Art: Come with Me (Is It Lonesome on the Sea)

[dancing_adrift]

Title: Come with Me (Is It Lonesome on the Sea)
Rating: NC-17/Explicit
Fandom: Supernatural RPF
Pairing: Jensen/Jared
Summary: Additional visuals for Come with Me (Is It Lonesome on the Sea), written by whispered_story:
He knows the uneasiness he feels at the thought of Jared being with someone right now isn't just protectiveness. It's jealousy, dark and bitter.

It's a new thing, except the more he thinks about it the more he wonders if it hadn't always been there.

Aka: Jensen and Jared have grown up together in a small seaside town. It takes Jensen entirely too long to realize he's in love with Jared

READ THE STORY! >>> "Come with Me (Is It Lonesome on the Sea)" (AO3)




So, What's with the Random Art Post?
So basically, whispered_story (Anna) and I can't get enough of creating together. Usually that just means that she writes and I beta, but sometimes a story will especially grab me and I'll be like, "Can I pretty please make some art for this?" and she has yet to tell me no. This art post is a result of one such instance.

I just fell in love with the east-coast fishing village of Harper's Cove, with Jensen's boat restorations and Jared's magic in the kitchen at Jay's Café and everything in between. It's such a fantastic setting for this gorgeous story. I just really wanted to provide some visuals that would capture the mood of the fic.

Once I had the [ever]green light to make at least a banner, I went to one of my favorite sources on the internet: unsplash.com. I've used many images from there in past projects and this time was no exception. In fact, the photos pretty much ARE the art, so, really, I can't take much credit here at all.

All I did was play with some gorgeous photos, all which are described a bit with their proper attributions below, but which you can see in the Polaroids above.

Photograph Descriptions & Credits!
As I mentioned, all photos were found on unsplash.com. The main banner was created in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1. Fonts used are Allison Script and Javanese Text.

I found so many lovely pictures that fit the aesthetic of Anna's fic... I couldn't figure a way to really use them all? I thought maybe an aesthetic (similar to what I did for my spn_cinema art for Legally Blonde a couple years ago) but it just wasn't meshing. Then Anna had the idea of turning them into Polaroids, and since I knew that'd be really easy to do in Picasa, I just sort of played around with that in PS until I had an arrangement I liked.

The idea is that each of these photographs captures some part of Jared and Jensen's lives in Harper's Cove, whether it be one of the boats Jensen has restored, a cupcake Jared baked, or just the sights from around town.

Each picture turned into a Polaroid and text added (font: Allison Script) using Picasa 3. Images above are described from left to right, top to bottom.

0. Brief description of photograph (link to original pic) | Script shown under photo

1. Yellow buoy (source) | "Another perfect day"
Photograph by: Alex Blăjan

2. Boat cabin (source) | "Oh Captain, my Captain..."
Photograph by: Leon McBride

3. Coffee sign (source) | "Nectar of the gods, life-blood"
Photograph by: Don Ross III

4. Hanging buoys (source) | "Just two buoys hanging out" (also used in main banner)
Photograph by: Scott Walsh

5. Boat in sunshine (source) | "Another satisfied customer"
Photograph by: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen

6. Cabin of boat (source) | "Where the magic happens"
Photograph by: cetteup

7. Orange cupcake (source) | "Omg, an orange orgasm"
Photograph by: Joseph Gonzalez

8. Anchored boat (source) | "Smooth seas today"
Photograph by: Roberto Delgado Webb

9. Man at helm (source) | "Jay takes a turn at the wheel"
Photograph by: garrett parker

10. Boat at sunset (source) | "Just another day in Paradise"
Photograph by: Max Andrey

That's all there really is to it! I hope you love Anna's fic as much as I did, and that you enjoyed this little extra taste of the world she created. Thanks as always for checking out these things we do! <3

Comments

[meus_venator]

Oh, I want to be out on that boat. The images are so crisp and bright. Just lovely.

Oh, and thanks for listing your fonts. I LOVE that Allison Script. I thought at first it was Sweetly Broken, but it's just that little bit different. Very nice!

[dancing_adrift]

Right? I couldn't NOT use all those gorgeous pictures I'd found. I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed them too.

And I LOVE fonts!! Omg. Once I discovered that there were sites like 1001fonts.com with free downloadable fonts, there's been no turning back. Now every project brings the opportunity to find and use something exciting and new!

Thank you so much for commenting <3