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There was so much awesome art posted for paintedspires. If you weren't following it, you should go over and take a look at everything. These are my top favorites (in order of posting):

The Electric Things Have Their Life Too by steammmpunk
John and Rodney as cyborgs. I love the ephemeral quality of this, with the thin lines and light coloring. The actual cyborg parts and cords and stuff reminds me a lot of Ghost in the Shell.

Ever Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moonlight? by astridv
Ronon and Todd ambushing a group of Wraith. This has a really neat comic book style to it.

Enchanted Atlantis by le_mot_mo
This is a movie poster for a John/Rodney version of Enchanted. I was initially frightened by the very thought, but it's really, really awesome. They've got the Disney style down well, and I love how the animated half of the poster blends so perfectly with the photographic half.

Zelenka & His Pokémon by witchwaif
It's Zelenka as a Pokemon scientist! They got the Pokemon style down really well.

SGA-Noir by leyna55
John, Rodney, Elizabeth, Ronon, and Teyla as detectives. I love the drawings (especially Ronon), and the fact that the artist made a bunch of cheesy-looking novel covers to go along with it.

On a Rainy Afternoon (Naptime) by renisanz
This is just a really cute Ronon/Keller drawing. I like the coloring a lot.

It's a Strange World by steammmpunk
Steampunk!Rodney done in a kind of woodblock print style. I really love the gears.

Muppet: Atlantis by astridv
The team as muppets! They look really great, especially John. (There are also icon-sized pics of other cast members, though the quality isn't as good as the main drawing.)

Regency AU by leyna55
The main focus is on John and Rodney, but there are lots of other cast members as well. The costumes look great.

Seasons in Atlantis by _phoon_
Four art nouveau illustrations, one for each team member. These are really beautiful.

Sheppard & Steampunk!Puddlejumper by ratcreature
This looks like an illustration out of a children's book about John the wacky inventor/pilot.

'Twas Brillig by crysothemis
John fighting the Jabberwocky. The level of detail in this is amazing. It looks like a cover illustration for a fantasy novel.

Visual Music by bingeling
Punk teenager!Teyla! I love the grass and the "music" and her clothing and just everything. It's all so sharp and clean.

Stargate: Atlantis (1974) by _phoon_
This is done in the style of a '70s sci-fi comic or magazine. Really awesome.

Today's challenge was to leave feedback on three audio or visual fanworks. I don't listen to podcasts or watch vids or look at other people's icons, but I do look at fanart. I really liked all of these that I left fb for today, so I figured I'd write them up here as well.

Canon Humper by reallycorking
I don't often look at smut_wednesday because the artists are not ones I'm terribly keen on, but I was looking for stuff to leave feedback on and just clicking everything. Anyway, I'm glad I did! This is a funny comic (also NWS) that takes innocent lines from HBP and gives them an entirely new meaning... And while I am not in love with her style, it's well-drawn.

Seven years of the Trio by glockgal
This, now, this is amazing. It's seven sketches of the Trio, one for each year, and I am absolutely in love with it. I really like the "pencil sketch with a dab of color" style and how they obviously age with each new drawing (though I think they look older than eleven in the first one; I would have liked to see them a bit more wee). My favorites, though, are the final one (which made me realise how much I hope all three of them make it through!) and third year, with Hermione hidden behind her pile of books and her and Ron looking at each other over Harry.

Plus! Two of my favorite artists drew covers for book seven! Apparently a couple of the big HP sites are having competitions. Too bad the official cover won't be anything as good as these; I really don't like Mary GrandPre's style.

Deathly Hallows cover by leelastarsky
This one actually won first place in the Leaky Cauldron contest. Instead of just doing a front cover as the others did, she actually did a full wrap-around, with book flaps and everything, plus a mock-up of how it would look on the UK version. Amazing. There's so much detail in the background, with the castle and standing stones, great atmosphere, and Harry's Celtic-knot-looking spell is really cool. This is colored in Photoshop rather than with the traditional media she usually uses, but she did a realy good job with it.

Deathly Hallows cover by teawithvoldy
This was done for a contest on Mugglenet, which hasn't had its judging yet, but I really hope she wins. I love Harry here. He looks appropriately teenager-ish. The snakes winding up are really cool, and my favorite part of the whole thing is actually the reflection of them in his glasses. It's the little details, you know? I also like the composition with the spectres in the background and the shadowy Hermione and Ron.