Art: Elba

[sgarb_mod]

Artist: danceswithgary
Medium: photo manipulation
Rating: G
Character(s): Rodney McKay
Pairing(s): None
Warning(s): None

Companion piece to In the Place of Jackals.

Elba

Comments

[calcitrix]

Scruffy Rodney looks great. Very intriguing.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks! The moment I saw the screencap from his guest role on 'Sanctuary', I knew I needed to work with it. :-D

[clavally]

Love this picture. It's dark and sad, but still beautiful.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks so much! The expression on Rodney's face was the driver of this piece. I needed to know why he was so sad and then auburn filled in the blanks beautifully!

[me_ya_ri]

Beautiful! Poor broken Rodney and wow, the story written for this was heartbreaking.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks! *hug* The story is so gorgeous even while it breaks your heart. *nods*

[tarlanx]

Lovely image!

[danceswithgary]

Thank you! :-D

[kate]

Oh, I meant to comment on this one this morning (I was just going through and putting things up on art that grabbed me), but I must have had to get back to work. :(

This is lovely - it's one that I really wanted for myself, but unfortunately I came late to the party. It's so evocative and beautiful, I really like the way it's composed. Gorgeous.

[danceswithgary]

Thank you! I really appreciate the compliment that it was one you were interested in. :-D

[shaddyr]

This is really something - I love the different pieces layered in together like that, with sad!Rodney in the corner. Beautiful!

It's good to know ahead that the story is heartbreaking, because I shall need a glass of wine and some fluff to read afterward.

[danceswithgary]

Thank you! The story is heartbreaking, but is also written in gorgeous language with a Rodney I could totally believe. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

Stunning.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks!

[trystings]

Beautifully done and very intriguing!

[danceswithgary]

Thanks so much for letting me know you liked this! :-D

[goth_clark]

This is such cool art. I love Rodney in the stars. So romantic and tragic at the same time.

[danceswithgary]

And a tragic character he ends up being. *nods* Thanks for letting me know you liked it! *hug*

[chkc]

What a beautiful artwork! It looks like Rodney is fading away into the stars, and only his head and hands remain clear at the moment.

<3

[danceswithgary]

Thanks so much! I was very pleased with how the effect came out. :-)

[runpunkrun]

I really like the way Rodney's superimposed over the stars and the way they're bleeding through him so that his hands and face are the most prominent part of him. Great color palette and interesting composition.

[danceswithgary]

I was really pleased at how this piece came together and I'm glad you liked it! Thanks so much!

[(Anonymous)]

This is absolutely gorgeous. I love the blending of the colors, and I ached for Rodney's sadness. The story made me ache even more.

margec01

[danceswithgary]

I don't usually do sad pieces, so I'm glad you liked it. Thanks so much for letting me know! :-)

[juniperphoenix]

This is gorgeous. I'm tempted to use it as my desktop, if I can bear to after reading the magnificent and heartbreaking story it inspired.

I love the color palette; all the component parts of the image seem to blend together so naturally. And the whole image does a great job of communicating the wonder and the loneliness of distant frontier places on the edge of human imagination -- the kinds of places Rodney has inhabited for a long time now.

[danceswithgary]

Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know what you liked about this piece. I really appreciate it! :-)

[schneefink]

Beautiful, and even more so with the story behind it. I love the atmosphere of the image, the brown tones and the stars and the Jumper flying towards, not away.

[danceswithgary]

I was so lucky with the Hewlett cap speaking to me the moment I saw it and the rest fell into place so easily for a change. Thanks so much for letting me know you liked it! :-D

[sobelle]

It's already been said but bears repeating... this is the most perfectly brilliant mirror of the incredible story Auburn wrote. Just heart rending! Brava!

[danceswithgary]

Thank you so much for letting me know you liked this! :-D

[timespirt]

Beautiful art hon. You always deliver!

[danceswithgary]

Thanks! :-D

[kay_greatness]

Rodney looks so interesting here and very, very cool.

[danceswithgary]

Thank you! :-D

[aqualegia]

Really, really beautiful!

[danceswithgary]

Thank you so much! :-D