Wrapping Paper Challenge 2020!

[rocknroll1968]

(copied from last year's post)

The Wrapping Paper art challenge for Yuletide is an opportunity for those who love art to give and receive fanart treats, in the spirit of the crossover, interactive fiction, and drabble challenges.

You can comment here to request art.

You can read the comments to find someone to treat.

Be sure to post your treats to the Madness Collection. Art is not permitted in the main collection.

Tag your treats with 'Wrapping Paper'.

Please respect your recipient's wishes as to whether they'd like art as a treat.

If you want to receive art, please provide this info in the comments:

AO3 Handle:
Letter Link:
Fandom and character(s):
Prompts:

Happy treating!

Comments

[shadaras]

AO3 Handle: Shadaras
Letter Link: Letter
Fandom and character(s):
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water - Zen Cho (Guet Imm, Tet Sang)
全职高手 - 蝴蝶蓝 | Quánzhí Gāoshǒu - Húdié Lán (The King’s Avatar) (any)
Golden Stage (Fu Shen, Yan Xiaohan)
Nirvana in Fire (TV) (Lin Shu | Mei Changsu | Su Zhe, Mu Nihuang)
无双 - 梦溪石 | Peerless - Mèng Xī Shí (Any [Feng Xiao, Cui Buqu])

Prompts / General Art Likes:
Setting Change AUs (fantasy to sci-fi, modern to regency, just add dragons; anything like that!) | Racebending (or digging into cultures more deeply than the source material did!) | Rule 63 (genuinely fun to see how designs change, especially if you make my male faves women) | Draw my faves with wings and I will love you | Tarot, symbology, dream imagery, illuminated manuscripts, and related things | A character surrounded by items they carry/often interact with | In-universe art! Formal portraiture, social media posts, anything of that sort. | Characters being relaxed, happy, snuggling with their partner/friends, or otherwise having a good time. | Characters interacting with animals | Characters doing what they do best (crafting, fighting, working, etc.) | I’m very happy to see art focusing on the scene at large and allowing the character/ship to be a smaller aspect of the whole | Light! (dramatic B&W shadow-work, subtle dappled sunlight, a magical/mystical light-source...) | Color! (jewel tones, neon, pastel, monochrome, highlights... I like it all) | Black and white/Grayscale art! (making art read clearly when you aren't using color is awesome!) | Lineless art awes me (it's hard for me!) | Beautiful lineart delights me (but obviously isn't necessary)

If you're interested in more narrative prompts, please see my letter for fic-based prompts that you're welcome to alter for art purposes!

[kitsunerei88]

AO3: kitsunerei88
Letter: https://kitsunerei88.livejournal.com/55875.html
Fandoms and Characters:
The Immortals by Tamora Pierce - Daine, Numair (also open to Skysong!)
Line of Duty - Steve, Kate, Ted
Romances of Arquitaine by Lilith Saintcrow - Vianne, Tristan
Scholomance by Naomi Novik - Any
Tricksters Series by Tamora Pierce - Aly, Dove, Taybur
Wedgeford Trials - Chloe, Jeremy

I am open to art treats for all of my fandoms. I love pretty much all art.

Art request

[cat2000]

AO3 Name: Cat2000

My Letter

Dune Series: Chani Kyne, Paul Atreides, Duncan Idaho
Tenet: Neil, The Protagonist
Lucky Starr: David "Lucky" Starr, John Bigman Jones
The Eagle of the Ninth: Marcus Flavius Aquila, Esca Mac Cunoval
Elantris: Raoden, Sarene, Hrathen
The Greatcoats: Kest Murrowson, Falcio val Mond, Brasti Goodbow

No specific prompts. I just really would love any form of art and will be forever grateful. Thanks!

[learnedfoot]

AO3 Handle: LearnedFoot

Letter Link: https://learnedfoot.dreamwidth.org/6912.html

Fandom and character(s):
-- BoJack Horseman: BoJack Horseman & Mr. Peanutbutter
-- The Great (2020): Catherine & Peter III
-- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Adams): Ford Prefect & Arthur Dent
-- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Shy Baldwin & Reggie
-- Pilgrimage (2017): Brother Diarmuid & The Mute
-- You're the Worst: Sam Dresden

Prompts: Art likes in my letter

[corpsebrigadier]

AO3 Handle: CorpseBrigadier

Letter link: https://corpsebrigadier.dreamwidth.org/14462.html

Fandom and character(s):
•   The 13 Clocks (The Golux)
•   Betrayal at Krondor (Gorath, Owyn Beleforte)
•   Final Fantasy Tactics (Dycedarg Beoulve)

General Art Likes: I like things with dynamic poses; things that are cute/cartoonish; things that do something offbeat and a little bit exaggerated/surreal; and things that are a little over-stylized and dripping with symbolic imagery. Limited palettes and starkly inked black and white pieces are close to my heart as I am a rotten colorist and have an affinity for styles I could conceivably emulate. I also tend to like things that are de-saturated or a washed out looking. As with my general likes, I am always here religious imagery (which would obviously lean more Catholicy with FFT and more classical Pagan with BaK) and for anything cool involving symbolically important plants (significant uses of fictional plants like silverthorn and mosfungus are obviously cool, but if you want to do things with a floriography primer and real world plant life, please go wild).

