Giftart for Emmuzka!

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Title: Here Is Your Verse
Gift for: emmuzka
Artist: reflectedeve
Rating:: PG
Fandom: bandom (Fall Out Boy)
Characters: Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump
Artist notes: Hey, so I really liked your note about a "scene out of an imaginary fic." Originally I had planned to just do a single snapshot, but I think more and more sequentially these days, so . . . two panels, not quite a stand-alone and not quite a whole comic. I hope you like. Happy holidays!
Summary: So I see this as a scene out of a high school AU of some kind. (The kind which isn't set in their "real" younger years, but instead is more . . . them as they are now, only in high school. Anyway.) Clearly, Pete has done something to piss Patrick off or hurt his feelings, and there has much angst and separation. Unable to express himself any other way, Pete has written a song for Patrick, to serenade him under his window! Unfortunately, Pete can't really write music, isn't much of a singer (this isn't time for screamo), and isn't particularly stellar on Joe's borrowed acoustic guitar. However, I'm sure the lyrics are very stirring (in a heavily-metaphorical Wentzian way), and his heart is definitely in the right place. :) (Patrick probably rolls his eyes, but starts talking to him again, and they patch it up.)

Comments

[kaptainsnot.livejournal.com]

I don't particularly like Fall Out Boy, and I never understood bandom, but this is really, really cute, and very, very well done. I love the lawn-flamingo, and the :D?s kill me. Lovely job, this is damn sweet.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Well, it's always nice to be able to transcend fandom preferences, so thank you. *g*

[wisdomeagle]

Awwww. I agree with Patrick. <3 indeed.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. ♥

[froggie.livejournal.com]

Holy wow, this is awesome! I know absolutely nothing about FoB, but it's a great comic regardless.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[bluelittlepig.livejournal.com]

This is adorable! The flamingo is an awesome touch!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! Yeah, I'm fond of the flamingo too. He may need a name.

[evocatory.livejournal.com]

aw, that's adorable. i like pete's rocking out face in the second panel.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, hon. :) Drawing Pete was really fun; I hadn't before.

[echelon-ga-l.livejournal.com]

I'm not into Peterick but it was adorable ! <3 Awww !

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[unithien-rerith.livejournal.com]

Adding my 'awwwwwwwwwwww' to the bunch, as well as saying that your style is simply fantastic. I've seen other people do stuff along these lines before (stylistically, not story wise) and usually it leaves me kind of flat, but this just keeps me hooked. The expressions are so much fun, and there's so much to look at that I keep going back to it and finding something new! Great job <3

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Aw, geez. Thank you. :D That's a really lovely comment to receive.

[hideincarnate.livejournal.com]

Adorabbblllee.<3

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks! :D

[littlerhymes]

Awwww, this is amazing! <3

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! ♥

[drunktuesdays.livejournal.com]

wowwwwww awesome job!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank youuuuuu. :D

[crowgirl13.livejournal.com]

This is just lovely. I adore the layout - the double panel along the left is especially fine. I think your decision to not use dialogue really works too [the :D is super cute and is so Pete.] Everyone's already commenting on the most excellent lawn flamingo, but I'm enamoured with that Bowie poster in Patrick's room.

Really, it's just beautiful.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much! And I can't tell you how pleased I am that someone noticed that Bowie poster. *g*

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

That is SO CUTE and such a fabulous idea! I love the wobbly notes, the dialogue in emoticons (instead of right-side-up smiley faces, hee!) and the indie-comic look of the whole thing is just freakin' *priceless*. What a lucky recipient, and hooray for creating such a glorious piece of art!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you so much!

[22by7.livejournal.com]

omg this reminds me of professional comics stuff i've seen. LOVE your use of greys and hatching to create depth and texture. what a great way to tell a story without using any words. the panel with that flamingo (i think?) is especially awesome.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you, that's an awfully nice thing to say. ♥

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

Very cute and wonderful technique!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

I love it, thank you! I couldn't think anything nicer than this :D

I love the composition of the comic page, by the way, it's really balanced and it flows nicely. And the different background colorings and the way the grass is drawn definitely tells that's it's a night time, hands down. Really cute :D

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am so happy that you like it. :D It was really fun to draw, and I was delighted to finally do some FOB art (I've been meaning to for ages).

[sinsense.livejournal.com]

I really love it, the clean lines and the way you contained a whole little story in one page. And the ":D? :D?" killed me. That is Pete in a nutshell.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Gosh, thank you. :) This was my first crack at Pete, I am pleased that it seems to have come off all right.

[maple-mahogany.livejournal.com]

Precious!!
You really captured their likeness so well! I love their little ♥ eyes at each other - canon! ;)

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D I actually struggled quite a bit with their likenesses, so this is lovely to hear.

[paintedmaypole.livejournal.com]

this is ADORABLE. i love it. the concept is great and the little speech bubble emoticons are perfect.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Awww, thank you. ♥

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

So much personality in your inking! Fantastic!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[ainaria.livejournal.com]

Aww, this is so cute!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :DDDD

[rasetsunyo.livejournal.com]

Bwaha cute! ♥

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you. :)

[unprolific.livejournal.com]

:D? :D?

GOODNESS, MY HEART. i love their little expressions.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you like! :D

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

NAWWWW IT'S SOOOOO ROMANTIC!! He's on his knees! He's serenading! And the other dude is so totally in love, it's just so adorable. I love your indie comic style - there's so much great inkwork in your black and white layering and cross-hatching, everything is so clear and distinct in each panel. There is so much love that's gone into this, it makes me feel all warm and gushy just to look at it. <3!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, hon! ♥♥♥

[loonylupinlover.livejournal.com]

Another non-bandom person here who loves your style to pieces :) Pete is so cheerfully awkward and Patrick so flattered! The crosshatching is wonderful and like everyone else, I must give mad props for the flamingo. Awesome piece :)

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much. :) Everyone does seem to love the flamingo; I'm glad.

[somniloquacious.livejournal.com]

Beautifully done. I adore this.

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ♥