I think this artist did a better than average job with Dean. [link]
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Calli - Sep 11, 2010 9:03:46 am PDT #13582 of 30002
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§ ita § - Sep 11, 2010 9:19:35 am PDT #13583 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
petite-madame is generally brilliant, but even her guitar-playing Dean later on in that post is pretty generic.
ehab - Sep 11, 2010 9:39:29 am PDT #13584 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Dang it! Now I'm spending my Saturday staring at fan art.
I think this is a pretty good likeness.
This too, though the nose is not right.
ETA: This gets major points for capturing the spirt of Dean if not entirely his likeness.
Amy - Sep 11, 2010 9:52:48 am PDT #13585 of 30002
Because books.
Those are all pretty good, ehab. Definitely sketched from photos, though, I assume, which still takes major talent.
It's the ones that are paint on photos that seem like cheating to me, but then I can only draw stick figures, so what do I know.
ehab - Sep 11, 2010 9:58:17 am PDT #13586 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Definitely sketched from photos, though, I assume, which still takes major talent.
Yeah. I wasn't sure if that was considered "cheating" or not since I can't draw worth shit.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2010 9:59:36 am PDT #13587 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you know who I don't think I've seen done well more than once or twice? Gabriel. There seems to be some sort of fanon agreement about what he looks like that has nothing to do with Richard Speight Jr. At least the Dean approximation has some distant relationship to JA, and as ehab and others point out, some other people hit it. Poor RSJ.
Amy - Sep 11, 2010 10:11:05 am PDT #13588 of 30002
Because books.
I remember feeling like one drawing of Dean looked strangely like Gabriel, because they made him that honeyed blond, and his nose was really prominent.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2010 10:17:50 am PDT #13589 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Searching deviantart turned up some better portraits, but very often it's just this. Which is a very good picture. Just not a good likeness.
Amy - Sep 11, 2010 10:30:42 am PDT #13590 of 30002
Because books.
Theresa - Sep 11, 2010 11:52:04 am PDT #13591 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Everybody draws him perfect, and it's the imperfections that make his face interesting, right?
I think you have hit on something Bev. It's that thing that in real life when you see him you say, "oh, there's Jensen from next door. Hey, Jensen." Because-- nothing remarkable, but when a camera is on him it's like, "holy shit! Who is that guy?"
I think people are capturing the parts of him, but don't get that magic ingredient that creates the larger sum.