Beetarty: Your Source for Betrue Art

As a reminder, the Sweet Charity Fen Auction for RAINN ends today!

The auction officially ends at midnight, but the auction clock is hosted in London, so... US fen! The auction ends in just over 4 hours. And there is handy clock counting down on the website.

If you'd like to bid one more time on anything, do it soon! For example, if you want to bid on me (!!!) don't wait! Go now! I'm listed under "Graphics" as "Beet".

I've been trying to imagine what I might end up doing for you.

Merman!John and nearly drowned!Rodney? Hooker J2 AU? Post-apocalyptic Clex? Friday and Crusoe in Manhattan? Kid!fic? Can't wait to find out!!

It's Sweet Charity's last auction to raise money for RAINN (the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network). 100% of the money raised goes to RAINN.



I put myself and all available artistic skills up for auction. I am ready and willing to make whatever you'd like me to make in any of my fandoms, at any rating, for any purpose, with (nearly*) any kink--or none at all. If there is something you've been wishing I would do, here is your chance to get it.

There are a ton of other things you can bid on--everything from custom-made plushie puddle jumpers to cookies to your very own fic written for you. And the best part is,it benefitting a good cause and you end up with cool stuff. Check it out!

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*I don't manip watersport, scat, or underage characters in explicit situations.

A collaboration for the artword Challenge 016: Colors

Title: Beyond Roses
Author: danceswithgary
Artist: beet
Genre: Slash
Rating: PG-13 (See warnings)
Warnings: Suggests past/present child abuse and past miscarriage
Spoilers: Vague. Set between the events in 4.16:'Trio' and 4.17:'Midway'



( Beyond Roses [G] )

Many thanks to my partner danceswithgary for her suggestions and brilliant idea for a story! It was fun to work with you, dear. :)
Thanks also to oxoniensis and Stargate Caps for the screen caps.

I forgot to post this in November!

My fourth and last collaboration for the artword Challenge 014: Round Robin!

"What Dreams": Story, Final Version of Art, and all Four Rounds of Art, this way >>


Title: What Dreams
Pairing: None (some one-sided John/Rodney)
Rating: PG
Plot: John's mind is a jumbled mess at the best of times, and, on Atlantis, it's rarely the best of times. He tries to keep track of everything that's thrown at him while things spiral completely out of his control.

Authors: aesc, darkmoore, oxoniensis and sardonicsmiley.
Artists: clear_as_blood, beet, and thisissirius.

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For this collaboration, I was the round 2 artist of 3 total collaborators. Full size art is behind the cut.


( What Dreams (Round 2) )

( Index to Beet's Art Through the Ages )

Just a little administrative update, moving the art index over to beetarty from beet.

Third Outtake from the Starcrossed project!



( Outtake #3: The Kiss [PG] )
I made this for myself after I finished the main Starcrossed art. I wanted to be able to see the kiss more clearly than it showed up in the finished piece. So, this is my attempt at a wallpaper (-ish) variation.

Look at those ears!!! So cute!

Thanks to oxoniensis for the use of her textures!

Second Outtake from the Starcrossed project!



( The First Idea: The CD Case [PG] )

This was my first idea for the project. But then I wanted to do John with pointy ears (Pointer? and make him kiss Rodney (!!), so then I needed to go in a different direction that would let me add more. I still love this CD cover, though!! LOL!

And because it's my birthday and because I tinkered around with the Starcrossed art even more than I usually do, there are outtakes for you!



( The Promo Poster [G] )

For the artword Challenge 015: Astronomy

Title: Starcrossed
Author: lavvyan
Artist: beet
Genre: slash
Rating: PG-13 for swears and allusions to nekkidness
Wordcount: ~3,100
Pairing: John/Rodney
Warnings/Spoilers: Beware the crack AU.

Summary: So there Rodney was, a thirty-six year old pianist with seven unimaginative albums to his 'credit', bitter, lonely and utterly mediocre.

Until the Thing With The Alien.



( Starcrossed! [PG] )

beet's Notes: Textures and brushes from oxoniensis, elli, and newkidfan. Thanks to lavvyan for partnering with me and for betaing the art!!
lavvyan's Notes: Beta-read by liresius, smuffster and villainny - thank you, guys! Also, thanks go to beet for playing with me!

Man alive! This week is eating me up and spitting me out. I have just barely squeeked by in posting my undermistletoe assignment. I wish I had more time to play with it, but I don't! In any case, happy winter weather, holidays, or Thursday--which ever you prefer!



( The Cowboy and the Indentured Servant )

Notes: thank you to oxoniensis for sharing her caps!

Now I'm off to bed. HOMG. So tired.

My first Supernatural manip! This was inspired by a recent personal post that left me wishing for an icon with an angel and a devil on it. And then *koff* this kind of happened. Also, look at my supah hot icon!! Mmm... remember when all those icons of Micheal Rosenbaum smoking that cigar bloomed across LJ? *sigh* Good times.



( Finding Balance In The Universe [Young Adult] )

Happy Birthday to lapetite_kiki!

