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Rec of the day

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:00:04 GMT

Leverage vid rec:
valawenel made a great Leverage Movie Trailer.
(If LJ is down watch on youtube.)
team vid, Eliot-centric; action/constructed reality; 4:00 min

I love well-done constructed reality-vids! Hard to believe this is her first fanvid - it does a great job of hinting at the larger story behind it, and it has that actual trailer feeling. I didn't read the story it was inspired by as I don't read much Eliot-centric fic but I'm thinking I might add it to my reading list now.

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Rec of the day

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:01:37 GMT

hannasus made a fabulous Leverage vid: Long After You're Gone: A Leverage Tribute

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Rec of the day

Wed, 02 May 2012 09:19:47 GMT

icon rec: 64 gorgeous Leverage icons made by fan_cifully
The one I'm using in this post comes from that batch!

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Rec of the day

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:17:18 GMT

Very funny Leverage cartoon; I for one lol'd for real :D
Hardison and Parker by sqbr
Hardison and Parker hanging out.

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fanart: Leverage Bingo

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:05:02 GMT

Ha! My first fill for Leverage Bingo. Nate, gleefully immersing himself in his character. ( Image under the cut )

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picspam fanart: Sophie (or whatever her name is)

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:15:36 GMT

Here's a bit'o fanart I made for Leverage mini bingo: ( The many faces of Sophie Devereaux )

I have a head full of inspiration for traditional fanart but drawing any of that stuff would take too much time atm, considering I got almost no work done in the past three days and am not allowed any more goofing off until I do! It doesn't help that nothing much seems to be going on on the publishers' side, with the Easter holidays coming up.

(It also doesn't help that I somehow started to re-read a really cool, really long DS9 fic this morning...)

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Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:22:46 GMT

It's a tight race over on Fandom Steel Cage Match and Parker currently needs only 9 more votes to take the lead over Peggy Olson from Mad Men. I'm just sayin'...

Here, a vid with the best Parker moments. You can see it's a pretty long vid! That's a lot of great moments! And that's just season one!

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Rec of the day

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:11:57 GMT

I'm in Leverage withdrawal so I browsed youtube for vids and came across one of the funniest scenes...
aka The One Where Nate Stalls Sterling from The Maltese Falcon Job.
(fast forward to 1:00)
We used to play this game when we were kids. :D

And for something not fandom: An incredible, time-lapse vision of fireflies in the wild

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Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:57:41 GMT

Still no progress on my very random hippogriff pic but now I'm halfway through book three of The Hunger Games. Also got feedback for my cover art so I can start on the detailed sketches, which is good because I was getting slightly antsy.

Couple more character sketches from Leverage. (Sophie, Hardison, and Eliot (but that one's really a very quick, rough sketch)). For Sophie's I tried coloring directly on printouts of the pencils rather than inking it. ( Images behind the cut )

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fanart: parker & hardison sketch

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:47:26 GMT

I scribbled around and ended up with a sketch of Parker teaching Hardison how to skateboard.
Skateboarding is all about balance so I bet Parker would be a natural at it. Sadly that doesn't fit any of my bingo cards even if I interpret the prompts really generously.

( Read more... )

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fanart: fight bingo (leverage)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:17:16 GMT

Another square for my Fight Bingo... I might actually have a shot at completing a bingo for once!

For the field 'Knives'
Characters: Sophie, Nate, and... someone else
Rating: PG-13, bit of violence
( image behind the cut )

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fashion history meme: Spike, unafraid of wearing a bit of color

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:56:27 GMT

Another fill for the fashion history meme:
for cornerofmadness, Spike in a Zoot suit. ( larger pic under the cut )
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And two more pics I still had in a folder but hadn't posted yet: Eliot, looking grumpy. And Nate with a hat, probably plotting something. Heh.
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fanart

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:14:49 GMT

( First two pics for the fashion history meme: )

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Rec of the day

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:51:50 GMT

The Zombie Apocalypse Job by monkeytwin (Leverage)
team with some Nate/Sophie; minor crossover with SPN; PG-13; 6,973 words
Summary: Pretty much exactly as advertized.
reccer's note: Due to the format of this fic some of the chapters are very short; to get the entire story in one file go to the fanfic downloader at FLAG, enter the story ID (6566093) into the top field that says 'Source URL / ID' and pick your format of choice.

Nicely creepy and action-filled. The story covers a longer time frame, showing snapshots of events here and there, and it brings things to a satisfying end. I'd love to read an epic 100,000 words version of this apocafic but these glimpses are already very entertaining.

