Both my projects for @fandomtrumpshate this year! I had a blast with both of these. The theme for me this year seemed to be perspective shenanigans - between the 3 point perspective on the first one and the mostly two-point-ish on the second, it got interesting.
The first is set in an alternate universe(?) (future?) (uncertain) of Honor Among Thieves, where Xenk ends up having to carry an injured Edgin out of the underdark, pursued by dragon. The pose and the lighting were definitely the hardest parts of this one, and thank you so much to @laurenbrightwing and Sparrow for posing for me while I stood on Lauren's couch and tried desperately to take photos at the appropriate angle.
The second is set in an extensive D&D campaign, and is an imagining of a temple for one of that campaign's gods, Alokas. I worked with Scribe to conceptualize the temple, but then got to design it and draw it, and I had an absolute blast (when I wasn't bashing my head against perspective again lol). If you'd like more detail, you can check out the AO3 post here.
Thank you both for donating to good causes, and thank you to FTH for continuing to host this!
And last but not least, thank you to the CC Discord sever for giving me a shit ton of sketch prompts to work through and warm up with. The last of those will be done eventually, as promised. Love you guys.
I've had this sitting in my drafts for approximately three months now, so I'm declaring it done before it officially enters Unfinished Art Hell.
Anyways, I was re-reading @ushauz's A Herald Named Desire (which remains absolutely delightful, would recommend for the identity shenanigans alone), and was struck with the urge to draw Adaar both as a Desire demon and in his Halamshiral outfit. Fashion is Important, and Adaar's deserves some celebration. He worked hard on it.
My piece for the @gabenathreversebang 2023! I had a lot of fun making this (and trying my hand at dress designing), and @telmes took that concept and absolutely ran with it. Go check out the fic here, and thank you to @granadactonica for beta-ing!
...And some 2021, too, it's been awhile since I posted anything on here. Putting this under a cut, since it's going to get long.
Fall 2021: Eye To Eye Fanart
December 2021: We Might Both Be Alive (aka I have feelings about narrators for several minutes in PMV form)
Spring 2022: I have a friend who likes Minecraft caving
May 2022: Inkteacup's OCs continue to live rent free in my brain
Summer 2022: Amnesia Was Her Name (OC Animatic/PMV, I guarantee it makes sense to about four people total.)
August 2022: 2022 FTH Submission (thanks to @juuls!)
September 2022: I get existential over orbital angular velocity diagrams.
Fall 2022: D&D Campaign NPCs (the bat is enchanted)
Winter 2022: Child of Dogs (Traditionally drawn comic and niche Animorphs AU fanart; Sparrow, if you're looking at this, spoilers. You've been warned.)
My final pieces for this year's Fandom Trumps Hate event! @juuls asked me to design a header for her ongoing @fanfic-reading-challenge - something that was general, usable over multiple years, and maybe referenced a fandom or two.
Which meant, of course, that I ended up jamming references to at least 9 different fandoms in there, along with a lot of references to various fanfics. At my last count there were 18-19 different references to various things in there - you're welcome to try and guess/find them, or you can check the list under the cut.
Happy reading, y'all, and thanks to Juulna for the really fun project :D
Fandoms:
Critical Role - The massive tree with the city beyond it in the mountains and the two moons were inspired by Critical Role and Exandria's two moons. Vague reference/inspiration, that.
Skyrim - The mountains framed with the aurora/magic with the castle in the foreground was inspired by Skyrim and the view of the Greybeard's mountain looking from south of Whiterun. The dragon isn't one of Skyrim's, alas.
Animorphs - there's a little andalite in the spaceship. It's not a true andalite ship, alas - I didn't feel like redrawing the stupid thing by the time I got around to adding the alien in.
Gravity Falls - Yes, that's a picture of Dipper looking up at the moon on the desk.
D&D - The polyhedral dice box and a D&D 5E book can be seen on the desk. Technically the dragon is a reference to one of my own campaigns.
Undertale - Frisk (minus their distinctive stripped shirt) is listening to something while leaning up against the wording sign. Napstablook can be seen amongst the other ghosts - whether the one in the top hat is Hapstablook is up to the viewer.
Star Wars - A lightsaber can be seen at the front of the desk.
Minecraft/DSMP - The "Cat" music disk is sitting on the edge of the desk.
MCU - Thanos' headstone can be found in the bottom right of the image. It reads "Here lies Thanos, ???? - 2019."
Supernatural - A joint headstone for Sam and Dean Winchester can be found in the lower right corner. It reads "RIP Sam and Dean Winchester - We had to install a revolving door."
Fanfics:
I've not read most of these. About 1/2 were pulled from the most kudoed fics on AO3, the others were from my favorites. I tried to get a really broad spectrum of fandoms in there. So uh. Apologies if something controversial got in there.
Survival is a Talent, by ShanaStoryteller
Yesterday Upon the Stair, by PitViperOfDoom
A Lullaby For Gods, by Aseraphfell
Home Sweet Home, by PitViperOfDoom
The Internet Is Not Just For Porn, by cyerus
Passerine, by blujamas
Salvage, by MuffinLance
call me, beep me, by [orphan_account]
Labyrinthine, by DuskDragon39. Don't @ me, it's on the book below the main text block and in my nearly incomprehensible handwriting.
Misc:
The text on the cat's book is from an unpublished animorphs AU fanfic I'm writing. This does not count towards the overall reference count.
The basset hound under Frisk's feet is based on Juulna's lovely basset.
