livejournal.com]

OMG! *dies* New art from one of my all time favorite artist!!! My day is now complete. :)

Those lyrics are absolutely perfect for Sam. I'm glad you made the connection and were about to make this. I love your choice of image for Sam and how you have him position near the bottom with the clean cut beneath the text. Really emphasizes that we are seeing all the noise and confusion inside his head. The feather blend/effect is also a nice touch and throw back to Lucifer being an angel. And your coloring is also spot on!

Great piece! Really hope this means we'll be seeing more of your work in the future!!!

[ehlwyen.livejournal.com]

Awwww! So happy to see you did art! I was afraid you had talked yourself into believing you would never do it again. :( It is tough getting back into arting feeling natural, but you will. Plus your technique looks flawless.

I love this episode for its reveal of truly how unbearable that Lucifer had become. Earlier eps, it was cute to get Lucifer commentary in Sam's mind. But by this ep, Lucifer had become the despised villain who had taking the prank too far and was destroying Sam. Perfect choice of caps to portray the nearly broken Sam and how Lucifer's fun was not cool fun anymore.

So glad you arted and shared it!