Beneath Every Layer Of Skin [Wincestiel Big Bang Art Post]

[badbastion]

Title: Beneath Every Layer Of Skin
Author: weareallpuppets; Link to Fic Masterpost
Artist: badbastion
Pairings/characters: (in story) Sam/Castiel/Dean and all variations therein, Bobby/Jody, Inias
Rating:PG-13 for horror & blood
Warnings: for art: horror, blood, blasphemy. Fic warnings and summary are posted in the fic masterpost.
Spoilers: The fic is an AU, but it incorporates some elements of canon up to S8
Contents: Two pieces of digital art, 1 banner, 1 photomanip, dividers, some photos of Centralia, and some blah blah blah from me. There may be fic spoilers behind the cut.






I was originally not going to sign up for the wincestiel big bang, but then I saw this prompt. I actually opened and closed the post a few times before I gave in, because I wanted it so badly! Horror and insanity are THE BEST. weareallpuppets has been really great to work with, despite some lapses in communication from the both of us /o\. She's got just the sickest, coolest ideas, and I love em. I hope you enjoy the fic as much as I have!





^I could not decide between these two. I know it's a minor difference, but... the bottom one is more saturated, and gets more of the look I originally had in mind. However the top one seems to fit these characters better, worn and gray and washed out, oppressive. Probably bad form to be so indecisive, but you can choose for yourselves which one you like, haha.







^This was one of my favorite scenes in the thing, and I had so much fun illustrating it. Many references were used.
I opened the file yesterday to do some last-minute editing, and I accidentally hid the wrong layer. The result scared the pants off of me.



Then, more dividers than a person needs in their entire life.















Finally, the city of Centralia is fascinating. After an underground mine fire in 1962 made it dangerous to live in, it was abandoned. In 2010 the ghost town had a population of ten.

Here are a few of my favorite Centralia pictures:



If you want to know more about it, here's the wiki, and here's an article that is less in-depth but has good pictures, haha.

Hope you enjoy!

Comments

[geckoholic]

Amazing work, especially the title card / Cas pic, and it really wets my appetite for the fic! :D

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

comments why are you not working for meeee

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

OMG these are fantastically dark. Sam holding an emaciated Cas is just... amazing. Your cas pic is scary. You did a great job with the horror my darling. Great, Great, Great...

[unavoidedcrisis.livejournal.com]

CREEPY AND AMAZING.

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

Wow. Sam and Cas are like the Pieta! IT'S AMAZING. We get incessant Dean/Cas in this fandom, so it's really great to see this spin on the relationships. The faces are just beautiful, and while both color treatments are super cool, I think I like the saturated one better because it feels more like stained glass. And the match picture? Fantastic lighting! Centralia sounds damned weird and kinda awesome. Creepy as shit. Kick-ass job, BB!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong of me to get excited about the match? Coz I love that a lot!

I think I actually prefer the more colour saturated pieta because the halo effect gets a bit lost on the more monochrome version. Now I need to read this fic...

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

Whoa... everything's coming up creepy right now. But I like creepy so it works.
Sam looks pretty amazing in those first stained-glass-looking pictures - sad and strong and wet, and pretty much perfect. And jeez, Cas looks like gooey death.
But that match light one really is shivery scary... I can't even process how much Cas's eyes makes my skin crawl. Great job. And I hope you found your pants.

[runedgirl.livejournal.com]

Intriguing art (and gorgeous) - and wow, the story of that town is actually quite fascinating!

[sammichgirl]

Cannot wait to read the fic , especially if there is Sam/Cas...refreshing change. Your art again, amazing. Dean's expression - pensive, irritated, angry, upset, sad, disappointed - like all rolled into one. And Sam, gently holding Cas, and his look of sorrow. That filtered Cas, creepy!

[scarletscarlet.livejournal.com]

JFC, that picture of Castiel with the lit match is scary. Like, coming across it last night while I was reading the story? Creeped me the hell out. Awesome :D. I love the stained-glass approach to the group image, too. I think I like the less saturated one more... the brighter one does seem more like stained glass, in a way, but the less saturated one still has that vibe, just with a colder, dimmer light; which seems to fit the setting as well as the characters :).

I also thought your dividers were really cool - it was neat reading through and having them change. Subtle, creeping changes. This was such a good combo of art and fic.

And how cool to see the photos of the town! Dude, that hole in the ground. Yikes.

[heliokleia.livejournal.com]

Hey sweetie, thank you very much for sharing your fabulous artwork again.
BOBBY - *squeees* And poor, pale Angelbaby... he looks so small and vulnerable in Sammeh's strong arms. Plus, Dee taking care of the trench coat...
*feels faint*

Well, pic #1 looks more like the show while moi tendences slightly to pic #2, because of the umm... "friendly" colours...
- Also thank you for adding those great graphics of yours beneath the art and for the scary photos of Centralia; now I'm in the right mood for a snuggly Christmas!
(http://www.graphicsgrotto.com/)
And of course... Merry Christmas to you too, my dear.
*X-mas huggles & waves*
(http://www.graphicsgrotto.com/)

[deadflowers5.livejournal.com]

This is so creepy! I think I can't read the fic after this. :-(
But amazing art!