“Fan art is often the viewer’s reaction to the show projected onto the character”. Not a bad summary, that.
Cosplayers and model creators will all give you fairly similar advice to starting a new project. It begins with a ton of hours spent on the Internet for research, and ends with paint, polish, and possibly some decals.
Reddit user lumpyheadedbunny drew these awesome Sonic 2-inspired kicks with graffiti pens. My first thought was that it must have taken her a while, because you can see how much detail went into the drawing.
The thing about legendary icons is that, in a sense, they serve as a cipher. A character who’s been around for 25 or 30 years is going to to be reimagined and reinterpreted nearly as many times as there are fans to see him.
Website Unreality Magazine has uncovered some beautiful portrait drawings of some of our favourite Mass Effect characters.
I love creative fan works. I never cease to be amazed at the brilliant drawings, sculptures, songs, videos and more that devoted fans with artistic talent create and share.