Musings of Melis

I think up the weirdest crossovers. That really seems to just be my thing.

Anyways, in honour of the release of the first film for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the mere coincidence that the Toronto Maple Leafs are playing the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL's 50,000th game tonight... I ended up drawing an answer to a question I was asked: What if Quidditch was hockey? Or hockey was Quidditch?

( Phil Kessel of the NAQL's Toronto Maple Leafs )

So there hasn't been much activity in this DW account since shortly after the Olympics. Honestly, the last month has been pretty mad and draining with school and work and all that jazz. I haven't really produced any art or really even tried to draw anything since my last update which is very saddening and just makes me loathe education all the more.

The good news is that I'm very nearly done with the university year. As of Tuesday I will be free from the shackles of education until September. This means you'll definitely be seeing more of me, I'll have more to offer, and... um... there's some stuff to look forward to!

I owe a very awesome someone art still which will be first priority beginning next week... or rather, next weekend since I will probably crash for the next several days after school ends. I have some sketches that I want to flush out into fuller drawings, as well as a knitting project that's nearly done, and some sort of cosplay project (though most likely a Hallowe'en costume) that will occupy the summer as well.

Stay tuned some time around May for commission offerings as well. I'm planning a cross-Canada road trip once I graduate next summer (one last bash before I run out of excuses to avoid adulthood) and any little leg up I could get in saving money would be a plus. So I'll have more details about that later on.

But I'm not leaving you completely empty-handed here, for I actually did do a bit of drawing today just to reassure myself that I haven't completely lost it. Granted, I don't know how good the doodles are because I have been up for 36 hours straight and am really very exhausted and out of it. But at least I did something.

( Two brief sketches from classic fandom and new fandom! )

Not much to say here except for the fact that I really probably should not have spent my entire evening doing this. But the urge hit me and the drawing just happened, so what can I do? I'm a slave to my creative whims.

Title: And they're having a lovely time!
Fandom: The Beatles
Character: The red-nosed wizard McCartney
Notes: When I started, I was going to draw Paul frolicking right off a cliff like something out of 300 because I was feeling bizarre. Somehow this happened instead. (Maybe my Inner John told me it was time to take a break from picking on Macca for an evening.)

I also tried a digital inking technique. I've never inked anything in Photoshop before... I don't exactly know any good methods other than just tracing over your own line work with the paintbrush... but I'm much steadier with my own hand so I never do that. But I tried the pen tool out this time and... I'm not sure if I like it in general, but I think it suits this particular art very well.

( The art and a few details below the cut! )

Okay, so I was really bad at the dual journal thing in 2009 because... I dunno. I just was. But my big art resolution for 2010 is to make proper use of this account. I mean, I have it primarily to share my art seeing as how my LJ is primarily friends-locked and who knows? Not everyone who happens by wants to be my LJ friend. You may just want to see what fannish things I produce and that's cool. I just ought to make it easier by KEEPING THIS THING UP TO DATE.

So I'll begin with a link. In my LJ is a public entry detailing My Entire Year of Art for 2009 so instead of a mass double post here, pop on over there to catch anything you may have and probably did miss. We've got art from three Big Bangs, and a pretty decent fandom selection (Harry Potter, Marvel, Star Trek, and the Beatles) and all but two selections are completed.

Now having said that, that's not all there is to this entry. Oh no, for I already have an art piece to kick off 2010! (Because drawing is exactly what I should NOT be doing right now.) But as I said in my 2009 meme, facial hair is something I want to work on... so we're going to start off with that very thing.

Title: Dr. John H Watson
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Watson (in this instance, the Jude Law version... who will probably end up becoming my Watson template for years to come)
Rating: G
Notes: I did not expect myself to do this sort of art because my expectations for Sherlock Holmes were disgustingly low. But it ended up being really good and just thrilled the Holmes fan in me, so there you have it. I concede. I was wrong, the movie was awesome, and I'm so glad it was!

