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ratcreature) wrote2007-11-08 01:45 pm
ratcreature) wrote2007-11-08 01:45 pm
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Letter to my Yuletart artist
Yay, my Yuletart assignment has arrived! Also, the mods suggested participants do a public post to elaborate on their requests, though I feel I have gone on at quite some length there already, so there's bound to be some repetition, but I added some more detail on my preferences.
Dear Yuletart artist,
first, thank you for drawing me a picture in one of my fandoms. I'm not set on anything specific for any of the fandoms I listed, so if you have a great idea, just go for it.
In my sign-up I specified that the highest rating I'd like to get was PG-13, mostly because visual porn almost never works for me, so I prefer non-explicit fanart. However I do like not just gen, but slash and het and femslash as well, so I would appreciate romantic art as much as gen art.
I like canon-compliant art, but I love AUs as a genre just as much, so if you have an AU idea that's fine too, as long as long as the scenario is taken seriously rather than a joke, e.g. drawing characters in a Steampunk version of their universe would be really cool visual worldbuilding and awesome, randomly drawing one character as a purple unicorn not so much. Meaning generally I am not fond of "crack" as a genre. As with everything there have been exceptions to that, so if you have an awesome silly idea, I am flexible.
I love drawings most that hint at a narrative or show a scene over more portrait like character pieces. I love action and adventure scenes, but quiet moments showing heroes in their downtime work just as well, but it would be awesome if the drawing felt like a glimpse into their lives and universe, showing the character or characters do something. In general I prefer art with the heroes over something that focuses on a villain or a minor character, but that is more a trend than a hard an fast rule in my preferences, so don't feel constrained by it.
I adore worldbuilding, but I know what a time consuming pain elaborate backgrounds can be. Still, if you want to go crazy and feel like it, I'd love you forever for including a vivid or evocative setting.
As far as dislikes go, I'm not much into very dark scenarios, and dislike character death, but overall I'm not easily squicked. I think my main issues are rarely triggered by fanart, besides hating partner betrayal, I most prominently have an embarrassment squick, and either isn't much of an art issue. But anyway, I don't like situations where characters make fools of themselves, so I guess that could apply to drawings with physical humor or slapstick, but I never felt squicked by art as I do by fic, so I don't really know.
I'm also not into incest pairings, whether siblings or parent/child. So I guess you should avoid incestuous slapstick humor ending in death when looking for ideas... *g*
As for my fandom specific preferences in my requested fandoms:
Batman Comics: My favorite character is Dick Grayson (Nightwing), but I don't think I dislike any of the major Batman characters, though I'm not much of a Jason Todd fan. As far as pairings go, I like Dick/Babs, Dick/Tim, Dick/Bruce, and (though not strictly a Batverse pairing) Dick/Roy Harper (i.e. Arsenal), but really Dick with almost anyone is good. If you are looking for ideas what to draw, I love seeing Dick in motion, showing off his acrobatic skill, whether playfully for fun or while fighting. I haven't kept up with all the most recent crossover and Crisis events, so I'd prefer if the art wouldn't depend too heavily on detailed knowledge of those.
Daredevil: My favorite character is Matt, with my favorite pairings being Matt/Foggy and Matt/Milla. I am not very fond of Elektra, despite my soft spot for ninjas. As for drawing ideas, Matt showing his fighting skills would be awesome, also I'm kind of fond of the religious contrast in imagery in Daredevil, i.e. Matt as a Catholic wearing a devil costume, so I kind of like the Daredevil splash panels and covers that play on that and show him in or crouching on churches and so on.
Dresden Files (books): I'd very much love to see Harry Dresden together with Carlos Ramirez (whether slash or just as friends). I'm not much into Harry/Bob as a slash pairing, but otherwise I'm flexible. Besides the Harry/Carlos any picture showing Harry perform magic of some kind would be awesome.
Farscape: My favorite is John Crichton, but I love Aeryn as well. I'm very much into John/Aeryn as my OTP, though I can see other pairings as possibility. I really love all the characters in Farcape, so the art doesn't have to be show Crichton. The series got very dark in places and if you have a good idea for that I'm more than okay with it, but I like the funny and quirky moments of the series just as much as the angst and torture, so when it comes to motif suggestion I'm going with something like a "slice of life" scene for any part of Moya's crew, whether Aeryn bonding with Pilot, or Rygel snatching Crichton's food, or Chiana flirting... Alternatively a funny scene showing something in Crichton's mind with Harvey would be cool too.
Firefly: I don't really have a favorite character, but love the series for the atmosphere of the universe and the whole ensemble, so art showing any of them would be fine.
