BigBang 2011 ARTPOST the first

[beelikej]

Oh yes, it's that time of year again: the SPN_J2 BigBang! Working on art for this challenge was one of the reasons I haven't been posting as much as usual, so if you missed me, I hope this makes up for it;)

On claiming day I picked the sci-fi summary from angelhorny* because I found the idea of a virtual world very intriguing. I had fun coming up with a concept to visualize that. I hereby proudly present my artwork for.... *drumroll*



Title: Into The Void
Author: angelhorny*
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Photoshop & Illustrator
*ETA: the author changed her name in February 2012 but because the original letters work so well, I've kept the original 'Angelhorny' up. I did add a banner with the new name behind the cut:)
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Story-rating: NC-17
Summary:After a big epidemic that almost wiped half of the population on Earth, a very sick Jensen was placed in animated suspension until he could be cured. Subsequently Jared's soul was transfered into a virtual world in order for his brain to survive. Many years later, after Jensen gets cured, they meet: Jensen wants to get reacquainted with the universe and Jared is his pilot. What will happen when they fall in love, since one is 'real' and the other is in a virtual world; will they ever be able to really be together?
Warnings: Bit of angst, Alternative Universe, schmoop.


Banner with new author name
(made this March 2012)



Headers
Click on picture for bigger versions!













Divider

With transparent background


What it looks like on the white author's journal!

Icons
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.

Wallpapers
(Click for 1024 x 768 pixel versions)

A story related version


Blue Jared/Jensen version:)

End banner

Made with transparent background for author's journal


See: you can read it perfectly on white;)


Thank yous
Hidden in these pieces are my own photos and illustrations, but also a lot of pictures from several sources. More information about all the images I used can be found in my BigBang Sourcepost 2011.

Thank you angelhorny, for providing inspiration; your honest input gave me the push I needed to sparkle my imagination. I'm really glad we finally get to share our creations with the rest of fandom:)
As always BIG thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for the perfect organisation of the spn_j2_bigbang.

Last but not least: thank YOU for stopping by! Just in case you don't know already: comments are always welcomed. Whether you want to share your love, hate or indifference;)

J.

Comments

[cottrox.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love anything electronically designed, and I absolutely love blue!
And, right, who doesn't love J&J?!?! :D

These are great! Well done! Now.. off to read!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Hee, guess I ticked a lot of your boxes with my artwork;) Thank you. Hope you love the story as well!

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can see your picture (the bokeh picture (the one with the bus) in prologue and chapter 5 divider, and the other picture in the wallpapers, am I right?

I like how all of your art has the same style! And I like how you have made symbols/pictures out of zeros and ones. :-) It all add to giving an impression of virtual reality.
I haven't read the story, so I cannot have an opinion on how well it fits with the story. It does fit with the summary, and I do know that I think this is, im my opinion, the best art you have made so far!

I also loves how you have taken into account different backgrounds!

Good job! Well done! *claps hands*

pst - one of the pictures are missing!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Yep, well spotted:)

I made the zero/one designs in Illustrator and those were the first drawings I made after reading the draft of the story; after that I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a way to incorporate them in a spacey looking background while also including Jensen and Jared. I'm pleased with how it all came together:)

Thank you!

(Oh no, I know I almost forgot to post one chapterheader, but it looks to me like everything is there now; is the picture still missing after you refresh the page?)

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

:-)

I haven't touched illustrator for years. Don't think i would have known how to use that program now. lol

Yeah, picture still missing: http://pics.livejournal.com/beelikej/pic/001g63bc
It's just an X
It's the one after Chapter 5.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I use Illustrator quite a lot at work, much more than Photoshop, so when I'm fiddling at home I really enjoy spending more time with the latter;)

Ahw, yes, found the code, thanks. Strangely enough the X didn't show up in my view, but I found the problem nevertheless. I did some last minute changes on the chapter five banner (added freckles to transform Dean into Jensen;) and apparently forgot to remove the old link. THANKS for pointing it out!

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i really like the ascii art in the chapter dividers and the end banner. (a palm tree! a rocket! the heart!) also the colors are really nice, and the pics have a great virtual world kind of feel.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you! (FYI: the ascii figure for Ch. 1 is supposed to be a virus *g* and Ch.2 visualizes Jared feeling trapped inside his virtual world)

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

Lovely artwork, quite ethereal, thank you

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's such a lovely word for it, thank you!

[embroiderama]

Oh wow, I love the asci art mixed in with the pictures. Very cool!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm very glad the combination works:)

[maichan.livejournal.com]

OMG, ASCII ART! I adore how well you incorporated that into your work. I especially love what you did with the icons.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It took me quite some time to work out how to combine my line-art with the photos, so, I'm thrilled to hear it all fits together:)

[ambrosia4all.livejournal.com]

These are really gorgeous! I love the end banner, but I think they're all pretty spectacular!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I have a soft spot for that end-banner; it came out exactly how I imagined it:)

[deadflowers5.livejournal.com]

Header!Jensen is soooo absolutely beautiful!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, it's impossible to make an ugly header when you can use an image of Jensen;) (Freckles! Eyelashes! Etcetera!)

[confuzed.livejournal.com]

Aw wow these are rocking like dokken! My fav though is the header for chapter 2...Jared just looks so lost...

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Heehee, thank you! Glad to hear you like Ch.2; I had quite a struggle with Jared in that one.

[mihka-mc.livejournal.com]

Lol, like I said my friend, you art is precious and it made me very proud to have worked with you.

Just noticed I have my own icon? AWESOME!!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:) Likewise! It was a pleasure \o/

Yay for binairy icons:)

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[deanshot1]

Excellent work, made me love the story you made it for even more.
Just amazes me how much talent that you artists have and the fact that you share it with us for us to see is also really an honour.
Thanks for taking part in bigbang.
*hugs*

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I'm happy I enhanced your reading experience, mission accomplished:) Thanks for the very sweet comment!

[sillie]

Wheee, this looks all so pretty!! It fits all so well together, and I love the shade of blue you've used. Hi thar, Jensen!freckles! :D
You did an awesome job, I love them all! :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you:) Because of Harry Potter (and the company;) I forgot to worry about BigBang in the past week and I'm still in a bit of a daze, but I'm finally enjoying the result (and response!)

[ampokris.livejournal.com]

I really like the INTO THE VOID Wallpaper :-)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you:) I made that as a final piece; since I had been fiddling with the images in wallpapersize all this time, I figured I'd share the big files in the end;)

[tanisafan.livejournal.com]

I did miss this post originally! I got a hint of what you said you'd wanted to do, but the result is so stunning! The metallic blue fits the atmosphere so well - and I love that the wallpaper works both with and without the binary codes.

Totally spotted your own pics, but only because you'd warned me, haha!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah, in between all the Harry Pottering I kind of forgot to let people know;)

Thanks for coming over and commenting *blushes*

[moodilylit.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful!
I love the binary code and the two-tone theme. I haven't read this but well... since you did the art, it's going on my mobile phone for a late night read ;D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hey, luring people into trying the story is the main goal of the artwork, so mission accomplished;)

[enablelove.livejournal.com]

Oh I love the blue that made it seem digital :)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much:) In the early stages I also tried green, but that made it look like the Matrix;)