Fan Art

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(PM minis created by Loey on Gaia)

I am a fortunate man, for I am surrounded by wonderful people. My friends and family are jewels, and my baby is an incredible joy.

If that was the extent of my good fortune, as my Jewish friends say, Dayenu. It would have been enough.

But I haven’t even mentioned my readers. My precious, precious readers, who have not only made me a bestseller in multiple languages, not only written amazing poetry based on my work, but some of them go above and beyond the call of duty and even make fan art.

Take 17 year old Phil from the UK, who was inspired after reading The Painted Man to create this image:

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There’s also 18 year old Iris from Germany, who loved Das Lied der Dunkelheit so much that she made her own ward grimoire by customizing a leather notebook. Check this out. It’s amazing:

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Not to be outdone, we have 22 year old Nic from the UK, who, after finishing The Painted Man, decided to create an image of The Painted Man fighting wood demons for a Good vs Evil art competition on one of the greatest sites on the web, deviantART.

How cool is this?

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I love how the wood demon (with those crazy branchlike claws!) is only half-formed from the mist, and the soft glow of the wards on The Painted Man’s skin. And check out the expression on his face. That demon is going to get his ass kicked, but good.

Things like this thrill me beyond words. The inspiration I drew from comics and fantasy novels as a child led me to create many pieces of fan art myself, and cemented my decision to be an author myself one day.The very idea that my own work is inspiring others in the same way is mind-blowing, and when I see results like these, I have a full on geek attack. It’s an incredible honor.

These pics, and others, will appear permanently in the Fan Art section of my Creations page, once I finish all the code.

Posted on June 27, 2009 at 2:39 pm by PeatB
Filed under Fans, Musings, Writing
6 Comments »

6 responses to “Fan Art”

  1. The pictures are sick. I exclaimed so loudly when I saw that book that my mom asked if I was ok…
    SWEET!!!
    I’m really looking forward to more fan art!

    Posted by Lo, on June 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pm

  2. I’m waiting on the fan fiction.

    Posted by Myke, on June 27th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

  3. Well, if Myke does some fan fiction, I’ll do some fabamundo stick figure illustrations to accompany.

    Posted by Joshua Bilmes, on June 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

  4. Just wait until the Arlen/Rojer slash fiction begins popping up…

    Posted by Matt, on June 29th, 2009 at 10:38 am

  5. It’s already been talked about Matt. I say Arlen/Jardir. Though they hate each other they actually have a secret love affair and Jardir wants to change sex and have a baby so that he and Arlen can have Super Warrior Demon-Fighting Baby Army.

    Posted by Lo, on July 1st, 2009 at 10:11 am

  6. Wow, Lo. Way to give away the plot to The Desert Spear. Now I’ll have to think of something new…

    Posted by Peat, on July 1st, 2009 at 11:09 am