Giftart for mashimero!

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Title: Offworld Team Camping
Gift for: mashimero
Artist: ratcreature
Rating:: G
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Characters: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex
Warnings: None
Artist notes: mashimero asked for fluffy, happy team bonding scenes, and for gen or McShep, so this is a team scene, with very mild McShep cuddling. It's done in ink and acrylic paint on paper.
Summary: John, Rodney, Teyla and Ronon are making S'mores.

Comments

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm glad to hear the mood works. I had a hard time with the firelight at first.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm glad the details work for you. I tried to make the scene look real and lived in without it being too cluttered.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. It's great to hear the happy team sentiment came through.

[ratcreature]

I am glad you like your gift, and that it matches what you wanted. I wanted to make it look a lived in scene like out of a narrative so I put in all these details I imagined at a campside (I actually never made s'mores, they just aren't eaten here), and tried to convey the campfire light impression in color without making it too dark. So I'm happy to hear this worked for you.

BTW, if you like, I could send you the hi-resolution scan of this via email, so that you could have it in printing quality and see the detail.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I wanted to make it look like part of a narrative and give it a real feel of things happening, so I included the little details. I'm glad this worked.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad the happy team feeling I was going for comes across, and that the firelight works. It was quite hard for me to paint fire, so I'm happy it worked out for the mood.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I was trying to convey a sense of narrative, and making scene look real and lived in with the details, so I'm glad to hear this worked for you. And it was the first time I tried to paint such firelight, so it's great to hear the mood works.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! The soles of the boots were certainly easier than the laces. I kept getting tangled up in the over/under pattern of those, loosing the place (when I thought I had mastered the shoelace principle with five... lol)

[ratcreature]

Thank you. This was the first time I tried painting campfire light, so I'm happy to hear the atmosphere works.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it even though it isn't your fandom. I've never actually eaten (or even seen) any s'mores myself. The first time I encountered them in fic I was so confused. So I'm glad the details work, even though my knowledge of them comes only from the internet. *g*

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear the details work for you. I wanted to give it a lived in, real feeling of a camp site, and a sense of narrative, so I included all the little stuff like open packages, a crushed can and so on.

[ratcreature]

Thank you. I'm so glad to hear the colors work for you. This was the first time I tried to paint a campfire, so it wasn't easy for me, and I felt quite apprehensive about the effects.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the fire, because that was the first time I really tried to paint one, so it's good to hear it works.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I actually never had s'mores myself (they aren't eaten here afaik), but they together with the camping are something of a fanon staple, so that it immediately came to mind when seeing the request for fluffy team bonding.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! This was the first time I tried painting a campfire scene, so I'm glad to hear the colors work for you.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, that is a cooler for the cans that they have somehow brought across the galaxy to Pegasus along with their plastic water bottles. Seriously while the camping is fanon, beer in cans is canon (like you can see them in the Shrine) just like the plastic bottles, which makes little sense, but that is SGA for you. *g*

I'm glad the details work for you. I tried to make the scene real and make it look like a scene from a story.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm happy you like the detail. I had hoped it would make the scene look more real, and not just clutter the picture. And it's great to hear the happy mood comes across.

[ieke85.livejournal.com]

Ha! I wouldn't be surprised. Good job! You conquered them!

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

I love all the little details, and the cozy feel of this. Lovely.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad it feels cozy to you.

[mashimero.livejournal.com]

Eeee I'd love it if you could send me the high-res file! Thank you for the wonderful present! <3

[ratcreature]

I just send a copy to the gmail address you gave in your signup, I hope that's still the right address.

[zelempa.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is lovely -- I love the whimsical style, all the details, the soft colors. Such a warm and comfy scene!

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.