Artwork: Strange Days Indeed

[beelikej]

So, time to come clean: I set up the quicky_bang for pure selfish reasons; I wanted to find more short fics and challenge myself with tighter deadlines. Thanks to loads of eager authors the community turned into a treasure trove of stories. I didn't quite succeed in my second goal, because I already got carried away with the first fic I grabbed *grins*. Still made it before the required one month deadline though, ha! I happily present my artwork for:



Title: There's a UFO over New York and I ain't too surprised
Author: blackrabbit42
Artwork by: beelikej
Pairing: Jensen/alien!Jared
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2100
Enticements/Warnings: Interspecies sex, tentacles, slight(?) dubcon, body modification, implied mpreg
Summary: Jensen still sees Jared as he first appeared, human muscle and bone propped up over him, a fine patch of pubic hair lost and mingled in Jensen’s own. But equally there is something else. Something made of vibrantly glowing tentacles, too many to count, too tangled to pinpoint their origin of symmetry. Each one ends either in a small round bulb, pulsating with light, or a tiny single claw, segmented and grasping.


Artwork: Strange Days Indeed...

The original papercut version


Papercut with lighteffects :-)



How it was made

First sketch right after reading + figuring out their bodies plus the tentacles.


Made photo-set ups for the background


Final sketch and individual cut-out version for Jensen (with adjusted legs)


I used the Jensen cut-out to make adjustments for Jared's posture:)


Playing with the cut-outs (What? Like you wouldn't)


An artsy composition before finally putting them together;)


Check out the difference in shading, it's like a porny puzzle to put them together just right.


Tentacle references; I originally thought of creating them with light, inspired by the effect from my chandelier: see how the light spreads out in my hallway!


But fearing that would be too complicated to figure out, I first tried thin golden paper curls. That was not a succes.


A silhouette test in front of my window confirmed my fear: the papercurls were invisible, so back to the drawing board for the light effect tentacles...


Cutting different coloured layers to see what would block the light best. The blue won.


Setting up the scene on my light table


It worked! I love how the light shines through, binding Jensen in translucent tentacles and making Jared's hair glow. It looked even better than I had imagined :-)


But I had to play a little more, so I went up to the big screen and beamer up in my attic for another light-test...


Bonus Light Effects

A close up of that light effect from the lighttable. Even though that was already what I had in mind, I did an additional test with light coming through the blue cut out to shine on their paper bodies.
See how I taped J2 on the big screen? Don't mind the text, that will be covered, I just needed the projected image to be bright and mostly white.


So, bodies taped on screen I then held the blue cut out in front of the light and tried to snap a photo with my other hand...


The light effect is awesome, but it was impossible to get the angle right. Still cool though, right?



Credits
First credit goes to blackrabbit42 for writing that visceral story that inspired the art, thanks so much for submitting it to the challenge! *smishes*

Sources for New York background: view of NY from Omni-Hotels | NY by night from Wallpapercave
References for bodies and position: The Male Nude Stock Deviantart | Gay Pixel Deviantart
Design Taxi Kama Sutra Illustrations | Orgasmic Tips For Girls Tumblr
Visuals for tentacles: Aquarium.ORG | Wet Web Media
Last but not least: thank you, dear visitor for stopping by:)


Gosh, this was a fun project, even if I spent much more time on it than I had planned. I definitely want to make some more art for the quicky_bang, but that will be less elaborate *grins*.

J.

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