Prompts:
•   The 13 Clocks: I'd straight up love anything that replicates the palette and general feel of the Marc Simont, but really anything whimsical and fun involving the Golux and his attributes both describable and indescribable would be delightful. I'm even fine with compositions that take advantages of his guise as Listen and leave him implied in a scene but possessing no describable features at all. In general though, I would just love anything that might be enjoyable for a Golux to do: juggling, spellcraft, cooking, gardening, intigue, hatmaking, larceny, etc... I'm pretty happy to see all manner of Goluxes (Golices?) doing all manner of things.

•   Betrayal at Krondor: Anything involving Gorath and Owyn in the Northlands, possibly emerging from Sar-Sargoth or recovering from nearly drowning; mundane instances of day-to-day happenings on the road (healing cantrips, drinking at shady taverns, Owyn trying to busk for money); any images of Owyn interacting with Neville/Navon and Ugyne or images of Gorath in happier times in the Northlands with Cullich and all of his friends who had not yet died in Murmandamus' hopeless campaign. If you want to do something a little bit comic/cutesy, you could portray the characters struggling with one of those accursed puzzle chests.

•   Final Fantasy Tactics: I undoubtedly make too much of Rofel/Loffrey's throwaway line about Dycedarg knowing a lot about poisons, and as such I'd love to see him chilling with any manner of poisonous plant or fungus. Illustrations of him hanging around with his family or with those rascally Larg kids would be great, and I'm also very game for anything that involves Adrammelech or just goat imagery in general. I am just really an absolute dork for FFT characters chilling with mundane incarnations of their signature animal-based Lucavi. If you want to do something a little offbeat, things that have some sort of medievalish art style (illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, etc...) would be great for this canon.

[deep_dark_waters]

Ao3: Deepdarkwaters
Letter:https://deep-dark-waters.dreamwidth.org/9570.html
Fandoms: If you have any other ideas that have nothing to do with the prompts or what's in my letter or don't include all the characters, go for it anyway! I will love you ♥ There's no kind of art I don't enjoy, but I have a special aesthetic love for chiaroscuro, line drawings, and watercolour splashes.

Black Eyes - Philippa Pearce - Black Teddy, Lucinda
Prompts: I have a deep unhealthy obsession with teddy bears and think even the ugly ones are beautiful, so I challenge you to do your worst and draw a really EVIL looking bear that'll scare the shit out of even me. Or something about a sweet little ten year old psychic murderer holding her bear in the middle of some catastrophic scene.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, Etta Place
Prompts: Stubble burn on pale skin, wounds being patched up, washing road dust out of Etta's long hair, bicycle tomfoolery, tiny people in vast Wyoming landscapes. Anything!

Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein - Julie Beaufort-Stuart, Maddie Brodatt
Prompts: A million roses.

Spirit - George Roux (Painting 1885) - Ghost, Man
Prompts: I wish I could see her face! Is she as pretty as she looks from the back, or does her face have horrifying black holes for eyes or something?

The Sea Witch - Adrien Amilhat (Painting 2017) - The Sea Witch
Prompts: Sea storms, ships in peril, disbelieving sailors. Or where does she go and what does she do when the sea is calm?

The Uninvited Guest pt 1 & 2 - Adolph Menzel (Painting Duology 1844-1845) - Death
Prompts: Who or what is on the other side of that door? When Death hits the ground outside the window do all his bones scatter?

[idan]

AO3 Name: idanit
Letter Link: https://idan.dreamwidth.org/588.html
Fandom and Characters: The Left Hand of Darkness (this is the one that, I feel, would be most appropriate for art, but feel free to make artfor my other requests!)
Art likes: I like realism, semi-realism and heavily-stylised art alike (just preferably with outlines that aren't black, if you do lineart rather than paint), both digital and traditional. I like bold colours (but also black-and-white pieces) and high contrast. As a rule, I like full compositions (and interesting/dynamic composition ideas) rather than a single thing on a white background, but that depends on the idea, I suppose. But, really - I love getting art, so those are just pointers; you can hardly go wrong. I'd be excited both for sketches and full pieces, so if inspiration strikes you in regards to any of my fandoms, just go for it! For TLHoD it doesn't even have to involve any nominated characters - show me the setting, or some OCs, or nature.
Art DNWs: sex acts.
Prompts!:

This is such a rich, multi-layered, interesting world! It really feels to me that the hard and beautiful story we’ve read in the book is just one of many, many more stories that have taken, or can take place there. You can hardly go wrong with choosing what to explore, I’m interested in everything, even if it had been ficced before – I need more.

