Welcome to FAFNLF, which of course stands for “Fan Art Friday—No Longer Fortnightly!” Given that Goliath comes out imminently, I’m going to do a FAF every Friday until I go on tour.
Now, I promised you tour dates in my next post, and you shall have them in great detail tomorrow, August 20. That’s exactly one month before the book comes out.
And now some arts. The theme of today’s FAFNLF is “Not the Usual Suspects.” That’s right, there will be no Deryn, Alek, or Tally! So let us begin with a bit of Newkirk fan art.
It’s called “Like a Boss,” from fellie220:
Heh. It’s good to see Newkirk mixing some attitude with his altitude. (Bada-boom.) And yes, after that Huxley crash at the beginning of Behemoth, he has some bragging rights.
Next is some cosplay from theonlybandgeek99 and her photogenic friend Renee:
So who is this contemplative figure, exactly? Onlybandgeek suggest that it might be Alek and Deryn’s daughter, who “steals her late father’s sword and her mother’s middie uniform.” (But when I first saw it, I figured it was Alek borrowing one of Deryn’s outfits for a little cosplay session of his own. Heh.)
From Braeden, here’s a cool Cyklops Stormwalker created in the game Spore.
Pretty slick, huh?
And waving goodbye from Not the Usual Suspects FAFNLF is Special Shay, from Serena:
Okay, that’s it until next Friday.
You: But I thought you said you were posting the Goliath tour dates tomorrow.
Me: Oh, right. I’ll definitely do that.
You: Are you sure.
Me: Um yes. Or Sunday.
You: Why can we not TRUST you to blog things when you say you’ll blog them?
Me: Because of my busy life! What with all the . . . tweeting and stuff. Look, it’ll be sometime this weekend, unless you’re in an Australian time zone, in which case it could be, like, really early Monday.
You: Pfff.
August 19th, 2011 23:41
You nailed us Scott. On the nose.
August 19th, 2011 23:50
OMG! I am so excited! One month and one day until Goliath comes ou! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry if I broke some eardrums!)
August 19th, 2011 23:56
Dang it! I was really hoping for some tour dates, but I can settle for fanart.
@fellie220: I love your Like A Boss picture!!! It is amazing and makes me happy!
August 20th, 2011 00:04
Awesome fanart! I can’t wait for the tour dates, but I doubt that there’ll be any near me, as I got to see Scott less than a mile away from my house last tour. Oh well. I can hope.
August 20th, 2011 00:47
Nice fanart!! Great artists!! Geez, I’m just TINGLING with excitement for Goliath to come out!!!
(Sonottoseemselfishbuthowdoipostfanart?)
August 20th, 2011 00:51
Can’t wait for the Goliath tour dates…….!!!
August 20th, 2011 00:51
Lol, gotta love Alek cosplaying as Deryn. XD His fanboy side is finally spilling out… XDDD
August 20th, 2011 00:57
i love cosplay!
@theonlybandgeek99- awesome!
August 20th, 2011 02:04
Note that my Appearances Page is gone while it gets updated. It will re-appear, along with a blog post about the tour, Saturday at 5:30PM eastern US time.
Yes, it WILL BE DONE.
August 20th, 2011 03:09
if is isn’t i will kill u! well not really, dir, but thasok. yay its cool to bthe tenth comment! so scotsters, are u hinting at us that deryn and alek get married? yay! so cool!
August 20th, 2011 03:11
like a boss is beastly awesome!
August 20th, 2011 03:13
but i prefer the deryn/alek cosplay, in subject matter but like a boss has great shading technique!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 20th, 2011 03:16
ahhhhhhhh!!!!!! 32 days is soooooo far awaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!! i might die!!!!
=P @scotty
ru going thru the midwest? u better get at least as close to me as springfield or chicago. peoria would b nice 2 tho!
August 20th, 2011 03:52
Please say you’ll come to New England Scott-la! Southern New Hampshire? *hint hint*
August 20th, 2011 04:06
Woo! Thanks for featuring my LIKE A BOSS, Scott!
August 20th, 2011 04:22
@fureesha
wut kind of paper did u use to draw LIKE A BOSS?
i are and artist too, and i luv pencil drawings the mostest!!!
August 20th, 2011 04:59
That was just done in a sketchbook, nothing special.
August 20th, 2011 05:07
It tickles me to death that you thought I looked like a cross-dressing Alek.
August 20th, 2011 05:15
@fuhreesha
thanx
@renee
two thumbs up for ur awsome foto!!
