Yuletart 2009 (My Chemical Romance):

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Bandom Big Bang 2010:

The art done for nafs's lovely story "Painted Rings and Giant Wings" is here:

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And alsointogiraffe's story "Family of Trees" art is here:

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Yuletart 2010 (My Chemical Romance):

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Bandom Big Bang 2011:

The art done for moku-youbi's (awesome, amazing, very fun) story "More Than You Could Ever Know" is here:

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Art for "Twisted By Design" by girlmarauders:

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Art for "Worse Things Have Happened at Sea" by prettykitty_aya:

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2013 BBB #10: Adrift
Author: innocent_wolves
Artist Statement: Acrylic ink on paper. I'd put more here but I am super jetlagged and can't really form coherent sentences right now. I really enjoyed the process and the story was fascinating enough to give me lots to work with. I wanted to have a couple of pieces, but last minute business trips cut down my creative time to just one (the second piece totally would have been the photo Gerard finds).

A description of something that kinda hits you between the eyes?

Yeah. Found this today:

"One did not reach adulthood without feeling like a black Peep on Easter sometimes..."

Well put.

Very well put.

I think I spent my entire run of puberty and teenhood feeling that way.

So Bandom Big Bang moved to dreamwidth. Which I can kinda understand given the flakiness of LJ. But I don't *want* a dreamwidth account. And I know, I know, openID yadda yadda yadda. It is still kind of a great big pain in the ass if I want to participate. Which I kinda have to get on, if I'm gonna commit art, since I am really only available for first wave, and the claims post is already up...

Ugh, sometimes my indecisiveness torques me off. And I have nobody to blame for it but my self.

First world troubles...

My real life was calm enough at the moment to participate in BBB. A couple of those summaries are REALLY tempting, but I just don't have the time and creative energy to devote at the moment - and won't until after August because RL is just that draining at the moment.

Annoying! But on the other hand, it looks like there will be some good fic coming - as well as some fun art and mixes.

Title of Art: Where Magic Meets Rock and Roll
Created By: amkave
Artists Notes: So when the bandom reverse big bang was announced last year, I was excited. Since I got into bandom I've wanted someone to attempt a Bordertown AU. I mean, when a shared world has a tag line like "where magic meets rock and roll" how can you NOT think any of the bandom groups would fit? I mean, Cobra Starship was *made* to play Danceland, and I'd love to see MCR at the Dancing Ferret. I've loved Bordertown since I read the first anthology not long after it was published.

In my opinion, we saved the best for last. Thank you to the author for taking on such a herculean task (and succeeding so well), and huge thank you to the mods for persevering. With all that said, let me introduce you to Bordertown, a city set on the edge - halfway between the Faerie Realm and the World. The place where magic and science clash, where the streets are alive with music and art, where Humans and Truebloods fight for turf, and Halfies are caught in the middle.

I've wished for this kind of story. Well I got my wish! It took a while, but it was oh, so worth the wait! roxy_palace takes us on quite the romp through the streets and neighborhoods of Bordertown. From Soho to Dragontooth Hill. From crumbling squats and Mad River Water addiction to Trueblood politics. To music and magic and curses and everything in between. Its an adventure, and a love story, and a Faerie tale all in one. It is awesome - go read it!

Title: Bordertown
Author: roxy_palace
Pairing(s)/Characters: Ray/Mikey, Frank/Gerard (pre-slash), James Dewees, Bob Bryar, OCs, Wolfboy, Sparks
Summary: They left after Elena. She'd always said there would be a sign, and Gerard couldn't help but see her death, her leaving them, as anything but a sign to get the hell out of New Jersey.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 16, 216
Warnings: Non central-character death, grief, cavalier attitudes to violence, threats of violence, drug use, drying out, accidental drug use which is central to the plot, cavalier attitudes to drug use. Happy endings in spite of these things - this is definitely not Dark!fic but the verse it’s riffing on is quite dark..
Author notes: This is a crossover with the amazing shared universe of Borderlands. Thank you to my beta, gala_apples, who knows canon inside and out and was able to guide me through the streets of Bordertown so i wouldn’t get lost, start a gang war or get dusted trying to go through the gate. There’s no way I could have done this without you! Thank you also to my first reader and beta defect_no9 who is always a joy to me. ILU, doll face!

To my wonderful artist: I am so sorry you didn’t get a writer who knows this lush and wonderful set of stories well - or at all. I wanted to write for you because I loved your art, and when I investigated what Bordertown was I realised it was a frikken wonder I had never read the books before. It is EXACTLY my kind of thing, and possibly the stories I have been waiting for my WHOLE LIFE. I have always loved that idea of worlds overlapping and crazy stuff happening in between.

Also, I was so stoked when I read there’s a story in the Borderlands series called Famous Last words, and also that you can get “dusted” going through the gate if you are not an Elf. AMAZEBALLS! No wonder you wanted a crossover so much!

I was fortunate enough to find gala_apples to help me out, with all the details of verse. She has been amazing with details and research and info about the Borderlands world. Also, she has been super supportive and encouraging, nudging me back on the right path when I wander off into some other mythos or get my elven/elfin mixed up!
Finally, there is a death in the fic, and some confusion about who is dead and a great deal of grieving, but this is not dark!fic and there is a happy ending.

Bandom Reverse Big Bang has been posting for about a week and I still don't have my posting date... Getting anxious as I leave on Tuesday for a trip "across the pond" where the Interwebz will be intermittent and unreliable...

Skippy Valentine Challenge: Meddle Not
Author: amkave
Type of kiss #5: body: calves
Word associated with Valentine's Day #23: courting
Sequel to Sleeping Dragons
Author's Note: Well... This almost fits the challenge? They really aren't quite at the body-part kissing stage... yet. And since it is a courtship, and Carden really does want to kiss Kevin (and Kevin really wants to kiss Carden)...

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Title: Like Tumbled in the Mad River
Author: amkave
Recipient: kalimai
Word Count: ~1600
Prompt: I loooove AUs! I am kind of obsessed with AU where the Jobros didn't end on Disney, turned into an Indie rock band. Also I love all the Kevin got warped by the Way bros because they stayed in NJ. I love Magical Au, crack, all the AU in the world as long as they're happy ending.
Warnings: None. Very tame. Pre-slash
Author's Notes: Okay - so I hit the "magical AU" and possibly the "crack" part of the prompt... Other than that, I'm not really sure. This got wordy and unwieldy, but I think I've cut out the boring bits... Hope you enjoy!
Summary: Between working at the Hard Luck Cafe, and shelving books at Elsewhere, Kevin has to remember one thing. Anything could happen in Bordertown.

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