[ART] The Dragon's Courtship for Dragon Big Bang

[alexisjane]

For zubeneschamali's most wonderful story.

Title: The Dragon's Courtship
Fandom/Pairing: SPN RPS, Jared/Jensen
Rating: PG-13 to NC-17
Warnings:none

Read It Here!!

I'd never drawn a dragon before. Thankfully there were several really good tutorials on YouTube, some rather fine renderings of dragons to use as inspiration. As you can see, he went through several poses (mostly coz OMG what in the hell are you supposed to do with those gigantic wings!?) before I settled on the final pose. I didn't really mean for him to be that colour but I started using it to sketch with and I loved the way it looked like a sepia photograph or etching or something. So I kept it : )

I really wanted to try to see Jared in flight and thought an animation could be fun. In the end I used some of the frames from this old pic I found of a bird in flight...





Then I drew a stick figure dragon over the bird poses to get a vague idea of the motion.

Then I drew each frame of the dragon properly by hand then scanned the frames back in, and voila!

Dragon.

Comments

[fireheart13.livejournal.com]

OMG BEAUTIFUL!!! You are amazing!!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you BB! I'm really happy with the way he turned out in the end : ) xx

[big-heart-june.livejournal.com]

OMG, AMAZING!! your talent is endless, darling! I really love him! and I especially LOVE your gif too, he's gorgeous! WOW. so in awe ♥♥

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you Darling! Have you read the story yet? It's just wonderful : ) x

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

This is simply incredible! And thank you for including the creative process!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Hunny! I'm never too sure whether it's interesting but I know it helps me a lot to see other people's workings out : ) xx

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

Wow. WOW! The final painting is gorgeous :D I love the coloring. So majestic!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I was really pleased with the colour! A very happy accident : )

Thank you Hunny, i'm glad you like ♥ xx

[yohkobennington.livejournal.com]

DRAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://s803.photobucket.com/user/YB87/media/tumblr_nc98ris8Mr1qe1xrwo1_400_zpsfnkni1ls.gif.html)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

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Oh Lordy, that gif is so cute : ) ♥ xxx

[fanspired]

Wow! That is really cooooooooool!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Hunny : ) xx

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Holy cow! That animation and how you did it are so cool!! I will definitely have to show Dash. he loves doing stop motto-ion animation and flip books.

Love these!

:)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

It was one of those things, me thinking "Oooo, lets have a flying dragon!" then sitting with my head in my hands for about two weeks trying to figure out how the hell to do it.

Do you have photoshop? Coz I bet he could really get the hang of it. It's basically the flip book principal (well...at least the way i do it : ) Also maybe check out Draw with Jazza on Youtube. He has some excellent animation tutorials that Dash might enjoy.

*squishes you!* ♥ xxx

[masja-17.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!!!

Thanks also for the process of the flying dragon! Very well done!

<3

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Darling! And you're welcome : ) xxx

[ashtraythief.livejournal.com]

Ooohhh, these are so pretty! I love dragon Jared! Also, the flying animation is really cool.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Hunny! The story is so wonderful, I hope I've done him justice. I'm glad you like : ) xxx

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Lady you have got some SKILLS! *hearts for eyes and all over this post* xx

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*squishes you tight* Thank you Darling. I'm glad you like xxx

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Seriously never seen an artwork by you that hasn't blown my socks off! *smooches* xx

[zubeneschamali.livejournal.com]

Hey there! Thanks again for taking me on and for doing such a wonderful job. Dragon!Jared is gorgeous, and the animated banner is just awesome. I love the "behind the scenes" part of this post, too; as someone completely lacking artistic talent, it's fascinating to see how it all comes together. Hope I get to work with you again someday!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Hey!! I'm so happy you liked. I so wish I had time to do more, your wonderful story absolutely deserved it,

Me too!! If you can put up with me again, that is : ) I hope you're getting lots of lovely feedback the story. I just love it ♥ xx

[skeletncloset.livejournal.com]

This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you BB : ) xx

[ephermeralk.livejournal.com]

Lovely work, as usual!

The animation is simply stunning ♥ ♥

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Darling! I really like doing the animation, I just wish I had more time to do more. The story is so wonderful : ) xx

[ladygreytowers.livejournal.com]

Your art for this is amazing! The flying Dragon banner and the colors and your wings! This is really really wonderful and compliments zubins story soooo much and sooooo well. Thank you!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Hunny!! This is such a lovely compliment. I'm so in love with her story : ) Thank you!! ♥ xx

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

Your dragon is beautiful, I love his wings and the animation is excellent, thanks for showing us how you did it. I can't wait to read the fic.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Darling! Oooo yes! Go read! It's just brilliant : ) xx

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm reading it now, I'm on Chapter 3. I love dragon Jared and farmer Jensen, such a sweet and original tale.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy you're enjoying : ) xx

[jj1564.livejournal.com]

I loved it, and your artwork was just perfect for the story :)

[hybridshade.livejournal.com]

these are a few of my favourite thiiiiiings~! *sings* :D dragons just make me so happy, especially when they're so beautifully done as this!

why so amazing, m'dear? <3

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Hun. This was my first one! I was so nervous : ) I'm so happy you like : ) xx

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

Awww, wow, I knew this art would be amazing, and it really, really is. Wow. Absolutely gorgeous...

Thanks for sharing, hon.

Xx

[wendy.livejournal.com]

I love this, so amazingly cool (much like you!)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*squishes you* Y'know, flattery will get you everywhere : ) I'm glad you like it, Hun, it was fun to do.
Also, I owe you art! I need to pin you down as to what you want. You did mention maybe a drawing of your kids, maybe? You can always email me if you have a photo you like or something xx

[wendy.livejournal.com]

I don't have kids. :)

But maybe I meant the RLB kids? I honestly don't remember. Would love anything Red Like Blood-related that makes you feel inspired!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Ugh, you now what...we've totally had this conversation before! : ) My memory is clearly shot. It's coz you talk about small people sometimes , I just assume they're yours.

Okay...right now I'm thinking the J's with tiny just born Cal maybe? Something like that? Xx

[wendy.livejournal.com]

Perfect. ♥

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Wow! This work is absolutely gorgeous! I adore the dragon and the gif is wonderful. I just finished the story and the artwork is perfect for it. <3

[alycat.livejournal.com]

I loved the art for this so very much, the art of him flying is just amazing. Clearly you need to draw more dragons

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

I am so impressed. The drawing of the dragon turned out beautifully and that animation is incredible. I can't imagine how much time it must have taken to pull that all together. Absolutely incredible.

[herminekurotowa.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely gorgeous and amazing! I've never seen anything like your animated Jared. *loves*

[equally-dour.livejournal.com]

wonderful work!