We spend so much time in Karhide and Orgoreyn, but what about Sith, or Perunter? I’d love to hear about the other continents, what people’s lives there are like, what makes them culturally or politically different, and what makes them similar to the characters we’ve met. What kind of stories or myths do they tell? What are their problems? I’d be happy to meet your OCs.

I feel like TLHOD was a breath of fresh air when it was first written (well. it still is!), but reading it in 2020 I saw many unopened doors in regards to the sexual characteristics of the Gethenians. We know about Perverts stuck in one sex like Terrans, but what about, say, intersex people? Does it happen sometimes (why?). What about homosexuality, does it even have the right to function on this world, where biology seems to push people into opposite sexes when they’re close and at least one of them is in kemmer? Maybe it doesn’t always happen? What would Gethenians think about how Terrans can be homosexual or bisexual sometimes, seeing as they’re fluctuating between being sexless and heterosexual, themselves? How would they react to a trans person visiting Gethen, or a nonbinary one? Also: I was annoyed by how the male pronouns were the default for Gethenians in the edition I’ve read, so feel free to use any other pronouns you’d like, or experiment with different ones.

Finally, I’m interested in things that are more close to the canon: what if Therem didn't die, could the story develop in such a way? What was the rest of Genry’s life on Gethen like? And I’d love it if you could tell me more about the first Investigators, how they experienced Winter when they first arrived.

Oh, and I’m curious about religions on the planet, too, so any story about that (with some mystical elements?) would be great as well. As I said – you can hardly go wrong choosing what to focus on in this world.

[reflectedeve]

AO3 Handle: Lilith
Letter Link: Here!
In general, I particularly love scenes that look like they're in the middle of the action, a snapshot or illustration from a story (whether or not the story exists). Also definitely into playing with classic styles/formats, visual parody, etc. Or cute shippy art. Or portraits/character designs. Or illustrations of settings/worldbuilding type stuff!

Please make sure to avoid whitewashing characters of color. Diverse character designs (in gender presentation, size, race) are very welcome, especially where canon is not specific.

Fandom and character(s): Gamechanger: Cherub "Rubi" Whiting, Gimlet Barnes
Prompts: Rubi and Gimlet having a dramatic heroine/villain confrontation and/or making out in-game (fantasy/sci-fi setting of your choice)!

Fandom and character(s): The Left-Handed Booksellers of London: Susan Arkshaw, Merlin St. Jacques, Vivien St. Jacques
Prompts:The three arrive at a formal event, only to find that Merlin is wearing the same outfit as either Susan or Vivien. Susan and Merlin in a classic romance novel pose - with Susan as the "hero." Merlin and Vivien, traditional family portrait-style.

Fandom and character(s): The Locked Tomb: Gideon Nav, Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Ianthe Tridentarius, Abigail Pent
Prompts: Illustrations of any of Harrow's AU scenarios from the second book! Short comic/set of illustrations playing with the differences in body language between Harrow and Gideon-in-Harrow's-body. Ianthe hitting on Harrow. Abigail surrounded by research materials.

Fandom and character(s): The Queen's Thief: Eugenides, Attolia (Irene), Eddis (Helen)
Prompts:Eugenides teaching Eugenia to walk on the roof. Irene and Helen having an amusing private conversation, possibly with an alarmed Eugenides in the background. The twins playing with Aunt Helen. Eugenides and Irene dancing together - maybe in the garden?

Fandom and character(s): Wayfarers: Sidra, Pepper, Tak, Owl
Prompts: The interior of Home. Flirting/teasing between Sidra and either Pepper or Tak, using Sidra's petbots. Tak tattooing Sidra (again).

[wolffyluna]

AO3 Handle: wolffyluna
Letter Link: Link
Fandom and character(s):
默读 | Light in the Night – priest (Fei Du)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Game (Zana Mathos, Neave Blacktalon)
Machineries of Empire - Yoon Ha Lee (Mahar, Garach Jedao Shkan)
Heaven Will Be Mine (Luna-Terra, Saturn, Pluto)
We Know The Devil (Jupiter, Neptune, Venus)
Prompts: Link

[kryptontease]

AO3: Kryptontease
Letter: https://metropolisjournal.neocities.org/Yuletideletter.html
Fandom and character(s):
+ Among Us: Imposter, Crewmate, Mini-Crewmate
+ Assassin's Creed - Origins: Bayek
+ The Decoy Bride: any
+ The Kiss: The Man in Gold, The Grumpy Cat
+ The Martian: Mark Watney, Vincent Kapoor
+ The Princess and the Pony: Princess Pinecone, Fat Pony

Prompts & Likes: I have specific art likes & prompts in my letter! I love sketchy intimate moments between characters, and I also love really formal stuffy portraits that you might hang in a foyer. I also really love symbolic artworks (like tarot card designs), abstract artwork (like color field and De Stijl), minimalistic posters, symmetrical artworks & design (mandala & zentangle-inspired artworks), and other kinds of designs (coats of arms, maps, book covers, logos, etc).

