Fan Art

[TransWarpDrive]

Cloud, I just remembered something I used when I studied art in college all those years ago. It was a sandpaper pad; essentially a bunch of narrow sheets of sandpaper glued together at one end (like the pages of a tear-off note pad), and stapled at the other end to a narrow wooden board with a handle on it. Here's how to use it: After you've sharpened your pencil as much as you can in the "twister" sharpener, you take the pencil and lay the pointed tip on its side on the sandpaper pad. Using slow, gentle strokes, you then sharpen the lead's point even further than the hand-held sharpener can. You can get a sandpaper pad at any good art or drafting supply store, or you can simply use a sheet of fine sandpaper (but not too fine!) from the local hardware store. The sandpaper pad is more convenient to use as its sheets are already cut down into a portable shape, but the stuff from the hardware store might be cheaper if money's a problem. You'll just have to cut the hardware sandpaper down into small sheets yourself, though.
Hope this helps!

Thanks for the tip. I'm sure we've got some sandpaper around here and I'll give it a try. I have been pretty lucky today as the tips haven't been giving me any trouble (knocks on wood) and hope I can keep it up... But i will still try what you suggested.

You're welcome! Glad to help!

[shallow15]

So I picked up a copy of "Death Proof" on DVD, and it got me inspired and combined with a post-series fic idea I had wherein Adrenna Lynn returns after a long absence from Kim & Ron's lives...but I figured in the last couple of years, she's become a little bit harder, a little bit meaner, and a little bit more cold blooded in her craziness...

...oh, and she doesn't fake the stuntwork anymore.

So taking all this into account, I came up with this...



And then tweaked it a little further into this...



Whatcha think?

--Erin M.

[Fireand'chutes77]

Nice!

I've only seen commercial clips for "DeathProof," but it looks like the kind of movie that Tarantino just had a lot of fun with.

The "promo" poster looks the best of the two; the glowing outline softens the line mistakes we all make.

I'll be sure to check this one out. I like the title - short, snappy, direct, tantalizing. I prefer to do the same thing, demonstrated in the titles of "Drive" and "The After."

[Cloud23465]

I've put a lot of work (and money) into these pictures. Yes, I know some of the colors are not the exact match... I worked with what I had on hand.

Kims battle suit
Kims new mission clothes
Homecoming upset dress
StD Kims dad was kidnapped
Ron comes to save Kim and Wade
Confused look from the Team impossible episode
Kims confused look from the Cap'n Drakken episode
Yar matie!
Bad hair day #1
Yo! Yo! Yo!
Say the word!
Bad hair day #2
Fashion modle
Trying to find a new mission outfit
This look wasn't to bad...
This outfit was featured in ASiT... and is one of my favorites
I find it ironic that Kim took the idea from the fashionistas
Oh no!
Kim does this turn after trying to intrest the fashionistas to help design her new mission outfit
Toe nail fungus? I've got to agree with that look
Bueno nacho?

[Cloud23465]

BTW: Cloud, I love all the pics! But the Bueno Nacho one, the link won't work.

Yeah sorry about that.... the problems fixed. I acutally just noticed I missed one too.
Scurvy Dogs?

[TransWarpDrive]

Cloud, that last drawing of yours was just great! You've really captured the KP "style!" Kim and Ron look like they do in the series - really great likenesses there! You're improving with practice, and it shows in every sketch you do! Keep up the good work, my friend!

[Cloud23465]

Cloud, that last drawing of yours was just great! You've really captured the KP "style!" Kim and Ron look like they do in the series - really great likenesses there! You're improving with practice, and it shows in every sketch you do! Keep up the good work, my friend!

Thanks... I know I put lot of OT into getting these done as soon as possible... I am going to take a break though. I think I got a little burnt out and I've got alot of other things going on so it is for the best. When things settle back down I go right back to it.

[shallow15]

The following is a scene from the first chapter of "The Hyde Factor."



--Erin M.

[shallow15]

So, for those who don't know, I work at Walt Disney World. And every year, they hold the Cast Create-A-Pin contest. Cast members from all over Disney World can submit their ideas for pin designs. The Pin Trading team pick five winners and those winners see their artwork turned into limited edition (and I do mean limited: only 500 of each winning design) cast member exclusive pins.

My entry for last year, "Villainous Vacation" can be found here:

http://shallow15.deviantart.com/art/...ation-48967906

But it didn't win (And no, it had nothing to do with the quality of the picture, since all the winning entries get redrawn by the professional artists at Disney Design Group before they're turned into pins)

After seeing the sheer shmaltz factor involved in the winning pins from that year (All of them were a basic variant on "Cast Members Make the Magic"), I decided to try again with that particular theme in mind, and, once again, I did not win. So, I present to you my 2008 Cast Create-A-Pin Contest Entry...



--Erin M.

[CellerFan]

Hi gang.

This is good that we have a forum where we can showcase our completed and ongoing fiction and artworks. It gives us all a chance to sample the genius of the group beyond just forum posts and without having to open a separate site.

As my 2 cents, I want to try something - a "trailer poster" I guess, of an upcoming fanfic I'm working on. Let's see if I get this right...