Chess Pieces - The Mentalist fanart

[elen_nare]

Title: Chess Pieces
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Content notes: Five pictures, edited in GIMP.
Artist notes: Based on the fantastic drabble "A Game of Chess" by Lothiriel84 (Spoilers for season 4 finale). All quotes are from the fic, and used with permission.
Summary: They play blind against a Grandmaster - but they're never giving in.

Comments

[bluealoe]

I read the drabble, and the pictures complement it perfectly. I love the way you combine the pictures of the chess pieces and the characters. It's beautifully done!

[elen_nare]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked them :) It was fun figuring out how to combine them - though I was about ready to tear my hair out at one point, because I wanted the pieces behind the people but wanted the background of the people's shots, and thought I'd have to select each person freehand (which takes ages and is really fiddly!). But then I realised I could select the background by colour instead, and invert the selection, so I got it done in the end.

[bluealoe]

That sounds incredibly frustrating. But they turned out great! I can't edit pictures at all, so I'm really impressed at your skill.

[elen_nare]

I'm not that great at editing really, I just play around - or google tutorials when I get really stuck :) It's fun, though!

[vanrigsby.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful, and they fit the story so well. Brilliant, wonderful work!

xxx Grace.

[elen_nare]

Thank you! I'm happy you liked them and they fit the story for you :)