Reverse Bang Art: Live to Cheer

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Title: Artwork for Live to Cheer
Author: aythia
Pairing: Jared/ Jensen
Rating: PG
Medium: Mixed media. Pencils and blending: Corel Painter Essentials, Coloring and Shading: Photoshop CS5, Inking: Manga Studio Debut
Artist Notes: For spn_reversebang





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For Reverse Bang, I had the pleasure of working with the talented schmoop queen herself,aythia. Her fic perfectly aligns with what I had in mind, so please go read and give her all the kudos she deserves! Plus, ADORABLE MALE CHEERLEADERS, C'mon now, what more reason do you need? GO!


J2 Cheerleaders



My original prompt (2010). So those that know me know that I really REALLY love male cheerleaders. And given Jensen's personal history with the sport, I thought what the hell. I have seen a few fics with Jensen or Jared being a cheerleader, but usually they involve the other being on like the fotoball team, or whatever-- which while I love those, I wanted something different. So I decided to have both of them, 'nuff said.

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Cheer Boys


So when aythia and I were discussing the fic and after I read the start to it, we decided that it was going to be pretty lighthearted and fun, so for header art I decided on chibis. After messing around with them, I think I finally decided on a chibi style that I actually like. And even though I usually like sketchier lines, I forced myself to ink via Manga Studio which actually turned out pretty fun.


Cheer Girls


I couldn't very well do cheerleader art without including some of the girls, and Katie and Danneel both have very important roles in the fic, so. The girls were definitely a challenge for me, but you just might be seeing more of them from me in the future.

Studying, or Something Like That



The final piece I did was purely based on aythia's request of "something cute to make an icon out of." What's cuter than two boys about to kiss? And it gave me an excuse to draw Jensen in glasses, which was totally worth it. Took me an entire day off, so like 10 hours? Idk, I am really bad about losing time while doing art.

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Thanks to:

My author, aythia. It was such a pleasure to get to know you even more, and even more of a pleasure for you to write something based on my art. ♥♥♥

To all the friends that looked this over both before the RBB prompt reveals and after. You all know who you are, and I appreciate all your kind words and guidance.

And to the mods at spn_reversebang for organizing and running this challenge!