#sqsn spotlights: art

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Art Spotlight: Sweetest Devotion [Art] by @amvilas!

OMG love it!!! … AHHHHHHHHHHHH MY HEART!!!!!! … Omg these images are TOO CUTE … All I can say is , "WOW" … Fantastic pics! I like that they have apartments next door to one another. The pics with baby Henry are great. … This is so cute!!! Well done! … the way you pieces this together i literally wouldn’t have known this was a manip????? it’s all so seamless!! how did u get it to look like they were talking out in a hallway/at emmas door i’m JUST????? GREAT JOB!!!! <3 … this is such a cute edit, love the panel layout storytelling you did here and that centre panel really feals like its the real deal. well done … Awwww this is so lovely . Great art! … this is so soft and sweet! i'm a mess! you captured the domesticity of the fic perfectly. i love that it's all them with baby Henry being all happy and in love and family together :') it's wonderful. … I like how you had them look like neighbours in the first picture with Regina sort of peeking out of the apartment and Emma facing her from the other one. It looks very real. … Sooooooo good! I have a sense of these characters right away from these scenes. … This looks amazing. You managed to manipulate this perfectly. I can see the story in just 3 pics.

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Art Spotlight: As you Wish [ ART ] by @mippippippi

Love the oil painting effect and how well it sits on that paper texture! It's giving off the right vibe. Great job!............................  Gorgeous piece that has me loving Blacksmith Emma more than ever before! The look on her face is so well chosen for the way Emma is in parts of the fanfic - shy about her feelings Regina, afraid they'll be discovered and not reciprocated etc. And Regina looks as though she is trying to will Emma to just look at her, to see her feelings for Emma in her eyes, on her face. Such a great moment to freeze in art like this. The background text is a wonderful choice to evoke olden times and the Enchanted Forest setting; the text looks backwards and impossible to read which is even better I think because it provides a kind of texture to the background without being distracting as legible readable text. As usual your art is amazing and I salute your creativity; thanks for sharing it here and enhancing the ever growing collection of fanworks made for SwanQueen with care attention and love. Best wishes to you……………………….This is beautiful! Emma looks so perfect as a blacksmith, her strong hands wielding the powerful tools. And Regina is clearly mesmerized by the strength and magic presented. Well done…………………………….OH DUDE THIS IS COOL. i love the way it looks textured like aged paper. it's incredible. and the text of the title too zjsnxnnsjd it really looks like it was in an old book. really rEALLY incredible. AND OH MY GOD EMMA AND REGINA they look so so good here, blending with the texture and it's just so perfectly representative of the fic. you did so good, as always. thanks for sharing this with us!!..................I LOVE the storybook/watercolour style and you did a very good job blending and composing it all together. I love the words in the background bleeding into the picture and the rock background that is not everywhere, but at select places and you did a very good job of making it look right.

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Art Spotlight: I know you (I walked with you once upon a dream)  by @possibilityofmagic​!

Evieeeeee I can't even put into words all of the emotions this art piece makes me feel :') It's so beautiful!...  Okay, this is absolutely stunning. I liked how you set everything on this old paper that looks like parchment- almost as if its a part of Henry's storybook… Oof I love the simple, light colours and the watercolour flowers in the background with some of it bleeding to the front on the photos… We see princess Emma, and then there's the real Emma in black and white, a background character that makes you question whether she's even real at all. Then there's Regina and princess Emma who look like they're gazing at each other, and wow, your choice of screencaps is amazing… Good choices to have Princess Emma look so uncertain while her real self in black and white below looks like she's trying to contain her delight while radiating all that natural beauty… The flowers, greenery and swatches of color around those photos is a wonderful contrast as if those photos were placed atop a greeting card or watercolor painting, in a similar way that Regina and Emma were added to the wish realm rather than being part of its original conception… I love the flowers and the colors between them that look like a combination of swirls of magic. Perfectly captures the struggle in the wish realm… THE FLOWERS i love them. they’re so beautiful and the way they work with the shadowy boxes around each picture and match the background and the text, and then the way they’re affected in each of the pictures walkesdjfwaj it’s BRILLIANT… And then the textures within each frame makes the "playing card" image look almost like those old glass pictures and now I'm wondering if they're not both?? Why can't they be both?... your art is SO SQ and SO evie like for real. that’s a thing. and my cat keeps staring at it as i type out this review…  I cannot explain how much this image gives me life. It is so pretty, so stunning that I would buy this book if this was the cover. Snatch my wig, I don't need it anymore.