Lord of the Rings: My favorite character is Aragorn by far, followed by Gandalf, and in general I'm more interested in the men, elves and wizards than the hobbits in LOTR. Any art showing Aragorn, whether from his childhood at Imladris, still living it rough with the Dunedain or later as King with Arwen by his side would be awesome, but any scene set during their quest would be great as well. LOTR is however one of the fandoms where my preferences stick mostly close to canon, so I'm not all that flexible when it comes to pairings. I mean, fic can convince me if it works on it, but I don't think art could sell me on Aragorn being really into Legolas rather than loving Arwen. Unlike much of fandom I never even thought of Frodo and Sam as an item
Sandman: My favorite part of Sandman are the Endless, and my favorite Endless are Dream, Death and Delirium. Any drawing with either of these would be cool. Or something showing the Dreaming and its weird inhabitants.
Spider-Man: Unsurprisingly my favorite character is Peter Parker. The character I'm least fond of is Venom. I like the somewhat recent connection in comics between Peter's powers and spider totems and such, so any motif playing with that would be cool. Or just Peter doing Spidey stuff. I also like Peter/MJ, so a drawing with them as a couple would make me happy too. I didn't really like the look of Peter's costume during Civil War, i.e. the one designed by Iron Man, and prefer him in his classic outfit.
Stargate Atlantis: My favorite character is John Sheppard, either gen or in a pairing with Teyla, Rodney and/or Ronon (i.e. I like both slash and het combinations within the current team). Though my true OTP is Sheppard/Atlantis or Sheppard/Ancient Tech, so any motif involving either would be awesome. I'd also love anything showing John (and maybe his team) with Pegasus cultures as long as it doesn't involve the Pegasus people being spear-wielding fanon cliches. Really in canon Pegasus seems more often early 20th century or faux-medieval, which both offer cooler design options anyway, in the way of either things like art deco or renfair chick.
Star Wars: My favorite thing about SW are the Jedi, so I'd love art with Jedi in it. My favorite character is Obi-Wan Kenobi, but I like Luke Skywalker too. Anyway a picture showing Jedi fighting would be awesome, or maybe Jedi doing ceremonial things. R2D2 isn't a Jedi, but if he was present too it would make anything better.
Temeraire series: Dragons! No really, as long as the art shows one or more of the dragons, I'll be happy. My favorite is Temeraire, closely followed by Iskierka, but I like them all. Whether it's dragons bonding with their captains, or in scenes with just each other (like Arkady's band)) any dragon motif will make me happy.
Dear Yuletart artist,
first, thank you for drawing me a picture in one of my fandoms. I'm not set on anything specific for any of the fandoms I listed, so if you have a great idea, just go for it.
In my sign-up I specified that the highest rating I'd like to get was PG-13, mostly because visual porn almost never works for me, so I prefer non-explicit fanart. However I do like not just gen, but slash and het and femslash as well, so I would appreciate romantic art as much as gen art.
I like canon-compliant art, but I love AUs as a genre just as much, so if you have an AU idea that's fine too, as long as long as the scenario is taken seriously rather than a joke, e.g. drawing characters in a Steampunk version of their universe would be really cool visual worldbuilding and awesome, randomly drawing one character as a purple unicorn not so much. Meaning generally I am not fond of "crack" as a genre. As with everything there have been exceptions to that, so if you have an awesome silly idea, I am flexible.
I love drawings most that hint at a narrative or show a scene over more portrait like character pieces. I love action and adventure scenes, but quiet moments showing heroes in their downtime work just as well, but it would be awesome if the drawing felt like a glimpse into their lives and universe, showing the character or characters do something. In general I prefer art with the heroes over something that focuses on a villain or a minor character, but that is more a trend than a hard an fast rule in my preferences, so don't feel constrained by it.
I adore worldbuilding, but I know what a time consuming pain elaborate backgrounds can be. Still, if you want to go crazy and feel like it, I'd love you forever for including a vivid or evocative setting.
As far as dislikes go, I'm not much into very dark scenarios, and dislike character death, but overall I'm not easily squicked. I think my main issues are rarely triggered by fanart, besides hating partner betrayal, I most prominently have an embarrassment squick, and either isn't much of an art issue. But anyway, I don't like situations where characters make fools of themselves, so I guess that could apply to drawings with physical humor or slapstick, but I never felt squicked by art as I do by fic, so I don't really know.
