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Dean and Castiel - Supernatural


The way I see it, Castiel is in love with Dean, as far as an angel can feel love towards a human.



I'm not exactly a Destiel shipper, since I don't ship them sexually or anything, but I would lie if I said that the relationship between them doesn't fascinate me. It's so complicated and conflicted and yet so strong, that I think it's second only to Dean/Sam.

What I really like about SPN is that this show can build extremely deep and compelling relationships without getting in the sex zone. It's both relieving and incredibly interesting to watch, at least for me. At the moment I'm quite tired of sexual pairings in fiction, and the kind of brotherly, tormented love SPN is about got me hooked.

Don't get me wrong though, I am perfectly aware of the sexual subtexts. There's a reason why Cas is wielding a sword. You know, the whole phallic object thing.


You'll probably notice that Dean is sort of younger, hence the Samulet and the earlier season hairstyle. Even though it's certainly not canon, I like to think that Castiel has been watching Dean way before he pulled him out of Hell. All the while he had been preparing for a battle, Castiel was there... Only, Dean couldn't see him.

Yet.



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Now a few words about the piece itself. I won't lie, I spent too many hours on this.

While Cas was relatively easy to draw (though still imperfect anyway), Dean gave me a lot of trouble. Partially because Dean/Jensen is really hard to portray, partially because I had this idea in my mind, but couldn't find the right reference pic to support it.

I initially drew Dean's body in a different pose, but it sucked, so I had to redo him completely and I'm still not entirely satisfied with the result. I looked at multiple different screencaps/stills to build him up, and I did some parts of him with no reference at all (chest/stomach, neck, right arm).

I know there's something wrong in the pose and composition, but nevermind: perfection is boring.



TECH INFO:

Photoshop CS3 + Wacom Bamboo + lots of hours + a ridiculous number of references.

The original file is 5310 x 6027 px wide, which is really HUGE for my standards and that didn't help because Photoshop kept on stopping and being a bitch every 3 minutes. My poor laptop! *dead*


Characters © the CW & E. Kripke
Artwork © kittrose


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EDIT (1): I changed the file, I didn't like the sharp edges. Also added some texture.

EDIT (2): fixed some disproportions in Dean's body. Still not 100% ok but it's an improvement.


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