Dixieland Yankee is my little corner of the internet to showcase my fan art. there's loads of links for textures,
brushes, and fonts on the links page, as well as some of my favorite haunts. feel free to tag me.
art is for personal use, if you display it anywhere please ask and link back.
everything i make is done with GIMP, cuz free software rocks.
kudos to anyone who's familiar with the esoteric reference i've chosen as my domain.
i make no claim on the images here, they're not mine, i just put them together nicely, and i make no profit from doing so. but if you feel generous, donations to help pay the bills so i have the time and resources to keep this site up would be GREATLY appreciated. also, if anyone would like custom desktops, i'll gladly make some, just paypal me a few bucks for my time and efforts.
July 16
4 new walls
eva green~~i really loved her in casino royale. easily my favorite bond girl.
claire redfield~~this actually started out as a different project. was starting to make one of her, jill valentine and alice, but i decided to go ahead and do this one right now. mostly cuz i could only find 1 shot of alice. which sucks cuz i need to get a few more so i can make one of just her. anyways, ali larter, she's cool. liked her since legally blonde.
a day in the life~~the contest at artypolis was to make our most memorable moment, the thing we'll always remember, made us laugh, cry, whatever....and well, this is it really. it is my absolute favorite episode. it's fricking hilarious, and the 2 of them are SO flirty, it's ridiculous.
melt into me~~XAC's theme was xena and ares(i won't get into how unfair it is to have a xena/ares shipper theme and not allow subtext pieces in any contest...) anyways, was never big on this pairing, not because i don't like ares, he's awesome, but xena was meant for someone else;)
also, i've decided to post the stories i have written. couple reasons for that, 1, right now they are only posted on a site that prevents non-members from reading them all(namely a friend of mine). 2, some of you have your own writings up on your sites. granted most are fanfics, and mine aren't, but still. thirdly, why not? i have some work to do on that still, so the links won't be up for a bit.
and oh yeah, the thumbs. i dunno, got bored with faces, decided to start using things a little bit more interesting.
June 29
three new pieces today.
elijah wood~~done for the challenge at lumber room. the quote is from renee o'connor. in an interview in 07 it was mentioned that she has acted with a lot of famous people that she doesn't really ever talk about. a few were listed and she said a couple things about them. she was in(briefly) adventures of huck finn with elijah when he was about 11. she was very impressed by him.
shine away~~anna nalick is my absolute fave musician, and it took me a long time to find some decent shots to use. i really love these. lyrics from her new single, youtube video is here for it.
always a lady~~this was done because way back in 97 i opened one of my friend's game magazines to an article on tomb raider 2 and saw this woman dressed as lady lara croft. someone had the brilliant advertising strategy to have a woman dress as lara. since then there have been many models, and of course angelina jolie. but no one will ever match up to rhona mitra for me. she will always be lady lara croft.:D
June 17
4 new pieces tonight, 2 for contests, 2 because...well, i'll get to that.
black sands~~contest at artypolis. the theme was sand. the first four entries all picked the same episode. and they all looked the same too! and here i was, going in the COMPLETE opposite direction. oh, explanation, right. okay, so, new zealand is known for its black sands beaches. and, in this particular episode, xena let's callisto die. they get trapped in quicksand and xena managed to use her whip and chakram to pull herself out and then just sat there and watched callisto as she slowly slipped down into the sand to be suffocated, the whole time her pleading and itching at xena to help her out. so we have "black" in more than one meaning. and after i sent it in, i remembered the chick who runs the site has her personal art site, titled black sands.
pick 3/warrior remains~~challenge at XAC was to use any 3 images on the given page. think i did a fair job of it.
girl eyes~~not much to explain except that sophia bush is flippin' GORGEOUS and eve6 is one of my favorite bands. i was tossing it back and forth, using this line for her or kristen bell. but i've got something else for kb(not to mention 3 pieces already), so i went with sophia. i was watching stay alive tonight and figured it'd be the perfect time to make this. incidentally, was a pretty good movie, better than i thought it'd be.
sophia bush~~ok, i was only gonna do the one wall, but there were so many good pictures that i had to make another one.
June 12
there's a new wall, which i will put up later when i've got a couple more pieces, and a new award, which is posted now.
June 4
ya know how my new art usually comes in threes or fours? well, here's the other 2 :D.
short shorts~~we all know how much i love kristen bell, and these are some of my favorite pictures of her. i mean, god damn, just look at that ass.;D
scream~~done for challenge at lumber room. great shots of avril. there was another one i loved, was a beautiful photo, but didn't fit into the piece.
also, a couple awards up, hopefully a couple more in a few days.
June 1
just one piece of art today, a karl urban wall for his birthday on the 7. words referencing his best known parts in xena as cupid and caesar and his penchant for playing a warrior.
