goss

Yay, reveals! \o/ Here's the artwork I made for the Candy Hearts Exchange:

Title: Shadow and Light
Artist: goss
Rating: General
Fandom: DC Comics
Characters: Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne
Content Notes:
Created for the candyheartsex Exchange. For El_Wayne, who requested Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne friendship. This is a digital painting, using the watercolour tool in Adobe Fresco.

I came across this stock photo, and the concept immediately coalesced in my mind. I love these characters so much, and really enjoyed the challenge of trying to portray the contrast between these superheroes and their public personas, using only basic outlines and body language.

Entire Artwork can be found at AO3:


This was a very deliberate piece, filled with symbolism in the lighting choices, the architecture on either side, the particular stance of the figures, and the positioning of their shadows. I kept it very restrained, using a monochromatic palette, and held back on overworking the piece. (I'd been watching a lot of Chinese brush painting tutorials around the time I made this, and I think it definitely impacted how it turned out.)

It's been an absolute joy reading the comments, and seeing what people take away from it. ^__^