I love artworks that have author note about the process/thoughts that went into the artwork, esp. for abstract art.

[shinyfakehard]

AO3 Handle: plastics
Letter Link: https://shinyfakehard.dreamwidth.org/4402.html#cutid1
Fandom and character(s): Night in the Woods, Seattle Kraken, Surfing RPF, Tri Phi (Any/all characters for each)
Prompts: I’m not very good at art-specific prompts, but I’ve found it very soothing in recent months. Generally, I like oversaturation, contrast, color blocking; tender moments (fingers brushing, kissing, holding hands, intense eye contact), atmosphere and settings; details and clutter. Bright, warm colors make me really happy.

I also like art that fleshes out the world—informational brochures, “photos,” postcards—and captures those quiet moments that are hard to capture with words. I also really, really love environmental studies.

There are more general prompts and a few links in my letter if you're interested!

[xslytherclawx]

AO3 Handle: xslytherclawx
Letter Link!
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Fandom: folklore: Teenage Love Triangle Trilogy - Taylor Swift • Characters: Betty, James, & the narrator of "august"
Prompt: I'd honestly just like to see how you picture any/all of them. Maybe Betty and James walking around town at night? James and "august" meeting behind the mall? James showing up on Betty's porch?
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Fandom: The Secret History by Donna Tartt • Characters: Francis Abernathy & Richard Papen
Prompt: I'd love to see something "progressing" between them - any rating is fine!
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Fandom: Seducing the Sedgwicks by Cat Sebastian • Characters: Martin Easterbrook & Will Sedgwick
Prompt: domesticity! tenderness!
honestly I can go with any setting, time-wise, for them; either the two of them cuddling as kids, or Martin taking care of Will after he comes back to London, or Will taking care of Martin after they leave London, or post-canon.
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fandoms I requested for YT without specific art prompts:
Fandom: Derry Girls • Characters: James Maguire
Fandom: The Magicians by Lev Grossman • Characters: Quentin Coldwater
Fandom: Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken / Love in Thoughts (2004) • Characters: Paul Krantz & Günther Scheller

I'd honestly be happy with any / all art treats! Specific DNWs as I have them are on my letter, as well as some additional prompts that may be useful for art as well, but I'm much less particular with art than fic!

[(Anonymous)]

Ao3: Rinadoll (https://archiveofourown.org/users/rinadoll)

Letter:
https://devoted-book-nerd.tumblr.com/post/632353935924117504/yuletide-2020

Fandoms:
Anne of Green Gables books (Anne, Diana)
American Girl: Kit (Kit, Ruthie)
Oregon Trail (any)
Winter Wonderland--Andrews Sisters (Narrator, Love Interest)

Prompts: Anything from my likes section or prompts. Winter activities (skating, sledding, sleigh ride, walking in the snow, curled up by the fire with snow falling), winter romance (cuddling, hand holding, kissing, reading to another), Christmas celebrations (tree, lights, mistletoe, baking), etc.

I ship Anne/Diana and Kit/Ruthie, but also love them as friends. I have a slight preference for f/f for Oregon Trail and Winter Wonderland, but also enjoy het and m/m. Winter Wonderland can be set in any time period--I love the 40s and 50s, but anything in the last 150 years or so is great. I prefer romantic pairings to be 18+.

For Oregon Trail, handholding, sitting by the river, by the dinner fire, snuggling, view from Chimney Rock, etc, or a scene from the game milestones—almost anything goes there. No death scene, no guns. Gravestones okay.

[levoi]

AO3 Handle: thecarlysutra
Letter Link: https://carlyinrome.livejournal.com/1056244.html
Fandom and character(s):

      
• Thunderheart (1992): Ray Levoi, Walter Crow Horse
      
• Top Gun (1986): Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
      
• A Knight's Tale (2001): William Thatcher (A Knight's Tale), Jocelyn (A Knight's Tale)
      
• Teenage Bounty Hunters (TV): Blair Wesley, Sterling Wesley, Bowser Simmons
      
• Ghost and the Darkness (1996): John Henry Patterson (Ghost and the Darkness 1996), Helena Patterson (Ghost and the Darkness 1996)

Prompts: I love all kinds of art, but I think my favorite fanart is of the intimate moments variety. That doesn't necessarily mean sex (though it doesn't not mean sex), but characters caught in a soft moment together. One patching up the other after a fight (any hurt/comfort is A+), sharing a meal, snuggling on the couch. I'm a marshmallow; I love this stuff.

