BigBang 2013 ARTPOST the first

[beelikej]

When picking a story to make art for, I force myself to look for visual challenges instead of going for fics that allow me to stay in my (creative) comfort zone. Although I suspect this summary was whispering my name for another reason as well;) I was thrilled to be able to grab the whole story after a nervewracking extra round of claiming in this year's spn_j2_bigbang. How could I resist? It has all my favorite guys in one juicy love triangle, and that turned out to inspire me to take my fiddling a bit further than usual! (Not just artistically *grins*). I happily present:



Title: The Premises Are These (You and Me and Him) [LJ]
Author: minchout
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Photoshop (+Papercut porn art in separate post!)
Pairing: Jeff/Jensen/Jared
Story Rating: NC17 (art below is G)
Wordcount: 20,600
Warnings/Enticements: minor drug use, age difference, teacher/student relationship
Summary: Jensen and Jeff have been in a relationship for seven years. They're crazy about each other, but they have this thing they do to keep things interesting: Every once in a while, Jeff goes out, picks up a twink, and brings him home for Jeff and Jensen to share. Usually that's the end of it, but after they spend a night with Jared, neither one of them really wants to let go. They invite Jared into their lives, and this is the story of what happens between the three of them.

ARTWORK!
Storyheader
See above. I also made a cover with e-book dimensions:

I thought about maybe showing their faces in this design, but opted to keep the mystery *grins* And yes, that is a teaser of Jensen wearing glasses, check out the full image below.

Portraits
These are the edited full photos in the header: I dressed up Jensen, gave Jeff more jewelry (and maybe dyed his gray beard a bit...) and played with Jared as well.



I bleached the photos for the final design. (Click for bigger)

Dividers
The versions for the author are transparent; I added a white background for my black journal, so you can see the shadows:)







Icons
01. 02. 03.

04. 05. 06.

07. 08. 09.

10. 11. 12.

Well spotted: number 6 is not in the other art above, but that intriguing expression on Jeff's face was used as a reference in an extra scene... (see link below)

Endbanners
I made three end-banners, varying from serious to funny:






(Well, I thought it was funny;)

Now go check out how the story really ends here OR scroll down for a link to extra sexy artwork...

Sources & Sexscene! (links to separate post;)
I made my first NC17 artpiece! (Talking about taking my papercutting in a new direction *grins*) I experimented with silhouettes and shadows, but despite the lack of details, it's still quite obviously the three of them having sex, so to not surprise innocent passers-by, I'm posting that artwork separately.
Since no-one ever accidently checks out my source-posts, I figured that was a safe place to park it. So, if you're curious about the art and/or the sex, click here for the NSFW NC17-rated papercut scene :-)

For those of you who are interested in the sources of the Photoshop art above and do not wish to see the naughty, follow this link and don't scroll up once you get there!

Don't forget to come back to comment :-p

Thank yous
Thank you, minchout for writing this wonderful fic and for giving me the inspiration and courage to take the art a little further!
Also thanks to tanisafan for laughing with me (and not at me) when I showed her my naughty sketches. Last but not least a big thank you to the BB-mods for maintaining our sandbox:)

Thank you for checking out my artpost! All comments are welcome and if you are at a loss for words for whatever reason, just leave me a smile or a frown? I just really love to know that you stopped by:)

J.

My masterlist of artsy fiddling

P.S. (Anon-commenting is allowed;)

Comments

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much:)

Re: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:-D Heehee! Thank you, thank you *blushes and takes a bow*.

What? Jensen is only riding the Twinkie, if you know what I mean. Personally I'm wondering about Jeff's other hand, dirty minds unite! *giggles*

The nipple was one of many 'things' I was nervous about, so I'm glad it's worth looking at ;-p

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm happy I'm not the only one who thought that was funny:)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That was one of the reasons for the bleaching. (Just as the white lettering with shadow effect kind of connects this art to the papercutting scene. I may think a little too much about pulling my set together;)

JDM is my weakness, add bracelets and J2 and I'm completely lost;)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:-D Thank you so much! I only fiddled a little with Jeff and Jared, but I spent a lot of time dressing up Jensen, so your comment means a lot:)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Well, the clothes were minchout's idea, I just picked a pattern and dressed him up;)

And then of course I undressed him for the papercutting, that was more than a little scary, so I'm thrilled with your enthusiasm!

(Also: your icon is awesome:)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Heehee, thank you! Especially for checking the artwork despite the 3some (for me they just fit together perfectly;)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm happy to hear you liked all of it;) Enjoy the story, I know that is beautiful too!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Ahw, thank you for all your kind words, you're making me blush (all over again;) I love the story (and author!), so it makes me extremely happy that you think our creations fit together perfectly:)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you, bb! I tried several pairs of glasses and these were me and my author's favorite. I'm glad to know there is at least one piece of art you can drool over ;-p

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Oh, how I wish I had a flister to squee over this story with, it's so totally MY kind of fic:) Thank you for checking the art regardless of content! I'm very excited to know I inspire you, that's a very nice compliment.

I was surprised myself how the papercutting turned out; it's always scary to start a new type of art, and with this subject I had an added challenge to get it right. I'm happy it worked out:)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

*grins* I had all kinds of fun with this art as you can imagine;) Well, it was a little bit daunting too, so I'm very happy with all the compliments and the attention you paid to the details. :-p

Thank you!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thanks:) Happy to hear you also like the papercut piece!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I just couldn't resist using an actual twinkie in the art;)

Thank you, thank you. (Heh, that's exactly the word I use for that papercutpiece;)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You're more than welcome to pay repeat visits to the papercut, I understand the technique requires studying ;-)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I recommend the story, it is totally relevant for all your interests;) Jensen's dress up was all the author's idea, I merely picked the outfit and glasses. We love twinkies, yes?

I was so worried making those sketches and the cutting was nervewracking, so I'm beaming from all the compliments.

Thank you, bb.

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's seriously awesome to know that the artwork fit the story and even added a little something special to that universe :-)

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Wahey, thank you! I just had to put Jared in a pink shirt, he looks so precious in pink. I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw the funny in letting Jeff and Jensen play with the twinkie :-p

[equally-dour.livejournal.com]

Your art is so pretty and funny and DELIGHTFUL (omfg, the last end-banner - BRB, laughing forever!) and your papercut is amazing. All the love!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:-) Thank you! It's already awesome that you got the joke and I'm extra happy to know you took a peek at the papercutting *grins*

[bumerbmw.livejournal.com]

Jensen looks great!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (I had fun dressing him up;)

[hannahbellejude.livejournal.com]

These are great! Love the pics :D Nothing like scruffy Jeff, twink Jared and buttoned up Jensen to get me grinning. And that paper cutout!!! Amazing!

Thank you <3

[scarletscarlet.livejournal.com]

These are so nice - I like the faded palette in the title image a lot, lurve Jensen in the bow tie, and laughed out loud at the twinkie divider when I first saw it :D. Very cool use of paper for the sex scene, too - Jeff's cut-out tattoo is a fabulous idea and so well executed!