My convention fantasy: art, art, art.

[icarus]

I've never been to a convention, but I've always (okay, for the last two years) had this fantasy.

A bunch of fans line up for the usual photo op, photo signing for Joe Flanigan. One after another, they pull out glossy prints of fan art and ask him to sign them:

- Such as this bright-eyed one. (comment here to crysothemis)
- And this gorgeous sepia tone drawing (my absolute favorite). (comment here to crysothemis)
- Then this one with the P-90. (comment here to crysothemis)
- This cartoonish G.I. Joe vector drawing. (comment here to crysothemis)
- Beautiful acrylic rendering of John with a water color feel. (comment here to astridv)
- This detailed portrait. (comment here to crysothemis)
- More color in this breathtaking hang-it-at-the-family-manor portrait. (comment here to artconserv)
- A simple inked cartoon. (comment here to crysothemis)
- A brooding, damaged John. (comment here to ileliberte)
- The rain pouring down his face. (comment here to crysothemis)
- The defiant one with the dark eyeliner. (comment here to crysothemis)
- A soft pensive pencil drawing. (comment here to crysothemis)
- This sweet face (a personal favorite of mine). (comment here to crysothemis)
- Our beloved smirky mischievous Sheppard (comment here to crysothemis)
- This rather sullen, if soft, pencil drawing. (comment here to crysothemis)
- One hovering on that soldiers' line between anger and fear. (comment here to crysothemis)
- Sweet and gentle and neatly trimmed, blushing a little. (comment here to crysothemis)
- Surprised and innocent. (comment here to crysothemis)
- Faint and a little sorrowful. (comment here to crysothemis)
- The boyish head-dip. (comment here to crysothemis)
- It's the eyes. (comment here to crysothemis)
- No one would be daring enough to show him in a silk kimono. Would they? (comment here to crysothemis)
- The kinky bondage stuff we'd *ahem* leave in our rooms. But we'd bring it. (comment here to crysothemis)
- The darkness of a shocked and angry John. (comment here to enname)
- The fantasy space pirate John, wounded. (comment here to ileliberte)
- The sheer unpredictable beauty of steammmpunk's feathered Sheppard. (comment here to steammmpunk)
- Or if John were to have wings, surely they'd be rakish, too. (comment here to crysothemis)
- John about to get his butt kicked by Teyla. (comment here to ileliberte)
- Long, tall, and in a cowboy hat. (comment here to steammmpunk)
- A watercolor cartoon scruffy John with Rodney. (comment here to glockart)
- Oh, well, at least pentapus' cartoon John wins here, batman-style. (comment here to pentapus)
- We have to have a little slashiness, hurt/comfort, injured -- what? We have plausible deniability here! It's a snowstorm! (comment here to steammmpunk)
- Swimming with the... okay, that looks dangerous, John. (comment here to pentapus)
- Much safer sealife, John curled up and happy. (comment here to mutecornett)
- We have to have at least one that makes him blink, squint, and realize that's him in the middle of the Egyptian motif. (comment here to steammmpunk)
- Peaceful, sleeping watercolor John. (comment here to ileliberte)
- Back the more familiar world, John hurt on a mission, and under fire. (comment here to ileliberte)
- John with his team on a very damp mission. (comment here to astridv)
- One that would only be shown in a severely cropped form. Guh. (comment here to steammmpunk)
- Fortunately, the next is playfully het. (comment here to ileliberte)
- And a completely different feel, more Antarctic snow than Sheppard. (comment here to ileliberte)
- John as a magician. The artists' imaginations just.... (comment here to ileliberte)
- Some AUs are nearer to home. (comment here to mutecornett)
- He may blush at this, but it's worth it. Okay, maybe we'll keep the rear view nudity in our rooms. (comment here to summertea)
- And one so beautiful, I doubt he'd mind he barely makes it into the picture (yes, I know, another one with too much implied nudity that must stay in the rooms). (comment here to ileliberte)
- Aren't we all tempted to bring this one? Hmm, it might give away a few fantasies. *g* (comment here to miso_no_tsuki)
- This one also probably gives away our fantasies. (comment here to leyna55)
- A slashy line drawing (another one for the rooms). (comment here to summertea)
- This one's almost disturbing. (comment here to steammmpunk)
- A sad and broken John in a medieval style (oh, dear, more nudity). (comment here to enname)
- Naturally, we have to have some team drawings to round this out. With dinosaurs! (comment here to ileliberte)
- This hug may be a bit slashy. (comment here to anna_luna)
- John and Rodney are a team, right? (comment here or at artconserv)
- This may be a tad too slashy (just a tad). (comment here to artconserv)
- Fandom does love Sheppard/McKay. (comment here to artconserv)
- A little McShep love, but quite subtle. (comment here to leyna55)
- Sheppard/McKay for the mutiny AU. (comment here to astridv)
- Sheppard/McKay off-world action scene. (comment here to astridv)
- Sheppard and McKay face a Wraith. (comment here to astridv)
- You gotta love Sheppard, pondering in the middle of the action. (comment here to ileliberte)
- Our action hero. (comment here to ileliberte)




After a half hour of one drawing following another, Flanigan gets the picture: It's love.

Though it occurs to me that this is just an excuse for me to post my favorite art recs.

Comments

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for the recs! I'm adding this to my memories.
(I've just started going to cons this year, and I've had a lot of fun, met a lot of great people, and plan on going to more cons in the future!)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. It's harder to find art recs. They tend to be scattered around. If you find anyone good, let me know, and I'll add to the list. My art-viewing tends to be Sheppard-centric. Same as my vid-viewing, come to think of it.

Icarus

[slashpine.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! This should so happen *snicker*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

He'd be flabbergasted.

...

