art: and they call it puppy love

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Title: Artwork for And They Call It Puppy Love (NC-17, ~9900 words)
Author: dugindeep
Fic Summary: Taking care of two adult dogs in their tiny apartment, Jared and Jensen just barely get by. Things get a little ~ruff when they find out they're going to be grandpappies. (But Jensen will never acknowledge that name)
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: G for art
Medium: Colors and Shading: Photoshop CS6, Inking: Paint Tool Sai
Artist Notes: For j2_everafter




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(click on the banner to go to the fic)

For my second and final j2_everafter, I had the pleasure doing 101 Dalmatians as a colab with the wonderfully talented --not too mention one of my favorite writers-- dugindeep! Seriously, go read her fic RIGHT NOW! You will NOT be disappointed, it is so cute and adorable!

As for the banner, Jared is a baker in the fic, so I thought I would do a shout out to him and do a cupcake but with a doggy twist. No real reason other than that. :P

Falling for You



Schmoop ahoy! This was my original draft that I submitted, and DAMN did it change a lot from when I turned it in. Basically it is recreating the meeting from the movie just like the beginning of the fic. The longest part of doing this piece was choosing Jensen's wardrobe. OMG HE IS SO PICKY!

Dividers

OMG PUPPIES!


My practice puppies and what were originally going to be my only dividers (ie procrastination from finishing the Falling for You piece.) I used them to help figure out the palettes and how I wanted the puppies to look in the Family Portrait piece.

Puppy Notes


Like I did for Jared in the banner, I wanted to do shout out to Jensen's profession, a musician/jingle writer. Voila, puppy print music notes! they were actually pretty fun to make.

Family Portrait



The surefire way to get me to never draw polka dots again. :P dugindeep mentioned boys buried in puppies, so I figured I would attempt to do that. SO MANY SPOTS! D: I originally meant to do a lot more puppies, but seeing as how I was working on this and re-editing til right before posting) until my posting date, I called it good. :P

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Thanks to:
My author, dugindeep. I cannot tell you how great working with her was! It was an honor to be partnered with someone who was completely onboard with a full blown collaboration, especially with one thought up at the last minute over Twitter! She also has the patience of a saint for putting up with my (almost) daily emails with minor changes with art. Thank you so much! ♥

To transfixeddream and fiercelynormal for all their tremendously helpful art feedback and coloring advice.

To my Twitter timeline, most notably shinyslasher, for all my freak outs and overly dramatic arm flailing, all while keeping me inspired and motivated.

To the mods at j2_everafter for organizing this challenge. This challenge will always hold a special place in my heart as being my first real art challenge! That and I am a sucker for disney-fied J2. It was a pleasure to participate over the years, and you did a phenomenal job running it and encouraging us all. It is my pleasure to know you and to call you friends. ♥

And last but not least, thank you for looking at my art, and remember to go read dugindeep's fic!

Comments

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Thanks! I had a great fic to inspire me.