Fanart prompts: not skinny youngish white people

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PROMPTS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

The last time I asked for fanart prompts I came to the horrible realisation that I had no idea how to shade dark skin and went on a quest to draw more dark skinned characters until I got better.

That worked out pretty well, but there's still lots of other holes in my repertoire (I can't get my own body shape right, for example). Beyond the fact this limits me as an Artist, it also contributes to the invisibility of those outside the "default". Fans of these sorts of characters are pretty neglected fanart-wise!

So, I'm looking for prompts for fanart featuring characters who are as many as possible of:

• darker skinned
  
• have non-stereotypically european features like epicanthal folds or an afro
  
• overweight
  
• under 16 or over 40 (ish)
  
• visibly disabled or scarred etc.
  
• Otherwise outside the physical norm for (fan)art in a realistic way (no centaurs :P(*))
  

Did I miss anything? Visual fandoms (movies/tv/comics etc) only please, since I am going to need the reference pics not to screw up completely. I'm also trying to get the hang of non-G rated/gen stuff, but nothing above PG please. Nothing too squicky. NO ZOMBIES. EDIT: Some fandoms I'm familiar with, but I'm willing to try something I'm not. EDIT: I don't want suggestions of characters, I want particular images you'd like to see, eg this queerlygen prompt, Saving Face: Wil - babysitting/looking after her sister.

Having just watched "Sleeping Beauty" for the first time I am definitely going to have to try and think of something with Merryweather :)

If any other fanartists see this and are inspired by the prompts or general idea that's all to the good! My tablet is acting up, so I will probably be REALLY slow, and don't guarantee I'll get around to them all.

(*)Unless they are also outside the norm in a realistic way. It might also be fun and educational to do prompts for characters with unrealistically unusual appearances (Wings! Green skin! Tentacles!), but this is not that post.

EDIT: Completed prompts

• House: Young Foreman
  
• SGA: Ronon in a suit
  
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Kendra stakes a vampire (drawn while my tablet was broken)
  
• Stargate SG1: Teal'c and Bra'tac and Teal'c and Drey'auc having a relaxing holiday where no-one is trying to kill anyone else (I somehow read it as the first when it should have been the latter)
  
• Harry Potter: Cho is a wizarding lawyer
  
• Avatar the last Airbender: Zuko juggling fireballs
  
• Reliquary: Alcolla, Yakuv, and Hakelda having pizza
  
• Supernatural: Portrait of John Winchester
  
• Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph and Teo, Iroh and Zuko, bonus Mai. This show was designed for this challenge :)
  
• Grey's Anatomy: Miranda Bailey
  
• Friday Night Lights: Jason coaching Smash
  
• The Outsiders (DC comics): Thunder and Grace Choi, being all couple-y
  
• Discworld: Granny Weatherwax and a Nac Mac Feegle
  
• Saving Face: Wil - babysitting/looking after her sister (Yes, I got there in the end :))
  

Comments

[samvara]

Zuko! back when he was young, angry and had the ponytail.

[sqbr]

Doing what? Being angry? :)

[ex_pippin880]

Scar and Mei Chan from FMA
Jet & Ed from Cowboy Bebop
Tousen from Bleach
Nygus and Sid from Soul Eater (and Excalibur :p)

[sqbr]

I don't just want character ideas, I want specific prompts: what would you like to see these characters doing?

[ex_pippin880]

Noser from Middleman
Jonas Jnr from Venture Bros
Hakoda and Bato and Iroh and Teo (yes that is a flying wheelchair) from Avatar
Wade from Kim Possible

[bunny_m]

Noser from Middleman

Performing on stage with Young Noser! =)

And while I'm on the topic of The Middleman, how about some art of Wendy and Ida snarking at each other?

[sqbr]

Iroh and Zuko celebrate Lunar New Year.

I don't know how I ended up with this: I was pondering a picture with Iroh and Toph, and then got an idea for one with Toph and Teo..and then ended up with Iroh and Zuko? My previous attempt at a picture with Toph got me one of Mai. One day! :)

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Also! Toph and Teo.

[yiduiqie]

Teyla from SGA...on the subject of SG, Camile Wray from SGU (omg MING NA).

Also my favourite, Cho (from HP) and Jubilee (from X-Men).

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What would you like them to be doing?

[yvi]

Kendra from Buffy the Vampire Slayer staking someone/thing?

[sanguinity]

I want Kendra, Nikki Wood, Xin Rong, and Naayee Neizghani. I want them NOT BEING DEAD, and NOT BEING KILLED. (I mean, seriously, we get Slayers of color, but we only get to see them when they're about to be dead?)

I would love something showing Kendra as inheriting the legacy of the other three. Kendra training, while being watched/shadowed/coached by the others? Kendra fighting, while being watched/shadowed/helped by the others?

[aris_tgd]

Oooh, um, Babylon 5, Dr. Franklin that time he was in a wheelchair after he got stabbed, being pushed by Marcus. Looking annoyed at the fact that it's an INCREDIBLY chipper Marcus pushing him around.

And PotC, Tia Dalma/Calypso kissing Davy Jones (either in squiddy form or not)

[sqbr]

I was looking up reference pictures to poke at a vague inspiration and discovered that this is actually a quite popular topic on DeviantArt, this is my favourite that I've seen and here's one with them kissing.

Which is not to say I won't draw it, but I might wait until I feel properly inspired since I hate feeling like I'm making something generic.

[hl]

Can I ask for Foreman (House MD) fanart? The actor fits only one or two of your points, but it's canon that he was overweight as a child, so I'm asking for a childhood scene. He has a brother (whom I thought was younger, but wiki is not helping me), with whom he's distanced now, so I would like to see them playing together. :D

(Er, free feel to ignore if the prompt is not fun or something!)

ETA: deleted and reposted for poor phrasing. I'm sorry.

[sqbr]

That does sound like fun, even if I can't rely much on reference pics of adult Foreman :)

[furikku.livejournal.com]

Is it acceptable to ask for one's own characters? >_>

[sqbr]

Sure (Though the same "I can't guarantee I'll get around to drawing them" disclaimer applies)

Grey's Anatomy request

[kake]

Miranda Bailey from Grey's Anatomy only fits two of your specific points (darker skin, would be classified as at least "overweight", question-begging as that term is), but she is also short (5'/1.52m according to IMDB), which I reckon is a suitable third point.

One of my favourite scenes of hers was a very brief one quite early in the series, when she's on her way out from work dressed up to meet her husband on their wedding anniversary, and she stops for a moment to talk to Derek Shepherd. I think it's the first time we see her not wearing scrubs, and she looks gorgeous. It's such a short scene but it's a big leap in her character development — prior to this we'd only been shown her very focused and stern work personality.

So, I would like to see Miranda Bailey out on a date with her husband Tucker (6'5"/1.96m according to IMDB). Up to you if the scene is dancing or chatting over a meal or whatever. Let me know if you'd like me to hunt through and get you some stills of the scene I mentioned above.

Re: Grey's Anatomy request

[sqbr]

Stills would definitely be helpful, because I've only seen the first episode of Grey's.

You did such an awesome job of Dick Grayson - Batman...

[gretel]

I am having the worst laptop day ever. My post has been deleted twice so I am not adding links.

The Outsiders. Thunder and Grace Choi, being all couple-y in a nice sweet kinda way (rather than a very little clothing kinda way).

Um, I have no idea what comics these guys fall under, but its the Arrow family. Lian Harper (daughter of Roy Harper (Red Arrow) and Cheshire) being babysat by Connor Hawke (Green Arrow II and Roy's brother basically). Lian should be really happy, Connor looking really nervous, and not being bleached for a change.

Er, any questions, ask, I'm not going to push my luck...

Re: You did such an awesome job of Dick Grayson - Batman...

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I hope this is ok, I was feeling inspired so did a quick sketchy version before I got too scared off by not knowing much about the characters:
http://sqbr.deviantart.com/art/Outsiders-Grace-and-Thunder-151560841

[gretel]

Also I realise these dudes aren't part of your fandom, but Judd Winick writing and dodgy colourists aside, they're awesome, so you should. :)

[sqbr]

What trade paperbacks etc specifically do you recommend? A major reason I only dabble in superhero comics fandom is I'm not willing to read EVERYTHING and am not good at keeping track of what particular runs are supposed to be good. (With standalone stuff I can just remember the title and keep an eye out for it)

[emma_in_dream]

Any of the Vorkosigans really.

John Winchester.

Yoda.

[sqbr]

I am imagining all of them together at once and it is amusing :)

Specific prompts/situations you'd like to see for those characters?

[fred_mouse]

Ronon in a suit.

[sqbr]

Huh. I could have sworn I saw pics from the show with him in a suit but couldn't find it. Anyway, to tide you over until if/when I draw your prompt, I found this imo very aesthetically pleasing image.

[rainbow]

as per request:
I would love to see anything with the Lancre witches. Or oooo... Granny Aching and the old Kelda having a drink together.

(But I don't know how much your commission fee is, and probably can't
afford it no matter how much it is, to be honest)

[sami]

Tendou Souji, from Kamen Rider Kabuto.

Or, or, you could draw Ryoutarou as ALL the Imajin characters in Kamen Rider Den-O.

Okay I'm giving you slender boys, but they're at least Japanese.

[sqbr]

*ggogles*

Hey, it's that guy from your icon! I always assumed he was holding a little violin, but I can see from the other pictures it's something science-fictiony.

I've been meaning to check out the show, so the prompt will have to wait until I get around to that. Still, you've given me extra motivation to do so.

[flamebyrd]

It's not a visual fandom, but it suddenly occurred to me that Daja from Tamora Pierce's Circle books is dark-skinned, her hair is styled in many braids, she's built like a smith (so stocky and muscled), she's 14 and one of her arms is encased in living metal, which covers a fair few of your bases...

I know covers are rarely a good indication (somehow Trisana on the covers never actually looks overweight to me) but there are some here and here.

So if you are feeling enthusiastic, I would love to see Daja at work constructing some intricate - maybe a metallic dragon (to go with Tris' living glass dragon).

[sqbr]

Hmm..maybe if I get around to reading the books, otherwise I'd feel like I wasn't doing the character justice.

[(Anonymous)]

the_s_guy at LJ here :)

Ooh, let's see...

Alice in Wonderland: Tweedledum and Tweedledee perform acrobatics.

Batman Movieverse: Lucius Fox test-drives the Batpod.

Blakes 7: Dayna faces Blake on Gauda Prime.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The kids who didn't win the factory collect their lifetime supply of chocolate.

Chronicles of Narnia: Lucy meets Tumnus.

Dangermouse: Penfold tells the Colonel that DM's missing.

Discworld: Jonathan Teatime ponders an artist's rendition of the Hogfather.

Doctor Who: Timeslip - the Third Doctor runs into Martha Jones being taunted by Davros.

Ghostbusters: Winston Zeddemore takes a day off.

Harry Potter: Mad-Eye Moody spots Dobby.

Labyrinth: Ludo and Sir Didymus: brothers.

Lilo and Stitch: "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good."

The Matrix: The Twins pursue the Keymaker.

Monsters, Inc: Employee picnic group photo.

Pirates of the Carribean: Calypso and Davy Jones: Together forever?

The Princess Bride: Vizzini lambasts Fezzik. Miracle Max and Valerie bicker. The narrator reads to his grandson.

RHPS: Eddie escapes from the freezer and almost runs down Riff-Raff.

Star Wars: The Cantina.

Transformers: Sari Sumdac 'borrows' Captain Fanzone's megaphone for a moment.

[sqbr]

Heh. Very inventive, I definitely won't do them all, but you've certainly given me lots of ideas to choose from :)

[cesy]

Teal'c and Drey'auc having a relaxing holiday where no-one is trying to kill anyone else.

[jeshyr]

OK, I'm half a month late but nobody asked for Miles Vorkosigan!

I know you said visual fandoms but I'd really really really love to see young (early teen?) Miles stuck in a hospital bed in traction with casts on both legs and being incredibly twitchy because of all the restless physical energy he's built up.

For that matter, one of the later photos with Miles and Mark together at an official function - both 4 feet shorter (?) than all the other males and trying to look like they don't know each other, but with the only difference in their appearance being their respective weights. I'm crap at remembering which book is which but this is when Mark first came to Barryar and is at his largest.

And to take pity on you, something more visual - I'd love to see Zoe from Firefly in Serenity's kitchen because she's been asked to cook and feeling incredibly uncomfortable because it's really not something she feels at home doing. Wash propped up at the table with one arm and one leg heavily bandaged, watching her fondly because his wife loves him so much will even cook for him when he's hurt. :)

Do you know X-Men, either movie or comic-verse? Professor Xavier having an argument with Storm about school curriculum - she's winning.

There :)

Friday Night Lights

[sanguinity]

Way, way late, I know, and a show about American football, so prolly not up your alley, either. However:

Jason Street uses a wheelchair as the outcome of a first-episode football injury. (He's spent all but ten minutes of the series using a chair, but if you google "Jason Street" almost all the shots are of him pre-injury!) During 1x19 Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, he reclaims football for himself via coaching his replacement. (Some ableist language about bipolar in the first half of that clip. The bit about Street reclaiming football via coaching is right near the end.) I'd love to see one of Street coaching Smash (the black player in that clip) to be a quarterback -- not many black players become quarterback, and that came up in one of Smash's plotlines. A player getting ready to pass is the iconic I'm-a-quarterback pose -- in this case, though, without the helmet and pads.

(Actually, what I'd really rather is simply Jason goofing around with a football and the others, playing catch, but the character has limited hand dexterity: he can catch a football, but he can't get the proper grip on a football to throw it anymore. That hasn't been a plot point yet (I'm only just finishing the first season), but it doesn't seem respectful of the character -- or people who have that injury -- to overlook that for a sake of a fun bit of art.)

Re: Friday Night Lights

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EDIT: Here is your picture!

Smash came out looking kind of crap since I couldn't find any decent reference photos as good as the one for Jason.