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dephigravityTitle: Artwork for I Leave My Heart in the Dust Where You Walk Also on 
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akintay
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Additional Characters: Danneel
Rating: Not Rated
Medium: Photoshop CS6 for coloring and animation, Corel Painter 12 for line work
Artist Notes: For![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spn_j2_bigbang
**Thanks to:
To my art betas,fiercelynormal, and transfixeddream for all your advise and helping rein in my always present delusions of grandeur– all while keeping me on track with multiple challenges. And also to ldyghst for being my music guru and for helping me have my first fanmix attempt be mostly painless. ♥♥♥ And to shinyslasher and my Twitter timeline for being the best set of cheerleaders a guy could ask for.
Toakintay for writing such a beautiful and inspiring story, and for putting up with my thousands of frantic and frazzled emails. You are an amazingly talented writer, I was seriously lucky to get you as a collaborator, and it was such a pleasure being able to work with you again. ♥♥♥ PS I OWE YOU A HAYLOFT PORN TIMESTAMP!
And finally towendy for organizing this challenge, the work you put into this challenge-- singlehandedly this year, might I add--is awe inspiring! I bow before your modly prowess.
Jensen's life is pretty simple: he runs the ranch his parents left him, spends what little time off he has with his best friends, and occasionally drives for miles to hook up with men he will never have to see again. He tells himself he isn't really gay and that he's happy with the life he leads. But then Jared – tall, beautiful and vibrant – arrives on the ranch looking for work, and Jensen begins to question who he is and what he really wants.
Banners
For my banner this year, I decided I really wanted to do a simple landscape. So I started out drawing and coloring the sunnier cloud version. Meanwhile, it started to storm outside and I randomly thought, "Oooh, Texas is known for their thunderstorms, and there is a storm in the fic!" So, I decided, what the hell, I'll just make a variant thunderstorm version. And then came another lightning bolt, and another, and another, and, well, you see the end result... remember those delusions of grandeur I said I get? These were the first things I did, so, I guess after spending time on a GIF everything would seem like a piece of cake, right?!
Jensen and Shadow
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WIP GIF
Usually I start with my J2 pieces first before moving onto dividers, headers, etc, but this year I did the exact opposite. When I finally finished all the other non J2 stuff, this was my first. I just really wanted to draw Jensen with Shadow (aka Shadowfax.) I just really like horses, okay?!
Jared and Daisy
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Now I couldn't draw Jensen and his horse and not do Jared and Daisy. This one provided a little bit of a challenge, seeing as how dark Daisy is and I tend to usually use bold and bright colors and I chose lighter line art this time. Hopefully it worked out it the end.
Danneel
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Y'know, I don't draw women nearly as much as I should. That being said, I've always wanted to draw Danneel (chibis don't count) and this gave me an excuse to try to correct that.
Headers
When I readakintay's fic, I was struck by all sorts of Western imagery and I wanted to use some of that, so I decided to do individual smaller scale art for each chapter.
Divider
Originally I was going to use some wheat as dividers, but for some reason they just never seemed right for me. Driving in town one day, I saw a cowboy driving this truck that had barbed wire decals– what, I'm a country boy– and thought, "hey, something like that might work." But plain old barbed wire seemed so blah, so I Googled Texas and came across these metal stars painted with the Texas flag and voila!
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Thank you for looking at my art and definitely check out theakintay's fic! I guarantee you will not be disappointed!
Author:
akintayPairing: Jared/Jensen
Additional Characters: Danneel
Rating: Not Rated
Medium: Photoshop CS6 for coloring and animation, Corel Painter 12 for line work
Artist Notes: For
spn_j2_bigbang**Thanks to:
To my art betas,
fiercelynormal, and transfixeddream for all your advise and helping rein in my always present delusions of grandeur– all while keeping me on track with multiple challenges. And also to ldyghst for being my music guru and for helping me have my first fanmix attempt be mostly painless. ♥♥♥ And to shinyslasher and my Twitter timeline for being the best set of cheerleaders a guy could ask for.To
akintay for writing such a beautiful and inspiring story, and for putting up with my thousands of frantic and frazzled emails. You are an amazingly talented writer, I was seriously lucky to get you as a collaborator, and it was such a pleasure being able to work with you again. ♥♥♥ PS I OWE YOU A HAYLOFT PORN TIMESTAMP!And finally to
wendy for organizing this challenge, the work you put into this challenge-- singlehandedly this year, might I add--is awe inspiring! I bow before your modly prowess.Jensen's life is pretty simple: he runs the ranch his parents left him, spends what little time off he has with his best friends, and occasionally drives for miles to hook up with men he will never have to see again. He tells himself he isn't really gay and that he's happy with the life he leads. But then Jared – tall, beautiful and vibrant – arrives on the ranch looking for work, and Jensen begins to question who he is and what he really wants.
Banners
For my banner this year, I decided I really wanted to do a simple landscape. So I started out drawing and coloring the sunnier cloud version. Meanwhile, it started to storm outside and I randomly thought, "Oooh, Texas is known for their thunderstorms, and there is a storm in the fic!" So, I decided, what the hell, I'll just make a variant thunderstorm version. And then came another lightning bolt, and another, and another, and, well, you see the end result... remember those delusions of grandeur I said I get? These were the first things I did, so, I guess after spending time on a GIF everything would seem like a piece of cake, right?!
