SGA fanart

[fishpatrol]

Thinking about grad school has been driving me up the wall, so I decided to take a nice and long break by bringing out the watercolours. As always, after finishing a painting, I swear off watercolours for another several months. One day, I'll get the hang of this medium...one day!


I love love love the stained glass windows on the different sets, especially the balcony windows. After reading yin_again's Complementary Colours a few months back, I couldn't shake the thought of John standing against a stained glass window, seemingly with wings, and I itched to try my hand at painting it.

I did this painting pretty much without any references and took a lot of artistic liberties, so excuse the inaccuracies please~ (I also went a little nuts with Photoshop because 1) the scan came out blurry given that the paper was bigger than my scanner bed and 2) I got tired of colouring after a while and started sloshing colours around. That was kind of a bad idea. ;;;)





I want to watch last night's episode of SGA, but at the same time, I really don't want to (because I'll end up raging at the screen and then scrounging for fic and then I'll be useless for the rest of the evening and nothing will get done). Ah, dilemma.

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[spring.livejournal.com]

I've found watercolors to be so difficult to work with, but then again I haven't used them since around August because of school. But they are really tough. I really really like this! The stained glass is beautiful! ^-^*

It feels like forever since we've talked.

[fishpatrol]

I'm happy when I can paint inside the lines more than 90% of the time. ;) I used to be so impatient with paints that I used to get more paint on myself than on the paper, haha. But yay, thank you so much! <3

It has been a while! Neither of us have been posting frequently as of late. :(

[lilie-charlotte.livejournal.com]

As always, after finishing a painting, I swear off watercolours for another several months.

It's so beautiful!

I want to watch last night's episode of SGA, but at the same time, I really don't want to (because I'll end up raging at the screen and then scrounging for fic and then I'll be useless for the rest of the evening and nothing will get done).

But. . but. . .it has *Bill Nye*. Who doesn't love that man? And a (sadly aged) Dave Foley! Watch! Watch!

[fishpatrol]

Thank you so much! <3

I must confess I cringed my way through much of the episode. There were several parts that totally pinged me the wrong way, but I won't spoil it for you in case you haven't watched it yet!

[trolleys.livejournal.com]

Dude, this is fantastic! Lovely colors and sense of symmetry. YAY!

[fishpatrol]

Thank you<3<3! The symmetry was somewhat of a fluke because, about half way through, I was just drawing random lines with a ruler, so I'm glad it worked out!

[lifesscar.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful and beautiful. =D

Though, I completely understand swearing off watercolors. Watercolor is detrimental to the sanity of society.

[fishpatrol]

Thanks so much!

Haha, yes, watercolours are such a pain to work with, but they look lovely when handled well.

[wihluta.livejournal.com]

That looks lovely!

[fishpatrol]

Thanks so much! :D

[tarlanx]

It's beautiful - and I love the way you added the 'wings' :-)

[fishpatrol]

Thank you -- I'm glad to hear that the wings work for you. :D

[caersmane.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous, esp the window. And I do like the way you have those two lines coming down behind John reminiscent of wings :)

[fishpatrol]

Thank you! :) I was having some issue differentiating between the "wings" part of the window and the rest, so I'm glad it works for you.

[liresius.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[fishpatrol]

Thank you! :D

[chensuu.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. I love the colors and the way you incorporated the wings into the stained glass.

[fishpatrol]

Thank you so much -- I'm glad you like it!

[trixie-chick.livejournal.com]

oooh, that is really beautiful. the stained glass window is just stunning, and the wing effect really worked well!!

[fishpatrol]

Yay, thanks so much! I didn't want the wings to blend in with the rest of the stained glass, but I didn't want them to be too obtrusive either, so I'm glad it worked!

[monkey-junkey.livejournal.com]

Watercolours are a pain indeed but the colours you managed to get for the stained glass windows? Gorgeous.

[fishpatrol]

Thank you so much! I wasn't sure if the colours were a bit oversaturated, so it's a relief to hear that you like the choice of colours!

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

I'm amazed time and time again by your artwork. *_* It's just mind-boggling that you can do something so... complex. The colors. The shapes. The shadows on his arms...

*bows down to you*

[fishpatrol]

Wow, thank you so much for such a lovely comment! And I must confess, I am rather fond of the shadows on the arms as well (it may well be my favourite part of the painting... ;)). *huggles<3<3*