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Jenny ([personal profile] sonjajade) wrote2012-03-02 07:16 pm
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FMA Big Bang artwork- story: "Frozen"

First of all, some acknowledgements: I'd like to thank the gods that I got paired with [livejournal.com profile] missyquill as one of my authors.  She and I have a karma-like connection- something I like to call Radar Love.  We shared ideas so perfectly with one another it was like I was working with a clone of myself.  I also want to thank [livejournal.com profile] enemytosleep for managing to organize and run the event.  I've had a great first time here and cannot wait to do it again :)

I'm aware that people know I normally manipulate screenshots to make my artwork.  For this story, (with the exception of the dust jacket image) I drew 99% of the art from scratch.  This is the first time I've really drawn so much with so little photoshop help.  I'm glad that I was able to do it this way.

Without further ado, I give you my illustrations for the FMA Big Bang fic, "Frozen".
(Please view the images at full size for the best experience)

dust jacket
'Frozen' can be read HERE.




'Riza hid for a long, long time under the table, but no one came to look for her. Just as the girl was about to start crying and crawl out of her hiding place, she heard footsteps and quickly sniffed back her tears. Daddy had finally come looking for her. He hadn't forgotten her at all.

Suddenly, the table cloth was lifted, and Riza smiled brightly up at the big person - only to realize he wasn't so big at all. And he didn't have hair like daddy or mummy, his hair was black. She didn't know him at all.

"There's a baby under the table," the boy said to her...'



'The teenager sat in front of her mother’s vanity mirror, looking at her own reflection in its cool if slightly dusty surface. She used to hide in this room when she was a little girl because after her mother’s death, no one had ventured in here. The rules were still the same. No one ever entered the room, not even she unless it was for this very reason.


The blonde slowly lifted the small knife she had smuggled in her apron from the kitchen, its smooth edge catching what little light the curtained windows allowed in the room. Working carefully, the girl lifted her skirt and rested the edge of the steel on the inside of her thigh. She would never be stupid enough to cut anywhere anyone could see. And as recent experiences had taught her, even her back wasn’t safe.'




'...At the end of the day, she always had her blade.

It was at one of those moments when she was about to slip the cold steel into her flesh that the Major walked into her tent. Her lower half was covered by a blanket, but that didn’t fool him. He wasn’t angry, not in the slightest. In fact, he  looked… victorious, as if he had uncovered a secret he always knew of.

"Go on Private, don't stop on my account.  I like to watch..." '



'That night, she dreams of a storm in a desert, the lightning flashing dangerously in the dark sky, threatening to split the entire world in two. But where others around her are running for cover from the pouring rain, she makes no move to seek shelter. She lets the rain soak her through, staring at the bolts of lightning, transfixed by their awesome beauty. She even wishes one would come down and touch her, so she could feel what it would be like to be burned like all the people who’ve burned because of her. She wonders if it hurts or if the pain is so fleeting, it is nonexistent. She doesn’t know which is worse.'

'The raven-haired man sleeps through most of the train journey the next day, dreaming of storms and lightning and the wish to be incinerated by the fires of hell...'


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[identity profile] bay115.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh those art are great! Little Riza looks so adorable. :3 Looking forward to reading missyquill's story. Can I request you to do art for the Big Bang I plan for Round Four? :P

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
XD Sammy might not like that, but I'm sure it'll be fine lol.

[identity profile] missyquill.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Sammy's cool with it, she's been cheating behind your back and beta-ing Bay's fic too. XD

"Fucking Christ Almighty" sources added. XDDDDDD

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
XDDDDDDDDDD

well, I've beta'd a few times for bay too, so I guess that puts all three of us in some kind of polyamourous fic threesome XD

hooray!
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[identity profile] bay115.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
XD; I don't mind the three of us being like that, lol.

[identity profile] cornerofmadness.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
ooo i really like this. can't wait to read the story

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!! The story is very good, I can't wait for her to share it all either :)

[identity profile] seta-suzume.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Woah, I love these, [livejournal.com profile] sonjajade!!

You've made me so excited to read this story! The one with Riza at her mother's vanity is just so perfect...! And her expression in the one with Kimblee!

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
awww shucks *blushes* Thank you! And the story is great!

[identity profile] seta-suzume.livejournal.com 2012-03-03 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome!

Ooh, I saw that the first part is up already! ...So now I'm left waiting eagerly for more!

[identity profile] missyquill.livejournal.com 2012-03-04 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Second chapter is up now too. Sorry I couldn't reply to your review but you have your PMs disabled on FF. :)

Jen, I'm not stalking this post at all. XD

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-04 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
yeahhhh, suuuure XD

[identity profile] seta-suzume.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I suppose I do- I don't leave a huge amount of reviews on ff.net, so I forget every so often that someone might want to reply...

And a new chapter today, I see! :D
enemytosleep: [Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist] colored image of a teen boy adjusting his tie, looking serious (Default)

[personal profile] enemytosleep 2012-03-04 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
As I mentioned before, I love the piece with Riza at the dresser table. ♥ Nice work, I'm glad you had a good time!

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
It seems that one is the people's favorite! Srsly, you've done a great job and I am looking forward to next year!

[identity profile] dreamer1789.livejournal.com 2012-03-04 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
There is lots of attention to detail going on here, it's great. ^.^ My favourites are the vanity scene and the bookcover, though I really like the intensity of the storm dream too. Good mood-setting in all of them.

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
The storm scene was a last minute thing, and the idea was that Riza, in wondering what it's like to be struck by lightning, is reaching out to grab a streak of it with her hands. Roy, wanting to protect Riza, goes running after her, but unbeknownst to him the lightning is *chasing* him and nearly gets him as well. This was my first real foray into illustrating, I'm glad it's going over well :)

[identity profile] elasg.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Nicely done! I need to read the story now that I've seen the art. Is it all up now, or is it still just the cover page?

[identity profile] missyquill.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been posted up til chapter three. I'm posting a chapter a day so as not to crowd people's inbox so feel free to read it on the link provided above. :)

Still not stalking... *lurks*

[identity profile] sonjajade.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
XD

[identity profile] elasg.livejournal.com 2012-03-05 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! No problem. I looked at it a while back and there was only that first page so I figured I'd check.

[identity profile] halighfataliter.livejournal.com 2012-03-06 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, this nice and intriguing. I really liked the one of Riza at her vanity. It is technically the best in my opinion and it conveys all the right emotions :)