Let's take photos. :D

[sarka.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that would so be awesome. I mean, how would an actor even react to something like that???

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

It would be a total blast. A slideshow of adoration.

[littlemousling]

It strikes me as interesting that, as a fandom, SGA seems to write McKay and draw Sheppard. Obviously both appear in both, but I don't think there's much disagreement that Rodney's the clear favorite among fic writers in general. Personality vs. looks?

[littlemousling]

PS. Thanks for the recs! Those are gorgeous. I think the first is my favorite. Off to comment ....

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Sheppard is the clear favorite with the writers. Artists find him difficult to draw, and crysothemis mentions that she tries to figure out what it is about his face and expressions that make him so attractive. Because he isn't conventionally pretty, yet -- he's a dreamboat.

Icarus

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was such a treat. *basks*

Thank you for posting this!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I want more art! More, more!

[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

Cool. :-)

Several years ago at an SG-1 convention I brought a three copies of a collage of Daniel and Teal'c with me. I gave one to Michael Shanks, Chris Judge and had them sign the third one for me and it's hanging up in my room right now. They thought it was pretty cool.

Someone at that con even showed off her large scale (it was like 4'x6'!) mosiac of SG-1, too. They were super impressed.

The reaction is always very warm on the actor's parts. :-)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Now I want to do it.

[enname.livejournal.com]

*sniffs dramatically*

So I don't get a look in? :P

*sneezes* Ah, hayfever ruins the drama...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was thinking of hunting down your stuff.

*hunts*

There was someone else too, who hasn't drawn a lot but, hmn... *taps pencil on lip*

Icarus

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting this together -- what a lot of work, and what a lot of talent showcased. Yay!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

There's so much talent in fandom. And really, there seems to be no central SGA-art-only comm or rec-list. I think I'm going to link to this post from my website.

Icarus

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

There's just no way I couldn't add this Sheppard (http://crysothemis.deviantart.com/art/Sheppard-with-um-wings-66089473) and this one (http://mutecornett.livejournal.com/5918.html) to my best-of list. And then there's artconserv's gorgeous drawing (see icon) - though that's another one I'd keep in the room. :)

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

Sorry, should have also said, great list! And in a little portion of your fannish fantasy, crysothemis sent the Sheppard-in-the-rain one to JF. :)

[incidental-fire.livejournal.com]

A) That would be HYSTERICAL. It'd be really funny to actually film that (have someone off to the side, so he didn't realize it) and see what kind of expression he got when he finally figured out what was going on. Heh.

B) Thanks so much for the huge list of recs! I've seen some of them before, but some are completely new artists, which is always fun.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

We could have little lapel cams, filming in secret. (What? They exist.) There would be so many pics, and so varied.

I'm open for more recs and new artists, definitely. I've barely even scratched the surface here.

Icarus

[multisemi.livejournal.com]

A couple more for your consideration: artconserv's first Rodney and John portrait (http://artconserv.livejournal.com/375.html), and mutecornett's Bell Curve (AU) John (http://mutecornett.livejournal.com/1870.html).

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, excellent. I'm adding both. I have no idea why I didn't add that one by artconserv in the first place.

Icarus

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Wow! outstanding and fantastic!

Thank you!! for taking the time to round these up!!

I'd seen a far number of them but there were still many more that I'd missed and I do feel it my ~sacred~ duty to comment and support and therefore hope for more... like I do with the written fic...

Those that can... DO... those that can't (me), sure better send feedback!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Whoops, somehow I missed your comment. Oh, well, better late than never.

I'm adding some new ones shortly. *g*

I do feel it my ~sacred~ duty to comment and support and therefore hope for more.

Yup. Same here.

[naye]

Thank you for this amazing resource! Now I know how I'll be spending my Saturday afternoon. ♥

[aretria.livejournal.com]

Fantastic list. *adds to memories* I would recommend leyna55's art, too. This (http://leyna55.livejournal.com/3844.html) and this (http://leyna55.livejournal.com/4503.html), is what I have in mind.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I love them. *adds, ASAP*

Thank you.

[cat-latin.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic. Thank you so much for putting this together!

[cat-latin.livejournal.com]

There's another really gorgeous one I've been hunting for, John and Rodney embracing on a beach. It looks like watercolor, or maybe colored pencils. You can't see their faces, or their bits (even though they're naked). They're kind of kneeling up and holding onto each other and you just know it's them. I know we have a storyfinders site, wish we had an artfinders site too...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

We can always ask on sgastoryfinders. That's something where there isn't another com for it, and it is a specific request. (I'm a firm believer in loopholes.)

[negolith2.livejournal.com]

Absolutely wonderful listing! Thanks for posting.

If you want to see John as a were-panther for some costume silliness (and from an AU I've written), check out my LJ page for "John'n'Boots". That may make ya grin.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I checked it out, and it's well done (I'm impressed) but it's a little weird for my tastes. *g*

[pierson.livejournal.com]

One that you don't have here, and which is one of my favorites, is Debriefing, by mousewrites. You can find it on her Deviant Art pages here (http://mousewrites.deviantart.com/art/Debriefing-36671525). It's gorgeous.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Aw, hell. I've heard of this one, but I can't access it because I can't remember my username for Deviant art. Is there another link? Maybe in LJ? If I can't access it, many other people won't be able to either.

[pierson.livejournal.com]

Also, there's a gorgeous oil of John by Girlnamedpixley--I don't have an url, and a beautiful blue-toned Sheppard/McKay one I unfortunately have saved only as "Pollen," without an artist name. If you'd like, I can upload these, and maybe you can give correct credit.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yes, if you would, that would be great. Wonderful, in fact.

And I've requested my Deviant art password (heaven knows what it was). I've got to see this piece by mousewrites.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

*implodes*

I would type more but drool obscures my view of the screen.