fanart, X-Men/Calvin & Hobbes fusion

[ratcreature]

Fandom: X-Men/Calvin & Hobbes
Characters/Pairings: Raven, Hank McCoy
Media used: pencils, ink, then colored in GIMP
Rating/warnings: G, none
Notes/comments: I've read the most adorable X-Men/Calvin & Hobbes fusion today, The best things in life are blue by oddegg which has Raven as Calvin and Hank as Hobbes, and just couldn't resist to give drawing this a try.

Please do not distribute my art without my permission, i.e. do not upload my art to other sites, services, archives, or wikis. That includes "reblogging" the images themselves on services such as Tumblr.

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Comments

[bluemeridian]

Yay!! You've done a fantastic job! Hank is such an adorable marriage of Hank and Hobbes. ♥

[ratcreature]

Thanks! I'm glad it works for you. It is so hard trying to emulate the awesomeness that is Watterson.

STILL SHOWERING YOU WITH LOVE!!

[oddegg]

LOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE!!!!! MY HEART TO YOU ALWAYS!!!!

And I didn't say it on any of the other squeeage but you have hit Watterson's style perfectly, my lovely darling!! ♥♥♥♥♥

God! I still can't believe you made this - I'm tearing up over it, I love it so! :D :D :D :D
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Re: STILL SHOWERING YOU WITH LOVE!!

[ratcreature]

It's great to see such an enthusiastic response to an illustration. :D

BTW, if you would like a file that is hi-res enough to print rather than just the screen resolution I post online, I could send you the original large file the size I worked at.

Re: STILL SHOWERING YOU WITH LOVE!!

[oddegg]

Ahaha!! I've just pimped it out and squeed over it everywhere I could think of!

And a hi-res file would be FANTASTIC!! Because I seriously want to print this out and frame it, I adore it so much! Honestly, I've still got the biggest damn grin on my face :D :D

My email is ragbonehair at gmail.com (♥♥♥♥♥♥ *another sneak heart attack* ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

[fredbassett]

Awesome!

[ratcreature]

Thank you!

[lilacsigil]

This is so adorable I can't even bear it. Hank's glasses! His fangs! Raven wearing just the right shade of blue!

[ratcreature]

Thank you! When I read the AU it made me smile a lot, so I just couldn't resist. It is such a squeeful setup. And I felt strongly that in this reality where she isn't blue, Raven must at least wear it. :D

[calvinahobbes]

This is absolutely fantastic. Kudos to oddegg for coming up with the idea, but kudos to you for making such a perfect rendition of Watterson's style! I love it!

[ratcreature]

Thank you! It's very flattering that you think I succeeded with getting Watterson's style right.

[(Anonymous)]

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Completely precious. Gorgeously drawn, the style is fantastic and very much in the vein of C&H.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

[reena_jenkins]

Hi there! *waves*

So, I'm working on a podfic of "The best things in life are blue", and I was wondering if you'd be willing to make some coverart for the podfic? Or else, could I use your art above to make a cover (I'd only be putting text of the title/author/artist/reader underneath the adorable drawings you've made)? Because the story's already pretty adorable, but with a cover as cute as your art in addition to all the already-present cuteness? Well, it would be just awesome. ;-)

Please and thank you in advance!

[ratcreature]

I'm glad to hear you like my art!

I'm not very good with making covers, i.e. typography, design and such, but if you like, you can use my drawing as basis for a cover. That's no problem at all. I'd just ask that somewhere in the post is put a credit link back to my art post, especially if for cover design reasons you cropped the signature or something like that.

[reena_jenkins]

Hi there!

So, I just wanted to make sure that you knew that the podfic of "the best things in life are blue" went up a few weeks ago (I sent you a PM, but I'm not sure if you got it or not....)

I made sure to credit you for the lovely art (seriously, SO CUTE), and you can check out the podfic over here if you want:

http://reena-jenkins.livejournal.com/63154.html

Thanks once again for letting me use your art for the cover. Happy listening, and happy Halloween!

[ratcreature]

I got the PM, I just didn't reply. Thanks for crediting me. I have to admit that I don't ever listen to podfic (or audiobooks -- the only time I've ever used those was when I was in hospital after a retina operation and not able to see), but I'm sure people who like the format will enjoy being able to listen to the awesome story.

[nakedbee]

So incredibly cute! I think you've managed the fusion incredibly well ... a perfect balance between Calvin/Raven and Hobbes/Hank. Awesome!!!

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad the mix works for you.

[oxymora]

Perfection.

[ratcreature]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it. I love this AU so much. (I even did another two illustrations for it.)

[(Anonymous)]

Dude you just. I can't even. Winning.

[ratcreature]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.