FAF (Dalek Week Edition)

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Greetings from Sydney, home of the on-time Fan Art Friday!

Also useful for getting this post up on time is that July 8-14 was Dalek Week over at Deviant Art’s Alek-and-Deryn group. Each day of that week, the Alek-and-Deryners posted art based on themes like “Obsession,” “Parents,” or “The Roaring 20’s.” The results can be found by clicking here.

Here are a few examples (not the “winners” of the day, just some random ones I like):

One of the themes was “Blindfold,” which inspired a lot of cool art. Some had Deryn and Alek tied up, others with eye injuries or sleep masks, but this one by CMCanary was elegant and matched the colors of this blog beautifully:

Love the inky goodness of this art. And you can tell how ANNOYING Deryn would find this.

Another theme was “Roaring 20’s,” imagining what Dalek would get up to in the decade after the war. This decade was called “roaring” because everyone basically decided to have a big post-war party (until the Depression came along, of course).

I quite like akatsukicloud227’s flapper version of Deryn:

I also appreciate that Deryn is enjoying the Roaring Twenties more than Alek. (Oh, yes. I think she would.)

The “Obsessions” theme generated lots of cool pieces. This one from Peachdust imagines Alek growing obsessed with the new art form just starting up in 1914, moving pictures!

And you would totally take Bovril to the movies, right?

The theme entitled “Generations” also took people in lots of unexpected directions, like this piece from Jurodo:

According to the comment thread, that’s a young Deryn and Alek if they’d somehow met when their parents were still alive, and had gotten to hang out together. Which is totally awwww . . .

There was also a “Parents” theme. Most of the entries for this imagined Deryn and Alek as parents in the future, but this one by stkidd points out that both of them had non-biological parental figures in their lives, like Klopp and Jaspert:

Also very awwww . . ..

Overall, Dalek Week looks like a huge success to me. The randomness of the themes seems to have inspired a lot of non-canonical extrapolations, which is the kind of fan art that I find most interesting. I love it when readers go off in strange new directions with my characters.

Like, um, this Legend of Korra-crossover piece (also from Jurodo)!

Yip, yip, yo.

See you next week, if not before! Don’t worry, I’ll be posting more regularly now that I’m back home, and what with the Manual of Aeronautics coming out in . . . 25 days!

CRAP.

127 thoughts on “FAF (Dalek Week Edition)”

  3. ummm, i don’t know what the Legend of Korra is. i get that Deryn is curious in the giant animal, but what is it? i don’t get the humor… everything else i got! congrats, artists!

  4. Legend of Korra rocks! LOVE the air bison response! and at #3, Legend of Korra is the after-series of ‘Avatar the Last Airbender’ and the large white animal is an air bison. Korra is the girl that Alek is shaking hands with and he’s supposed to be Tenzon, I believe, Aang’s son.

  5. The parents one is my favourite, in the ones that you selected.
    (I participated in this event too, under the name “i-lovekittens” 🙂

  7. That awkward moment when you realize “Dalek” is both a fan-girl moment for Leviathan and an evil creature from Dr. Who… XD And I am in love with the Legend of Korra crossover! EEP!

  8. And now I will find myself drawing stuff under those topics, AFTER the time when I could have actually participated. *sigh* I am forever cursed to be late with good ideas for amazing topics.

  11. *dies* * resurrects out of happiness*

    YOU FEATURED TWO OF MY PIECES!? Scott-la, you spoil me.
    Thank you sooooo muuuuch!

    LOOOOOVE the blindfold one; awesome job, CMCanary!

  12. I love the art!! I wish I had artistic talent like these people. I watched a little bit of Avatar the Last Airbender a long time ago. I don’t remember it too well, but it was good, I think.

  15. I just watched like 15 Dr Who episodes in a row…tired…
    BEST DR WHO LINE EVER:
    I’m a time traveller. I point and LAUGH at archeologists.

  17. YOU PUT STKIDD’S “PARENTS”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    There were so many awesome deviations, but that was one of my ultimate favorites…..

    And, yes, I know about The Manual. I have a countdown. 😀

    I’ve been counting down since the hundreds….XD

  21. All of these were awesome and I just joined the group a few seconds ago! And I love the movie pic, it’s soooo funny! He probably wants to see all the ones with Deryn in it. Hehehehe. ^^

  28. @15- Welcome to my life… well until my parents started to disable the wifi after 9:00 at night.
    I love that line.

