Art Rec: My Mind Rebels at Stagnation

[swissmarg]

Title: My mind rebels at stagnation
Artist: sallydonovan
Pairing: Gen
Rating: Unrated (SFW)
Warnings: None
Verse: Sherlock (BBC)
Artist's summary: None given
Reccer's comments: This piece is pure magic. I can’t quite tell whether it's a manip or a from scratch piece but it’s incredible either way. I love how it suggests that Sherlock’s mind may be occupied with several things at once, and that whatever his body is doing doesn’t necessarily reflect what’s going on in his head. Yet despite the busy-ness and the intimation of something verging on hyperactivity, the piece as a whole is very calm and soothing to view, and says to me that Sherlock is always in control, even when it might seem otherwise.

Comments

[dioscureantwins.livejournal.com]

Very nice indeed! And incredibly inventive.

[sid401k.livejournal.com]

I can’t quite tell whether it's a manip or a from scratch piece...

I thought it could be either, but then I noticed that one of the tags was "#aaah it was nice to stretch da photoshop muscles", so, mystery solved.

[swissmarg]

I saw that too but many artists create from-scratch pieces in Photoshop.

[sid401k.livejournal.com]

Ah. Innnnteresting. I didn't know that, but now that you've told me, I can see how that could work. So, mystery returns.

[reixilu.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is the coolest! And I see what you mean, it seems incredibly busy, but gives an overall impression of calm.