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Art Spotlight: Escaping By Moonlight by @dalliance-amongst-the-stars!

This is absolutely amazing. I love this style!! It's a perfect cover! The silhouetted horses, the text over the mountains, cowboy Emma and of course Regina up front. So cool! The way you drew Emma is amazing -I like that she’s got this red hat on and a mysterious look to her that is just gorgeous. This looks awesome and it’s such a good fit for the fic. This is STUNNING! I love the colors and all the details! You did an amazing job with this! The whole thing looks pretty amazing, I love the composition. The background riders on the mountain really add the effect of Regina being chased. Well this certainly feels like either an old school cowboy movieposter or a more old school romance novel cover. Very fitting to the story, love the drama of the darkened riders in the background against the setting sun. It’s the kind of design for a book cover that would have me stop and want to read the story synopsis.

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Art Spotlight: Behind Closed Doors by napfreak!

This is like a really cool movie poster... just the lower leg, the way Regina's is raised, and the subtle bend in Emma's, gives the hint of exactly what's going on, and leaves the rest up to the viewer's imagination. (And mine is running wild, lol) … fucking epic … it's alluring and impeccable and i am blown away! … you’re so incredibly talented and your portrayal of emma and regina always hits the nail on the head. even in this piece, without seeing anything but their shoes, it’s very Them. AND TBH IM SO IN AWE AT REGINAS CALF. that anatomy!!!!!!! and the detail on emmas boots!!!! … I think my fav thing is the level of TEXTURE you include in this just...literally everywhere, the walls, the floor, under their feet … I LOVE your style!

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Art Spotlight: [ART] We Can’t Rewind (but we can choose where we go from here) by Laura_p_g!

I love the rain and darkness and how they show the storm they both see coming, but also that you can see the determination in their faces to fix the situation... I really like what you did with the colors and all the little details in the powers that's coming off their hands…. Big fan of your style... this piece is stunning… I love how rich the colors are in this work… It feels, well, like real magic… the vibrance of the colors is beautiful…you’ve captured the light and the glow reflecting off of it and onto them… so lifelike!

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Art Spotlight: “Art for Can't You See (What That Woman Been Doing to Me?)” by delta2707!

This piece is beautiful! I like how you section this into four pieces with Regina and Emma kissing in the middle. You drew the island really well, it looks like something on the map, and the image of the yellow bug looks amazing as if it's driving toward the city. The apple martinis and the image of Emma and Regina's hands wrapped in vines, give the entire art a complete look that makes you wonder what this fic is about. Great work on this, and the use of colours is gorgeous … it so cool!!:) … I so love it! … I'm guess Neverland and New York? This looks great. I love the little snapshot details. You even have the skull rock in Neverland haha. The handholding and vines feel very telling and I love the appletinis. Good job. … V OH MY GOD YOUR TALENT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME!! and this STYLE is seriously so beautiful and bright that i will never be over it ever. i love the way different sections of the story got their own little boxes. THE MAP!! is so good like omg i honestly don't know what a neverland map looks like, so your map is just fact now. … Beautiful! Love the colors, they really make it all pop. Thanks for sharing! … This is amazing and by far one of my fave art pieces for this year spernova. Will you be continuing your own stories fics soon?

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Art Spotlight: [Art] The Queen and her Huntress by @sarconistia​​!

