More SGA art…and not chibis this time! *gasp*

[gnine]

Since coming back from Thailand (I'll post on the trip soon, I swear, with pictures even. Really, really I will), I've been working feverishly to get this picture for the SGA art fest, paintedspires, done in time for my posting date of Tuesday. And I succeeded, and well, it's Tuesday, at least by my time, so um…yeah.

Little preview:





Title: Night Reflections
Artist: gnine
Rating: G
Prompt: Whales, stars, Atlantis at night
Medium: original quick pencil sketch, scanned and colored in photoshop
Character(s): Atlantis, Rodney, some whales
Notes 1: Thanks to xparrot and my brother for their usual beta efforts, otherwise known as "hey, come here and tell me what's wrong with this."

Notes 2: I wound up using over 80 layers in photoshop to get the completed image(my computer was NOT happy) and it took about as many hours to do so. :-p The prompt didn't really specify Rodney or anything, but well…whales! How could he not be there? ^_-




As always, C & C very appreciated! ^_^

ETA: now with links to downloads for wallpaper-sized versions:

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Comments

[pentapus.livejournal.com]

God, the lighting on this makes everything look utterly @#$%& real. The city doesn't look quite in the canon style to me, but--no, that's it, this city looks hopping, inhabited, and I like that! LOVE the lit path along the water it is tickling my world-building sensibilities like mad. I want to go walk along there! Or just imagine the ordinary Atlantis personnel on their hot Friday night dates.

[gnine.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you! I have kinda an obsession with doing various night lighting...glad it works. And wheee, love the idea of taking their Friday dates on walks along the pier! Oh, that's just a priceless mental image! ^_^ Mmm, John and Rodney finding a nice secluded corner in the deep shadows between the lights....^_- *wanders off to her happy place*