einahpets | Entries tagged with big bang

Signed up for the 2024 Stucky Reverse Big Bang. This was my offered art during claims, well just the line art at the time, and I managed to snag 2 wonderful writers to write stories inspired by it!

"A Game for Two" by dontcallmebree and by luxuryvelvetstudebaker.

I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted to draw when going into making this, but I was looking at Thomas Blackshear II's work and saw this beautiful portrait, Airman's Inspiration. I'm like, oh that reminds me of Captain America's helmet. Then while looking for pose references I saw a great photo of 2 guys together, with one particularly protective, and I'm like yes that's Bucky. Nothing deeper than that! XD
Had fun using such rich colors for the background and working with metal foil. This piece sure shines in the light. Though getting all those little lines down was tedious af. I totally ruined a brush that wore down brushing off excess foil!

Mediums: Watercolor, a touch of colored pencil, and synthetic gold and silver leaf on 11.69" x 16.53"Arches rough press watercolor paper.

dA
Also on Ao3

( Photo version showing off how reflective the metal leaf is. )

Created for the 2022 Thorki Bang. I selected Kimchi's story, Bluebird, cause I'm a sucker for Jotun Loki, and it's always fun painting someone blue. It was a pleasure working with them!

I suck at full body illustrations, so a portrait of the boys with pretty hair it was. I also hate backgrounds, so why not try using gold leaf for the first time ever? I think it came out pretty well! I love how shiny it is in person, and I love all the shadows that were captured in the scan due to the buckled watercolor paper.

Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, and synthetic gold leaf on 11.69" x 16.53"Arches rough press watercolor paper.

dA
Also on Ao3

( A little fun behind the scenes look at the gold leaf application. The skewings added a nice effect, like leaves or petals blowing in the wind. Also, so shiny!! )

One of two pieces created for the 2021 Thorki Bang.

I was partnered with the wonderful ravenbringslight. She was very patient with me when I was slow to start, was a wonderful cheerleader once I got started, and was so kind to let me finish after the artist deadline. Fortunately, I was able to finish before our posting date, which happens to be the first day of posting for the Bang!! Anyway, really enjoyed creating the portraits of Loki and Thor for her story, "You Fall I Fall".

Going to be honest, the main reason why I picked raven's story was that she included Thor's goats as one of the selling points during artist match ups. Because of this, I was determined to include the goats in the art. I went through a couple of thumbnails to try and pin down the composition. At first I tried a full body composition, but I knew I wouldn't be able to do it justice since my paper was small. Settled on this trio composition after trying various iterations of Thor and 2 goat heads. I looked at so many goat pictures for reference to find the right angle!! Well worth the time to find the right references.

Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, and gel pen on 10" x 14"Arches cold press watercolor paper. Frame digitally added.

dA
Also on Ao3

Loki

Two of two pieces created for the 2021 Thorki Bang.

The composition for this piece was based on the study Head of Saint John the Evangelist by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. When I started painting the piece, I realized some of his features weren't correctly laid out. Then I realized when I blocked the features on his face, I used the Ingres study as my roadmap. Ah well, still came out really well and has enough of Hiddleston's features to sell the illusion.

Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, and gel pen on 10" x 14"Arches cold press watercolor paper. Frame digitally added.

dA
Also on Ao3

G.O.A.T.

This is my submission for this year's T'hy'la Big Bang. If you're a K/S fan, be sure to check out this year's collection!!

During claims, I snagged myself quite the writer! I paired up with the amazing LadyMerlin, who wrote a timey whimy fic called "I have loved the stars too fondly". Really good stuff, please read her story!
The artist requirement in the Big Bang was 2 pieces, one fully rendered image and one sketch ... so I did two fully rendered portraits and made them a diptych. Two separate pieces that can become one.
These pieces were heavily influenced by the story's overall theme, and I tried to include symbolism and references from the fic. My personal favorite is the implied TOS Captain braids I was able to sneak in.

The paintings are on Arches 10"x14" 120lbs cold press paper, and the mediums are watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, white gel pen, white acrylic, Polyester film, and a Decocolor gold leafing pen. After I scanned everything onto my computer, I touched things up in GIMP and created a digital black mat.

Captain Kirk and Mr Spock portraits against a nebula surrounded by metallic gold swirls

Captain Kirk and Mr Spock portraits against a nebula surrounded by metallic gold swirls

dA
I also posted the solo portraits of Kirk and Spock.
Also on AO3

For anyone curious, here's the thumbnail I sketched out before tackling these bad boys.

Went back in time and played in some nostalgia. There was a Senshi/Shitennou minibang and I decided to give it a go. Been quite a while since I did a collaboration event, but it was fun! :)

Click image for full size on dA. There's also another illustration, Kiss, that I made for the fest.

Mediums: watercolor, colored pencil, gel pen, and a touch of Sharpie pen.