I'm also not into incest pairings, whether siblings or parent/child. So I guess you should avoid incestuous slapstick humor ending in death when looking for ideas... *g*
As for my fandom specific preferences in my requested fandoms:
Batman Comics: My favorite character is Dick Grayson (Nightwing), but I don't think I dislike any of the major Batman characters, though I'm not much of a Jason Todd fan. As far as pairings go, I like Dick/Babs, Dick/Tim, Dick/Bruce, and (though not strictly a Batverse pairing) Dick/Roy Harper (i.e. Arsenal), but really Dick with almost anyone is good. If you are looking for ideas what to draw, I love seeing Dick in motion, showing off his acrobatic skill, whether playfully for fun or while fighting. I haven't kept up with all the most recent crossover and Crisis events, so I'd prefer if the art wouldn't depend too heavily on detailed knowledge of those.
Daredevil: My favorite character is Matt, with my favorite pairings being Matt/Foggy and Matt/Milla. I am not very fond of Elektra, despite my soft spot for ninjas. As for drawing ideas, Matt showing his fighting skills would be awesome, also I'm kind of fond of the religious contrast in imagery in Daredevil, i.e. Matt as a Catholic wearing a devil costume, so I kind of like the Daredevil splash panels and covers that play on that and show him in or crouching on churches and so on.
Dresden Files (books): I'd very much love to see Harry Dresden together with Carlos Ramirez (whether slash or just as friends). I'm not much into Harry/Bob as a slash pairing, but otherwise I'm flexible. Besides the Harry/Carlos any picture showing Harry perform magic of some kind would be awesome.
Farscape: My favorite is John Crichton, but I love Aeryn as well. I'm very much into John/Aeryn as my OTP, though I can see other pairings as possibility. I really love all the characters in Farcape, so the art doesn't have to be show Crichton. The series got very dark in places and if you have a good idea for that I'm more than okay with it, but I like the funny and quirky moments of the series just as much as the angst and torture, so when it comes to motif suggestion I'm going with something like a "slice of life" scene for any part of Moya's crew, whether Aeryn bonding with Pilot, or Rygel snatching Crichton's food, or Chiana flirting... Alternatively a funny scene showing something in Crichton's mind with Harvey would be cool too.
Firefly: I don't really have a favorite character, but love the series for the atmosphere of the universe and the whole ensemble, so art showing any of them would be fine.
Lord of the Rings: My favorite character is Aragorn by far, followed by Gandalf, and in general I'm more interested in the men, elves and wizards than the hobbits in LOTR. Any art showing Aragorn, whether from his childhood at Imladris, still living it rough with the Dunedain or later as King with Arwen by his side would be awesome, but any scene set during their quest would be great as well. LOTR is however one of the fandoms where my preferences stick mostly close to canon, so I'm not all that flexible when it comes to pairings. I mean, fic can convince me if it works on it, but I don't think art could sell me on Aragorn being really into Legolas rather than loving Arwen. Unlike much of fandom I never even thought of Frodo and Sam as an item
Sandman: My favorite part of Sandman are the Endless, and my favorite Endless are Dream, Death and Delirium. Any drawing with either of these would be cool. Or something showing the Dreaming and its weird inhabitants.
Spider-Man: Unsurprisingly my favorite character is Peter Parker. The character I'm least fond of is Venom. I like the somewhat recent connection in comics between Peter's powers and spider totems and such, so any motif playing with that would be cool. Or just Peter doing Spidey stuff. I also like Peter/MJ, so a drawing with them as a couple would make me happy too. I didn't really like the look of Peter's costume during Civil War, i.e. the one designed by Iron Man, and prefer him in his classic outfit.
Stargate Atlantis: My favorite character is John Sheppard, either gen or in a pairing with Teyla, Rodney and/or Ronon (i.e. I like both slash and het combinations within the current team). Though my true OTP is Sheppard/Atlantis or Sheppard/Ancient Tech, so any motif involving either would be awesome. I'd also love anything showing John (and maybe his team) with Pegasus cultures as long as it doesn't involve the Pegasus people being spear-wielding fanon cliches. Really in canon Pegasus seems more often early 20th century or faux-medieval, which both offer cooler design options anyway, in the way of either things like art deco or renfair chick.
Star Wars: My favorite thing about SW are the Jedi, so I'd love art with Jedi in it. My favorite character is Obi-Wan Kenobi, but I like Luke Skywalker too. Anyway a picture showing Jedi fighting would be awesome, or maybe Jedi doing ceremonial things. R2D2 isn't a Jedi, but if he was present too it would make anything better.
Temeraire series: Dragons! No really, as long as the art shows one or more of the dragons, I'll be happy. My favorite is Temeraire, closely followed by Iskierka, but I like them all. Whether it's dragons bonding with their captains, or in scenes with just each other (like Arkady's band)) any dragon motif will make me happy.