Stunning … THIS IS a COMPLETE MASTERPIECE. i love the whole vibe of this so much. it tells such a great story all on its own, and that story gives me life. so obviously on a technical note this is flawless. YOU ARE SO TALENTED. the background gives me chills and just check out the looks those two are serving like DAMN they look good. … This is so beautiful!! The colours are absolutely gorgeous, and I am completely enamoured by the look you gave Emma. … SO HOT! This is incredible! … THIS IS AMAZING!! I LOVE IT!! … TOTALLY BADASS!!! … This is gorgeous! I think my favorite thing about this is Emma and Regina's expressions. Great work! … Excellent art work, love every detail on this how Emma looks from head to bottom, the outfit and Regina behind her like saying she is my protector my Savior and her heart is mine. … Wow, what an amazing manip. … Awesome edit!! … WOW!!!!!!!!! IM BLOWN AWAY AGAIN, CJ. all of your edits are always so seamless. you manage to drop them into a whole other universe without a hitch and leave me staring at it like ‘this new tv show has dope promo material’ LMFKSK but honestly it’s just so good and so creative!!!! … This is so well done! Kudos! … Oh gosh! This is so striking! I am absolutely in awe.

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Art Spotlight: Someone Like You by pearsonasnic​!

I love the story your video tells all on its own but also I'm excited for the fic too. but ahh!! you used the best clips at all the right moments and all the dialogue you included was so on point, i pretty much died every time anyone said anything at all. I love the text you used and the way you did the sound with the dialogue and the music was so perfect, and it sounded so clear and just dndnceks your technical skills are honestly THE MOST incredible. and those transitions!! ... Really, really well done, I'm kind of in awe of how you put this together, and I loved the song you chose, it fit so well. Lovely lovely lovely! ... Hey! I can't say how happy I am for this video. love your videos, all of them, they are my favourite. I know how much work there is behind a video, so I can easily imagine how hard you have work for this. But let me say that all of that work has been good rewarded by this result. I haven't read the associate story yet, but I'll do it as soon as possible. In the meantime let me congrat you and thank you. Amazing job as always! ... This video is amazing! I held off watching until I'd read the story since I never watched s7 of the show and wasn't sure how much of that factored in to the story. The story your video tells is riveting and tells a better love story than the show had the guts to ever attempt. You've put the clips together in a coherent way and the contrast between s7 Emma (and when sh'es with Hook) is stark! She looks like hell in those clips and much happier and healthier and just better in every way in all the others; says alot and your video only highlights the difference between those Emmas ... Very well put together. I'm amazed really. I love the sequence and the song is perfect. I love the I feel like a fraud and then she gives the ring back like that should have been cannon. Look at these two in love. This vid is everything ... Well my heart just burst into 10,000 pieces. That was exceptional!!! So beautiful. So smooth. Congratulations, your hard work paid off, this is some serious SwanQueen magic ... AHHH. i love this video!!! i’m always a sucker for fan videos (they make the heart really hurt) and this one was amazing!!! i love the song choice, and i love how i can clearly see the scenes in the gif through this video! i give you a lot of credit because i know i couldn’t even attempt to make a video like this! great job! <3 ... Ouch! Up until the end this video hurt! It was done very well, I noticed you tried to match to the song as well. This fic is gonna be angsty isn't it? Guh I can't wait. Good job on the video! I like the way you progressed the relationship as well as the "what's going on with Emma?" Line. ... This was wonderful. Beautifully edited, and great song choice! ... This is one of the best SQ videos of all time! You tell such a beautiful story using the most moving clips and a perfect song (which isn't too loud). Emma and Regina truly do belong together. .... OMG. THIS. IS. SO. AMAZING! Really brilliant editing! So stellar, so impressive. Simply stunning! The transitions are so beautiful, perfect shots! Massive kudos!!

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Art Spotlight: Silvertongue [art] by @achromacat

In awe of this piece! The colours are beautiful, and I like that you have this magic-like effect that billows up from the scene we're witnessing, giving it a fantasy vibe. Regina in the background facing away from Henry and Emma is so telling from the summary of the story, and the little details of her dress are stunning… Smart layout, well done… this is stunning. ive been staring at it for a few minutes now and im still entirely in awe. you've managed to create a little universe in just one picture. and the way you used the clouds of smoke to transition from emma and henry in bed to regina at the window is so so creative!! and the facial features on all three of them are so expressive… I adore the color scheme, it feels deep and magical, with the different shades and shadows of purple, then Emma apart from it in red… This is absolutely GORGEOUS… oH WOW, this is so beautiful!!! You really capture the story perfectly here… Wow, this piece is gorgeous! The colours used here are so vibrant, like something you would expect to be on the cover of a children's book. The expressions you used for Emma and Henry's faces are just adorable, and it tells a story where Regina looks to be a part of their lives, but yet so separate. Great work on this, a stunning rendition of the summary of the fic