A year ago (for her birthday last year) Kiki requested a return to club!Clex. And this is approximately how long it's taking me to get things done these days. So, huge happy birthday to Kiki, who is a tour de force of manipping in fandom! This manip is for you. :)



( Spectacle [R] )

I don't know if it is tacky to admit this, but I had a really hard time deciding what to do in my round on this piece. I was round three, so I was feeling pressure to move the piece forward, but was confused as to how to do it. For me, the primary hardship was that I have no idea how to replicate the four level grayscale effect that was used on the John in the foreground. Added to the fact that (as discussed before) minimalism is really not my strength, but definitely part of le_mot_mo's and elli's vocabularies, and I was casting about for what to do next. I like what I ended up with, but I don't feel as passionately about it as some of my other work. So... yeah. Tacky to admit? *winces*

What I am extremely grateful for, is that the final round artist DID know how to make that grayscale effect and was able to apply it to the Rodney in the foreground and give some unity to the whole that I wasn't able to. So, Kudos to dogeared!

But I'm taking all the credit (good or bad) for the Giant Oreo!!! LOL!:D



( Sheppard's been holding out on him. )

Requisition Form 2245-B (A Love Story)
artword Challenge 014 - Story 06
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG

Artists: le_mot_mo, elli, beet and strivaria.
Authors: darsynia, oxoniensis, sheafrotherdon and dogeared.

This story/art was the first and only that I got to be the last of the artists on. I really feel like I got lucky on this one. The first artist refche set up a beautiful layout with really strong graphic elements that all the rest of us were able to use to keep everything unified. nightingaledies and gblvr added more story elements as they were appeared, texture, and some lovely color gradients. To be honest (and you all probably know this by now), I am no good with texture and brushes. I was really glad that someone had already done them because I like the effect a lot!

For my own part, I was interested in bringing back a little more of the lighter, cleaner look of round one and pulling the pictoral elements back toward the center of the piece. I also wanted to try and close John's eyes. Not too shabby, eh?! You can compare the four rounds of artists working at the original post if you are interested in such things. Regardless, I encourage you to read the really, very creepy story!

Teaser for my work in the final round:


( Stir: John's world is three things: mist, hunger, voice. )

Stir
artword Challenge 014 - Story 09
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 5x07 "Whispers".

Artists: refche, nightingaledies, gblvr and beet.
Authors: perspi,sheafrotherdon, jadesfire2808 and aesc.

Thanks again to mecurtin and svmadelyn for giving me advice and direction!

Earlier today, I posted a thumbnail and a link to the completed Only Can Give (What You Have), the first story & art of the Artword Challenge cycle 014: Round Robin

Now, I'm posting the part I did--the very first part of the art--by itself.


(  Only Can Give (What You Have) [G] (Round One) )

Hope you enjoy!

Hey guys, I've spent all month working on the artword round robin challenge. It paired four writers and four artists all working in stages on the same story and illustration.

TODAY THE FIRST COLLABORATION POSTED AND IT'S THE ONE I STARTED THE ART FOR!!
There is something very cool in starting the art. I really feel like it set a lot of the mood for the finished piece. Even cooler, at the bottom of the story, after the thumbnail to the final art, you can see how the art changed at each round. Awesome!!

Go check it out!

Story written for artword challenge 014: where 4 authors and 4 artists created a round-robin story and illustration.

Title: Only Can Give (What You Have) Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: PG
Spoilers: 4x16 – Outcast.
Plot: What can you do when there's no hope, no distraction, and no way out?


(Links to the story and art)

Authors: busaikko, aesc, darsynia and propinquitine
Artists: beet, unamaga, sandalstrap and midvacent

And since I worked on four art/stories, you'll be seeing three more posts from me this week on this topic. Yay!!!

But you should check out the community itself. There are a bunch of stories and art I didn't work on as well. I think there are two or three posting each day!

But you should check out the community itself. There are a bunch of stories and art I didn't work on as well. I think there are two or three posting each day!

I started this artwork. You can see my contribution is on it's own in full size, here:

(Or you can see all four rounds of the art collaboration at the artword community post).

I've been working in this for a crazy, long time and at last it is done!

If you are a Smallville fan and have not yet read Henry Jones, Jr's (aka. sabershadowkat) series, Smallville: Infinite Possibilities, you are loosing out! It's a wonderful reworking of show canon with Lex and Clark in each other's places. I love Henry's ability to find new ways to work with canon and still preserve the essence of Lex and Clark. Seriously, read it!

In the mean time--enjoy the cover!



( Cover for Smallville: Infinite Possibilities [G] )

I was inspired to break my long photoshop break by oxoniensis's recently posted story, "The Stars Must Contain Us in Their Burning". She wrote it for artword, a nifty community posting challenges and pairing up fic writers and artists. Unfortunately, Signe's partner wasn't able to finish the challenge with her and I was so excited by her lovely story and the challenge that I decided to step in and pinch hit. So, with her help, I made a cover. The words are Signe's and the art is mine.
I kind of recommend that you check out her story first, but hey! Up to you! ;)



( The Stars Must Contain Us in Their Burning by Oxoniensis [G] )

ETA: See another variation on this art by oxoniensis here!

