My convention fantasy: art, art, art.

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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.