Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

For my first spn_reversebang of 2022, I submitted my papercut puppetmaster artwork in the Either category, which means the author had the choice to either play in the SPN or the RPF corner. I had deliberately kept the facial features of my papercut art neutral, so the author could also pick the roles for the characters. I was thrilled the story ended up being a Supernatural AU, with the artwork turned into a more metaphorical puppetmaster. Go read the fic to find out who's pulling the strings...



Prompt Number: E3003
Art title: If They Knew How Misery Loved Me
Artist: beelikej

Fic title: These Are the Lives You’d Love to Lead
Author: samisadeangirl [genevra1676 on AO3]
Pairing: Sam/Dean | Fandom/Genre: SPN, Stanford era AU
Rating: G (art) & NC-17 (fic) | Word Count: 11045 | Warnings: Mind Control
Summary: Sam gets a call at Stanford from his estranged father that Dean's been hurt on their latest hunt, and John needs his help to find a cure before it's too late. What Sam finds when he rushes to his brother's aid however, isn't what he expected, and the lies and manipulations that follow leave one wondering who is the puppet master making these puppets dance to their tune...

( Original Artprompt )

( Additional Artwork )

( The Making Of )

Sources:
Title font: All Over Again by Hanoded
Names font: Rabiohead by Pizzadude
References for knife and clothes of Sam, Dean and John: Supernatural Season 1 :-)
Lyrics in Art & Story & Chapter titles: Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy.

Thank you samisadeangirl for coming up with such a cool premise for my puppetmaster and for your excellent idea of the extra scene; I had a lot of fun playing with these guys:)

J.

For more paperart, check out the papercuttingart TAG and for all my previous artworks, you can scroll through my Artmasterlists:
Artmasterlist 2010-2018 | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond

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Most of my furniture is still stacked in big piles in my living room, but the first thing I did when the builders were done with the interior work, was to set up my computer and arts & crafts corners:) While the renovation to the outside of my apartmentbuilding continued, I worked on my second claim in the SPN_J2_BigBang. I chose to play with watercolours to illustrate this fic. Of course I also had to do a little papercutting and I made an animation! Here's the result of my fiddling:



Title: The Mind
Author: junkerin
Artist: beelikej
Art Rating: G | Medium: Watercolours, Papercutting & Light, Photoshop animation
Fic Rating: NC17 | Pairing: Jensen/Jared [RPF AU] | Word count: 31,000
Summary: The minds were, next to humans, the other intelligent life form on earth – and if you believed them, the smarter one. Since the beginning of mankind, the minds were among the humans. Depending on who you talked to, minds were a symbiotic or parasitic life form.
Tristan Padalecki is dying; becoming a host for a mind is his only chance.

( Full Storyheader & additional artworks )

( The Work in Progress )

Font: (digitally added to all pieces) Rumble Brave by Alit Design.

Thank you, junkerin for this intriguing universe! And a big thanks to BigBang's mod wendy for once again organizing this SPN fandom classic.

J.

Want more? Here is another artpost with light effects:
for the Quicky_Bang 2016 I made Jensen & alien!Jared with his glowing tentacles Strange Days Indeed
And here's my first BigBang of 2021 for which I played with clay: Green Eyes and Binding Ties

All of my other artworks: Artmasterlist 2010-2018 | Artmasterlist 2019 and beyond

X-posted from https://beelikej.livejournal.com/569526.html

Very cool to see the enthusiasm by both authors and artists when I opened another round of the quicky_bang. I didn't know what to expect with Supernatural having come to an end and the world (and Livejournal) being what it is at the moment. Yay, fandom!
I was excited to grab a fic myself. Of course then work got busy and I struggled to find energy to get creative, but I used my spare time to brainstorm, so when I was ready to start, I had a full idea of what I wanted to do. My initial design for the story banner showed the whole scene, but I last minute decided on a different framing to make it less spoilery and that made it look more like a book cover, haha. May I present:



Title: Light Up The Sky
Author: yohkobennington
Artwork by: beelikej
Medium: Papercutting
Characters: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki
Art Rating: G | Fic Rating: PG13 | Word count: 2754
Summary: Jared finds a strange egg in the forest and takes it home, not knowing how much his life was about to change.

Behind the cut a reveal of the whole scene that tickled my muse plus a papercutting picspam. Go read the story first if you don't want any spoilers!

( Full artwork & Behind the scenes )

Thank you, yohkobennington for offering your delightful J2 fic, I had a blast with this scene:)

J.

