Enter your requests, fellow Sounisians!

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

...Or Attolians or Eddisons, and if any of those Mede bastards want in too then I suppose they could. XD**

So, firstly: I opened a bit of a request for scenes people would like to see illustrated on my intro post, and I re-ask it here. Characters, situations, events, gods/goddesses, amusing things you've thought up that you'd like to see, whatever. Post them all, and I shall do them if they tickle my fancy.

Secondly, I want to make some wallpapers. Should I do individual ones for each character? Gen, Eddis and Attolia, obviously, but who else'd you like to see? Magus? Relius? Costis? Teleus? Or should I do a group thing?

Thirdly, would it be some sort of ridiculous copyright infringement if I were to make a comic out of one of the books? I'd obviously only take credit for the portrayal, and I wouldn't be selling it or anything, so could I count this as, ah "fanart?" It would be King of Attolia, by the way, if I ever get off my arse  to do it. Just musing, even if it DOES get immediately shot down by those with a firmer grasp of copyright law than I.

Finally, I've been kinda busy lately, but I'll do an art post here in a week or so (hopefully), one that includes a couple requested scenes and maybe a wallpaper or two, should time allow. Oh, and the coloured version of the little doodle of Gen I posted a while ago... I kinda forgot about it. XD

Anywho, cheers in advance for your thoughts!


ETA: Okaaay, so, out of all these bajillions of comments I have gotten the following recommendations:

☼ Dancing Bear at Attolian Court
☼ Moira depiction
☼ Crenelation hopping, starring Gen
☼ When Gen's threatening that guy with a knife in the middle of the night
☼ Pirate Sophos
☼ KoA dance scene
☼ Gen in the Hammie's gift chamber with the gods
☼ Teeny Helen's gate-crashing of the gods' party
☼ Kamet (Nahblahblah's servant)
☼ Gen and Costis in dresses (I have no idea either XD)
☼ Stair-climbing scene from Queen of Attolia
☼ Gen's wooden-sword air acrobatics from King of Attolia
☼ Pol and family

The other comments are basically about the details of pirate Sophos, the king of Sounis' secret fanfiction that is being edited by his magus, or how everyone in the books are gay. Unless they're married. And even then, we're not sure. XD

So, basically, loads of room for more suggestions, despite the large comment count. :D

**Why is the club called Sounis? I've wondered that ever since I joined :D.

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[parron.livejournal.com]

**Why is the club called Sounis? I've wondered that ever since I joined :D.

Because secretly, Sounis is a member of fandom. His favorite character is Sophos, naturally, and he's currently writing a long, dramatic fanfiction explaining what the hell the kid has been up to, and how he isn't dead. It's currently at 65 chapters of swash-buckling and damsels, unfortunately, they're quite short and not very well written - the Magus will eventually have to step in and beta-read.

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

♥

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Ahaha!

A++

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Hell, I'd buy it. XD

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

...Win. Win win win win win win win.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Eddis, mod at the time came up with it.

I always thought it was because we starting reading about Gen when he was in Sounis. *shrugs*

[rowana.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd love to see a dancing bear in the Attolian court. Moira would be nice to see illustrated too.

(It might be worth emailing Megan about the comic, but I would have thought it'd come under the same category as fanfiction and our readaloud, and as you said, fanart.)

*is looking forward to fanart now*

**Why is the club called Sounis? I've wondered that ever since I joined :D.

Eddis, the currently absent mod, came up with the names. I think it was probably just the first thing that sprang to mind.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

Scratch my explanation. Hinikuish's was much better. :D

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Icon love! :)

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Today I had a random desire to see the scene in KoA when Costis is trying to get Gen OFF OF THE CRENELATIONS illustrated. (Like the little star people but different! [not better, necessarily, because the little star people are pretty darn AMAZING.]) It would, of course, be a pretty dark picture, In my mind its more silhouettish, less detailed... *shrug*

Just my $0.02.

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think I see what you're sayin' here... although I'm dumb and don't get the star people reference. *does a thumb sketch that I will show momentarily*

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Aaand, here's the thumbie. This what ya meant?

[kilerkki.livejournal.com]

DUDE. Totally unrelated to anything else, but... I was just looking at the community map, and realized you're another Utahn. Then I went and stalked your journal a bit and realized you're another BYU student. Awesome!

...Yeah. Just wanted to say Hi. >.>

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the scene from near the beginning of KoA where Gen sneaks into the guy's room at night, and puts a knife to his throat and threatens him without waking up the other person in the bed. :P

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I liked that part! I'll get to experiment with some nice nighttime colour palettes too.