August 20th, 2011 05:18
Yup, no problem. C:
August 20th, 2011 05:22
Renee-
Well, I’m not sure you _look_ like Alek, but I love the idea of him secretly dressing up in Deryn’s clothes and staring at his, um, sword.
August 20th, 2011 05:32
sigh
sigh
sigh,
i
just
wish
i
could
draw
fingers
on
a
person
and
have
them
not
be
pointy.
i
also
could
go
for
a
bar
of
chocolate
rite
about
now
sigh
sigh
sigh
August 20th, 2011 05:33
@scott
nice save
August 20th, 2011 05:43
“Renee-
Well, I’m not sure you _look_ like Alek, but I love the idea of him secretly dressing up in Deryn’s clothes and staring at his, um, sword.”
“@scott
nice save”
Bahahahaha. My week has been made.
August 20th, 2011 05:45
u are most welcome! sarcasem is a service i provide for free
August 20th, 2011 05:46
sarcasm, sorry i not gud speller, and i really don’t no why i feel the need to correct my self,i just do
August 20th, 2011 05:47
@scott
wasn’t it a saber in the book? not a sword?
August 20th, 2011 06:06
@scott
there is a differnce u know, hopefully, because if there isn’t then i would be wrong!
August 20th, 2011 06:07
@scott
where did u come up with the name deryn? ive never heard it b4!
August 20th, 2011 06:08
exept for in the books of course
August 20th, 2011 06:12
remember the tour dates scotty!!!!!!!!!! u know we wont!!
August 20th, 2011 06:23
Ah Newkirk…
He so deserves those bragging rights XD
August 20th, 2011 07:23
ONLY ONE MONTH!!!!! GAHHH!
August 20th, 2011 08:00
So I’ve been holding back on reading the series until the last book comes out. I should start reading now so I’m ready to go! I’m excited. The cosplay is awesome! Very well done!
*cough* Wilkes-Barre/Scranton *cough*
Or… how about *muffled* Allentown?
August 20th, 2011 11:05
Can you pretty-please do another fan fiction fan art friday? For those genius writers who can’t draw! pretty-BITTEBITTEBITTEBITTE?
August 20th, 2011 12:17
This inspires me to upload some of my fanart.
August 20th, 2011 13:12
I am dying XD I’m so glad my inability to fall back to sleep caused me to check here *dies* >.< I'm gonna go reread Leviathan and Behemoth now to pass the time <3 And maybe do some fan art of my own. Newkirk needs more love XD
August 20th, 2011 16:17
Thank you so much for posting my Special Shay!!! <33
I love all the other fan art too! ^^
August 20th, 2011 18:42
I would put some fanart on here….but sadly the only thing I’m good at is stick figures and flowers, neither of which really have anything to do with Goliath.
Scott-la, I hope that you will be stopping in Northern VA on your tour. If you do, I’ll make sure to bring a big box of chocolate…and hopefully one of those Tesla v.s. Edison shirts I saw on ThinkGeek.
August 20th, 2011 19:31
Fan fiction fan art friday would be awesome! There’s so many great Leviathan fics out there!
August 20th, 2011 22:12
Waitaminute! For the cosplay you said LATE father, are you hinting that Alek is going to die? Well I mean of course he has to die but it sounds like he’s going to be assassinated or something. Dying early.
August 21st, 2011 00:23
Hmm, is there any possibility that at any point in the tour my hero will wander anywhere even close to chicago?
August 21st, 2011 02:43
i <3 newkirk!!
August 21st, 2011 20:07
Waaaaait wait wait wait wait
LATE father? O.o
Depressing….. x.x
August 22nd, 2011 04:31
I approve of the Shay!!!!!!
(and I have very, very particular versions in my head of what the characters and things look like.)
Nice job
August 22nd, 2011 04:32
(except I just realized you forgot her tats!!!)
August 24th, 2011 00:49
“Needtopostacomment
August 20th, 2011 22:12
Waitaminute! For the cosplay you said LATE father, are you hinting that Alek is going to die? Well I mean of course he has to die but it sounds like he’s going to be assassinated or something. Dying early.”
Hey, just thought I’d let you know that those were the words of my friend and fellow cosplayer, not the author. We are no more knowledgeable than you.
August 25th, 2011 18:47
Nice topic dude!
August 26th, 2011 18:49
Okay, if I have fanart where do I send it????????? I feel like an idiot asking this question but nobodoy will give me an answer
August 26th, 2011 18:53
Also special Shay looks a bit like a pretty, but I’m fine with it because nobody ever does fanart featuring Shay, who is my favorite character/ evil twin.