( I am so amused that his nickname is apparently 'Hotson' )

Okay! So in terms of art it's been a pretty productive couple of weeks! This is largely due to writing one fic and discovering the Star Trek Art Meme. I'll probably have a go at a couple other prompts in there over the weekend (though I have to remember to clean my room too).

Anyways! All the art in this entry is, of course Star Trek. And just so we're clear we're talking Star Trek XI. And uh... most, if not all of it is crack in some sense of the word. Because that's how I roll!

Title: On Board the Hermes
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Characters: Spock, Chekov, and a poor red shirt named Odell
Rating: The fic it's from is PG-13 but uh... I'll go with G here... PG if you want to be safe
Notes: An illustration from the fic I wrote Hermes' Messenger.
( The sillohuette is supposed to be Kirk but... whatever )

Title: He's Dead, Jim!
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Characters: McCoy and Chekov
Rating: PG
Notes: Another illustration from Hermes' Messenger (geez, I sound like such a self-pimper here...). THIS ONE HAS A ZOMBIE YAY!
( And still McCoy has a hypospray )

Title: On The Hunt
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Characters: Sulu
Rating: PG
Notes: Last one from the fic. Really. And why yes, that sword IS rather phallic!
( What cricket bat? )

Title: You've Got Red On You
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Characters: Kirk, Scotty, and Sulu
Rating: PG?
Notes: A fullfilled prompt over at the st_fanart_meme which asked for: "Any crew member(s): Preparing/prepared/geared-up for Zombie attack." I drew a blank as to what sort of weapon Kirk should be brandishing so he has an indiscriminant metal cylinder.
( Simon Pegg was in this movie! You know the joke had to be made! )

Title: This Is Not a Goddamn Sonic Screwdriver
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Characters: McCoy and a GQMF LENS FLARE!!!
Rating: G
Notes: Another one done for the meme: "McCoy a la Doctor Who - with Fourth's awesome long scarf and coat. Tardis in the bg." So the coat didn't happen... but there is a TARDIS, the scarf, and a spectacular lensflare that obscures the hypospray!
( I'm a doctor, not a... a... shut up! )

There are a couple of great recs in that meme that you all have to go look at too. (Though, actually, you should look through the whole thing because it's all spectacular!)

De-aged Spock, Uhura, Kirk, McCoy, and their respective babysitters (Chekov and Sulu) by glockgal I WANT TO ADOPT BABY KIRK LIKE RIGHT NOW.

Winged Sulu by iambickilometer I was very impressed! It seemed like such a cracky prompt to me but it came looking... well... like a thing of beauty.

Chekov and Sulu eyeflirting by glockgal Adorable, simply adorable!

The meme is also filled with pirates, more slash, and plenty of unfullfilled prompts, so go have a look!

Tomorrow I'm off work, but instead of hanging around and indulging in home fandom, I need to do some shopping. I'm going to be searching for something to get my dad for Father's Day (not sure what) and I'm also off to buy some yarn. I found a pattern for Scotty's hat from the Star Trek movie and if I work on it and that 4th Doctor scarf this summer, by the time winter rolls around again I will be the world's greatest space hobo!

Oh yeah.

The year of school and exams are all done and over with. I am done with that campus until September now! Now I start longer hours at work next week so it's not exactly like I'll have spare time now, what with having only Fridays and Sundays off. WHY!?!

BUT THAT IS NOT NEWS. What IS news is that last weekend I finally saw Star Trek? And guess what? Due to the combined efforts of several loveable fandom friends... IT'S SUCKED ME IN. THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM IT'S PARASITIC CLUTCHES.

So we're entering the world of fan art now! I hope to have something more substantial and done much better in the near future (I don't go into work until 6 today so I have the whole day to do stuff!), but for now... enjoy a cute little picture of Kirk, McCoy, and metroids that you KNOW will not end well.

Title:This will not end well.
Fandom: Star Trek (reboot)
Characters: Kirk, McCoy, and metroids! (lol Nintendo)
Rating: G
Medium: Copics

( But they're so CUTE! )