Art: Safe House [Inception]

[motetus]

A while ago I volunteered to create art as a prize for an inceptiversary scavenger hunt winner, and luckily I ended up with an absolutely lovely person whose request was Eames patching Arthur up after a job gone wrong, and who didn't mind when my response was "sure, shirtless Arthur, I can do that, but more importantly, how do you feel about a billion insignificant background details that will take me months and months, YEAH, BACKGROUND DETAILS"

At first I was going to go along with the obvious setting of a hotel room, but then I came across these family holiday photos from about twenty years ago which had this charming old Malay kampung house with blue painted wood panels and gorgeous shuttered windows with intricate green grilles, and suddenly I thought a shabby little safe house in south-east Asia would be a much more interesting location. So sorry I'm using your photography to help me draw slash, dad.

Many thanks to Ms Soot for being so patient and such a pleasure to create art for, and also for being so open to all my ideas. Thanks also to the ever-patient bauble, whose critical eye saved this from being an anatomical clusterfuck!

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[fruityshirts.livejournal.com]

Ok so when this came up on tumblr I spent like five minutes staring at that little window grille in awe thinking "where on earth did the inspiration come from for this because it's fantastic!" so now I'm glad to know the story! :-D The whole window is so distinctive and beautiful and I love the little map and note pinned up on the wall. All the little details really do make the scene!

I will add my voice to the chorus of OMG SHOES! Seriously, Arthur's fussy little shoes! XD Also, can we talk about Eames's suspenders, because I LOVE Eames in suspenders. <3 I also love the way the light is hitting the side of Arthur's face and defining it perfectly. Lovely! :-)