Makoyi's Fanfic Recs and Other Stuff

Title: Sense8 Character art
Author: notti963
Fandom: Sense8
Genre: Digital Drawing/Painting, GIF

Review: Great character headshots.

Sense8 Character art (on tumblr)

Title: Lady Captain America
Author: MischievousMartian
Fandom: Avengers
Genre: Fanart, Digital Art, genderswap, Female Superheros

Review:
Absolutely amazing Lady Cap - she has muscles! She got dirty, her hair got mussed, and you just know from her expression that she's in command and she's good at it!

Lady Captain America (on dA)

Title: Graphite pencils and white gel pen in Moleskine sketchbook.
Author: naturalshocks 
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Genre: Traditional Art - pencil on paper

Summary:
Sherlock and John in a taxi.

Review:
Wow!!! This picture is amazing. Phenomenal technique. The reflections in the window contrasting against and fading into Sherlock (I would have liked a bit more separation between the reflection and John - he gets a little lost on the edge with the reflection over him). All of this artists' work is amazing. Seriously.

Graphite pencils and white gel pen in Moleskine sketchbook. (on tumblr)

Title: Watercolors for Sandry's Book
Author: nestofstraightlines
Fandom: Emelan
Genre: Fan art (traditional media)

Author's Summary:
Series of watercolors for Sandry's book.

Review:
I love #4 - all four kids and their dog sitting outside - but they're all lovely and you don't often see watercolor fanart.

4, 3, 2... all on tumblr

Title: Untitled Allydia Art
Author: anobviousaside
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Genre: Art
Pairing: Allison/Lydia

Review:
Beautiful, graphic with strong lines, great use of color and a lovely feel.

(on tumblr)

Title: GNU Terry Pratchett
Fandom: Discworld
Genre: Code!, Terry Pratchett Tribute

Author's Summary:
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the clacks are a series of semaphore towers loosely based on the concept of the telegraph. Invented by an artificer named Robert Dearheart, the towers could send messages "at the speed of light" using standardized codes. Three of these codes are of particular import:

G: send the message on
N: do not log the message
U: turn the message around at the end of the line and send it back again

When Dearheart's son John died due to an accident while working on a clacks tower, Dearheart inserted John's name into the overhead of the clacks with a "GNU" in front of it to as a way to memorialize his son forever (or for at least as long as the clacks are standing.)

Review:
Fan code! This is really cool and a lovely tribute. Installing this script automatically places the phrase "GNU Terry Pratchett" in the "overhead" of your blog posts (variants available for tons of different sites) like the GNU John Dearheart in the clacks in Going Postal.

GNU Terry Pratchett (on own site)

Title: Lioness Rampant
Author: CPatten
Fandom: Tortall
Genre: Art (digital painting)

Review:
Beautiful painting of Alanna as the King's Champion. Also check out the artist's gallery - she's done a lot of lovely character illustrations.

Lioness Rampant art (on dA)

Title: "The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick."
Author:stardust-rain
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: GIF set, fancast

Author's Summary:
RIVERS OF LONDON FANCAST
↳BOOK 5: Foxglove Summer
alfie enoch as peter grant
antonia thomas as beverly brook
tom price as dominic

Review:
5th gifset in the series and my favorite so far! Warning: spoilers! This one illustrates the book well - I could nitpick but the overall effect is too good to bother.  I also like the careful color palette and the long loops.  I am amazed at the artist's ability to find these clips - it must have been a lot of work and required a lot of patience and ingenuity.

"The night may be dark and full of terrors, I thought, but I've got a big stick." (on tumblr)

Title: "Oh great! Now we're a bobsleigh team." "It's the luge. It's only a bobsleigh team if you've got a bobsleigh." "You're both insane. There's no such thing as a triple luge!"
Author: stardust-rain
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: GIF set, fancast

Author's Summary:
RIVERS OF LONDON FANCAST
↳BOOK 3: Whispers Under Ground
alfie enoch as peter grant
paul mcgann as thomas nightingale
vinette robinson as DI miriam stephanopoulos
hettiene park as FBI special agent reynolds
dev patel as BTP sergeant jaget kumar
colin morgan as zachary palmer
christine adams as lady ty


Review:
Third gifset in the series by the same talented and dedicated artist.  I especially like the effect of the title panel with the officers flashlights highlighting the title - very well done.  I don't think there are really plot spoilers in this one so it's safe to view if you haven't read this book yet.

"Oh great! Now we're a bobsleigh team."...(on tumblr)

Title: "You put a spell on the dog." "Just a small one."
Author: stardust-rain
Fandom: Rivers of London
Genre: GIF set, fancast

Author's Summary:
RIVERS OF LONDON FANCAST
↳BOOK 1
alfie enoch as peter grant
paul mcgann as thomas nightingale
kerrie hayes as lesley may

Review:
Very good gifset - illustrates the book well. I can't even imagine how much tv the artist must have consumed trying to find all these bits and pieces to string together to make something that so perfectly suits this story - it's amazing. Warning: does contain spoilers!

"You put a spell on the dog." "Just a small one." (on tumblr)