My art for the 2013 startrekbigbang story "Turning Hours Into Centuries" by noxiouscherries

I actually have two versions of Up in the Clouds' because the mediums in the piece look different depending on what technology I used to capture the art, scanner vs camera w/ flash (though in RL it really doesn't quite look like either of these).
Also I should warn everyone now, I can not resist metallic, glittery art mediums. Which is probably why I love classic Trek. Tons of futuristic glitter.

Mediums: watercolor, sharpie pen, colored pencil, metallic markers, and metallic gouache

( Scanned version )

( Photograph with flash version )

Title: 'Snowball Fight' and 'Lake'
Artist:

einahpets
Characters: Arthur & Merlin
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Mediums: Watercolor and colored pencil
Summary: From nomical's summary for artists claims
'When Arthur returns it isn't with a crack or a boom. The world doesn't shake and people don't flock to his island. In fact, the world doesn't seem to notice anything at all, say for one man. This is a story about Arthur's return, adapting to life in the 21st century, relearning how to interact together, and finding out that maybe this time destiny doesn't start with a capital "D". It's not your typical save the world story, but it might take them a while to realize it. '
Artist's notes: A couple of illustrated scenes from an aborted fic by nomical. Unfortunately the fic these are based on was getting too big, and in order to finish PL she made the hard decision to switch to a new story.
First illustration is a snowball fight b/w Merlin and Arthur where Merlin cheats a bit. The second is a slightly comedic version of Arthur's return. Basically his reaction after he finds out how much time has passed.

( Snowball Fight and Lake )

Title: The Knights
Artist:

einahpets
Characters: Leon, Percival, Lancelot, Elyan, and Gwaine
Rating (if applicable): G
Warnings: N/A
Mediums: Gouache, colored pencil, and metallic markers
Summary: Boys with toys!
Artist's notes: Once I knew I was going to make a solo art post, I decided I wanted to have a bit of a 'bang.' So in addition to finishing the original 2 pieces, I decided to do my own project.
The story of these knights is actually old. I started this project almost 2 years ago with Lancelot, and I had plans to include the other 4, as I felt there wasn't enough knight art in Merlin fandom. But then I stalled. Last year around this time I managed to get some energy and all 5 of the knights got to the barebones line art stage, but then I lost steam. Again. And it didn't help that the show killed 3/5 of them. So on my desk they sat, collecting dust while they watched various other projects get started and completed. It was sad. However, when my writer changed ideas, I decided it was the perfect time to finish them. So with less than a month to my posting date, I locked my preview entry, sat down, and worked. Well, worked when I wasn't going to Yankees games. Let me tell you nothing is more disruptive than free baseball. ;) Anyway, I manged to get them done and I think they look fab.
Shoutout to

gwyntastic for gifting me with the metallic markers. When I received them, I promised her I would use them for a project. Well better late than never, right?

( The Knights )

Archived larger versions in the Paperlegends 2013 folder on dA

2013 KSBB art for 'King's Gambit' by

shinysylver.
It's an AOS spin on the TOS episode Court Martial. Good stuff!

There is also another artist who picked this fic. You can see

emilywritescrap's art over at her tumblr!

Now for some brief artist thoughts ...
For this piece I was hugely inspired by TOS style posters, while trying to stay focused on Kirk and Spock. I played with the checkerboard as being the ion storm and the Enterprise escaping from it, while Spock holds the fallen king and Kirk looking concerned. Hopefully I balanced the graphic and realistic elements so they tie together.

Mediums: Acrylic, metallic paint pen, and a hint of sharpie pen.

Enjoy!

larger version on dA

Title: Art for dreams for wings and wanderers by etharei
Artist: reni_m
Characters: Aithusa, Merlin, Leon, Percival, and a lot of dragons
Art Rating: G
Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, charcoal, white charcoal, and sharpie pen.
Artist's notes: Special thanks to gwyntastic and snad. Also, shout out to chat. You guys probably wonder how I managed to make anything considering I never GSD and work best being a distraction. GO TEAM!
Disclaimer: I think saying I drew a few dragons is an understatement.

( 24 dragons under cut! )

Archived larger versions in my paperlegends 2012 gallery

Illustrations made for Paperlegends and Whizzbangpop 2010.

( Whizzbangpop )

( Paperlegends )

My art for BBC Merlin Big Bang Paperlegends 2011.

This is the art for castmeaway's story.
Polarity Master Post

( castmeaway art )

All 2011 Big Bang art can also be found on my deviantart.

My art for BBC Merlin Big Bang Paperlegends 2011.

This is the art for gfeather's story.
In Search Of Remembrance Master Post
(also you can view the cover art I made for the story there)

( gfeather art )
All 2011 Big Bang art also found on my deviantart.

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Artists lie, cheat, and steal.

One day, I'll use my grown up words.

Protection Web

Gold Thorki

G.O.A.T.

Loki

T'hy'la

Follow

Star Trek Big Bang Art

Paperlegends 2013

Court Martial

Paperlegends 2012: dreams for wings and wanderers

2010 Big Bang and Whizzbangpop

Paperlegends 2011: castmeaway

Paperlegends 2011: gfeather

Profile

May 2024

Syndicate

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags