What? Art?
So a while back I wrote this fanfiction that will never ever see the light of day for a variety of reasons, mainly because I went BLEARGH and never finished it. But anyway, this fic is something I've always entertained in my mind, and have re-written several times to suit my current mood.
The current version takes place in Ankh-Morpork, of course. There is a gala at the UU and everyone's there, blah de blah. Two students get bored and start trying to one-up each other magically. Of course one of them screws up and there's a big explosion. Everyone seems to be fine but wait . . .
Sybil and Vimes notice that someone is missing, mainly, the Patrician. Everyone seems to think he's left early, as usual. But then there's something out in the hall, a student goes to investigate, and the lightbulb goes off over Sybil's head when the student find a very disgruntled black horse out in the hall. Vetinari has apparently maintained his personality, intelligence and sarcasm, despite the fact all he can get out is 'neigh.' So the Vimeses take pity on him (Sam thinks it's hilarious but shows great restraint) and take him home until they can figure out what to do.
There are a series of events involving pony rides for Young Sam, a high-speed chase through busy city streets and a good old-fashioned ass-kicking that leaves horseshoe-shaped bruises.
Now, the fic itself will never see the light of day but here are some illustrations for it that I knocked out this afternoon while watching the rodeo. :P Captions and such are included.
Vimes chasing dastardly villains with the help of an equine Patrician, who shows that he really is quite athletic, regardless of what everyone thinks. Vimes is not Pleased, mainly because he is not a fabulous rider (I tried to draw bad equitation and sorta managed lol) and Vetinari seems to like jumping 4' fruit carts. This is a quick sketch of one of the jumps.
A sketch of the landing of one of the jumps. I actually like this, it's really action-packed for me. I wish I had Photoshop more and more (Christmas . . .)
And at last, the cutest (I think) of all. Pony ride time! Young Sam, of course, is delighted that his parents bought him a pony (or, you know, 16.3hh horse). Vetinari has mixed feelings about it. The other sketch in the bottom that is encroaching on the big sketch is Young Sam dragging his new pony around by the nose. Vetinari thinks he probably deserves an award for putting up with it.
Okay, I will stop inflicting arts on you now lol. You might see these again though when I get Photoshop. :P If, by any miracle, you would like to see them larger, instructions for linking would really be appreciated lol.
The current version takes place in Ankh-Morpork, of course. There is a gala at the UU and everyone's there, blah de blah. Two students get bored and start trying to one-up each other magically. Of course one of them screws up and there's a big explosion. Everyone seems to be fine but wait . . .
Sybil and Vimes notice that someone is missing, mainly, the Patrician. Everyone seems to think he's left early, as usual. But then there's something out in the hall, a student goes to investigate, and the lightbulb goes off over Sybil's head when the student find a very disgruntled black horse out in the hall. Vetinari has apparently maintained his personality, intelligence and sarcasm, despite the fact all he can get out is 'neigh.' So the Vimeses take pity on him (Sam thinks it's hilarious but shows great restraint) and take him home until they can figure out what to do.
There are a series of events involving pony rides for Young Sam, a high-speed chase through busy city streets and a good old-fashioned ass-kicking that leaves horseshoe-shaped bruises.
Now, the fic itself will never see the light of day but here are some illustrations for it that I knocked out this afternoon while watching the rodeo. :P Captions and such are included.
Vimes chasing dastardly villains with the help of an equine Patrician, who shows that he really is quite athletic, regardless of what everyone thinks. Vimes is not Pleased, mainly because he is not a fabulous rider (I tried to draw bad equitation and sorta managed lol) and Vetinari seems to like jumping 4' fruit carts. This is a quick sketch of one of the jumps.
A sketch of the landing of one of the jumps. I actually like this, it's really action-packed for me. I wish I had Photoshop more and more (Christmas . . .)
And at last, the cutest (I think) of all. Pony ride time! Young Sam, of course, is delighted that his parents bought him a pony (or, you know, 16.3hh horse). Vetinari has mixed feelings about it. The other sketch in the bottom that is encroaching on the big sketch is Young Sam dragging his new pony around by the nose. Vetinari thinks he probably deserves an award for putting up with it.
Okay, I will stop inflicting arts on you now lol. You might see these again though when I get Photoshop. :P If, by any miracle, you would like to see them larger, instructions for linking would really be appreciated lol.