.art: Solitary Man (John)

[aesc]

Heh, trying to add some more entries to my typography tag XD I'll post a wallpaper of this eventually, but the way it came together was weirdly... not wallpaper-friendly, so I'll have to mess around with it some more.






Brushes and stock by elli, blimey_icons, and stock x-change.

"Solitary Man" was done pretty much the same way as Every Bended Knee, with text brushes used to sketch out John's face (using My Favorite Vegas Screencap as a guide), and Baskerville Old Face font for the contours. I added in textures because I didn't want this piece to be too much like the last one, but I don't know... it feels a bit cluttered, and I've decided I like the typography to carry the weight.

In other news: Am still wibbling over SPN 4.16. Meeep.

Comments

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. JOOOOOOOOOOOOHN!

[dogeared.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! Hallo wee Vegas!John!!

[crysothemis.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's gorgeous. I love the effect of his profile, and the contrast of dark and light.

[mercury973.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

[tex.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Johnny Cash's version of the song is so haunting and your art really matches that. \o/

[jenniferjensen.livejournal.com]

John♥♥♥

This is just gorgeous :)

[superstitiousme.livejournal.com]

oh man...that is gorgeous! <3

[aurora]

Oh. That's just beautiful.

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

.....and that's what that song looks like. Yep. That is it.

Powerful stuff.

[samjohnsson.livejournal.com]

I love this.

The only crit I might make is that the lips are too straight. Shep, iirc, was always smirking or frowning, slightly...

Still, amazing.

[neevebrody.livejournal.com]

Wow! This is fantastic. I've got the same cap as my journal header and you've managed to capture/re-create the same level of 'character' in John's face with the textures and typeface. Not cluttered... complex, interesting, just like that face and I love how the eye is carried down the neck by the 'Man' and the guitar. Well done!

[let-fate-decide.livejournal.com]

I've not watched SGA since the finale (alskdf;kdaf whuuut!) and I just realized why I need to start doing so again! meeep! jooohnnnn...

[argosy.livejournal.com]

Pretty (in a dirty/ugly way, hee)! The textures are amazing.

[animotus.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww John!You will be so missed!:(
Very evocative graphic!♥

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

There you go again, blowing my mind as usual. Wow.

[seleneheart]

Your fandoms are starting to confuse me. Until I clicked the cut, I was expecting John Winchester. *g*

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heeee, yes, this is actually the first time in... possibly ever that I've been fannishly polyamorous--I'm not usually the person who has three fandoms going at once. Probably I should start rethinking my subject lines ;)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

He needs more Rodney in his life, poor solitary man :(

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*siiiiigh* Oh, Vegas!John :"> :">

[aesc.livejournal.com]

:"> :"> Thank youuu!!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*siiiiiigh* I miss him already!

♥ And thank youuu!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! I was going for a sort of mixed-media collage, with John's face on some kind of heavy white paper laid on top of the darker background. Not sure how it came out, but I'm happy you liked it! ♥

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! ♥♥♥

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!! I usually don't do these really grungy, heavily-textured things... not sure how I feel about it, still :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I have been rewatching some of my favorite episodes... I spent a lot of time with "Echoes" and "Tao" over spring break :D :D

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you, love! Also, I can sort of picture "Solitary Man" being one of the songs John teaches himself on guitar... He looks up the tabs online and works his way through.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Oh, John :">

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! :)

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Meeep, thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it! ♥

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I reaaaaally like that cap, all rough and kind of tired :">

[aesc.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥ Thank you, Beads!!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!

(The cap this is borrowed from actually, for once, has John not smirking/frowning/doing something :D But I agree, it looks kind of odd because his face is usually so expressive.)

[binel63.livejournal.com]

You're soooo right.

[velocitygrass.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is beautiful!

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! ♥♥♥

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

Holy cow. I just metaphorically tumbled down a stairwell at the sight of that.

Beautiful.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

I'm happy it was just metaphorical :D Thank you!

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Wow. This is amazing.

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Wait, let me use the Vegas John icon...

[aesc.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥ Thank you, love, as always!

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh man.

Oh *John*

Gorgeous.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! ♥ Poor Vegas!John!