[beatrice_otter]

AO3 Handle: Beatrice_Otter
Letter Link: https://beatrice-otter.dreamwidth.org/411137.html

Fandom and character(s): Dirty Computer: Jane, Zen, Che
Prompts: They all had some fabulous clothes in the video, I love the afrofuturist vibe. The things I am most interested in would be fashion plates of them, or them being a happy poly threesome together, or them being activists in some way. But anything with any of these three would be awesome.

Fandom and character(s): 将军在上 | Oh My General (Web Series), Ye Zhao, Zhao Yujin, Concubine Yang, Xuan'er, Mianning
Prompts: Them all being a happy family together! Ye Zhao doing something strong/heroic and the rest swooning, or Ye Zhao and Zhao Yujin being a cute couple, or Ye Zhao and the concubines doing something together.

Fandom and character(s): One Day at a Time (TV 2017) Penelope Alvarez, Elena Alvarez
Prompts: Mother-daughter bonding! Cuddling, or doing something together, or Penelope exasperated at something Elena is doing, or one of them teasing the other.

Fandom and character(s): The Martian (2015), Vincent Kapoor
Prompts: Vincent at work at NASA, either on the ground or in space

[yhlee]

AO3 Handle: etothey
Letter Link: https://yhlee.dreamwidth.org/3421445.html
Fandom and character(s):
Chess Pieces (Queen, Knight)
K/DA (Ahri)
Planescape: Torment (The Nameless One)
Steve Jackson's Sorcery (Any - The Archmage, The Adventurer, Flanker, The Time Serpent)
Sword Art Online Abridged (Don Fluffles)

Things I like (art): line art, pencil sketches, black and white or grayscale (accent color optional), vivid colors, photorealism, cartoons, Art Nouveau style, Tarot/card interpretations of characters, steampunk/space opera AU versions of characters, ALL the clothing pr0n. I especially enjoy seeing process sketches if you're comfortable sharing those as well.

Prompts:
Chess Pieces
- Literally draw me queen and knight chess pieces. Staunton? Something more exotic? I'm easy.
- The Queen menacing the Knight, or v.v., with or without chessboard.
- Formal portraits of the Queen with the Knight as her bodyguard.

K/DA
- Ahri glammed up for a performance, with or without any of her bandmates.
- A commercial featuring Ahri shilling cosmetics. Feel free to make this as cheesy as you want.
- Ahri in a hanbok.

Planescape: Torment
- A close-up of any of the Nameless One's tattoos.
- One of the Nameless One's journal pages - marginalia/doodles from other party members optional.
- The Nameless One's character sheet.

Steve Jackson's Sorcery!
- Any of the characters playing a board game (artist's choice).
- A sketch of any of the characters in a compromising or dangerous situation drawn by a scout or spy.
- Any of the characters gloating over their hoard of Provisions/dice/gold pieces/artefacts/whatever.

Sword Art Online Abridged
- Don Fluffles going wild for some catnip.
- Don Fluffles loafing in a sunbeam.
- Don Fluffles walking across a keyboard and/or sitting on a mouse.

[hangingfire]

AO3 Handle: hangingfire
Letter Link: Here

Fandom and character(s):
* The Young Pope: Lenny Belardo, John Brannox
* Piranesi - Susanna Clarke: Piranesi, Sixteen
* The Culture - Iain M. Banks: Any
* The Cornelius Quartet - Michael Moorcock: Una Persson

Prompts:
* Piranesi: Any illustrations of the characters, the House, the statues, the tides, etc.
* The Culture: whack 1970s-style pulp sci-fi illustrations (Michael Whelan, Chris Foss, etc)
* Tarot cards / symbolism
* Religious iconography
* Pulp novel covers
* Manuscript illuminations
* Honestly anything that strikes your fancy

Easiest way to describe what kind of art I like is to rattle off a list of favorite artists:
* Comics: Jamie McKelvie, Amy Reeder, Stephanie Hans, Tula Lotay, Mike Dringenberg, Michael Zulli, Gerhard, Fiona Staples, Becky Cloonan, Dustin Nguyen, Jeff Lemire, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Richard Case, Jill Thompson
* Conventional: James Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Gustav Klimt, Hilma af Klint, Aubrey Beardsley, Dorothea Tanning, Romaine Brooks, Leonora Carrington

[categranger]

I've integrated Wrapping Paper likes and prompts throughout my letter, but I've also broken them out here for easier reference! I love art, and I will love anything you are inspired to create in my fandoms. Any style, any theme, any character(s), any rating. ♥ Sketches, finished pieces, cartoons, porn ... I can't think of anything I wouldn't like! (Except something in my general DNWs, like detailed gore or noncon. But I have no "specific to art" dislikes!)

General Note: While I've had fun thinking of prompts, if you have a different idea or inspiration, GO FOR IT. As long as it doesn't conflict with my DNWs, I would love any art in my fandoms. You don't have to feel restricted to my prompts in any way! You are also welcome to any of my fic prompts, if those inspire an art idea!