  29. I just realized; I haven’t commented on this yet!*GASP*!
    Well, hello. How are you all?
    I’m sad that you didn’t feature anything of mine, but I suppose that’s just what happens.
    @26. Since I was THERE, I can tell you that that is computer generated art. It’s really cool, though, isn’t it?

  30. @29: Ok, ok. Computer generated art it is. But I like the ‘splattering’ sort of thing around them.

  33. Yes, I see you taunting me because my backround picture is of Harry Styles.
    No, I don’t care.
    🙂 🙂 🙂
    ME LOVE HARRY SOOOOOO MUCH

  34. Has anybody seen One Direction Dirty Mind Moments?
    Harry: He had his HAT on his ding-a-ling…
    Liam: His WHAT?
    Harry: *points down*
    Liam: OH HIS *****

  36. The internet is completely deviod of anything that can cheer me up tonight. Not Doctor Who. None of my favorite youtubers. Not even Franz Ferdinand. Is there anyone here who can make me happy again? I hate being all depressing and stuff but I can’t find anything to make me happy. Any suggestions? It always seems lonelier after midnight when you’re the only one awake.

  40. @37, 38 & 39- thanks… I suppose. My cat was just brutally murdered so I was feeling pretty upset last night.

  41. Here’s my favorite Monty Python lines: “I fart in your general direction!!” and “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries!!” both by the ‘French’ soldier.

  43. My favorite fan art Friday ever. Like ever.
    I LOVE ALL OF THEM!!
    BLINDFOLDS? GENIOUS!
    THE PARENTS ONE WITH LITTLE DERYN AND ALEK? MADE MY LIFE!
    THE LEGEND OF KORRA CROSS OVER? Come on guys, who doesn’t love the deryn plus appa thing.

    Hey scott. What ever happened to Jaspert? Like really? (it’s zukos dissapering mother all over again)

  46. @45: Yes, Monty Python is silly and random, but that’s what makes it unbelievably hilarious. (Almost like Spongebob.) That guy was definitely not French, but it doesn’t matter. The funniness does.

  48. @47- Yeah! I love that whole movie! Monty python is good for sad moods. I think I ended up watching Monty Python and this guy I like on youtube last night.

  49. @48: The only thing I don’t like about it is the end. I think they ran out of money (not that it was a high-budget film) and basically cut it off. One of my friends watched the blank screen with perky music afterwards for thirty minutes until it ended. I think that was frustrating. I still loved the movie though. A little laughter helps everyone, I think.

  51. @47-What is the carrying capacity of a swallow?
    IT DEPENDS….
    African or European?
    I don’t know thaAAAAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH

  53. @50- He was shot by my lovely neighbors. They said he was “eyeing the birds at the feeder”. I. Hate. My. Neighbors.

  54. @52- I’ve got a whole bunch of Monty Python episodes on my iPod so even when my parents turn the wifi off I can watch them.

  55. I am currently stuck on a house boat with the grumpiest old man I’ve met in my entire life and I have no idea when I’m going home 🙁

  60. @58- It’s true… somebody needs to make a Leviathan movie. It needs to stick to the story though cuz if it doesn’t it will probably be crap.

  62. @53-YOU SHOULD SUE THEM. I seriously cannot express how enraged I am at your neighbors right now. They have NO RIGHT AT ALL to shoot your cat just because he was doing a little bird-watchin’. Isn’t that illegal? In any way?

  64. @62- I don’t think it’s illegal, though they shouldn’t be shooting guns in town. My cat was a he. His name was Edgar. My neighbors said they’d shoot him if he went anywhere near their bird feeders again but we didn’t really believe them.

  67. @53-Judging by other comments, your cat was shot. That is terrible! I was sad when my goldfish died, I can’t imagine how you must feel! 🙁

  68. Oh, no! I’m so sorry about your cat. That’s terrible. I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to shoot guns in town…
    But on a lighter note, I just posted chapter 30! Maybe reading it will cheer you up…?

  69. @68-I don’t think Alek getting shot will cheer PWH up much…. 🙁 You are CRUEL!
    Not really. But I’m sad now.

  70. Thanks to all the people who consoled me about my cat. I SEEK REVENGE (on my neighbors, not you)!
    @66-yes, Neil Gaiman does rock.