Well, I've done two pieces in non-Smallville fandoms and now I think I've committed a third.

Looks like it's time to update this community's profile and give everyone a heads up.
beetarty is now (officially) SV, PoTC, SGA, and maybe (someday) SPN.

Fandom will be posted in the subject.

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!



( Dark Son [Teens] )

Hope you all had a good one. :D

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ETA: You all should read slinkling's comment fic about this manip. She nailed this manip and it's hella hot in 100 words or less.

I wrote a little snippet for this, but it was so bitter, I thought it better to let you make up your own stories. If you want to share a sentence or three, I'd love to know what you see in this picture. :)


This is for roxymissrose on her birthday. I hope it is wonderful, my dear. May little brothers, Misters, baby girls, and everyone else you love shower you with delight!



( Manip: Dogwood and Chestnut, Flowering Judas [All Ages] )
(Excelsior!Lex)



( And an icon for your collection )

ps. Title from T.S. Eliot's poem "Gerontion"

Many thanks to mkitty3 and herohunter for their help with beta!

It has been a while since I spruced the ol' journal up, so I'd like to call your attention to several changes:

First:
I have officially moved to a new website:


I am still tidying up at the old site, so things will still be up there for a while, but drop by the new site and let me know if you have any suggestions or problems with anything. I'm trying to think up more interesting things to add to the site and will let you know if I make any new and exciting updates.


Second:
I changed the layout of beetarty. It has been a while, so... Enjoy! Sexy Lex!


Third:
It is time for my semi-regular reminder that I post my adult manips to this community and keep them under f-lock because I do not want them running freely about the web. I ask each community member to verify their age in an attempt to make the parts of the web I control at least minimally kid-friendly. I do keep my adult manips unlocked for a week at first posting, but that is my attempt to reach out to non-LJ folk and others reluctant or unable to join the community while still maintaining my own comfort.

None of these things are an invitation to take these images and post them elsewhere. Please don't.

I would be sad to find my stuff posted on some bulletin board out there, and absolutely mortified to find it presented to anyone involved in the actual making of Smallville. I have been incredibly lucky that to this point in my fannish life I have never found one of my pictures posted elsewhere or pirated and I want to thank you guys for that. That is awesome!! Please keep it up!

It has bee ages since I posted anything here, but now I'm happy to say I'm returning and returning with something very, cool!
A collaboration between oxoniensis and beet!

We had both been curious about combining our respective talents. I know I had tried to make wallpapers, etc before and there is a definitely cognitive conflict between manip-think and other graphic-think because, man! They looked... no so hot! So, I thought--how much fun would it be to see what could happen in the hands of a real graphic rock star? So, of course, I thought of oxoniensis. Anyway, here is our first collaborative effort...

Rome's Favored Son	1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1400 x 1050 1440 x 900
The Golden Slave	1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1400 x 1050 1440 x 900

You should also head on over to Oxoniensis's post and tell her what a great job she did! She has more sizes of desktops and, as an added bonus!--She also made shareable icons from these wallpapers.

A note to Signe: Thank you, babe! I look forward to doing this again. :D

Happy Valentine's Day!!




( A Moment in Time [G] )

A more romantic time.

Cleaning up the move over to beetarty. Found a couple manips that I missed earlier.
--Bt


Because bittermint asked at just the right time, this is for her.



( I am a manip! Pounce! [R, for makin' out and non-explicit nudity] & [S, for gratuitous use of socks] )

ETA: Gmail!! Ack!! What the hell are you doing?!?!!
It seems to be dividing my mail into stuff that is a reply to a comment I made on anyoneelse's journal, and replies made on my own journal? Has anyone figured out the pattern? Help?

Ah. I see, it groups by subject lines.

Original post here.

All characters and people in this work are, to the best of my knowledge, adults.

I actually managed to make something for toomuchplor's birthday this year!

I made a cover for R_E's fabulous ongoing saga, Constellation. If you aren't familiar with it, RUN (don't walk!) to check it out. It is by turns so sweet, so painful and so plotty you'll find yourself up til 4am unable to stop reading.



( Constellation [G, worksafe] )

ps. so totally NOT an mpreg. Just, FYI. ;D

>> I have a poll on what you like in manips in the Smallville Fandom here. <<

The Questions:
Who is in the manip?
What is happening?
What is going on? (Yeah, it seems repetitive, but go with it. I'm trying to hit two different points.) ;)
How much can you see?
What is your limit?
Kink?

Drop by and fill it out. It's short and I'm genuinely curious to see how SV Fandom's tastes run!

A very special belated birthday to my best, manipping buddy, lapetite_kiki!
I've made you a gift while I was at my conference and have just now finished it!



Click the link to unwrap your present!!
( A New Day [G Work-safe] )