AO3 Handle: categranger (AO3)
Letter Link: https://categranger.dreamwidth.org/852.html
Fandoms: Operas - The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011)
Historical RPF - The Anarchy RPF, 14th & 15th CE Plantagenet Dynasty RPF, War of the Roses RPF

General Art Likes:
- Smiles.
- Sunshine.
- Affectionate, tender embraces.
- Passionate embraces.
- "Novel covers" (or "DVD covers" for the opera fandoms)
- Characters caught in the moment of telling/listening to a joke.
- The moment before a kiss (especially a first kiss).
- Characters with their head on their lover’s shoulder or in their lover’s lap.
- Characters gazing at their lovers with looks of utter besotted-ness. (If for an opera, perhaps while their lover is in the middle of an aria!)
- This is, uh, quite specific, but men kneeling in front of women (whether in penitence, worship, playfulness, lust, homage, etc.) I realised while writing this letter that it was showing up in basically all my fandoms, so might as well ‘fess to it up front. :)
- A man in a greater state of undress and/or dishevelment than the woman he's wooing.
- Portraits of women looking stalwart and determined.
- For my historical RPF fandoms -- I love the Disney Robin Hood, and I wonder how any of these historical characters might be interpreted in a similar-style Disney film. What animal might Margaret Beaufort be? Henry FitzEmpress? Etc. :D

Fandom and character(s):
Il barbiere di Siviglia | The Barber of Seville - Rossini/Sterbini
(Rosina, Conte di Almaviva, Figaro)
Fandom-specific prompts: (some notes to specific productions, which I explain in my letter)
• ‘Lindoro’ serenading Rosina on her balcony.
• Rosina writing her letter to Lindoro and plotting her plan of attack during “Una voce poco fa”.
• Rosina’s wheelchair and pink cast from RoH 2009 are adorable. I’d love to see any art of her from that production, especially flirting with/kissing Almaviva, but also plotting with Figaro.
• Almaviva in costume! As I mentioned, I love the 2007 drunken-soldier costume a lot. But any costume is great.
• The singing lesson scene (with a sleeping Bartolo, perhaps?)
• Exasperated Figaro on the ladder, with besotted lovers necking beneath.
• The trio singing “Zitti zitti” and smiling a lot. Especially the trio from 2007.
• The Count and Rosina kissing, or embracing. (I’m equally fond of DiDonato/Flórez and Leonard/Brownlee’s portrayals, and would love to see either. If the latter, I found the height difference hot (Rosina taller than the Count), so please keep it!)

Fandom and character(s):
Le nozze di Figaro | The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart/Da Ponte
(Rosina, Conte di Almaviva, Susanna, Figaro)
Fandom-specific prompts:
• I love the Act II finale – the music is gorgeous, and the drama tense. Any snapshot from it would be neat. Susanna hiding around a corner/behind a curtain while Rosina and the Count face off! The bit where the Count offers Rosina his arm to leave together and she totally scorns him! Susanna emerging from the wardrobe to shocked faces from Rosina and the Count! Etc.
• Susanna and Figaro flirting.
• Susanna and Rosina dressing in each other’s clothing/Susanna adjusting Rosina’s veil.
• Susanna, Figaro, and Rosina smiling at each other.
• The Count romancing ‘Susanna’/his wife in disguise.
• The final scene, with a penitent Count kneeling at Rosina’s feet (the Gardiner in particular does this very well). Or with him kissing her hands (or a real kiss! Only a few productions give us one but I’d like it.)

Fandom and character(s):
Le Comte Ory (Met Opera 2011)
(Adèle, Isolier, Comte Ory)
Fandom-specific prompts:
• The Comte in his nun disguise! I love ‘Sister Colette’.
• Sister Colette and Adèle.
• Sister Colette kneeling at Adèle’s feet (especially if Adèle has that knowing smirk on her face).
• Adèle and Isolier in love, embracing, kissing, etc.
• Threesome romp!
• Isolier and the Comte kissing while Adèle watches them, smiling.
• Isolier or the Comte with their head up Adèle’s skirts while the other one watches avidly and Adèle giggles.

Fandom and character(s):
The Anarchy RPF
(Empress Matilda | Maude, Matilda of Boulogne, Henry FitzEmpress)
Fandom-specific prompts:
• Maude escaping in the snowstorm
• Maude having Stephen brought before her in chains; bonus if Stephen is kneeling in front of her - double bonus if he's in chains AND wearing his crown
• Maude and Henry! (Either child-Henry or adult-Henry. Or baby Henry!)
• AU where Maude wins: "coronation portrait" of Maude in her crown
• Matilda besieging Winchester
• Matilda being reunited with Stephen after the prisoner exchange
• Stephen meeting the fourteen-year-old Henry after his invasion
• Stephen and Henry sharing the kiss of peace at the Treaty of Winchester
• Henry introducing Eleanor to Maude.

