Art for All's Well That Ends Well

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Title: Art for All's Well That Ends Well
Author: ashtraythief
Rating: R
Pairing: J2

Eight comic panels created for the ashtraythief's wonderful, cracktastic fic about fairy!Jensen and his throwback omega werewolf genes and the sweaty lumberjack (Jared) who soothes his heat.

Teaser below





Some notes on the project:
This is only my second piece of fandom art and I'm still trying to get the hang of merging what I can do with paper (I'm an old) and what I need to do with the computer. Each panel was created in pencil, inked, scanned and cleaned up using GIMP, then reprinted and colored by hand with colored pencils. The completed panels were then photographed (I know I should have scanned but it made the colors muted, I need to adjust something I'm sure) on a smart phone. I would have liked to create more pages but time ran away from me. I hope my lovely author is pleased.

Because I'm still learning I would love feedback, but helpful critique please. "Let me tell you what you could use to improve...etc." or "here's a helpful link..." is the sweet spot.

Comments

[somer.livejournal.com]

Oh my fucking god!!! lololol THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! I already loved the fic (and not only because it was inpired by one of my prompts \o/)! Look at grumpy fairy!Jensen (and his gorgeous thighs!!) and hot lumberjack Jared (with abs and nipples!) :D Really cute and gorgeous!

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This was such a fun story when I read it a while back and I was so glad to be able to do the art for it. What a hilarious prompt!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Haha, I love that you made a comic, that is so awesome! Starting with a serene forest and then having grumpy Jensen stomp through it is a brilliant idea. I adore his elf ears and the way you coloured his hair. Jared's chest is GLORIOUS and yay for showing off his butt *giggles*

I like the method you used, it's not that different from how I process hand drawn sketches for colouring;) I usually photograph my art too for lack of scanner. The colours look good; Jensen's eyes are the perfect green *grins*
I'm not that familiar with GIMP, but I'm guessing you can make adjustments with filters just like in Photoshop; the soft light layer usually does the trick for brightening colours - you could try and google that term. Feel free to contact me for behind the scenes art chatting.

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And thanks for the feedback on scanning the art. I'm hoping to get more of a handle on things as I create more art.

[sillie]

Omg, this is so awesome! Grumpy elf Jensen is amazing. XD XD <3<3<3

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[2blueshoes.livejournal.com]

Lol these are great! Gorgeous and funny. \\(^O^)/

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

[ashtraythief.livejournal.com]

OKay, I finally have time to leave a proper comment.

These are awesome!!!!! Seriously, you made a whole commic strip! *squishes your beautiful face*

You captured Jensen and Jared perfectly, and omg that ass and those abs *drools*

I can't give you feedback on art or technique because I can't draw a straight line but to me, it looks awesome :) Thanks so much for choosing to illustrate my story, this made me sooo happy!!!!

<3<3<3<3

[all-the-damned.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love the story so much and had a great time creating art for it!