....I seriously need to get a job. These here are literally me just dorking around in Photoshop--no point, no target, no end result in mind. Decided to see just how weird I could be. I even called the folder I stored these in "weirdness." Maybe I should have called it "boredom."

These are all from either my LA 2009 or Chicago 2008 photos.

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BIG  BANG
ART MASTER POST
I?  Am insane!  Ha!

At least that's what I told myself a few times over the past several weeks when I was grumbling under my breath at some particularly difficult aspect of one of these drawings.

The other line I found myself paraphrasing is the one from The Prophet Chuck.  He said, "Writing is hard!"  I found myself grumbling, "Drawing is hard too!"

HOWEVER...

I had a BLAST doing this, despite what my husband may report about my grumbling.  I'm so glad I jumped at the very last moment to sign up to do art for Big Bang.  I emailed Wendy on the last day possible I believe.  I had no real idea what was involved, but it wasn't like I didn't have time on my hands.  Right?  If you're interested in my notes about the process, click here.
 
I'm amazed at the ease with which Wendy (and others? forgive me in my ignorance if there are others) organizes and runs this thing.  The scale of this is amazing and she does it with such grace and ease.

I was so very lucky that there was a great story still available for art at the last minute.  I'm a real sucker for schmoopy, angsty, first-time J2.  And quantrail's terrific story was so easy to dream up drawings for.  Plus she was great to work with as well.  It's her first time doing Big Bang too, so we were newbies together.  Which took some self-imagined pressure off me.

Below is the summary of quantrail's wonderful story and the art I did for it.  Some of the artwork is spoilery so if that bothers you, read the story first. 




Title: The Last Smile I Fake
Author:  quantrail 
Artist:  growyourwings 
Pairing:   Jared/Sandy, eventual Jared/Jensen
Rating: PG-13 for language and references to sex
Summary:  Jensen and Jared have been friends since they were five years old. Jensen made the mistake of falling in love with an oblivious Jared during high school while Jared only had eyes for the popular Sandy McCoy. It's been five years since high school ended and Sandy has recently moved back to town from Dallas. After sacrificing all of his dreams to stay in town with Jared, Jensen finds that three's a crowd when Sandy takes an interest in Jared. Jensen must now decide between staying in Texas with Jared or at long last following his dreams to New York.
Disclaimer:  The characters in the artwork all belong to their creators, not to me.  No profit is being made and no harm is intended.

Link to Fic: Here



Warning:  Some of the artwork in this post is spoilery for the story.  Read the story first if that is of concern to you!




 

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Okay, so I've decided a need an icon for drawing. *puts on to-do list*

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that I'm less than happy with my results from yesterday's class. However, the results are exactly as they should be. I just think my result looks like I was "too tight" and constrained last night.

I didn't feel exactly that way when I was actually drawing last night. I was enjoying myself. In retrospect however I do recall having more of an "intent" last night. Like I wanted to "produce" something.

That wasn't the purpose of last night's class (again)--but I think my own intent caused me to tighten up.

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