meme: fanworks year in review

[astridv]

This year I can finally do this meme again without getting depressed.

January
The Fashion History Meme jumpstarted my muse.

Sophie Devereaux, Ancient Rome & Winry as a medieval lady
Spike in a Zoot suit (& two Leverage sketches)


February
Fight Bingo #2: Knives


more fashion history:
Faith, slayer of the vampyres
Ronon in Ancient Greek battle dress
Ronon as a Spartan soldier

Sketch: Parker teaches Hardison how to skateboard


March
more Leverage character sketches

April
Leverage Bingo #1: Nate and the Top Hat Job


June
Fight Bingo #3: Natasha saves Clint's ass
Sketch, and final version


art for casestory: Riddle me this


Nick Fury w/bazooka


July
Clint & Natasha character studies


August
Black Widow & Hawkeye, in action


September
more Hawkeye sketches


October
more Avengers


character studies: Aaron Cross and Jason Walsh


November
Lafayette sketch, colored


December
I made some stocking stuffers but the stockings are opened in January...
Mystery work & mystery work :D

Favorite(s) of the batch: Black Widow and Hawkeye in action
Best of the batch: Probably the same. I think technique-wise it's the most interesting and rounded, and it's as close to the picture I had in my head as I could hope to get.
Most underappreciated by the universe: My poor Batman fic illo. I'd thought Batman would be more popular. Maybe it's a tie with the Fury pic, but I'm also not entirely happy with the coloring of that one. I'm half tempted to print the lineart again and do it right.
Most fun to draw: Same as #1. The fashion history meme was also oodles of fun. And I really enjoyed trying a new technique for the Top Hat Job one (which blends watercolor and photoshop coloring; I think successfully).
Sexiest fic artwork: Once more I'm incapable of drawing anything that's not gen. Grab your subtext where you can.
Then again I find Clint and Natasha fighting in their form-fitting suits rather sexy by itself and I'm probably not alone in that...
"Holy crap, that's wrong even for you" fic: still nothing. I beat them around a bit but nothing too bad. *eg*
Hardest to draw: That scene of Natasha and Clint sparring that I haven't finished for this very reason. So difficult to draw Natasha's fancy fight moves in just one frame while having it look dynamic. I should study her fight scenes in IM2 more closely.
Year-end squee: I'm happy that my fanart muse came back.
What's next: Still recovering from near-burnout so, not making any plans.

Comments

[schneefink]

I'm also happy that your fanart muse came back :D I always enjoy your art. I can't choose a favorite of these - maybe Fury with bazooka? Or spear-throwing Ronon? They all look great.

[ratcreature]

Cool to see all the art in overview. I'm always so envious when I see artists fill out these end of the year memes and they can put something in for each month (like these grid ones are quite popular on dA and Tumblr).

Every year I have this vague resolution that this year I'd manage to draw something regularly and then I fail at it, and like you say, then this kind of meme is just depressing. This year was particularly, bad.

[astridv]

You could do something like that with your icons, though. That's a pretty impressive set.

Last year I had only two pics, I think. I didn't feel like doing the meme then.

[astridv]

Thanks. :) Last year was frustrating because even when I had time, the ideas just wouldn't flow.

[ratcreature]

Whenever I've made icons, I already included them in my yearly art roundups. This year I didn't even make any new ones, mostly because I didn't really get into any new fandoms in a serious way.

Though this year had started well, fanart-wise, with me drawing and posting fanart on January first even, and then some drawbles in January, it then went downhill from there, along with my non-fannish year, really. Though I participated in two exchanges in December, so maybe next year will be better again.

[lycomingst]

I think you're very talented.

[astridv]

Aw, thanks. :o)