Jensen and Shadow
(click for larger version)
WIP GIF
Usually I start with my J2 pieces first before moving onto dividers, headers, etc, but this year I did the exact opposite. When I finally finished all the other non J2 stuff, this was my first. I just really wanted to draw Jensen with Shadow (aka Shadowfax.) I just really like horses, okay?!
Jared and Daisy
(click for larger version)
Now I couldn't draw Jensen and his horse and not do Jared and Daisy. This one provided a little bit of a challenge, seeing as how dark Daisy is and I tend to usually use bold and bright colors and I chose lighter line art this time. Hopefully it worked out it the end.
Danneel
(click for larger version)
Y'know, I don't draw women nearly as much as I should. That being said, I've always wanted to draw Danneel (chibis don't count) and this gave me an excuse to try to correct that.
Headers
When I read
akintay's fic, I was struck by all sorts of Western imagery and I wanted to use some of that, so I decided to do individual smaller scale art for each chapter.Divider
Originally I was going to use some wheat as dividers, but for some reason they just never seemed right for me. Driving in town one day, I saw a cowboy driving this truck that had barbed wire decals– what, I'm a country boy– and thought, "hey, something like that might work." But plain old barbed wire seemed so blah, so I Googled Texas and came across these metal stars painted with the Texas flag and voila!
Directional Buttons
Icons
Thank you for looking at my art and definitely check out the
akintay's fic! I guarantee you will not be disappointed! 
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Date: 2014-06-27 07:27 am (UTC)The banner is gorgeous, and I'm seriously impressed by your thunderstorm creating prowess *bows* The boys are of course gorgeous, but I think I most like Danneel. You captured her perfectly and you should definitely draw more woman ;)
*wild applaus*
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Date: 2014-06-29 08:53 pm (UTC)The lightning was actually surprisingly simple to do, once I figured it out. And I will definitely try to draw more women!
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Date: 2014-06-27 08:30 am (UTC)The headers are probably my favorite part, because they make me want to sit down and write another ranch fic inspired by them. They're so pretty and create such a perfect atmosphere! Also, Danneel! I'm so so so happy you ended up doing art of her as well, and turned out so beautiful (so are the drawings of the boys, but I have a soft spot for Danneel).
And I'm not going to say no to the hayloft porn timestamp, even though you already created way more art than I ever expected. ♥♥♥
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Date: 2014-06-29 09:07 pm (UTC)I am so glad you liked the art I did for you, I'm only sad that I couldn't have done even more, because I totally would have! Portrait of Chris, portrait of Gen, portrait of JDM, the dogs, the skinny dipping, the gay bar, the first hookup, the cemetery scene, the freaking HAYLOFT SCENE... I WANTED TO DO IT ALL!
I really couldn't have asked for a better partner in crime this year.
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Date: 2014-06-27 09:18 am (UTC)The gif banner is gorgeous, it really adds so much feelings to it and I think you made a great job there.
The boys are pretty as always but I think my fav might actually be Danneel, it's such a nice picture and I love her little half-smile thing. The headers are awesome as well, so much Texas feel to it. I'll look forward to reading the story that his inspired this fantastic art!
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Date: 2014-06-29 10:10 pm (UTC)Seriously though, thank you. I don't do SPN related art nearly as much as I should, but it is always such a wonderful feeling when I do because the reception is always so great and lovely.
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Date: 2014-06-27 10:48 am (UTC)Wow. WOW. The animated thunderstorm alone blew me away, but then you did more. And more. And MORE. The amount of detail in your dividers is stunnning. Danneel is purely gorgeous (yup, DRAW MORE WOMEN!), and the light and life in her eyes is amazing. Jensen and the beautiful Shadowfax took my breath away, but oh, Jared and Daisy, now . . .that piece is glorious. His expression. Her body language. Just beautiful -- that one's definitely my favorite. It may have been the most challenging, but your hard work definitely shows. Bravo, sir, bravo!! ♥
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Date: 2014-06-29 10:31 pm (UTC)Thank you so much, that means so much coming from so talented as you. ♥♥♥
And I can't wait to see yours!
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Date: 2014-06-29 10:35 pm (UTC)OT I absolutely adore your icon, she looks beautiful there!
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Date: 2014-06-27 05:14 pm (UTC)I love how it's still your style, with great choices in color, and yet it's kind of restrained and duller to give the dusty, cowboy feel. The horses are amazing, as are the landscape and dividers .. but I'm doubly impressed with Danneel! She's ultra gorgeous from your hands. Bravo sir!
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Date: 2014-06-29 10:56 pm (UTC)Color palettes usually aren't a strong suit of mine, so it makes me so happy that you mention that. And I am so pleased people think I did justice to Danneel. I WAS NERVOUS, YO! ♥
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Date: 2014-06-27 05:49 pm (UTC)That lightening gif is truly spectacular.
You've outdone yourself and worked so hard on this. Amazing, stupendous and truly one of the best bb arts so far.
KUDOS to you.
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Date: 2014-06-29 11:04 pm (UTC)Yay, freckles! I had to put them on before I did any shading, because I am notorious about forgetting them until AFTER posting. /o\
Amazing, stupendous and truly one of the best bb arts so far. Wow, thank you for that, because there have been some truly beautiful pieces so far!
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Date: 2014-06-27 06:46 pm (UTC)I seriously, wish I had your talent!
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