Castiel commission by @awaart, posted with permission of the artist.
I commissioned Awa a while back for a portrait of Castiel with some personal touches. Here’s a couple relevant portions of the commission email:
“Cas is an explorer, venturing out into the stars to see beyond the little ball of his father's creation. I'd like to play on that, make a piece that shows Cas's wonder at the universe.
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This is more or less for the after-after-after stories of Grace and it's also very personal. I had only a passing appreciation for space until - ironically - I started crawling around in Castiel's head. Looking at the Kennedy Space Center last year through his eyes, at the wonder of what we've learned and how far we've traveled and how our curiosity is still pushing us further and further out - it gave me a new passion for the subject. I love looking at space through Castiel's eyes. This ancient person, arrogant and bored, found a metaphorical ocean to make him feel small.”
This is the finished piece I received today. I’m thrilled with it; it hits every note and the colors are just... asdfjkl. There’s a couple wee bits that you can’t see at this size - the NASA sticker on the telescope, and the title of the book, which is Space Chronicles, by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Artist credit is in these notes - please don’t delete them.
