Artpost: Reversebang 2015-2016

[beelikej]

After taking a break from last year's edition, I'm back to joining the spn_reversebang! As before my main goal was to lure a fellow JDM lover into writing a story to go with my art. (In a Reverse Bang artists make fan-art which is posted anonymously for authors to choose as inspiration for fanfiction.)
That mission is almost accomplished, because there will be a Jeff/Jensen fic soon. It's taking a little more time than planned, but I simply couldn't wait any longer to show you what I made.
Mission accomplished!! May I present to you:



Fic Title: Within My Reach
Author: sasha_dragon
Artist: beelikej
Medium: Paper & Photoshop!
Fandom/Genre: Supernatural/RPS AU
Pairing(s): Jensen Ackles/Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Rating: PG-13 (Art & Story;)
Word Count: 18500
Summary: For Jeff life as an Evolutionary Enhanced isn't easy. For a start there's the prejudice he faces daily, along with a constant struggle to find clothes that will fit over his tentacles. But these difficulties pale into insignificance when Jeff is faced with trying to woo the man of his dreams.


Chapterheaders
Disclaimer: I don't know yet how many chapters there will be;
I just couldn't stop tangling these numbers in the tentacle;)








Dividers
These are all the same width, but shared smaller for space.














Icons


Extra artwork
The team from Firetruck 67
Taking a picture with a tentacled Jeff is a challenge!




Making of the tentacles [or skip to end-credit & bonus]
SKETCHES

It all started because I wanted to play with Jeff. Certain people on the internet got me thinking about tentacles...


When I found that photo of Jensen's "done" face, I knew what I wanted Jeff to do with those tentacles *grins*
On the right are sketches of the dividers-ideas.

PAPERCUTTING

The idea was to make a photocollage in which to use my papercut tentacles, so I used the photos as a base to determine the size, then drew a mirrored image on coloured paper.


I cut simultaneously through orange and pink paper, then made puzzle pieces to create the curly tentacles. The suction cups where cut from the left over orange pieces and glued on top.


When I worked on the other side I thought of a slightly faster way to create the suction cups. Still a lot of detailed cutting though!


A close up look of the suction cups:)


I then took lots of photos of the final versions and made the rest of the design with Photoshop. I framed the originals to keep them safe:)

PHOTOSHOPPING

This was the set up I send in and my first sketches of the additional artwork where in same style (font: Good Times)


Digital sketch of first chapterheader; the font I used for the number is called Phoenix, which I edited to fit in the tentacle:)

Of course I couldn't resist more fiddling with the banner. These are the layers I ended up with:

I made the rest of the artwork with the same colours and font Thirsty Rough.

Making of the dividers [or skip to end-credit & bonus]

First sketch and quick papercut set up.


Digital sketch to show the author what I had in mind.


In the overview you can see the tiny chilipepper cut out:) The first set up of the helmet was used as a template for the final cut (mirrored!) The paper is darkblue in the front.


The helmet has three layers; I once again used the template for the red details.


The syringe has three layers too; the black is actually at the bottom as I cut a hole in the blue layer for a better depth. I didn't take progress pictures of cutting the trauma shears.


Sources & Credit
Fonts: Thirsty Rough / Phoenix / Good Times
(The last two are free:)

Reference pictures:
Jeff: screenshots from The Accidental Husband / Jensen: tophalf = Dallascon2012, headerphoto by Elsiecat; endbanner by Wolfpup2000 & bottomhalf = VanCon2014, also by Wolfpup2000<
Octopus/Tentacles: various examples, one that's shown in sketches is from Animalstown
Firetruck: FDNY Squad 288/ Hospital: GVMH, Clinton Missouri
Team 67: University of California Davis Fire Department
Jared/Chad /Jim/Rob/Richard/Matt: collected from various famous people fansites, see my sources tag for links
Trauma Shears / Syringe / Fireman's Helmet / Pompoms / Endbanner room

BONUS
Last but not least an extra piece I made to cheer on my author;)

The guys and I will keep waving these pompoms for the final bit of writing!

Update: it's done! So I made a final banner:

:)


Thank you, sasha_dragon for taking a step into the JDM side of our fandom and offering a very interesting take on the tentacle-trope.

Also thanks to my fellow artists sillie82 and bflyw for the handholding behind the scenes. And as always a big thank you to everyone stopping by to take a look:)

J.

If you can't get enough of my silly fiddling, check out my updated Masterlist of artsy creations;)

Comments

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

:-) Thank you! Cute is exactly how I think about these two;)