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Sheer silliness
Stargate Atlantis fanart - Rodney McKay (looking annoyed in the backgound at having to come to the rescue) and John Sheppard (in front, wondering why this sort of thing always happens to him)
For an end of year challenge using the title of a Harlequin Romance as a starting point . My prompt was "The Desert Bride of Al Zayed" This, of course, is the wacky Pegasus galaxy hijinks version of the prompt.
From an artist merit perspective (er - what artistic merit?) - this was a chance to go wild with colour, to actually paint an entire scene that (hopefully) conveys a story, a chance to do a less realistic style.
Reference used for the faces and then many different reference photos looked at for ideas on all the other elements (eg the design of the moroccan lights).
John was a challenge to draw, since I didn't have a body reference for him (shirtless and in that pose). Beta (particularly of John) by Ileliberte and Talietha.
Wacom Tablet and Painter X
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Well, I think this has plenty of merit 
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And you did a fabulous job!
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Love this. He has this frustrated why me look on his face and is so very cute
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Thank you! I was pretty amused by his expression while I was painting . Poor John
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You did a great job. He looks like he is part of a harem. The question is, whose harem?
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omg hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa xDDD
i would love to see that come to life some day!
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In all your pictures, Rodney is always making a 
I love all the colors you chose.
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True - then there are a couple where Rodney is in full oblivious ranty mode and waving his hands around right in front
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eeek! sheer awesomeness!!!!!!
*happy fangirly glomp of doom*
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Heeee! It was such a silly idea, I couldn't resist
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McKay actually looks like for an instant, he's actually thinking about something unrelated to Sheppard's current predicament--like an anomalous energy reading.
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I like to think he's mid-gripe about all the things he went through to reach Sheppard but that WOULD be just like McKay to get distracted despite the situation
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Highly distractable, our McKay. What do you bet the desert clothes would number among his things to gripe about?
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Oh definitely! (the disguise, the sand, the camels!)
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John really looks speechless!
I love your ideas and how you put them into pictures.
Oh..and a wonderful blue!!
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Poor John! The others are never going to stop teasing him about this
I really enjoyed painting the fabrics and those shades of blue.
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Hm, what it looks like to me is that Shepard and McKay are staring at Teyla who just walzted in wearing a harem girl outfit from Arabian Nights.
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I love their expressions! Also, it's great how the colors are still so vibrant without becoming overbearing or distracting.
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Thank you! This was the first "story-telling" art I tried with my tablet, and I was having too much fun playing with the colours
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what's really sad ...
is that I can see this situation coming to pass xD
never doubt the amazingness of sci-fi!
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Heh! It could be very funny - as well as fangirl heaven
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Needs moar camel! Really, this is great fun. Makes me want to work on the B7 picture I have in my head of Avon and Vila on camelback. Aah, how I wish I liked SGA more, but this is still great.
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Hee! I was pretty pleased with the tiny little camel.
SGA has a actual episode where Sheppard wakes up in a red velvet bedroom - prisoner of a princess who wants to have his baby. (Yes the series can be pretty cracky
I'm trying to picture the circumstances of Avon & Vila sharing a camel-ride and boggling. There would be a lot of snark and complaining, I bet!
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He does? Oh man, how did I not see that coming. Oh wait--was that the episode in season one or two where there was some annoying political power play going on with Brendan Beiser as a prince, and that airhead princess totally drops her dress and Sheppard says 'oh I never see this coming'?
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Did I say they'd be SHARING the camel? Because in my head Vila's riding and Avon's walking. But yes, snark would happen. Probably. I dunno. I was always sad Vila didn't get lovely binary star world "white" clothes like Blake, Jenna, Avon and Cally did in "Shadow."
And, believe it or not, I've seen ever episode of SGA out there. (Although I don't remember that particular one, off the top of my head, hahaha.) I was dating a girl obsessed with the McShep pairing and she made me watch it. (I made her watch Classic Doctor Who in retaliation. XD) But anyway, heee, yay.
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Ok, not sharing the camel is slightly less scary
That was a good SGA ep to forget!
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Ahahahahaa. Oh, oh, I remember it now. She was ascended or something really weird, right? Yeah, we skipped it the first time. XDXD She showed it to me out of order. Sigh.
Anyway. Yay Shadow outfits. We'll see if I ever get around to it. I've never drawn a camel before.
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Squee. This makes me happy. Rodney looks vaguely jealous... 'Oh, of course *Sheppard* gets into these harem situations all the *time*...' Hee. But so cute. And shirtlessness is FTW.
=^_^=
Anneko
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Thank you
Ha, yes! And Rodney is probably not going to shut up about this, ever
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So pretty! Then again, I haven't really gotten past John yet. Wait, there's more to the picture? XD
I love all the details, especially the pillows, the camel, and the lamps. And Rodney's watch!
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