And, am I the only one that thought that it was kind of insinuated that the other person in the bed was male? I dunno, maybe it was just the phrasing, that the other person's gender is never specified and it isn't the guy's wife and stuff... or maybe I'm just a freak. XD

[rowana.livejournal.com]

I just noticed your choice of music. Here I was thinking I was the only person to have heard of The Decemberists. *happened to be swaying to 'Eli the barrow boy'*

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Haha, my musical taste seems to amuse people here. Last time someone commented on how I was listening to Noir Désir.

Ah, Eli the Barrow Boy. Is it sad that I nearly cry whenever I hear that song? Probably. :D

[hikari-cyhan.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? I LOVE The Decemberists!

[cleo]

Thirdly, would it be some sort of ridiculous copyright infringement if I were to make a comic out of one of the books? I'd obviously only take credit for the portrayal, and I wouldn't be selling it or anything, so could I count this as, ah "fanart?" It would be King of Attolia, by the way, if I ever get off my arse to do it. Just musing, even if it DOES get immediately shot down by those with a firmer grasp of copyright law than I.

First of all, are you considering adapting one of the books as a comic...meaning using Turner's material? Or are you considering a comic based on one of the books...using it the way we do in fic with writing missing scenes etc?

If it is the first--putting one of the books in comic form--that would definitely be copyright infingement. It is plagarism unless you have the express permission of the author. Anything that is posted on the internet is technically considered "published." This is why there's that really thin line with fic--is it plagarism or is it derivative fiction.

I think it's safe to say that we've all seen something like this done before and labaled as fanart. Mostly, copyright holders refrain from taking legal action because the artists/authors are not making money off of the work.

If you do want to go straight from the text into a comic and not a comic based on the universe (Dōjin), I would be really wary of posting it. Dōjin would be a better way to go; it's a big thing in manga, and more culturaly accepted in Japan/other Asian countries because of its historical basis...but it would work better for you here because you could stick a disclaimer on it and shield yourself with the largeness of fandom in general. A novel turned into a comic by a fan definitely sticks out. I'm not sure how Turner would see it, but her publisher would always have the right to take legal action.

I'd say, if you want to do it that way, it should be something you keep to yourself (as much as that sucks) or circulate among close friends who will not post it.

Or...if you're accomplished enough, contact her and her publisher. They might be into the indea, especially since fandom is gettins o much attention lately (a well known fanvidder was just featured in some highly publicized media).

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

*nods* I wondered about the legality of it. I'll probably stick to a doujin, then, although the odd couple of panels from a particular scene that sticks out to me probably wouldn't hurt...er, right? XD And, lol, accomplished? Not at all! But hey, ya never know. ;D

Anywho, thanks a bunch for clearing this up for me! Really appreciate it. :)

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

And, what fanartist was this? Have I heard of them? Where where they mentioned?

[hikari-cyhan.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see the dance scene from KoA illustrated. And the god party Helen walks in on when she's little. And Gen when he walks into the what's-it-called--naos? In Thief.

As for the comic...it's probably TECHNICALLY considered a copyright violation, but so are fanart and fanfiction for the most part. There are a number of people who do comic versions of various scenes from different novels, though.

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the dance scene's a good one! And I really want to illustrate all the gods at some point, so the scene with Gen getting Hammie's gift is bound to crop up.

But what is this god party of which you speak? Is it something from the short stories (which I haven't read) or am I just being dumb and forgetting details?

[shadowgirlvg.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Ooo! Could you draw Gen and Costis in dresses? I've been obsessing over that image ever since I posted that KoA/Midsummer Night's Dream thing. If you draw it I swear to offer ten gold (or maybe plastic depending on my budget) cups to the god/godess of your choice!

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Lolwhut? That may just be amusing enough to keep my interest. XD

[dawnbluewings.livejournal.com]

I'd really like to see the stair-climbing scene from Queen.

~ALSO~

Gen's Wooden-Sword-Aerobatica in the end of King. You know, leaping mid-air and hiting Teleus in the neck.

~AND~

Pol. Anything involving Pol. I will love you for ever if you do Pol and his kids.

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Haha, I've tried to draw the air-pose for a while... I think it will prove to be the bane of my existance on this planet. XD

I can't recall the stair-climbing scene at the moment... I'll glance through my QoA when I get home (I'm at school right now)

Aw, Pol. *hugs his corpse*

[fabricalchemist.livejournal.com]

As long as you aren't selling it, I don't think it's a problem for you to make a comic. You could always ask Megan.

[aspectabund.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! I'll do that! Lol, I am so dumb sometimes.