Do Not Cross by alethiometry for <user site="livejournal.com" u

[springflingmod.livejournal.com]

Title: Do Not Cross
Pairing: Sam/Jess
Rating: G
Warnings: flashing gif




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Comments

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

Wow - I love this! You can feel Sam's heartbreak in his posture and all the emotion on his face, and I love the flashing gif effect of Jess's white ghost (I love the lines of her hair!) The police tape is a stark reminder of the horror of her death too. *sniff sniff*

This is gorgeous art, thank you so much for sharing. Take care :)

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed! :D

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome!

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!!

[crowroad3.livejournal.com]

Holy heck, artist, this is incredible! The heartbreak in Sam's hands, slumped shoulders, in that burnt-out scene, that do-not-cross. I don't know how you got all that loss into his posture, but you did. The double do-not-cross tape (window and door mirroring each other), which seems both natural and supernatural, crime-scene tape/salt-line--with Jess (oh, her ghostly shoulders, her hair) looking in. Flickering and distorting, new to the veil. Can't cross. Can't stay. Can't trespass among the living, if she even knows she's not.

Something about the way Sam's sitting, his legs, his feet in those boots--I like the way you've stylized so much; Sam's angles feel real (ist), he himself is a poem-Sam, like a haiku-image of aftermath. I like the stillness of of it, before the road takes him, ghost before ghosts. First love, away from family. Loss in a long line of losses.

I love the window, the shattering, fire-blown glass. The dark branches, the stars. The colors are like the colors of the veil, of shadows and salt and soot. (Of early SPN, too, and don't I love that palette so much.)

Thank you so much for this gift! I really love it so much, and I'm going to be looking at it a long time. (Makes me want to write something, too!)

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Makes me want to write something, too!
That is honestly the best compliment I could ever get on my art, so thank you so so much!

I'm so glad you liked this! I was so unsure about your prompt when I first received it (not in a bad way!!) because everything you asked for was something that I myself would have loved to see created. A bit of extra pressure, maybe? XD But it's great to hear that what I made has been so well-received by you and everyone else in this community. And, as always, your comment is so lovely and eloquent and a joy to read.

LOOOOOOOVE that early SPN palette <3

[tipsy-kitty.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so sad and beautiful!

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

As Sam/Jess should be, honestly.... hehehe >:D

[ivory-angel99.livejournal.com]

This is so amazing! I absolutely love the vantage point of Jess looking in on Sam, and the flashing gif of Jess works incredibly well in this - it's just so surreal and haunting. I also have to obsess over her hair, and even though she is colorless she still stands out so well with the way you've portrayed her. Other details I love are the police tape and the broken window in the background, not to mention how clearly Sam's heartbreak comes across.

Truly gorgeous piece :)

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Jess' hair was probably my favorite part of creating this piece, so I'm glad you liked it!

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

Heartbreakingly beautiful.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[balder12.livejournal.com]

Wonderfully atmospheric and so sad.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm so glad you liked this!

[marciaelena.livejournal.com]

So atmospheric. As beautiful as it is sad.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh very cool gif, and very poignant picture... well done, Anon!

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank yaaaa :D

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

So atmospheric and heartbreaking. Just gorgeous!

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[sophiap.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sam...

The heartbreak and loss in this piece are palpable. Gorgeous stuff.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

[deirdre-c.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Love this. <3

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

PS - love your icon <333

[sillie]

Oh, this is kind of heart breaking. Poor Sam...

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

I was so sad the entire time I was making this, haha XD

Glad you liked it though, thanks so much!

[stripytights.livejournal.com]

Oh this is so sad, but also so lovely. I love the flickering effect, and the devastation in Sam's posture.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun (and was also very sad at the same time) making this so I'm glad you enjoyed :D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is *very* nicely done--so sad!!

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Very cool. Love the Jess!ghost gif.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[somersault-j.livejournal.com]

Oh wow!! Heartbreaking! Ghost!Jess. This is awesome. Love it :)

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!!

[walking_tornado]

Love how ghost Jess is watching Sam separated by the Do Not Cross tape.

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Thanks <3

[petite-madame.livejournal.com]

Oh great! I really love that in spite of the gif size, the image is still neat and not blurred :D
The idea is great and I love Sam's body language and the ghost's hair too!
Congrats on this great fill ♥

[alethiometry.livejournal.com]

Haha, I definitely learned a lot about exporting gifs on the fly while getting this ready to send over to the mods... the first time I exported it the Jess layer got inexplicably displaced (http://alethiometry.livejournal.com/106188.html#cutid2) and the second time everything was really gross low quality XD But it all worked out in the end!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad you liked this piece :D