I’m on vacation, but I’ve put together a quick FAFF for you! (Because of the love.)
It’s always funny to me how fan art and fic is often a response to a very short, throwaway scene. Like the one in Leviathan, when Deryn is faking a bit of shaving. It’s cool how these little slices of the character’s normal, non-dramatic life are so compelling.
So here’s “Shave Like a Man” by Mcl-Jessie:
And here’s a slightly more intense scene from KuroPhillyDip, featuring the Leviathan series’ second-favorite couple:
And another picture for you lady boffin lovers, from Marielleaster:
And here in a comical vein, “Lessons” by Awesometastic:
Okay, I’m on vacation, so I’m outta here. Thanks to all you fan artists, everywhere!
Don’t forget, the next art reveal will be hosted by io9.com. So check in with them throughout the day next Monday, August 1.
July 29th, 2011 01:43
1st comment!!! Yes!!!
I love the art!! It’s so amazing!
July 29th, 2011 01:58
Second comment. Not first, but good enough.
The art is particularly good this time. Will be sure to go to io9.com for the art reveal.
July 29th, 2011 02:40
I love all the fan art(or is it fanart?) pictures. Especially the drawing of the second favorite couple of Leviathan, Dr. Barlow and Count Volger.
July 29th, 2011 03:33
YES! I’m in the top five for once! WOOHOO! I love all the art for this faff.
Especialy Lessons. I also betted 3.00 that Newkirk knows Deryn’s secret before Alek, so please let it happen! I don’t wanna lose the 3 bucks! So once again, good job guys.
July 29th, 2011 03:44
I like the one of Dr. Barlow and Volger!!! Great fanart as usual!
July 29th, 2011 04:19
6th! Hah!
July 29th, 2011 04:20
Comment, I mean.
July 29th, 2011 04:23
oh, how i love the fan art. It always makes my day
July 29th, 2011 04:30
Haha! In the top 10!! Love the art!!
July 29th, 2011 04:54
No, I’m the other Emily L. – I’ll bet you 3 bucks that you lose three bucks.
July 29th, 2011 05:30
Oh, I’ve seen that shaving pic before!
And am I the only one who doesn’t think that Volger and Barlow would make a good couple??? Am I the only one who doesn’t like that couple? Can’t they just be really good friends like Booth and Brennen from BONES and like Beak Seung Jo and Yoon Hae Ra from Playful Kiss??? Seriously! They would not work out at all!
Now….Still all the art is very nice. I really want to make something but not anything I think of doing is particularly clever. And I want to get a new Deviantart Account because I hate my current one. :/
Hmm. Newkirk learning Deryn’s secret before Alek, huh? Once I read a fanfic about Newkirk realize that Deryn liked Alek….I’m sure you can imagine the shock that Newkirk felt, especially during that intolerant time period! XD
July 29th, 2011 07:57
Just saying Booth and Brennen are a lot more than just friends. I do agree that Volger and Barlow should just stick to being friends.
July 29th, 2011 08:29
I don’t really care about Volger/Barlow, but I do want Alek to hurry up and learn the truth one way or another! Love the fan art! Keep ‘em coming!
July 29th, 2011 08:33
Glad to see that Mr. Westerfeld has not been eaten by any dinosaurs yet. Or fallen into any volcanoes.
@ Jessica:
I agree. I never thought that Volger and Barlow had any chemistry. I was unaware that they were supposed to. (Or were they not supposed to? Is it just an opinionated discussion?)
July 29th, 2011 18:23
The second and third drawings are AMAZING!!! I could never draw that well, haha! And the fourth one’s funny
July 29th, 2011 19:21
Hawaii sounds like fun! Wish I could go…
July 30th, 2011 00:12
Still hyped up from learnin about the movie! OMG! but the second fan arts the best, Barlow and Volger would make an awesome couple!
July 30th, 2011 01:03
I love Alek’s face in the last picture. That’s funny!
July 30th, 2011 07:27
Woot!!!! These are awesome!!!! I love the one of Barlow and Volger!!
July 31st, 2011 02:52
WHERE DID ALL THE UGLIES FANS GO???????? Also, if I have fanart I made, where do i send it
July 31st, 2011 06:38
I LOVE the first picture. It’s so striking with the brown and white.
@Jacquie-la – I’m a huge Uglies fan!
August 1st, 2011 00:43
Ahh, I live in Hawaii! That would be super cool if I would be able to see you! Haha, that would be probably creepy for you though…. You may not even be on Oahu, so I shouldn’t get my hopes up.
