A Query to my Fan Artist Watchers!

I am writing my term paper in "Issues in Contemporary Art" on fan art. Obviously, there hasn't been a lot in the way of scholarly articles or books published on the subject, since it's very much an "issue" and "controversy" in contemporary art (the theme of the class) and is largely ignored or scorned by the art world at large.

For those of you who defy the ignorance and scorn, what is it that drives you to keep creating fan art? What got you started doing it? Do you create other art (so-called "original art") along with fan art?

If you're someone who's moving away from fan art, or who has only done a few pieces of fan art in your career, what influenced that decision?

What would you say fan art provides for you? For the art world in general?

Sorry for all the spoons, but I wanted to give a jumping-off point for discussion. Feel free to add any other thoughts you have about fan art!

Limited Requests Open!

With the holidays coming upon us, I have decided to open up a limited number of requests as holiday gifts for those of you who are watching me. Just send me a note saying what you want to request. (I'll let you know if I think there's no way it'd be done by New Year's Eve. ) This journal will be updated again when requests are closed; I'm not giving a specific number, since it may vary depending on the complexity and nature of the requests I get.

News

I had to give up on Nanowrimo again this year. It just doesn't work out with college class schedules - this is the month when most of us (especially graduate students) are writing papers and doing final projects. I'm probably not even going to try next November. My next shot will likely be November 2011, because I'll be done with school by then.


Special Feature!

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Un-freaking-real. A-freaking-mazing. These were the first things I thought upon viewing this image. I don't have sufficient vocabulary to express all of the things I think about it, but it is 100% worth a look (and the Daily Deviation it received). The levels of depth and meaning are incredible.

Oh yeah, and the rest of 's gallery is awesome, too.

My Fans!

I love all of you guys! [link]