ARTpost: ReverseBang 2019-2!

[beelikej]

Every time I participate in a fandom challenge, I try to explore a different area of arting. For the Cinema Challenge it was animation, for the first spn_reversebang collab it was digital colouring and this time it's detailed papercutting. But first and foremost the motorbike was an excuse to play with Jeff *grins* My artwork was claimed by an author with whom I fangirled over Jensen/JDM before and I couldn't be happier with how we got the guys together this time. May I present:



Prompt Number: R1007
Art title: Wrap it in a Sigh
Artist: beelikej

Fic title: Soul engines running through a night so tender
Author: sometimesalways [cherryvanilla on AO3]
Pairing: Jensen/Jeff | Fandom/Genre: RPS, Romance
Rating: PG-13 (art & fic) | Word Count: ~5400 | Warnings: None
Summary: Jensen is a waiter at a roadside Texas diner who doesn’t do relationships, has barely left the state, and is happy spending his nights working on his music. Jeff is a biker who recently moved to Austin, but rarely stays in one place for long. This is their meet-cute.

Full artwork


Dividers





And a close up of the Bat and the Coffeepot:)

Playlist/CD-cover



Mix Link: 8tracks

Original artprompt





Behind the scenes
From pencil sketches and tracing the bike to papercutting and photography!



























This was the artprompt, that I submitted in September. (I added the polaroids of Jeff and Jensen digitally:)


For the final version, used in the Story Header and the End Banner, I removed the post-its/polaroids and changed the background:)

Making the dividers
The Coffeepot









In the middle of papercutting, the sun came out, so I did a photoshoot in between.




Some close-ups with hard shadows from the sunlight:)

The Bat and the Postcard











I'm running out of daylight, so I'm rushing the postcard to the photoshoot corner and put it together there. See how much duller the light is without sunshine?
Fortunately I had managed some good shots of the rest of the papercuts earlier, so I only had to brighten up the postcard in Photoshop.


Last but not least: the original photo of the main artwork:)


Sources & references
Couple Kissing on a Motor, photo by Sarah McKenzie photography.
Mexican Free Tailed Bat from Encyclopedia of Life; cc public domain.
Coffee Jug from Nisbets.co.uk
Jensen in red apron by Mark Sullivan, Getty Images 2003
Lipbitey Jensen from FOX Upfronts 2003
Jeff close up 2008 - Imago / ZUMA Globe
Jeff on motorbike; no source (Pinterest *sighs*)

Fonts
Title: Jacinto Sans by TracerTong &
LicensePlate by Dave Hansen.
Names & Playlist: Braveblood by Artisan Studio.

Bonus: Polaroids




Thank you, sometimesalways for turning that scene into the perfect words and squeeing with me over Jeff and Jensen.<3

J.

More of my artsy fiddlings: Artmasterlist 2010-2018 | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond

Comments

[walking_tornado]

Wow! All those intricate details! I especially like Jeff's bracelet. I love seeing the steps involved in getting to the final product.

[beelikej]

*beams* Thank you! I'm such a fan of Jeff with jewelry and I'm giddy that you like the bracelet too:)