art: "Holding Down the Fort"

[renisanz]

Title: "Holdng Down the Fort"
Artist: renisanz
Medium: Pencil
Rating: G
Warnings/Spoilers: A scene from "The Standoff At Fort Miranda" by rashaka 
Disclaimer: I so do not own these characters.
Notes: PPP prize art for rashaka. Yeah...so. In my mind this was a lot more epic, and then I started drawing and things didn't work out. But I went back to my second attempt at the drawing and the pieces slowly fell into place. I guess my muse wasn't feeling the more "passionate" idea I had at first. :P I tried not to get carried away with the lines and detail (more graphic, less sketchy), and I sort of achieved that.

Teaser:





I totally made up the design on these laser tag vests, but they look so cool though, right? :) The guns are accurately old-skool, however.

Comments

[beth-soprano.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! The details are absolutely amazing! ♥

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[irrel.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! :D I love all the details, those laser tag vests look great! I'm loving Penny's hair too.

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I took great care trying to get Penny's hair right. :)

[vintagedorkage.livejournal.com]

i love it <3

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

*SQUEE*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I love it. Wow, thank you. I am especially delighted by the pumpkin-faced little flour bombs in the corner!

Their vests look great, and I like the old-school 80s laser guns.

I guess my muse wasn't feeling the more "passionate" idea I had at first.

I glimpsed the early sketches, and they were cool, but this works well for the fic too. It fits the mood of them having fun together at the LARP thing, because Sheldon would take it so seriously that Penny would get sucked into it too. Thank you so much!

Re: *SQUEE*

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like it. I wanted it to be "fun" more than anything because that's the overall feeling I got from your fic. Honestly, there were so many great images throughout the story, the kiss was easy and most obvious thing to draw, and I guess that was a little of a cop out.

And then I tried to figure out how I could fit all the guys in the scene, but that was way complicated. Not impossible, mind you, but I wanted to finish this with my sanity intact. :) So I settled on drawing a "moment" of Penny being excited about the game and Sheldon being annoyed-but-not-really with her not paying attention to all the stuff he told her about their objective and all. :)

I had no idea what flour-bombs were supposed to look like; I'm so glad you could tell what they were. :)

[htbthomas.livejournal.com]

I really love that! They look incredibly adorable. Laser Tag, ftw!

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[mrsvc.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD, THAT IS SO AWESOME.

You draw them well and you have such an eye for body positioning!

Lovely and squee-inducing, as usual! &hearts

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks. For the posing, it helps to have a full-length mirror handy. :)

[takineko.livejournal.com]

That is like my fav fic. It's short and sweet, but man is it sweet!!!

And your design for the vests is a thousand times more awesome than the children's lazer tag vests I think she was going for when she wrote it. XD

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Yes, that story was just so fun.

I decided to get creative with the vest design because of rashaka's description in the story.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

LOL, I was thinking that they'd have military-like vests that only got bright and childish when you were hit. And they'd all have serious, scary-looking guns..except Penny, who either painted or ordered one in purple and yellow.

[shoolessdwarf.livejournal.com]

oh my goodness laser tag! i would positively dance with joy if for some reason barney (himym) appeared in the back of this shot.

but in general, very nice drawing as per usual. you have such skill sweetie.

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[jazzrose343.livejournal.com]

WOW This is wonderful! you captured the moment perfectly! Penny getting into the battle and the subtle something else that is underneath.

The detail of the vests and the bombs! I adore Penny with messy buns.

also the way you always manage to add Sheldon's forearms :)

WIN!

[renisanz.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

...also the way you always manage to add Sheldon's forearms :)

Of course. That's the highlight of every drawing. :)