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Art Spotlight: “What's It Gonna Be? [Art]” by swensundayshow!

omg this art looks like a movie poster dhjdkdr i love the way you've done it, and the way the red shows up throughout. and the pictures you chose for each of them ! it's so nice, you did a great job :) … well there is first time for everything. If my memory help me, this is my first comment on art with 2H but I must do it cause your art is wonderful. Well done. … This is such a clever piece of art !! I like how the pictures of the main players are sort of tacks onto a larger plan in the background. … I like the simplicity of how it all fit together. It looks like the cover of some teen drama to be honest. I like that the scribbled heart is consistent with the scribbled background of the title and that's done well because it matches the look and feel. … omg... coming to a theatre near you!!!! this is so GOOD. anyone who didn’t know this was for supernova could have mistaken it for a promotional photo for a movie or book like???? this is professional level good. and you picked great photos!! you’ve done a wonderful job here <3 … Ooh! Pretty! This is such an appealing piece of art. I love it. The pictures you’ve chosen are great, and the framing is wonderful too. … I love this cover! It's set up so perfectly and then the plan in the background. It's great! … Great choices in the pictures you used of each character here; it hints at the age difference between Emma and Regina in the story and also has the couple lined up properly ;) … Very well done! Thanks for sharing! … This looks SO good!!!! I love the background and how the title font looks like it was hand written with the red ink scribble behind it and the heart too, it all ties together so well and the red stands out so much. You’ve chosen some really nice pictures of them all.

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Art Spotlight: Guardian Queen  by lesbrarian​!

Oh wow! I like this a lot! … I LOVE the detail on the.... Clap board? Wtf is it called?? You know what I mean. There's so much depth in such a flat object and your writing is so damn clean, it's art itself. … I love the simplicity of it all, but it's very effective in it's dramatic effect. The title in a scroll-like ribbon is beautifully done. … Good job. … This is so cool especially the drawn out tweet and I love the title and the green you’ve used, it stands out so well and is super pretty too. You’ve done such an amazing job on this!!! … WHAT! you are so talented it makes my heart soar, like honestly i can’t even draw a straight line and you’re out here doing THE MOST and making the coolest shit my eyes have ever had the pleasure of looking at. and then ALSO all the little details in the art. the KR for kavareina and the SWORD AND THE CROWNS AND THE RAINBOW AND THE ENDGAME joesldkfch gah.  … This is such detailed lettering!! Each aspect of this piece brings a bit of the story into it, and I like how you made a sign for this ship in the fic and added in a tweet to bring forth the celebrity aspect of this. Great art!

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Art Spotlight: “flying feels like falling (when i close my eyes) // art” by @reginamea

I love that these look more like car seats, but their not because there's the arm rest that can be folded up. I love the pillow on the side though and the added touch of your name + air like an airline is engraved on the seats.  I like the idea of having an open sky background instead of the interior of a plane, and it makes it more bright and colourful.  Good job. ... This is really well done! I love your selection of the picture for Regina; it really looks like she’s glancing over to Emma. The text (with the paper airplane) is a nice touch. ...  Those are great shots of Regina Henry and Emma you've combined here and nice touch naming the airline after yourself. The paper airplane up by the title adds whimsy to it all that goes well with the story and Emma's playful, kid-like nature.  Thanks for sharing your creativity here for Supernova. Best wishes to you… OMG I LOVE THIS, seriously it puts a huge smile on my face, which is so so fitting because the fic did as well. it totally matches the light vibe of the fic. and i love their expressions omg. emma just completely happy, and regina making a classic regina face and then henry who simultaneously looks so hopeful and also so done with emma and regina beating around the bush lmao. great photo choices. AND THEN THE SKY omg and i love the text and the little paper airplane omg. it really looks like it could be a book or movie cover. plus your name as the airline is clever. this is so great!!

