supernatural | 05.04 “the end”:  literally THEEE episode. i swear even when i wasn’t active in the fandom during my college years, this episode lived in my mind rent free. definitely in my top five of the series, and my all-time go-to comfort ep if i don’t feel like watching scoobynatural i would do anything for endverse!cas. i think “the end” being one of my favorite episodes is what made this gifset so hard for me to make, actually. i was so indecisive about the whole thing, from what shots to gif to what quote to use. originally the gifs were colored with a red/orange/gray color scheme and the vibe was completely different lol. even though the gifset was technically alright (as in, consistent coloring, decent aesthetic, etc.) it didn’t feel right to me so i ended up completely changing the scenes and coloring two hours before it was scheduled to be posted sasldkfja. very glad i did it though, the bright blue fits the episode much better imo.

castiel, “this is gospel”:  made this for @rambleoncas​‘ creator celebration, mixing cas’ storyline and some autumn-y colors for the “fall” prompt. ngl, i’ve really be struggling with gifmaker’s block these past few months - maybe it’s just me putting too much pressure on myself or me being just burned out in general, but i’ve felt soooo uncreative lately and any time i’ve tried/forced myself to make a gifset, i’ve ended up hating it and second-guessing everything i’m doing. (that’s probably why the number of gifsets i make per month has been dwindling down. really really upset with myself that there’s only four edits on this month’s list :/ ). looking back at this cas edit at the end of the month though, i’m actually pretty happy with how this came out in the end. i’ve always associated this song with spn/cas since i was first in the fandom, so i wanted to lean into the biblical imagery of the lyrics and make the panels looks like a triptych of sorts. the coloring is actually based on the bible i got during my confirmation back in high school, this dark red and blue hardcover with gold gilded pages. the first panel took me over 5 hours to make, and blending the three scenes of cas “falling” was so time-consuming i ended up having to adjust it almost frame by frame to keep it from looking weird. the third panel was also stressful to make just bc i wasn’t sure if the overlay affect would look good, and it also took quite a bit of adjust to make the two scenes overlap in a way that didn’t look crazy lol. again, still not completely happy with it, but i’ve learned to love it (even if i did accidentally post it with a MASSIVE typo that took me an hour to notice :)) ). 

 deancas x l. munir, “lazarus”: a lil birthday edit for @pumpkindean​! hmm how many times can i use the prisoner hand grab  and that dean shot from goodbye stranger until i get accused of being a one-trick pony? only time will tell i guess sjaasdjdfsljk but in my defense, those shots are so fucking stunning and they really do fit the quote quite well. i based the coloring around making sure that the blood in all three panels really stood out as dark and red, and then i just kind messed around with the saturation and tones to get that bluish-purply tone, which in turn made the shadows and lights reflecting off their faces look a little less flat. love how things work out sometimes. 

castiel, 1 thessalonians 5:2:  some rapture appreciation for @castumes​‘ creator celebration. i knew i wouldn’t have time to make any more edits this month after this, so i put all of my spooky halloween energy into this gifset. like i did with my this is gospel edit, i leaned into the biblical/religious aesthetic but darker and scarier. there’s something about the deep dark red and pale fluorescent blue color combo that really appeals to me, and mixing that with the pure black shadows and bright white text resulted in a pretty grimy, otherworldly effect that imo emphasized the heaviness and gravitas of the biblical text. again, still not fully happy with this, but i am kinda proud with how that first panel came out. maybe i’ll like it more in hindsight as well. 

and now some of my favorite edits, fics, and art from this past month:


this cas graphic by by @floral-cas​ this edit by @jeremy-carver​ this cas edit by @lengthofropes​ this dean edit by @endverse​ this deancas edit by @honeystiel​ possessed by @chapeldean​ when the levee breaks by @carrotfricker​

this fic by by @its-maddiec this fic by @deanspurpleflannel i know what you did by @angelfishofthelord this fic by @bend-me-shape-me this fic by @wormstacheangel on the correlation between weariness and bravery by @tootiredmotel this stanford era!dean fic by @jrmycrvr turning trauma into art by @babyjacktruther power is a fickle thing by @mochadean