Three arts for the Supernatural Summer Art Community

What's the concept?

What's the concept?
The following arts were drawn for the
spn_summer_art community. The only requirement the artworks had to meet to be submitted in the comm was they had to be Supernatural fan arts (no RPS) and be visibly related to summer. Gen and/or Slash is allowed as long as it is safe for work. I submitted three arts, one of Sam and Dean, one of Dean and Castiel and one of Young!Dean.
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Submission 1: Georgia Peaches (Sam & Dean)
Characters/Description: Sam & Dean enjoying a walk in a peach orchard in Georgia
Characters/Description: Sam & Dean enjoying a walk in a peach orchard in Georgia
Rating: All audience
Warnings: None
Based on this prompt: I know it was just an example but this picture inspired me so...
Prompter:
summerart_mod

Submission 2: Relax Cas', we are on vacations! (Dean & Castiel)
Title: Relax Cas', we are on vacations!
Characters/Description: Cas and Dean in vacations in Hawaii
Rating: All audience
Warnings: Schmoop
Not based on a prompt
The full size version is available HERE
Tools of the trade?
- Manga Studio Debut
- Photoshop CS

Art 3: My summers are funnier than yours (young!Dean)
Characters/Description: Young!Dean and...a garden troll
Rating: All audience
Warnings: Ugly troll and ugly shoes
Not based on a prompt
The full size version is available HERE
Tools of the trade
- Watercolor, Liquitex poster paint
- Pastels
- Color pencils and graphite
- Color enhancement and filters: Photoshop CS
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Warnings: None
Based on this prompt: I know it was just an example but this picture inspired me so...
Prompter:
The full size version is available HERE
Tools of the trade?
- Manga Studio Debut
- Photoshop CS
- Background from an anime website
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Tools of the trade?
- Manga Studio Debut
- Photoshop CS
- Background from an anime website
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Submission 2: Relax Cas', we are on vacations! (Dean & Castiel)
Title: Relax Cas', we are on vacations!
Characters/Description: Cas and Dean in vacations in Hawaii
Rating: All audience
Warnings: Schmoop
Not based on a prompt
The full size version is available HERE
Tools of the trade?
- Manga Studio Debut
- Photoshop CS
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Art 3: My summers are funnier than yours (young!Dean)
Characters/Description: Young!Dean and...a garden troll
Rating: All audience
Warnings: Ugly troll and ugly shoes
Not based on a prompt
The full size version is available HERE
Tools of the trade
- Watercolor, Liquitex poster paint
- Pastels
- Color pencils and graphite
- Color enhancement and filters: Photoshop CS
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A little step by step gif?
Yep! Here's a gif with the different steps of Artwork #1 I did the line work in Manga Studio. I started by applying a texture and worked a lot with the gradient tool. Then some shadows and highlights and..it's over!

Voilà!
I hope you enjoyed the first part of this summer post!
See you on the 12th of July on my other account,
petite_madame , for my first BB post and here, on August 4th, for my second submission

Voilà!
I hope you enjoyed the first part of this summer post!
See you on the 12th of July on my other account,

