Fanart Recs

Fandom: Imperial Radch (Anne Leckie)
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Anaander Mianaai (2 of them)
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital painting
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: tumblr art tag
Why this piece is awesome: The artwork isn't very large, but click on it to enlarge it a bit. I like this as it gets a number of details right - Anaander Mianaai's indeterminate gender, 'her' very dark skin (darker skin being higher status), the uniform with all the pins - thoroughly described in the books but hardly ever shown in art. Also, the gloves - remember that bare hands in the Radch are serious nudity so only primitive people go about bare-handed. Interesting.  
Link: if-i-had-been-human-i-would-have-laughed

Fandom: The Imperial Radch series by Anne Leckie
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Breq and Seivarden
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Medium: digital painting (I think? - no art notes because tumblr, grrrr)
Artist on DW/LJ: n/a
Artist Website/Gallery: jasjuliet on DA  jasjuliet on tumblr
Why this piece is awesome: I'm reccing Ancillary series art this month. I think there's often less art for book fandoms, as artists have fewer visual references as a starting point. There's very little out there for the Imperial Radch series yet. I'm interested in how close the artists stick to the very few clues from the books as to physical appearance of the characters. Many of course opt for androgynous characters as gender isn't important in the Radch, so often isn't specified. Note that I haven't read the last book yet (I'm doing a re-read) so you're safe with these recs if you haven't either.  This is a painting of Breq and Seivarden - it's accurate according to the art notes I've been making in my re-read. From my notes: "Seivarden: Very dark, male. Breq: Skin too dark to show a flush. Gender unclear."
Click on the image to enlarge it. I like the near-monochrome colours, the minimalist style, the accuracy to the books, and that they're not at all prettied-up.
Link: Breq and Seivarden