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It's always you by silliesart (SFW)
Feb. 11th, 2026 10:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art - pencil and white ink
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: silliesart on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait of Shane and Ilya on the phone during Ilya's Russian monologue. Beautiful work!
Link: It's always you, backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art - pencil and white ink
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: silliesart on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait of Shane and Ilya on the phone during Ilya's Russian monologue. Beautiful work!
Link: It's always you, backup link here
kingstokenFandom: Star Trek: TOS
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Spock
Content Notes/Warnings: N/A
Medium: Digital
Artist Website/Gallery: winterfoxdraws
Why this piece is awesome: Lovely motion in the piece of Spock with the whales
Link: Tumblr
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Spock
Content Notes/Warnings: N/A
Medium: Digital
Artist Website/Gallery: winterfoxdraws
Why this piece is awesome: Lovely motion in the piece of Spock with the whales
Link: Tumblr
his dose of sunshine By rombutan (SFW)
Feb. 3rd, 2026 07:30 pmmificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: rombutan on Instagram
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely double portrait of Shane and Ilya hugging. The artist has several more artworks in the fandom on their Instagram.
Link: his dose of sunshine on Instagram, and reposted on tumblr here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: rombutan on Instagram
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely double portrait of Shane and Ilya hugging. The artist has several more artworks in the fandom on their Instagram.
Link: his dose of sunshine on Instagram, and reposted on tumblr here
mificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: judestlispenard on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait on the cover of an imaginary hockey magazine - really good likenesses, and they got Ilya's eye colour right! (none of this "his piercing blue eyes" crap). Beautiful work, and a cute snippet of their dialogue below.
Link: Hockey Magazine Portraits, backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: judestlispenard on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A gorgeous double portrait on the cover of an imaginary hockey magazine - really good likenesses, and they got Ilya's eye colour right! (none of this "his piercing blue eyes" crap). Beautiful work, and a cute snippet of their dialogue below.
Link: Hockey Magazine Portraits, backup link here
Torchbearers by aaliyahsparrow (SFW)
Jan. 27th, 2026 12:55 pmmificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: aaliyahsparrow on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I'm calling this a Heated Rivalry rec as HR is the reason Connor and Hudson became Olympic Torchbearers. The artist beautifully combines individual reference shots of them, and even makes the hideous uniforms look good!
Link: Torchbearers Torchbearers, backup link here
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: aaliyahsparrow on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I'm calling this a Heated Rivalry rec as HR is the reason Connor and Hudson became Olympic Torchbearers. The artist beautifully combines individual reference shots of them, and even makes the hideous uniforms look good!
Link: Torchbearers Torchbearers, backup link here
Hyperrealistic face-off portraits
Jan. 20th, 2026 04:31 pmmificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: anastasia-blf on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: An amazingly realistic grayscale double portrait (reference is the main face-off poster). Comes with a vid showing the art process which I always enjoy. Extraordinary accuracy and likenesses.
Link: Hyperrealistic face-off portraits (and a reblog to get around it being a locked post)
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: anastasia-blf on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: An amazingly realistic grayscale double portrait (reference is the main face-off poster). Comes with a vid showing the art process which I always enjoy. Extraordinary accuracy and likenesses.
Link: Hyperrealistic face-off portraits (and a reblog to get around it being a locked post)
mificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: bluegiragi on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: okay, I'm through some fic deadlines and back to reccing. These two pics are a set, and as a bonus there's a hilarious text chat below as well. These are Ilya and Shane's Calvin Klein ads, with Shane blushing and hurrying past Ilya's one, and Ilya standing to admire Shane's. Excellent art, and a whole story.
Link: ilya rozanov and shane hollander for calvin klein
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: bluegiragi on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: okay, I'm through some fic deadlines and back to reccing. These two pics are a set, and as a bonus there's a hilarious text chat below as well. These are Ilya and Shane's Calvin Klein ads, with Shane blushing and hurrying past Ilya's one, and Ilya standing to admire Shane's. Excellent art, and a whole story.