  73. @70-M-hm.
    @71-Like pudding, revenge is a dish best served cold. (I love that line…)
    @72-Yes.

  77. I didn’t really have anything to say, I just wanted to see that i missed Ginny-la by an aggravating 16 minutes…

  79. I hope Alek doesn’t die… Shawn didn’t though so yay…

    Sorry. I’ve been watching the secret world of arietty. It’s like freak the mighty, BUT SHAWN DIDN’T DIE 🙂
    I HATE YOU SEBASTIAN FITZROY. Grr Grr Grr Grr… 🙁

  82. @81- I think it stops you if you post too many comments within a certain amount of time…

  85. UGH I’m trying to find Dalek Week entries from last year BUT I CAN’T…I had no trouble last time but my stupid iPod won’t download the ******* page…

  87. I’ve lost pets too, but the’ve all gone naturally or due to accidents. I can’t imagine how you feel.

  89. Oh my gosh! I drew the Roaring Twenties one. Thank you so much! I entered Dalek Week in hopes that you would see it. I never heard anything from the group, and then I just looked at the blog. This is such an honor. Thank you!

  90. My last 24 hours consisted of going to see the musical Billy Elliot, eating at the fanciest restaurant I’ve ever been to and drinking a large black coffee at 1:00 in the morning from a 24 hours McDonalds run by a bunch of extremely over tired people. Also it is now 6:00 in the morning and I haven’t slept since I woke up around 7:00 in the morning yesterday. And this is probably full of typos.

  91. We need 100 comments on here. So I’m going to GET 100 comments while singing (well, typing) Bobby Joe Valentine.

  102. la la la it’s 11:05 and once again i will probably be up till midnight cause i am too hot to sleep la la la

  106. Is that correct, Ms.Ginny-la? WE SHALL SEE….
    TRIVIA TIME!
    1. What language do the fairies in Artemis Fowl speak?
    2. How long ago did humans become a dominant life form?
    3. True or False: Jellyfish were around before dinosaurs.
    4. A Riddle (oh, how I love a good riddle!):
    A knight confronts a huge, terrifying beast. The beast tells the knight; “HA! No man can kill me!” The knight says; “Is that so?” and promptly slays the beast. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
    5. What is the name of the Dr. Who episode in which a girl named Jenny is involved?
    6. During which dynasty was the Great Wall of China built?

  107. 1. Gnomish
    2. 10,000 years ago
    3. True
    4. The knight was a girl. Watch some Lord of the Rings, geez!
    5. The Doctor’s Daughter
    6. The Qin Dynasty.
    IN YOUR FACE.

  108. Okay. So maybe you do know some stuff. BUT-one more thing. Heh heh heh.
    What is the most popular app right now?
    BEAT THAT.

  110. *fumes* OKAY SO YOU KNOW THAT. Who doesn’t? But now here’s a good little riddle…
    A castle, white gleaming walls
    Then inside, bright marble walls
    In a room a golden treasure does hide
    No doors in this castle but thrives steal the gold inside
    WHAT IS THIS??? >:)

  112. What an egg-celent nickname. Here’s more trivia, though! Muahahaha!!!
    1. Dewey is not only a decimal system, but also a ____
    2. What do you call a man who floats?
    3. It is believed that you will have eternal life if you are buried in a suit made of WHAT?
    4. What food BESIDES GARLIC can be used to stop a vampire?
    5. What is Katniss Everdeen’s mother’s name?

  113. Man, is that all you got?
    1. A cat.
    2. Bob.
    3. Jade.
    4. Rice.
    5. Suzanne Collins NEVER MENTIONS THE MOTHERS NAME. So there.

  120. @107- #5 Isn’t there an episode called “Rebel Flesh” or something with a girl named Jenny?

  121. 1) I’m gone for two weeks on vacation and this is all you have?!?!?!?!?! Sad! (faf).

    2) MM: You knocked me out?
    2b) By Newkirk, I mean, it was a cheap blow, but still!
    2c) NEWKIRK STOLE ZEUS! How dare you.

    3) Rigger uniform= awesome possum!

    4) Come on, all foreign covers are awesome!

    That is all.

  122. @119-Meh heh!
    @120-I dunno…but in the Doctor’s Daughter this girl doesn’t have a name do Donna names her.

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