Bonus rec: Leverage - Season 1 Official Recap

Because I'm all filled with show-love ~~and the sudden desire to pimp my show~~. If you've been interested in checking out Leverage, this trailer gives an idea what it's about. (Almost no major spoilers) The current season just finished, what better time to catch up. :o)

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Leverage 4x18

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:23:14 GMT

( spoilers )

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Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:16:20 GMT

still so psyched about last week's Leverage, ( no real spoilers but cut just in case )

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Leverage/Stargate xovers, anyone?

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:10:44 GMT

Finished watching the latest Leverage. Wow, is all I'm saying. I'm glad I was (mostly) unspoiled.

And speaking of, schneefink has a few interesting Leverage/Stargate crossover plotbunnies up for adoption. They practically beg to be written. Check it out: link

And 'cuz it's a bit late to write a fresh fic rec here's one of my favorite autocorrects.

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Rec of the day

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:19:06 GMT

youtube rec: Aldis Hodge presents THE HAND JOBS - Getting What You Want The LEVERAGE Way
Actor Aldis Hodge uses his skills from the TV show LEVERAGE to rip people off, get even and maybe, just maybe, get a pony.

notes: contains no spoilers for the show. But a fair amount of crack. Also, bad things happening to hastily scribbled cartoon bunnies.

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Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:00:06 GMT

Ta-daa, my leverage_bingo card. I still have an unfinished Fight Bingo line but I couldn't resist this one. As luck would have it I'm having a few days off now. :)

Maggie Collins	Bunny	The Gone Fishin' Job	The Cross My Heart Job	The Ice Man Job
The Inside Job	Nana	The Mile High Job	Honest Man	Alice White
The Top Hat Job	Missing Scene	WILD CARD	The Lost Heir Job	Colin "Chaos" Mason
Fluff	Detective Patrick Bonanno	The Italian	The Ho Ho Ho Job	Tom Baker
The Beantown Bailout Job	Retrieval Specialist	The Two Horse Job	Thief	The Carnival Job

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fanart: Eliot, fighting on a scaffold (now in color)

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:48:40 GMT

I'd planned to work on the rest of my Bingo line first, but this sketch was sitting there and inking and coloring it was too tempting...

( large image under the cut )
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Leverage fanart

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:19:46 GMT

This is for Fight Bingo, for the square Industrial/Construction.

My Bingo line could end up kind of Eliot-heavy but I shall try to get the other characters involved as much as possible. Next up: knife, I think. Should be fun to throw one of the others in a knife fight and see how they handle themselves. Mehehe.

( full image behind the cut )

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Rec of the day

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:22:16 GMT

Leverage Season 4 Behind the Scenes - Back to the Auditions
The story about how Christian Kane got to audition is hilarious.

more Behind The Scenes
This is an older video, back from the beginning of season 1. Some interesting background info, I didn't know that the show has a technical consultant for all things criminal.

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leverage sketches

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:27:27 GMT

couple more sketches, mostly Nate and one of Sophie. I'll try the rest of the team later.

( sketches behind the cut )
preview: Nate/hat=OTP

These were supposed to be quick sketches but for some reason adding the darn hat took ages. I have another one of Nate-with-hat which came out as a nice ink drawing, just I couldn't get the likeness right.

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Rec of the day

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:14:38 GMT

Get the Party Started by rhoboat (Leverage/White Collar)
(download & streaming vid)
Summary: They're having so much fun, it's illegal.

The vid had me hooked right from the intro... it's shiny and a lot of fun. These two shows want to be crossed over!

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Rec of the day

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:29:55 GMT

The Old Sins Job by mizzy2k
Casefic with Sophie/Nate and team; PG-13; 16,600 words
Summary: An old colleague of Nate's is in need of assistance, but will the past interfere?

This fic rocks. Good Sophie/Nate fic is not easy to find to begin with and good, longer Sophie/Nate fic with a con plot is even more elusive. The story was written for me (yeah, I'm not above bribery to get what I want) and it really hits the spot. A con plot in the vein of the show, a very interesting OC, twists, turns, more twists... and Sophie and Nate being, as usual, pretty crap at the whole romance thing (but not hopeless).
(I did rename the OC for myself... my name is rare enough that anytime I hear it I go, "who, me?!")

I finished the book I've been working on. I have one more quick project to finish and then I'll have time for fanart, hopefully. Maybe I'll try the fic-for-art thing again. While on the topic of bribery. ;o) And I still haven't started on h/c bingo, but I already have several ideas...

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