Link: ilya rozanov and shane hollander for calvin klein
Ilya and Shane by linettesmth (SFW)
Dec. 25th, 2025 09:04 ammificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: linettesmth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: Aaaand, it's the inevitable Klimt kiss portrait of Ilya and Shane, and very nicely done, too! I like the echoes of their team uniform colours in their robes.
Link: Ilya and Shane
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: linettesmth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: Aaaand, it's the inevitable Klimt kiss portrait of Ilya and Shane, and very nicely done, too! I like the echoes of their team uniform colours in their robes.
Link: Ilya and Shane
mificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: catandcrown on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A very nice digital painting imagining the boys at a club with Ilya pulling Shane in by his tie. I like the two versions, and the intensity between Shane and Ilya.
Link: coloured version, and grayscale version
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: catandcrown on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A very nice digital painting imagining the boys at a club with Ilya pulling Shane in by his tie. I like the two versions, and the intensity between Shane and Ilya.
Link: coloured version, and grayscale version
Ilyaaa by ccrux00 (SFW)
Dec. 22nd, 2025 12:03 ammificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: ccrux00 on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: aaaand Ilya Rozanov, our other protagonist. A great digital painting, perfect likeness.
Link: Ilyaaa
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Ilya Rozanov
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: ccrux00 on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: aaaand Ilya Rozanov, our other protagonist. A great digital painting, perfect likeness.
Link: Ilyaaa
mificFandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: i think it's traditional art, a pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: thence-we-came-forth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I've been so submerged in Heated Rivalry that I've been neglecting reccing - time to remedy that! First, to introduce our boys: here's Shane Hollander in his hoodie from the tender goodbye in the condo stairwell. Very nice pencil drawing of a favourite scene.
Link: Shane Hollander
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Shane Hollander
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: i think it's traditional art, a pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: thence-we-came-forth on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I've been so submerged in Heated Rivalry that I've been neglecting reccing - time to remedy that! First, to introduce our boys: here's Shane Hollander in his hoodie from the tender goodbye in the condo stairwell. Very nice pencil drawing of a favourite scene.
Link: Shane Hollander
mificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Elrond
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: leucisticpuffin on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: This is a lovingly detailed depiction of the garden at Imladris (Rivendell), with a somewhat younger Elrond sitting, reading. The notes are interesting as well, giving additional detail. I like the warm tones, and of course the amazing gardens and scenery.
Link: Elrond in the flower garden at Imladris
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Elrond
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: leucisticpuffin on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: This is a lovingly detailed depiction of the garden at Imladris (Rivendell), with a somewhat younger Elrond sitting, reading. The notes are interesting as well, giving additional detail. I like the warm tones, and of course the amazing gardens and scenery.
Link: Elrond in the flower garden at Imladris
Boromir by electracution (SFW)
Nov. 29th, 2025 10:01 pmmificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Boromir
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (pastels)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: electracution on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely pastel drawing of Boromir. I love the use of minimal colours, and the few very effective white highlights. Aced the likeness, too.
Link: Boromir
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Boromir
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (pastels)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: electracution on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely pastel drawing of Boromir. I love the use of minimal colours, and the few very effective white highlights. Aced the likeness, too.
Link: Boromir
mificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas, and Gimli
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art, pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: Turner Mohan on DA
Why this piece is awesome: This is a companion to my last, more upbeat post of the friends sailing to the Grey Havens, done in a quirky, somewhat medieval style. In contrast, this is beautiful traditional art, and heartrending. Gimli is very old, and even Legolas shows his years as he helps Gimli aboard. An extraordinary piece.
Link: An attributed repost on tumblr: Legolas and Gimli Depart. Read the note on the tumblr post - it's wonderful. And here on the artist's DA.