Fandom and character(s):
14th & 15th CE Plantagenet Dynasty RPF
(Joan of Kent, Edward of Woodstock | The Black Prince, Katherine Swynford, Catherine de Valois)
Fandom-specific prompts:
• Joan and Edward at a joust. Joan giving Edward her favor?
• Edward presenting Joan with a silver cup from one of his military campaigns (this was during her earlier marriage and is a major hint that he was long-term pining for her)
• Joan on tiptoe to kiss Edward while he is still in his black armor
• Katherine surrounded by her boisterous blended family
• Katherine being honored as "the king's mother" by her stepson Henry Bolingbroke; whether just the two of them, or maybe Henry bowing his head to her at court after the coronation while courtiers look on? Or whatever that means to you!
• Katherine, Blanche, John of Gaunt, Hugh Swynford, and their ten assorted children (+ in-laws & grandchildren?) in the afterlife. Truly a menagerie. xD Or just the trio of Katherine, Blanche, and John!
• Catherine meeting Owen somewhere secret - maybe the stables?
• Owen kneeling in front of Catherine, and Catherine laughing
• The contrast between Catherine's first marriage (Princess of France, a forced bride) and her second (disregarded Dowager Queen, eloping)
• Any of the ladies with their true love

Fandom and character(s):
Wars of the Roses RPF
(Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth of York Queen of England)
Fandom-specific prompts:
• Margaret watching Henry be crowned, or watching the crowds acclaim him in a procession
• Margaret with her grandchildren – whether playing with them when they’re little, or watching Henry VIII marry Catherine or be crowned
• Margaret and Elizabeth Woodville negotiating the Henry/Elizabeth marriage
• Margaret with her baby son, dreaming of the future
• Margaret holding the crown (or wearing it!)
• The first time Elizabeth and Henry meet
• Henry on one knee to propose (may be anachronistic, but I would still like it)
• Elizabeth and Henry’s wedding
• Elizabeth, Henry, and baby Arthur
• Elizabeth surrounded by her family at a boisterous Christmas

[feckyeslife]

AO3 Handle: firelord65
Letter Link: Here
Fandom and character(s):

Seafire Trilogy - Natalie C. Parker
Caledonia Styx (Seafire Trilogy), Oran (Seafire Trilogy), Pisces (Seafire Trilogy)

The Hollows - Kim Harrison
Algaliarept (The Hollows), Ivy Tamwood (The Hollows), Rachel Morgan (The Hollows)

GreedFall (Video Game)
De Sardet (GreedFall), Vasco (GreedFall)

Among Us (Video Game)
Impostor (Among Us), Mini Crewmate (Among Us)

Prompts/Art Likes:
- Anything as suggested in the letter
- Slice of life moment of rest before the next piece of chaos
- Character portraits
- Tarot-inspired designs
- Monochrome pallet with one bright tone added (greyscale + red or gold, for example)
- Specific for Among Us, I would die to get a version of my White Imposter & Little Cyan from my posted works but really any version of an Imposter & Mini Crewmate is adorable and/or horrifying

[elen_nare]

AO3 Handle: Elennare
Letter Link:letter
Fandom and character(s):
-- Chalet School - Hilda Annersley, Nell Wilson
-- Flower Fairies - any
-- High Rollers Aerois D&D campaign - Qillek ad Khollar, Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto
-- High Rollers Curse of Strahd D&D campaign - any
-- Swallows and Amazons - Nancy Blackett, John Walker
Prompts: i don't have specific art prompts - if any of the general ones in my letter inspire you to illustrate them, go ahead, but anything would please me!

[donutsweeper]

AO3 Handle: donutsweeper
Letter Link: https://donutsweeper.dreamwidth.org/588513.html
Fandom: Little Free Library - Naomi Kritzer (no character specified)
Prompts:

Despite being such a short story there's quite a number of the otherworldy trinkets and gifts mentioned and described in it and I'd love to see an artist's take on them, how the little free library or any of its books seem to the mystery correspondent, the mystery correspondent's world in general or what they look like themself.

[corvidology]

My AO3 name is also Corvidology.

Corvidology
https://corvidology.dreamwidth.org/1179525.html

The Exorcist (TV)
Marcus Keane (The Exorcist (TV)), Tomas Ortega (The Exorcist (TV))
Killjoys (TV)
Fancy Lee, Johnny Jaqobis
Shetland (TV)
Duncan Hunter (Shetland (TV)), Jimmy Perez (Shetland (TV))
John Wick (Movies)
John Wick (John Wick Movies), Winston (John Wick Movies)
Wild Wild West (TV)
Artemus Gordon (Wild Wild West TV), James West (Wild Wild West TV)

Prompts: I particularly enjoy hurt/comfort, sharing food and kissing/hugging but I'd be happy to receive art work of any type/subject/rating for any of my selected characters.