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Art spotlight: Weaved Dreams [Protostar] by @gummybear​

Oh nice, I like this comic book format with Emma and her fuzzy memories. I love that Regina gets her own panel (and what a lovely panel it is) Good job ... Beautiful!!!! Fits so well fic the fic! ... AHHH i love this art so much. you really made the most of that scene with archie here too. i love the way you utilized it for the amnesia topic. and then the way you use the other scenes in the black and white, it's so clever and SERIOUSLY that shot of regina gives me so many feels. the dialogue you've written too is so captivating, and then also the blend of gif and pictures is so cool. the comic strip style is incredible, and such a great choice. i can't wait to see the fic your masterpiece inspired!! thanks so much for sharing your work with us!! ... Such a fabulous idea! It’s been done beautifully! Thanks so much for sharing! ... This is such a wonderfully angsty idea for a fic, and I'm not just saying that because I love the amnesia trope. You made it extra angsty because not only does Emma not remember her family, she has this fear for them even though she doesn't know who they are (I love that "them" is bolded and italicized). And yet she also knows she may never get her memories back, so she might never even know who she herself is, let alone who these other people are or what's happening with her dreams. It's so painful and I LOVE it! Also, I love the cartoon style of this combined with the moving gifs; it's visually really interesting and I don't think I've seen it before. Thank you for making this!!!

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Art Spotlight: The Nature of Daylight  by @gummybear​!

I'm so intrigued by the art that I can't wait to read the fic … I LOVE THIS. it's so powerful and conveys the beginning of the story with such force, omg. the blending of the images on the right side, the contrast in b/w. so beautiful! thank you so much for this piece. … This is very striking. The colors are dynamic and really develop a mood. I love the animations too. … This is so STUNNING omg, you've really taken the medium to the next level with this and captured the story beautifully. I love how this looks like the kind of ad for a movie that you see on some web pages, and the almost haunting 'would you try and change it?' And the editing itself is so great! I'm so glad that you took on this story!!... This artwork is so beautiful! I love the colour scheme and the moments from Emma's sacrifice and the headshots that retreat into the background! AND THAT QUOTE is perfect. This is stunning and really drew me in. You should be proud of your work. :) … I love this so much. The combination of the black and white images and the color in the moving images works so well. This draws you in and really makes me excited to read the fic. Great work! … this is so amazing! and i love that you stuck to the origin if the fic, that was such a good move. i love how it has a darkish vibe, but so many elements that speak out about how everything is so much more than the darkness. … this really is just the perfect art for this fic and it's absolutely beautifully done too. … This is really beautiful! I love how the red tones contrast with the greys/whites/blacks and the whole thing looks like a movie trailer or poster of some sort omfg. … This is so striking and dark but also really beautiful too! All the images are so dramatic and the reds add to that and the text appearing at the bottom. It so well done!!! … So I looked at your art and then read the story and then back here to the art again for the full effect. Bam! the moving images on the left of Emma and Regina are all the more powerful knowing the story, and the question at the bottom echoes with all its weight and consequence. Very effective!

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Art Spotlight: The Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Angel_Ortiz

so beautiful and powerful , wow my SwanQueen-heart is singing … Wow, this is so amazing! Such great work, especially the embrace! Huge kudos! … wow love it!! … Love this piece; it's like a triptych that covers a range of emotions and parts of the fanfic story it's paired with for Supernova. … This is gorgeous!!! … love the gradation in light you've done with te chosen images, following the tone of the story from dark despair to hopeffull lightnes.even having the according words skim the edges between the images.Makes for a very intriguing cover that makes me want to get stuck in reading this story right away. well done! … Combined they make a really stunning piece of art. Thank you for sharing your creativity here. … Oh this is great, it really fits with the story. … Oooh, a book cover ! I love that. I love the pictures you picked, especially the one at the top. This art goes very well with fic (I just finished reading it). Your last manip is quite good !

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