22 July 2012 @ 12:48 am
ART: Superheroes suck [SPN J2 Big Bang]  
Title: Superheroes suck (or, the unfortunately extraordinary life of Jensen Ackles
Artist: [livejournal.com profile] mithborien
Writer: [livejournal.com profile] cleflink



Sometimes, Jensen's life is kind of bullshit.

omg, so much formatting! please let me know if anything isn't displaying properly

(ART)  |  (SOUNDTRACK)  |  (ICONS)  |  (NOTES & CREDITS)



ART

This is my solution to wanting to create "comics" art without actually drawing comics. Also, I confess, I wanted a reason to include that picture of Jensen with the flower in his mouth. I really like how these turned out though. To me they are bright and colourful, and they have the flavour of comics if not the actual execution.








SOUNDTRACK

Credit goes to [livejournal.com profile] cleflink for choosing the songs. I just rushed around last minute to create the covers. The CD covers download link will get you the high quality print jpegs of the covers along with a single pdf that you can print as well.

Download the music Download the CD covers
1.Pussywillows, Cat-tails2:53Gordon Lightfoot
2.Ordinary3:33Train
3.My Hero4:22Foo Fighters
4.You Know My Name4:03Chris Cornell
5.Dearly Beloved2:22Kaoru Wada
6.Water2:21Nobuo Uematsu
7.Tsuyoku Naritai1:17Noriyuki Asakura
8.A Fight to the Death2:04Yoko Shimomura
9.Savannah Pride1:20Yoko Shimomura
10.Reckless Fire (Karaoke)4:30Akinori Nakagawa
11.At Anchor4:45Port Blue
12.True Light (Instrumental)4:14DN Angel
13.The Master Tape1:15Murray Gold
14.J-E-N-O-V-A2:46Nobuo Uematsu
15.Tree of Hearts1:47Yoko Kanno
16.Song from a Secret Garden3:34Secret Garden



ICONS

So I totally went overboard on making icons... They are up for grabs for anyone to use. Blah blah credit blah blah. God, it has been years since I have made icons.




NOTES & CREDITS

Well, it feels like I put more effort in to the formatting of the post as opposed the actual art but nevertheless I am proud of both!

[livejournal.com profile] cleflink's story was my first choice because it sounded like such a fun read and I was not disappointed when I got the full story. It had all the themes of a comic but with enough twists to keep things interesting! So firstly, my thanks to [livejournal.com profile] cleflink for such an awesome story to work with. If you haven't all ready, go read!

Second, thanks, of course, go to [livejournal.com profile] wendy and [livejournal.com profile] thehighwaywoman for running the challenge. I think it will be a sad day in fandom when the Big Bangs finally stop being run (hopefully never!)

For anyone interested, the font used is Komika Hand from www.fontsquirrel.com.

Additional image credits go to:
 
 
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[identity profile] fromcainwthlove.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 12:11 am (UTC)
oh my god, SO ADORABLE! and also really really cool. nice job! i love the sort of stippling effect, too, like an old comic book.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:34 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] dolnmoon.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 12:33 am (UTC)
I love these images. Wonderful wonderful use of color and textures. Great job. Feels just like a comic book page but only better.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:34 pm (UTC)
Thank you :) Feels just like a comic book page but only better. Best comment ever!
eosrose: Lucifer[personal profile] eosrose on July 26th, 2012 12:59 am (UTC)
This is all amazing. I'm so jealous of your talent!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:35 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] 9tiptoes.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:29 am (UTC)
love the comic book feel...these are Great!!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:35 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] kyo-desu.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:50 am (UTC)
Love everything about this! Awesome work~
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:35 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
meus_venator: Akles[personal profile] meus_venator on July 26th, 2012 02:41 am (UTC)
Oh that is great!! I am such a sucker for the big comic book big dot screen effect. And the storybook frames are perfect. Really nice feel to the whole series. I've put all the art into my word file. Can't miss that while reading.
Lovely job.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
Thank you :) I'm glad you liked it enough to keep the art as well :)
[identity profile] jillsjourney.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 03:32 am (UTC)
great art for a great story!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:39 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] kros-21.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 03:47 am (UTC)
this art is great!!! I love what you did with all the pics there. :)
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:40 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] rivkat.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 03:55 am (UTC)
I love the pictures and the arrangement--it does have a really nice comic feel.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:40 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] oddishly.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 09:11 am (UTC)
Oh, lovely! These fit so nicely with the mood of the story, I am delighted. And very much got a sense of comics. Fabulous :)
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:45 pm (UTC)
Thank you :D
[identity profile] ash48.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:07 pm (UTC)
WOOT! Wow... gorgeous!! OH MY!! Such a fabulous post hun! Full of colour and fun!! Jensen with the flower.....*dies*....:DD
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:47 pm (UTC)
Thank you :D:D:D One of the reasons I was so happy to get this story for Big Bang because I knew I would be able to use that pic of Jensen. I have been staring at it for so long while making this art and I never got tired of it ;D
BeeLikeJ: BigBang2011[identity profile] beelikej.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:37 pm (UTC)
Wahey, you totally succeeded in giving it a comic feel, despite using photo's. I love the rasterized background (very oldschool comics;) and the bold colours. Excellent choice of pictures and text plus perfect presentation in that brick style. Very cool:)