August 1st, 2011 03:38
Nice art, Deryn is so funny. The Volger/Barlow make a good (interesting?) duo but I wouldn’t say couple. Maybe “couple” as in they make things interesting for the story? Idk. But great art, have a great vacation, Scott-la!!!!
August 1st, 2011 11:16
I cant find the art reveal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:O!!
can someone post a link???
August 1st, 2011 20:16
Wooow!!
August 2nd, 2011 00:58
I love the picture of the Dr.Barlow; it’s very detailed and she looks very pretty. She looks a lot younger in that picture than I normally think of her.
How old IS Dr. Barlow anyway?
August 2nd, 2011 02:00
@Jessica
OMO! You watch BONES, DRAMAS and read Leviathan? :O!!!!! Are you possibly my long-lost sister (or clone?)?!!!
I kinda like Varlow, but I know it’s not going to happen….ever. So, I have resigned all hope….D’:
August 2nd, 2011 02:17
You know, this is a little off topic, but I think I’ve figured out the reason for Bovril’s existance and what role it might play in Goliath. It’s more than just a cuddley creature. Perhaps I’m misinterpreting the story, but if you remember the part in Behemoth where Alek tells Deryn about the scroll bearing the Pope’s seal that makes Alek emperor of Austria if the current one dies, he mentions beforehand that Lillit likes Deryn and that there’s no way Lillit could like him, because if she did, he’d “have to run a mile.” When Deryn asks why, he replys: “For heaven’s sake, Dylan! Lillit is a commener; far more commen than my mother. I grew up thinking I was unwanted, that my existance was a nusiance. I could never do that to my own children, not in a million years.” But if you survey the text carefuly, you find many clues that point to BOVRIL being much like a child to both Alek and Deryn! It bonded with BOTH of them, remember? Dr. Barlow even says so! She also said that “it wasn’t designed to bond with two people! Not unless…”
I arrived at this conclusion about four months after reading Behemoth. It took a lot of thinking and re-reading the book to deduce that, with the evidence gathered, Alek and Deryn COULD, in fact, get married. Their children wouldn’t inherit anything, but that wouldn’t matter because they already have a kid, Bovril! Bovril probably wouldn’t want to inherit an empire, anyway…although it is very perspicacious.
August 2nd, 2011 02:52
And I forgot to mention that Dr. Barlow looks downright sexy in that second illustration!
August 2nd, 2011 07:53
Gaby- Just because it’s never going to happen doesn’t mean you have to resign all hope! Varlow FTW!
Varlow is my favorite pairing, besides Alek and the Leviathan in ThePrinceOfParties’ DA comic! xD
(http://my.deviantart.com/messages/#/d41tphd)
Also, did I miss the io9 update or has it not happened yet?
August 2nd, 2011 10:35
Am I dumb or am I the only one who cannot find the article to the art reveal?
For those who HAVE found it, could you please (please) post a link for all of us who seemingly can’t find it?
August 2nd, 2011 17:10
Dont worry, Haley cant find it either
August 2nd, 2011 21:54
I can’t find it either…:/
August 2nd, 2011 23:48
Me neither…
August 3rd, 2011 00:54
August 1st has come and gone. Where’s the art reveal?
lol I sound rude.
August 3rd, 2011 01:22
So it’s not just me that was looking all day yesterday on io9.com and saw absolutely nothing Leviathan-related. :S
August 3rd, 2011 01:47
Ikr! Cannot find it!
August 3rd, 2011 02:51
I AM DYING FOR THIS SUPPOSED ART REVEAL! AHHHH!
August 3rd, 2011 04:35
):.< I'd better get it soooonn…8D yesss loooving the fanart! great!
@The Joker-la, that makes a lot of sense! (:
August 3rd, 2011 04:36
wow apparently that last comment didn’t post properly? “I’d better get it soon” is about the art reveaall…XDD
August 3rd, 2011 07:15
art!art!ART! PLEASE I WILL DIE WITHOUT ART.
On a side not, please come to Iowa, preferabley between the quad cities and Iowa City.
August 3rd, 2011 07:16
love fan art always makes me smile.
I was serious in my last comment.
August 3rd, 2011 07:20
in reference to my name i am angry about how long the book is taking but am a dedicated fan
August 3rd, 2011 07:36
Oh good, and here I thought I was the only one who couldn’t find the art reveal.
They probably forgot or something.
Too busy writing undeserved derogatory reviews of The Smurfs, I’m sure.
August 3rd, 2011 10:27
Hi guys,
io9 has a Facebook. I’m sure if everyone asked them NICELY when they are going to post the art reveal and if they can a comment here linking us to the post, they will. Derogatory comments get us nowhere.