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas, and Gimli
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art, pencil drawing
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: Turner Mohan on DA
Why this piece is awesome: This is a companion to my last, more upbeat post of the friends sailing to the Grey Havens, done in a quirky, somewhat medieval style. In contrast, this is beautiful traditional art, and heartrending. Gimli is very old, and even Legolas shows his years as he helps Gimli aboard. An extraordinary piece.
Link: An attributed repost on tumblr: Legolas and Gimli Depart. Read the note on the tumblr post - it's wonderful. And here on the artist's DA.
mificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas and Gimli
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art - aquarelle watercolours
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: cosynopsis on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I'll be reccing two very different versions of this scene, of Legolas and Gimli on their last trip together, sailing to the Grey Havens - Gimli was the only dwarf to go to the Grey Havens. This version is bright and upbeat, and I like the quirky style and details. Also I'm pretty sure Gimli has spectacles here, which is cute.
Link: last entry of the red book
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas and Gimli
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art - aquarelle watercolours
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: cosynopsis on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I'll be reccing two very different versions of this scene, of Legolas and Gimli on their last trip together, sailing to the Grey Havens - Gimli was the only dwarf to go to the Grey Havens. This version is bright and upbeat, and I like the quirky style and details. Also I'm pretty sure Gimli has spectacles here, which is cute.
Link: last entry of the red book
juniperphoenixFandom: LOST
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Individual portraits of Sayid, Desmond, Sun, Kate, Juliet, Eko, and Ana-Lucia
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital painting
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: maddiesium on Reddit
Why this piece is awesome: These are great likenesses and wonderfully expressive of the characters. Sun's is the real standout for me, with its dramatic use of color and light and that classic Sun expression.
Link: Lost portrait paintings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Individual portraits of Sayid, Desmond, Sun, Kate, Juliet, Eko, and Ana-Lucia
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital painting
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: maddiesium on Reddit
Why this piece is awesome: These are great likenesses and wonderfully expressive of the characters. Sun's is the real standout for me, with its dramatic use of color and light and that classic Sun expression.
Link: Lost portrait paintings
Arwen by handmaidofvarda (SFW)
Nov. 9th, 2025 10:22 pmmificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Arwen
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: handmaidofvarda on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: This is a gorgeous portrait of Arwen in cool blues and shadow. Her eyes!
Link: Arwen
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Arwen
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: handmaidofvarda on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: This is a gorgeous portrait of Arwen in cool blues and shadow. Her eyes!
Link: Arwen
mificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Goldenberry/Tom Bombadil
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: nimphelos on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely tableau of Tom Bombadil with his great love, Goldenberry. I like the almost Klimtian art style, and the details.
Link: Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Goldenberry/Tom Bombadil
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital art
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: nimphelos on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely tableau of Tom Bombadil with his great love, Goldenberry. I like the almost Klimtian art style, and the details.
Link: Goldenberry and Tom Bombadil
LotR sketches by kaifarikus (SFW)
Oct. 26th, 2025 11:38 pmmificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas & Gimli & Aragorn, Boromir & Faramir, Arwen/Aragorn
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (coloured pencils)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: kaifarikus on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: These lively sketches have a great style - based on book canon, I think. Also I love that Arwen is taller than Aragorn!
Link: LotR sketches
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas & Gimli & Aragorn, Boromir & Faramir, Arwen/Aragorn
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (coloured pencils)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: kaifarikus on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: These lively sketches have a great style - based on book canon, I think. Also I love that Arwen is taller than Aragorn!
Link: LotR sketches
mificFandom: Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (watercolours)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: mikhalson on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely watercolour of Legolas in the woods. I like the delicate colours, and the second photo with the beam of light really brings out the forest around him.
Link: Forest prince in the cradle of his kingdom
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Legolas
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: traditional art (watercolours)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: mikhalson on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: A lovely watercolour of Legolas in the woods. I like the delicate colours, and the second photo with the beam of light really brings out the forest around him.
Link: Forest prince in the cradle of his kingdom
