A brief detour for fanworks


Posted by bzedan on Mar 22, 2022

So, I've been watching Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max and I am obsessed, it's just! Well, I guess I cover it in this tumblr post, but the tl;dr is it's fun, it is queer, the costumes are glorious and it's a fanfic trope buffet.

 Speaking of, the number of works on AO3 for the show have been a ride. I'd made a post on March 19th about how it'd gone from 7 to 38 in a week then just a day later it was at 61. I've even thrown my hat into the ring with a piece, though mostly I'm just reading and commenting and loving how much fun everyone is having.

 

I've also done a couple fan art! First this brilliant idea from a friend:

A digital illustration set up like the Distracted Boyfriend meme, but it is Blackbeard looking at Stede Bonnet as he passes, while Izzy Hands looks angrily at him.

(link to post on Tumblr)

 

 

Then I illustrated a moment from one of my favourite early fics:

A digital illustration done in simple lines and flat colours, of a light skinned blonde man with most of his hair in a green scarf finishing pulling back the dark grey hair of the warm light brown skinned man he is standing behind. The man having his hair done is looking to the side shyly and there are small purple bows in his beard. The man doing the hair is saying “now THIS is the look of a true poncy Frenchman.

(link to post on Tumblr)

 

 

I've even made a playlist (link to tumblr post with art, link, and track list) that I think is quite good, actually.

 

Anyway, I DO have four more illustrations done for my (non-OFMD related) current project but this is where my brain is at right now.

 

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