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Date: 2011-07-01 08:01 am (UTC)Now I am going to go have dirty thoughts about Dean's mouth dripping juice and Sam's response to that. ;)
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Date: 2011-07-03 06:53 pm (UTC)The shirt was actually the starting point. I wanted to use the prompt picture in my art but I didn't know if I was gonna put it on a board, a poster, etc.. Finally I thought about a Tshirt ^^ Don't ask me why I thought it was much more Sam's style.
Now I am going to go have dirty thoughts about Dean's mouth dripping juice and Sam's response to that. ;)
I tried not to draw too many water drops on the corner of his mouth to prevent people from having dirty thoughts but I failed ^o^ You are the 3rd or 4th comment telling me about the juice dripping from Dean's mouth xD
Thanks a lot for the lovely comment about my art ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 10:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 06:54 pm (UTC)I'm gonna sound like an old nostalgic but I love Sam in your icon ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 10:47 am (UTC)*Loves*
winnie
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Date: 2011-07-03 06:55 pm (UTC)Thank you so much Winnie ^o^
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Date: 2011-07-01 11:44 am (UTC)But i love this pic!.
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Date: 2011-07-03 06:56 pm (UTC)Your icon is hypnotizing!! I'm in love of this rabbit ♥
Thank you so much :D
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Date: 2011-07-01 02:09 pm (UTC)The colors are wonderful, and you have pretty background too! :D But I especially love how you drew their faces, you nailed them right on (again)! ^^ ♥
And a step-by-step is always a great addition to any of your art posts! Thank you for including this :D
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:20 pm (UTC)It's a special offer, two for the price of one ^^ In fact this art is pretty "old": I sent to to the mods about 3 weeks-one month ago for this challenge.
I must admit I cheated for the background. I didn't draw it, I found it in an anime website and reworked it (a lot)
I'm gonna submit a second art but I think you already saw it, it's Dean and Castiel in vacations ^^
Thanks a lot for the great comment about my work ♥
PS: I saw Xmen first class on Friday. I am maybe reading too many slash fics but when I saw the movie I had the feeling to read a big Eric/Charles fic. The subtext is very..visible :D
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Date: 2011-07-01 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-01 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:03 pm (UTC)Leaving you a comment here too :D
Date: 2011-07-01 02:47 pm (UTC)Re: Leaving you a comment here too :D
Date: 2011-07-03 07:03 pm (UTC)Glad you enjoyed the art ^^
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Date: 2011-07-01 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:04 pm (UTC)Thank you very much for the comment ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 04:15 pm (UTC)It's also really cool to see how the picture slowly evolved into the finished product. I always appreciate that in your posts. Thanks for putting so much effort into your art and into your posts about it! :D It's awesome! Not sure I've ever commented before...but I love all of your stuff! And I resolve to comment in the future, like an upstanding member of the fandom should. :)
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Date: 2011-07-03 08:25 pm (UTC)It's never too late! ^^ Welcome, welcome!! And thank you ♥
(Er, does one say "camera" in a situation like this?
IDK but I understood perfectly what you wanted to say, so no problem ;) I think that "camera" is the perfect word here :3
You are the 5th "peach craving" of the post ^^ People are really going to hate me for that ^^;;
I love explaining how I reach the final result. That's why I opened a LJ in the first place. I couldn't post tutorials on DA. I did it on Tumblr once or twice but it's not convenient so when I have to explain something in details I do it on LJ. However I'm not sure I'm gonna have the time to do it for the Big Bang :/ I hope to be on time but it's really hard ><
Thanks again ^^
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Date: 2011-07-01 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:06 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for the great comment about my work ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 04:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-07-01 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:08 pm (UTC)Thank you so much ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:09 pm (UTC)It's a fresh art for the summer :D
Thanks a lot ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:13 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for the comment Maichan ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:13 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for the comment ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-01 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:24 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for your comment about my art ♥
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Date: 2011-07-01 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:25 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for the great comment about my work ♥
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Date: 2011-07-02 01:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 08:27 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your comment and for giving me details about Georgia. I've never been there so I tried to improvised a bit with this art ^^;;
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Date: 2011-07-02 03:47 am (UTC)If you don't mind, I wanted to ask you about Manga Studio. I've been thinking about getting it myself, but I saw that there are two versions. If you don't mind me asking, which one are you using?
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:38 pm (UTC)I'm using Manga Studio Debut. I took some photos of the cover on my french blog:
http://blog.gamekult.com/blog/vonapplestrudel/189281/achats-logiciel-manga-studio-debut.html
The EX version has a big asset compared to the debut version (I didn't know it when I bought the Debut version). You can create 3D models on a 3D software like "Google sketch up" and include the 3D image in your manga studio document by resizing it, rotating it, etc. It means that for instance, you don't have to redraw the set on each panel! ^^ If it's not clear, look at this comic drawn by made-of-tin:
http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac30/LittleTinSoldier/DeanCasBigBang/sb5.png
She didn't "draw" the set in every frame. She create it once in a 3D software, imported the document in MS, made the set rotate according to the angle (= perspective) of the scene and..voilĂ ! Of course, it doesn't change her great talent as an artist but the possibility of using 3D models in MS is amazing. The Ex version is more expensive. If it's just for inking the debut version is more than enough but if you want to use it for a more sophisticated comic, the EX is better :D
PS: Ok, my explanation is maybe not very clear, so here is a YT tutorial ^^;; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOPdIsgQWRQ
Thanks a lot for the comment about my drawing ♥
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Date: 2011-07-02 04:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:40 pm (UTC)Thanks a lot for the great comment about my work ^^
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Date: 2011-07-02 04:54 am (UTC)And now I'm craving peaches. *pouts*
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:40 pm (UTC)Thank a lot for the great comment about my work ♥
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Date: 2011-07-02 05:12 am (UTC)Ooh excited about your BB post and the Dean/Cas one!!!
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:45 pm (UTC)I don't know when the mods are gonna post the Dean/Cas one but the art is in the same style as this one (Manga Studio + Photoshop). I post my BB on the 12th ^^
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Date: 2011-07-02 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-03 07:46 pm (UTC)That's funny, people who commented really loved Sam's Tshirt ^^ That's THE detail they noticed in the pic (with the sweat droplets ^^^)