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A
great deal of fan art has been submitted through the years, along
with fan-written stories and other content, to the various
contests we've run. That can be seen on the blog (click the News link
above), and in links from the Contests page itself. But occasionally,
things are sent in just for fun, and it seemed a shame to have nowhere
to showcase them.
So, we hereby present the new home for
non-contest-related fan submissions. It also holds leftover gallery
content/basically anything we didn't have another place for. So welcome
to a crazy, wonderful archive of fan creativity.
Louis-Cesare as Justice
Leila outdid herself with Louis-Cesare, the perfect figure for the justice tarot card!
Mircea as the Emperor
Leila's
ongoing series of tarot cards has reached Mircea, whose strong
personality lends itself well to--what else? The emperor card.
Cassie as a Tarot Card
Leila Rheaume sent in another great tarot card, this one featuring Cassie! She looks perfect -- thaks, Leila!
Pritkin as a Tarot Card
Leila Rheaume sent in a wonderful tarot card featuring Pritkin! Of course, he's the magician, lol. Love it!
A Vetala
Nobriellen
Farm just sent in this great pic of a vetala! Doesn't ring a bell?
Check out the Pritkin story "Shadowland" on the Freebies page.
One
of our favorite submissions ever came from the super talented Leanne
Dormody, who wrote a song based on the Cassie Palmer series!
Lacking
any kind of musical talent whatsoever, we're always in awe of the
musically inclined, and even more so when they use their talent to
make something utterly awesome (seriously, give it a listen). We'd love
it even if it wasn't about our books!
Leanne explained that she wrote it
after reading the chapter in Embrace the Night "where Cassie first sees Mircea
on the bed and he looks deathly, which is when she vows to make sure
the spell would be broken between them."
Leanne was kind enough to allow
us to share it with all of you. Just click the title opposite to hear the mp3. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! |
LYRICS:
I still hear
your voice,
calling from
afar,
reminds me
to touch the dark.
Silenced by
the fear,
of all left
behind.
Gives me
time to embrace the night.
I will not
be tied.
I will break
this bind.
You have on
me (tonight)
Right there
when I saw you
I swore up
above, I would not give up cause I,
Knew right
then that you were,
The only
reason I was still in this world.
(Instrumental)
[Fading away]
I still hear
your voice,
calling from
afar,
reminds me
to touch the dark.
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Anime Cassie
Benedetta Laurenzi created this beautiful anime Cassie!
Zheng-Zi
Our
fans run the gamut of abilities from the musical to the visual arts,
'cause they're awesome like that. The uber-talented Melody Bjorvand
submitted, for no other reason than that it was Tuesday or
something, the following amazing hand-drawn image. We give you the
smooth, the dangerous, the possibly-crazy-but-in-a-good-way, the
newly-minted senator, the honorable Zheng-Ze!
Mircea and Louis-Cesare by Miz Draconia
Then we have several images commissioned from the incredibly talented (and amazingly patient!) Ida Larsen, aka Miz Draconia (visit her Etsy shop here)
for the gallery. Many of the Gallery images are Ida's work, but these
two ended up not being needed. Yet it seemed a shame for them not to be
seen, so they've found a new home here. So here they are, two brooding
(but still oh-so-pretty) vampires, Mircea Basarab and Louis-Cesare de
Bourbon!
Mircea seems to inspire a lot of people! He would, of course, not be surprised by this. The lovely and talented Leila Rheaume sent in this pic of Mircea posing in some of his trademark Armani. Thanks, Leila!
Valeri
Merrell proves that it isn't just Mircea who is inspiring! Here is her
version of Pritkin, entitled "Just back from Hell." More of Valeri's
work can be found on her DeviantArt page here. Thnak you, Valeri!
The talented artist who
goes by Riogirl9909
sent in a great pic of the three leads, all
getting along (for a few seconds, anyway!) A larger, wallpaper-sized
version is available in her gallery.
Thanks, Rio!
Carol at Equestrian Afictionado Photography did a fun manip of Cassie and Pritkin. Awesome job, Carol!
The talented artist who
goes by Riogirl9909
made two great versions of Marco. Both were so well done that it was
impossible to choose, so a contest was held on Facebook and the winner
was put in the Gallery. But it was a shame not to display them both, so
here is another version of Cassie's intrepid bodyguard.
Thanks, Rio!
The runner up in the fan vote for Artemis. Also by the very talented Rio!
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finally, something just a little weird (from us? Oh surely not!)
But just to show how dedicated some readers can be, here is a tat
one received shortly after Claimed by Shadow debuted. She said she was inspired by the bastardized Latin featured at Dante's. Stercis Accidit indeed! |  |
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