[slashmarks]

AO3 Handle: basketofnovas (slashmarks)
Letter Link: Here
Fandom and character(s):

Legends of the Wolf - Alice Borchardt
Regeane, Lucilla

The Drowning Girl - Caitlin Kiernan
Eva Canning, Imp, Abalyn

The Dyke & the Dybbuk - Ellen Galford
Kokos, Riva, Rainbow

Fire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne Jones
Polly, Thomas

Tam Lin - Pamela Dean
Janet, Thomas, Molly

Earth's Children - Jean Auel
Ayla, Iza

Prompts:

Quick DNW: Cartoon or anime style art

General art likes: costume porn/costume design, food porn, domestic scenes/settings, interesting backgrounds, femslash at any rating but especially smut, anything I prompted for in written form that works for you from my letter, vivid color schemes, in-universe art or photographs or documents, hairstyles, symbolism and iconography like tarot card layouts, fantasy art

[ambyr]

AO3 Handle: ambyr
Letter Link: https://ambyr.dreamwidth.org/309569.html
Fandom and character(s): Any of them, but I'd particularly love art for Prisoners of Peace - Erin Bow. Shippy art of Xie and Greta would be great; so would humorous art of Xie struggling to manage the goats.

[keerawa]

AO3 Handle: keerawa
Letter Link: https://keerawa.dreamwidth.org/4602.html
Art DNW: body horror, bright colors
General Art Likes:
I enjoy stylized art and metaphorical portraits that display a character's inner characteristics. Cartoonish or anime styles are welcome, but I also enjoy B&W and line drawings.

The Expanse (TV): Naomi, Chrisjen, Amos
* A piece contrasting two or three of the disparate Belter, Earth, and Mars cultures. This could be shown via the people or their ships - modern bright and beautiful Earther spaceships, deadly Martian warships, and Belter ships held together with duct tape and desperate ingenuity. The Rocinante, of course, is a character all her own.
* Chrisjen's beautiful outfits are an inspiration unto themselves.
* If you're interested in creating me some NSFW art, I'd like Chrsijen and Bobbie in a relaxed and intimate moment, all of their masks and limits and boundaries put aside.
* Amos as a faithful and vicious hound.

킹덤 Kingdom (TV 2019): any
Kingdom has a unique and stunning aesthetic mixing the beauty and order of Joseon Korea with the horror, gore and chaos of a zombie apocalypse.
* I'd love something showing off these clothes, these swords, the fantastic hats - Perhaps a posed portrait, regal and serene, with a backdrop of blood, fire and chaos.
* An royal courtyard, empty and bloodied after the zombies attack.
* One of the drowning scenes, as water is used to destroy the parasites.
* A current-day museum exhibit showcasing some event in the Joseon zombie plague event. Maybe they got it all wildly wrong?

Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch: Peter Grant, Thomas Nightingale
The graphic novels are canon, and I do enjoy the style of them, but if you'd prefer another look, feel free!
* Stylized portrait of The Nightingale and His Starling.
* Thomas Nightingale at Ettersberg, displaying his full power in terrifying battle-magic.
* A map of the London Underground, with all the interesting magical locations the official maps leave off.
* A ghost feeding from Peter's were-light.
* Show me a visual of a signare.

The Boys (TV): Mother’s Milk, Frenchie
This TV show is based on a comic; if you know that source and are inspired by it, I'd like to see what you come up with!
* MM struggling with his OCD.
* Young MM watching his father typing away, filing lawsuit after lawsuit against Vought.
* Frenchie's mad scientist lab.
* NSFW - Frenchie strikes me as a cheerful and enthusiastically kinky fucker, up for anything. I'd like to see a teasing selfie he might send a lover to get them to hurry back to him.
* An entirely different kind of NSFW - capture one of the 'holy shit, did that just happen?' moments in the show. Bonus points for if you show me someone losing their shit over it.

Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs: Warren Smith
* Warren's worked the night shift at a convenience store. Show me what happened when somebody tried to rob the place.
* Kyle, Warren and Mercy together for movie night.
* Warren is a literal GAY WEREWOLF COWBOY. Maybe there could be a ... calendar photoshoot for charity? I'm sure he'd think it was ridiculous.
* Warren is a very old-school version of masculinity – the strong and silent cowboy, stoic, honorable, gentle and protective. Kyle is a delightfully flaming divorce lawyer. I’d enjoy a piece of art that somehow plays with that contrast.

The Deed of Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon: Dorrin Verakai
* Draw me a solemn ceremony of the Knights of Falk.
* Dorrin at the end of a long battle, looking after her cohort.
* Falk protecting young Dorrin as she runs away from home.
* Dorrin eating a meal with young Kieri and Tammarrion, laughing and happy together.