Here’s what I left:
“Hi io9,
I was wondering when are you going to post the art reveal for Goliath? If you have posted the next art reveal, could you please post a comment on Scott Westerfeld’s blog linking us to the reveal? Every person has been waiting patiently to see the reveal since 00:01 AM of August 01, 2011 and not one of us can find it. It would be a huge disappointment to EVERY fan of Scott Westerfeld if we weren’t able to see this art reveal.
Thanks,
Katie”
You may post the same thing I did, just erase the quotation marks and my name and insert your own. Maybe they’ve forgotten and need a band of fans to gently remind them that we want to see art!
-Katie
August 3rd, 2011 16:56
i just can not wait for the book and need the art reveals to sustain my patience before I go into a no goliath related nervous breakdown
JUST KIDDING! but I really want to see the artwork from the book
August 3rd, 2011 23:06
I can’t find the art reveal either….
WASSUP WIT DAT?????????
Oh well we still got FAFF, proving that Scott likes us all enough to scour his computer/the internet for fan art even in Hawaii…. so I’m happy!
August 4th, 2011 01:33
speaking of fan art, is there a specific site were I can see more of it?
August 4th, 2011 02:20
I’m going to Hawaii, too(tomarrow)! Well, Kauai. But still!
August 4th, 2011 03:45
I went onto io9′s twitter account and left a message asking when they planned to reveal the art for Goliath. I asked nicely of course. Very professional
August 4th, 2011 04:31
@angrybutdedicated
Deviantart (you don’t need to be a member to look at the art)
Heres some Groups:
http://leviathaneers.deviantart.com/
http://alek-and-deryn.deviantart.com/
http://leviathanasylum.deviantart.com/
The first one has the most art.
August 4th, 2011 05:01
I can’t find the art reveal either. Scott-la can you give us a link to it, please?
August 4th, 2011 06:12
Its not up and its day 3.
I am not very pleased.
We are having a conversation about this over on the fourms.
August 4th, 2011 06:52
Scott, I’m getting desperate. I NEED my monthly dose of Goliath art! This does not seem very nice of i09.
August 4th, 2011 18:54
Hmm….. I’m checking into it right now….
August 4th, 2011 19:03
aww….still not up?
August 4th, 2011 21:16
….. hmf! this is getting very aggravating
August 4th, 2011 21:18
Nothing yet.
August 4th, 2011 21:22
if it wasn’t creepy and illegal, and if I lived closer, I would probably break in to his house and steal a copy of goliath. Who wouldn’t?
August 4th, 2011 21:27
I geuss he doesn’t call himself lazy for nothing! I would never say mean about him unless he called himself it first. Also that was said to make light of the situation and should not be interperated as angry or mean, the same can be said of everything else I have written.
August 4th, 2011 23:07
Scott-la, COME ON!!! WE’RE DYING HERE!!!
Well, maybe he’ll make up for the lateness with a romantic AlekxDeryn picture
August 4th, 2011 23:58
I NEED the art reveal! September 20th is way too far away. Please please please please please post it…
August 5th, 2011 01:49
ART REVEL NEWS:
From Scott-la on twitter:
“The Goliath art reveal this month goes up 7PM EST, over at http://io9.com . (via @io9)”
YAY!
August 5th, 2011 01:51
we’re dropping like flies! ACK! (RIP angrybutdedicated)
August 5th, 2011 01:51
Yahoo the happiness of art brought me back to life
August 5th, 2011 01:53
that’s 6 pm for me!!!! Happy dance time! only 1 and 1/2 hours of toture left
August 5th, 2011 02:14
Ugh…ill just check for it tomorrow…
August 5th, 2011 03:33
i just checked out the new art reveal and it was AWSOME! less action but the USA was finnaly shown. YES!!!
August 5th, 2011 03:37
The art is up, along with an essay!
http://io9.com/5827884/the-leviathan-comes-to-california-in-new-art-from-scott-westerfelds-goliath
August 5th, 2011 08:42
I love it! It’s absolutely amazing, Keith you are an astounding artist! I am sooooo excited for Goliath!! 46 days cannot go by faster!
August 5th, 2011 12:57
Yayay!!!
thanks for posting the link
August 5th, 2011 21:25
YAAAY! Thanks 4 teh link (2 lazy 2 type)
August 26th, 2011 22:19
ALWAYS DRAW WHILE SHAVING.
ALWAYS.
August 26th, 2011 22:20
AND VICE VERSA.