Check the papercutting tag for more of this type of arts & crafts. All sorts of other media can be found in
My ArtMasterlists: 2010-2018 & 2019 and beyond

My second spn_reversebang for 2020 features not 1J, not 2Js but the whole set: I imagined J3 with a candystore (cheekily named after JDM's real life farm:) I was lucky enough to have that promptpiece claimed by one of my favorite authors and she created magic:) This of course in return inspired me to make additional art. I did some papercutting, played in Illustrator, which I hadn't done in a very long time, and I put the whole together in Photoshop (that I also used for some maniping;).
Here's the result:



Prompt Number: E3004
Art title: Mischief Candy
Artist: beelikej

Fic title: Mischief Candy
Author: whiskygalore
Pairing: Jeff/Jared & Jeff/Jared/Jensen | Fandom/Genre: RPF, outside POV
Rating: G (art) & PG-13 (fic) | Word Count: 7000 | Warnings: tiny bit of violence
Summary: The town of Mischief has always been a little bit magical. Even if no human ever noticed.

( Additional artworks! )

( The Making Of The Prompt )

Thank you whiskygalore for taking this prompt beyond my imagination and for cheering me on in the middle of all the SPN finale emotions<3

J.

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Within five minutes after staking my claim in the spn_j2_bigbang I got a message from the author and I got even more excited about the fic I had been able to grab! I already loved the summary but when I found out who wrote it, I didn't have any doubts that the whole story would be great. She's one of my favorite fanfic authors who always adds extra layers of thinky thoughts to an already exciting plot. I had a blast squeeing behind the scenes and tried to capture some of the awesomeness of this story. I'm all giddy that I can finally share this collab with y'all:) Enjoy!



Title: Metaphysical Inc.
Author: blackrabbit42
Artist: beelikej
Art Rating: G | Medium: Papercutting & folding + Photoshop
Fic Rating: R | Pairing: Jensen/Jared [RPF AU] | Word count: ~21K
Warning: Slight gore in an opening scene that involves a labor and delivery room.
Summary: Loosely inspired by Monsters, Inc. Jensen works for the Life Department, Jared works for the Death Division. When they accidentally bring a live human baby into the metaphysical world, they need to work against the forces of Time and Fate, as well as that little shit from Chaos, Misha, to return baby Bee to her rightful place in the human world. Doing so might involve sacrifices and changes neither of them ever imagined.

( Additional artworks & animations )

( The Making Of )

( Thank yous )

Thank you, blackrabbit42 for this glorious fic; I am still in awe about the universe you created (and that goes so far beyond the film it was inspired by). It was funny and lovely and it made me think about life and death! <3
Last but not least a shout out to BigBang's trusty mod wendy and everyone who participates in this classic fandom event. *grouphug*

J.

Previous animation experiment: Parallel Synchronized Randomness

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

SPN_J2_BigBang 2020 - Artwork the first

X-posted from https://beelikej.livejournal.com/560994.html

Yay, I had time to choose another short story to make art for in the quicky_bang! I had originally planned to do a digital design, but then this fic had a sexy visual that I had the perfect paper for it, so I was inspired to create another papercut piece.

I had a fun time (un)dressing Sam, find out in the fic how Dean feels about it!



Title: Happy Birthday, Dean!
Author: dwimpala21 [DWImpala67 on AO3]
Artwork by: beelikej
Medium: Papercutting
Characters: Sam/Dean
Art Rating: R? | Fic Rating: NC17 | Word count: 1670
Enticements:Pre-Season/Series 01, Canon Compliant, Kid Fic, bit of angst
Summary: Sam has a surprise for Dean on his birthday. Dean is very very surprised.

Every time I play with paper I learn more techniques and tricks. I'm still not the most organized when I start out with my silly sketches, but I'm getting better at making some sort of plan. It helps that the days are getting longer and I have more light available for extended photoshoots due to fiddling too much;)

( The Making of )

Thank you, dwimpala67, for offering your fic in the QuickyBang. I had a blast picking out Sam's red lacy underwear;)

J.

My first Quicky for this year was totally G-rated: Weechester Superheroes! [DW]
My ArtMasterlists: 2010-2018 & 2019 and beyond

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.

