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Fan arts: J2_everafter Arts - Sleeping Beauty

What's the concept?

My arts for the

j2_everafter challenge inspired by Sleeping Beauty. It's schmoopy as hell but as it's an adaptation of the Disney's movie it had to be schmoopy, I guess!!

THE ARTS

(Click on the title of the pictures to full size)

Warnings: Jared bare-chested on the first picture, Jensen bare-chested on the second, boys almost kissing on the third. I let you judge if it's SFW or not!

1) Sleeping Beauty (main art)

Where Jared is a "damsel in distress" ~~with big muscles~~ awaken by a kiss from his prince charming, Jensen.

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2) 100 years (B&W sketch)

B&W sketch: Where Jensen is a prince waiting for Jared to wake him up.

3) Happily ever afters (color sketch)

Where Jared and Jensen will live happily ever after ~~(in a pinkinsh castle)~~

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I don't understand. Why are there arts with Jared as the "Sleeping Beauty" and arts with Jensen as the "Sleeping Beauty"? ಠ_ಠ

It's because I really couldn't make up my mind. I knew when I signed up for this

j2_everafter challenge that I absolutely wanted to grab Sleeping Beauty as a prompt but it took me time to figure out who was going to "play the role" of Aurora. I finally decided that it would be Jared, that's why only Art#1 is a finished, elaborate, CG painting, in full colors with all the details. Arts n#2 and n#3 on the other hand are just sketches/speed-paintings I did to give me an idea. Jensen as the "cute little blonde prince" waiting for Jared didn't really appeal to me so Arts #2 and 3 never passed the stages of drafts.

TOOLS OF THE TRADE (and a little bit of Photoshop rambling)

ART 1

- Photoshop CS
- Painter Essential 3

An inspiration for this one?

Absolutely. The series of photos taken by Annie Leibovitz for her Disney Fairy Tales series and more particularly the one featuring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. I loved the set, the general atmosphere and Zach's blue velvet prince outfit so I used it as an inspiration for my main Sleeping Beauty art.

Paint over?

I painted over a part of the set because I was lacking time and certainly also because the perspective of drawing 25 roses scared the hell out of me.

The letter "J" on the pillow comes from an illumination manuscript.

Reference pictures: Jared.

ART 2

- Photoshop CS
- Photography: the spinning wheel, the Kodak film frame and the set
- Non original work: Painting by Louys Aernoutsz Elsevier

Paint over?

I didn't paint over, I used directly photographies for the spinning wheel and the set (by using layers set to "Soft Light" and "Overlay" with an opacity of approximately 30%). This picture was basically my first draft for this project that's why I didn't bother to draw the set or even go for a paint over. I just needed to see roughly what the finished illustration would look like (I didn't even draw Jared!). I speed-painted Jensen using only black and white. This technique that I already used for instance in one my Dean/Castiel arts, Bloodplay, and in Life made me this way (an hilarious prompt for

spn_kink_art inspired by Lady Gaga) gives me the possibility to work very fast (4-5 hours per art), directly in Photoshop, without the need to pay too much attention to tiny details or to draw a detailed pencil sketch.

Reference picture: Jensen

ART 3

- Graphite on paper
- Photoshop CS
- Painter Essential 3

Reference pictures: Jensen, Jared

The castle you can see at the back comes from a personal photo taken...at Disney Land Tokyo

Voilà! I hope you enjoyed my version of Sleeping Beauty.
See you soon.

PS: I am VERY late concerning comments you left me in this account. It also includes comments at hoodie_time and spn_kink_art comms. I am SORRY!! (and I am working on it!!)