Fanart: Eva and Janie for skategreat's cliché challenge

[gira_luna]

I drew always-a-girl!Evan and always-a-girl!Johnny for skategreat's cliché challenge (Cliché 1. Genderswap).

Somehow I always end up drawing the genderswap... what's up with that?

The art was originally inspired by alex_boylove's story by the time I'm dreaming (go read!).







Medium: Watercolors on paper.

I am fascinated by the idea of Evan and Johnny as girls because of the way the dynamic would be inverted, girl!Johnny would be everyone's darling(no matter what outrageous things she said) and girl!Evan the boyish competitor the USFSA would like to disappear.

Comments

[nova33.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, you are amazing! And so are these! They are so adorable; I love the way you've made them girls but kept it obvious that it's them. Awesome, seriously!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I am so glad you think that they actually look like Johnny and Evan! I drew the one where they are hugging first and they looked so generic that I felt I had to draw the top one to make it clear (I like Eva's expression on the first one more, I think).

[misskittye.livejournal.com]

Totally love this. The second one especially! Great, great job!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I loved drawing these very much and I am glad people can enjoy them.

[preromantics.livejournal.com]

These are so adorable, omg! *draws hearts*

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you! I think I enjoyed drawing them as girls *way* too much!

[montmorency.livejournal.com]

Your artistic style is wonderful. Also, Eva and Janie are completely adorable and full of personality.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much!

I almost despaired of trying to make them look non-generic! Girls are *hard* to draw!

[strongplacebo.livejournal.com]

I love these, they are so cute! I love Eva's little USA shirt :D

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! And you are on to me, I had to dress her in a USA shirt so it was clear who she was supposed to be *blush*.

[saba1789.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is so lovely! :D Thanks for sharing! <3

Also, I love alex_boylove's story for the same reason you apparently do - the whole different dynamic thing was super fascinating, right?

[anna_luna]

:D Than you very much! I really enjoyed the story and I was curious as to how they could look like as girls, so I drew them. I love how alexthegreat manages that even though the dynamic is inverted they stay in character, Evan awkward and Johnny outgoing, but you can clearly tell where the support or lack thereof made the difference.

[aurora]

Eeeeeeeee!! These are precious.

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I had a great time drawing them!

[kalpurna.livejournal.com]

This art is so cute! I love Johnny's pigtails.

[anna_luna]

:D I just couldn't resist putting her in pigtails! Thank you very much!

[baylop.livejournal.com]

These are so beautiful. I love the coloring and your style. :DDDD

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you very much! I love how watercolors turn out even though they are hard to use and have a tendency to smear...

[hapakitsune.livejournal.com]

I already told you that these are awesome, but I wanted to say it again! These are awfully cute and really wonderful, I feel so honored to have fanart for something I've written!

[anna_luna]

:D Thank you so much and sorry for the late reply! I loved reading your fic and characterization and had a great time drawing the girls.

[cybel]

Hi!

I just compiled the podbook version of exmanhater's podfic of By the Time I'm Dreaming with, of course, your lovely art as cover. If you'd like a copy, you can dl it here.

:-)