( More Papercuttingart! )

( Behind the scenes )

( Sources & references )

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

The second summary I claimed for the 2019 spn_j2_bigbang lured me in with mermaid Gen, merman Jared and sailor Jensen, how could I resist that delicious combo? I got up in the middle of the night to grab it, haha!
Don't be scared off by the special sexy times, it's a wonderful story full of world building and merfolk history:) If underwater shenanigans are exactly what you want; I made some paperporn to go with the fic... (and for all images goes: click to zoom *grins*)



Title: Not Fit To Live On Land
Author: SueDeeNimh
Artist: beelikej
Art Rating: PG (paperpeen Behind the Scenes) | Medium: Papercutting
Fic Rating: NC17 | Pairing: Jensen/Genevieve/Jared [RPF AU] | Word count: ~24k [AO3]
Warnings/Enticements: Dubious Consent, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Oviposition, Eggpreg, Non-Human Genitalia
Summary: Legend says mermaids lure sailors to their doom, but what do they want with them, anyway? Hapless sailor Jensen is about to find out the hard way. Gen and Jared are half cold-blooded fish, and they need a warm-blooded human's help for their offspring to survive, but unless the three of them learn to speak each others' languages, it's going to be a rough ride. Can Jensen bring himself to let love in—literally?

( Full Artwork & Compositions )


( Behind the Scenes )

( Sexy times! )

Thank yous
Thank you, dear "Sue", for writing a fic with such intriguing merfolk and their truely fascinating interaction with the human world.
Also a shout out to everyone who participates in the spn_j2_bigbang and a big thanks to our awesome mod wendy for keeping this classic fandom event going.

J.

My ArtMasterlists: 2010-2018 & 2019

Of course I had to grab another awesome ficlet in this round of the quicky_bang! I claimed a story featuring Mary Winchester and a twist on the origine of the Supernatural canon. My artwork turned out to be a bit on the conceptual side I think, but I was commited to my first idea and even though I struggled to pull the whole piece together, I had fun fiddling with Azazel. This is the result:



Title: Transposition [AO3]
Author: amypond45
Artwork by: beelikej
Medium: Papercutting & paint.
Characters: Mary Winchester, Azazel, Sam & Dean Winchester
Art Rating: PG | Fic Rating: PG | Word count: 1073
Summary: What if Mary didn’t die that night in the nursery?

( Full Artwork )

( Making Of )

( Credits & Bonus )

Thank you amypond45, for offering your fic, I love the whole idea of flipping canon around. Mary is badass! \m/

J.

P.S. Comments are appreciated! (Concrit is welcome:)

P.P.S. Do you also want a short story to make art for? The Quicky_Bang is still running; Read.Claim.Art!

My ArtMasterlists: 2010-2018 & 2019-...

As a mod, I know what abundance of awesome fics is still available in the quicky_bang MatchMaker Challenge and I couldn't resist going for a double date to pick another short story to play with. It did take me a little longer than the two weeks I had planned to get the art finished, due to emergencies in other communities I had to take care of. Then I had issues photographing the papercuttings, but eventually, only four days late, I got it all together, yay! Here's the result (and a glimpse of the many different versions I made behind the scenes;)

Title: The Noise of Many Waters
Author: whispered_story
Artwork by: beelikej
Medium: Papercutting (& water;)
Characters: Sam/Dean
Art Rating: PG | Fic Rating: NC17 | Word count: 2852
Summary: In Kentucky, in the middle of April, Dean kisses Sam for the first time.



( Alternative Banner + Making of )

Sources
As a reference I used this image that I found on Twitter/WeHeartIt/Pinterest, without any credit *sighs* (a reverse image search didn't help either).
The dashboard was based on a screenshot of Supernatural (from S11Ep04 Baby, grabbed at Home of the Nutty) plus close ups from an 1967 Impala for sale at SM Classic Cars.
Sam & Dean's shirts are a patterned paper design by Rebecca Green, from FLOW, Book for Paper Lovers, edition 2014.

Fonts: Lifelogo Hard by 538Fonts (title) & Alyssum Blossom Sans by Bombastype (names).

Thank you, whispered_story for offering your lovely Sam & Dean story in the quicky_bang. I adored every water scene, it was hard to settle on one for the banner, but this line made the decision for me "Dean sometimes rests his hand on Sam's thigh, a warm sure weight that leaves Sam's skin tingling even through the layer of his jeans." <3

J.


Want to see more papercutting? Check out my previous MatchMaker artwork Together, or Not At All [DW], or the one I did for the ReverseBang: There's An Ocean To Drift In [DW].
For other types of art, browse through my Masterlist of artsy fiddling [DW].