Artpost for "Kiss Me"

[dwimpala67]

Created for quicky_bang 2021

Title: Kiss Me

Author: tammyrenh 

Artist: dwimpala21 

Fandom: Supernatural RPF

Medium: Photo Manip

Pairing: Jared/Jensen

Word Count: 2180

Summary: Jared has just moved to a new city, and he’s very taken with the very  talented (and gorgeous) musician who performs by his favorite coffee  shop.

Link to the story: Ao3

Notes: Special thanks to jdl71 for being a great beta. 

This is my second submission for this challenge. A huge thanks to Tammy for trusting me with her fic. She had a specific visual listed that she wanted the artist to illustrate. The image of Jensen singing at Jared's favorite coffee shop simply melted me. I just had to grab it. Here's how I came up with the final banner.

1. Step 1 was to find a perfect background of a coffee shop that has a warm look. Google has been my rescuer in finding the perfect BG to suit the story. 

2. Step 2 was to create a manip of Jensen playing a guitar and Jared smiling as he he stands and looks on. Once that was done, I had to focus on getting the tone and saturation right. Much work goes into getting the proportions right, the body ratio and skin tone, etc. Once I was satisfied with the way both manips were done, I jumped to the next step of creating a cut out of the image and adding them to the BG. 

3. Step 3 was to add an element that could capture the feel of the fic. Because the story revolves around music and love, I had to create a symbol using text maker that could represent the threat of love between the boys and then add a music note on one end and a heat on other. 

4. Some final additions were the title and the names, which the author wanted me to focus more on a handwriting script of the font, so I used "Great Vibes" font for the title. 

5. Step 5 and the final one was to add the filters and effects, gradients for the temperature and adjust the vibrancy, brightness and exposure to get the manip done. Once my beta and author approved, it was ready. 

Thank you so much to both the author and my beta for their feedback and support. Special thanks to the mod for running the challenge for another round.