(I'd also like to thank you for not forgetting to mention Google in your credits *grins*)
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:49 pm (UTC)
Thank you!!!

And lol, yeah, Google! So many pictures that you can't actually use...
[identity profile] asher-k.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:38 pm (UTC)
Great, great art. The high quality and spot-on comic book-vibe are what inspired me to read the corresponding story. (And it was charming, but I might actually prefer your art...)
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 01:48 pm (UTC)
Thank you :) I'm glad you like my art so much ;)
[identity profile] counteragent.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 03:53 pm (UTC)
Adorbs!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 11:10 am (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] eternallydazed.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 04:44 pm (UTC)
ah-mazing art to go with an equally ah-mazing story. love all the image choices and the cover art was very eye-catching. Will be staring, downloading the soundtrack, grabbing some (all) icons!! Great job!!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 11:10 am (UTC)
Thank you :) Grab as many icons as you want!
[identity profile] ivycross.livejournal.com on July 26th, 2012 10:31 pm (UTC)
Gorgeous art work! I love the icons. I snagged a few for later.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 11:10 am (UTC)
Thank you :) Grab as many icons as you want!
Ibrahil: 03[identity profile] evian-fork.livejournal.com on July 27th, 2012 02:46 am (UTC)
Ahhhh! This is all so damn pretty :DDDDDDD I'm so in love ~~~~~

And all those Icon lols I've never see so many icons for a big bang <3 and the expressions of the guys :D god, all of this is gorgeous!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 11:11 am (UTC)
Thank you :) Yeah, I got somewhat carried away making icons. There were just too many pictures to choose from!
[identity profile] rivkat.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 01:54 pm (UTC)
Congrats! Our team has recced you here (http://crack-impala.livejournal.com/425468.html) at [livejournal.com profile] crack_impala.
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 05:42 pm (UTC)
Yay, thank you!
[identity profile] van-maniac.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 02:35 pm (UTC)
I love what you did for the story. Got me hooked on wanting to read it! Love it and Jensen with a flower, beautiful!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 05:43 pm (UTC)
Thank you :) Hopefully you should have a post like this for your own story!
yourlibrarian: DevilYouKnow: indulging_breck[personal profile] yourlibrarian on July 28th, 2012 07:18 pm (UTC)
Haven't read the story yet but this makes it look like fun! :)
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 29th, 2012 03:20 pm (UTC)
Thank you :) I hope you like the story as well!
[identity profile] pag01.livejournal.com on July 28th, 2012 09:00 pm (UTC)
That was really fun, thanks for the cheering up! Your art is the best rec to fic!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 29th, 2012 03:20 pm (UTC)
Hee, thank you :)
[identity profile] equally-dour.livejournal.com on July 29th, 2012 07:16 am (UTC)
These are so cute and joyful! Great work!
[identity profile] mithborien.livejournal.com on July 29th, 2012 03:21 pm (UTC)
Thank you :)
[identity profile] siriala.livejournal.com on August 1st, 2012 03:37 pm (UTC)
Beautiful, and it goes so well with the story ! Great formatting of the post, too ;)
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[identity profile] masja-17.livejournal.com on August 11th, 2012 12:46 pm (UTC)
Gorgeous! And so much! Snagged a couple of icons, will credit when used! :)

<3
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[identity profile] bflyw.livejournal.com on August 14th, 2012 02:09 pm (UTC)
Totally love this! Fantastic comic book style!
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