Art for "The Intern and the Dragon"

[seleneheart]

Title: The Intern and the Dragon
Author zubeneschamali
Artist: seleneheart
Rating: Teen (for art)
Fandom: Supernatural RPF
Characters/Pairings: Jared/Jensen
Content Notes: art for spn_j2_bigbang, other notes under the cut.



All of these were made with Procreate and then tweaked in Photoshop.

Title banner



The main art piece. This came together amazingly fast after I read the story. The moment when Jared and Jensen connect through the soul stone, and the possible futures.



Icons of the possible futures:



The other thing I wanted to make as soon as I finished the story was this border with the important talismans from the story. Each of these represent a pivotal point in the plot and help to move it forward. Unlike the main art, this one was a huge struggle.



My first thought was to do it in traditional art; this piece is me trying to figure out color comps and media. I ultimately decided against traditional because I wanted a metallic look, which is very hard to translate and have it look good from traditional to digital. And because I'm posting it online, it had to be digital eventually. Finally, because it was going to be a border, it's much easier to duplicate the elements if they are already digital.



Here's the time-lapse of the work in Procreate (anyone else completely enthralled with this ability to watch your work happening?).

Watch on Vimeo

And last the divider - the warding ring of blue rocks. I made a version with smaller rocks, but I ended up putting that version in the border above.



I thoroughly enjoyed zubeneschamali's story and for an artist, it had so much visual appeal. Thank you for working with me on this big bang!

And as always, thank you to wendy for putting all the hard work on it to make this Big Bang a success!

Comments

[severina]

These are just amazing. There's so much texture and depth in the border and the title banner. They almost look 3Dish. And I love that you can tell who Jensen and Jared are with so little identifying features.

[seleneheart]

Thank you - I had a really good time working on this.

[beelikej]

OOoh, what a cool stained glass design in the story header; thanks for sharing the process for that, I think it turned out great! The main art piece is intriguing with all their possible features, it's four drawings in one and fascinating:)

[seleneheart]

Thank you, I appreciate the comment.

[aomasade]

What can I say. I like title banners with big distinctive font that catches the eye. That way the reader knows right away what story it is. I like the idea of the ornate border. Jared and Jensen are examining jewelry, artwork, and artifacts. It expresses that wonderfully. Your picture with the soul stone accurately portrayed the scene in the story. Just great. Although I would have liked you to show the three futures in larger images in addition to the icons so that the details could be seen better. I really enjoyed the time lapse of your Procreate work.

[seleneheart]

Thank you very much!

Heh, as far as those future images go - in the interest of saving time, I didn't make them very detailed at all.

[amberdreams]

What a lovely art set to go with a cool story! I really love the border, it was worth the pain because it's fabulous, and the main art piece is definitely the perfect choice, having come straight here after finishing the fic. You and Zuben make a great team!

[seleneheart]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear it worked well with the fic. (from someone not inside my own head).

[masja_17]

Beautiful art! It really compliments the story!
Well done! 🤩🤗

[seleneheart]

Thank you so much - I'm glad to hear it works with the story.

[meus_venator]

Lovely art and you sure draw a mean dragon!!!!!! ♥

[seleneheart]

*g* Thank you! Dragons are hard!

[fledhyris]

Gorgeous art! The border is beautiful, all shiny like precious stones, and the video shows how hard you worked on that. I love the detail of the scrubby cliffs and Jensen's scales in the main illustration, and that was a good idea to show all the futures in one painting. The little dragons are so sleek and sinuous and J2 look lovely together in bed. A lot of detail in tiny windows!

[seleneheart]

Thank you so much! That border was such a beating before I finally got it looking right.

[inalasahl]

Really loved your art for this & what you chose to do! Very beautiful and fits the story perfectly!

[seleneheart]

Thank you! Glad it works with the story!