An Illyria Sketch-Painting

Illyria is probably my favourite character from Angel, and I wrote an entire page about her and cosplaying her (oh, side note for Squidooer's, I used the Page Break Module there and the second page is ranking well above the first).

So of course, I had to paint her. Started in the evening on my laptop, between Armageddon days, but it was uncomfortable lying on the floor. And then I was bored (I have to paint three or four pictures most days, before I settle into one) and moved onto Drusilla.

Anyway, figured I'd stick the half-finished portrait up, because I can't musn't really can't absolutely not doing any painting or leisure things until after my assignments and exams for the next week are over.

She's nowhere near finished, and I'd like to finish her. The reference I used was the picture below and she was painted in Artrage Studio Pro.


You can find more of my Buffy and Angel fan art here.

Buffy and Angel's Claddagh Rings

I was tidying up the Buffy T-Shirts page (and adding more props) when I stumbled over the Claddagh ring again. Discovering how poor the quality of the relicas apparently is, and finding that there were many perfectly good version, that simply didn't have 'Buffy' in the title, I had to make a page. And here it is.

Buffy and Angel's Claddagh Rings

In the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel gives Buffy a ring, as a symbol of his love. That ring was a Claddagh ring - an old Irish wedding ring that is very popularly worn today between couples. Angel already had one of his own, a remnant of his Irish heritage.

Oooh, time for a 'related pages' link dump. (actually, more seriously, I didn't realise how MANY Joss Whedon pages I'd written and I need to sort out my new niche a little :D ) 
...meanwhile, my cat is warbling at me for attention and is sneakily oozing off her blanket and onto my actual quilt. Because she likes killing me with sneezing.

"...and then Buffy killed Edward" - the T-shirt

Most of the internet has heard of Twilight. Many of these people have also heard of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Some enterprising people have put these two contrasting vampire fandoms together - best of all in the amazing remix video, that began by ask...

Firefly and Serenity T-shirts and Trivia

Firefly was an iconic television series, directed by Joss Whedon, that was tragically and infamously cut off in it's prime by Fox. More recently the loose ends were somewhat tied up with the film Serenity. Firefly is a science fiction western story...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer T-Shirts

Willow: There's a Slayer handbook? Buffy: Wait. Handbook? What handbook? How come I don't have a handbook? Willow: Is there a t-shirt, too? Cause that would be cool.... -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "What's My Line, Part Two" If you are looking for....

Would Buffy Stake Edward?

This page has been written partly in gratitude to the video featured below, and partly because the subject seems to be lacking here - and because I feel it is a statement that needs to be made. Buffy would stake Edward to dust. Thrash him from Sunnyd...

Once More With Feeling

This page collects all the songs from Once More With Feeling in handy listening format - as well as some other related bits and pieces, such as songs from the cast's musical careers. Once More With Feeling is one of the greatest episodes of Buffy the...

Buffy Fanart Portraits

This page collects my ongoing collection of portraits and fanart of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am a huge fan of the series, and have been repeatedly inspired to draw the characters - starting with Buffy herself, of course! I'd...

Buffy Vs. Angel

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel are two very good television shows from Joss Whedon. Both revolve around the title characters - who play bit parts in each other's shows. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was more fun, had a great team...

Illyria from Angel

Illyria is a former Demon King - an original pure demon from the Primordium Age, from the times before man dominated the Earth, and demons ruled. Mighty and all-powerful, and one of the most loved and feared of all the Old Ones, she/he/it was betraye...

My Buffy Addiction

Buffy: Well, I gotta look on the bright side. Maybe I can still get kicked out of school.

Xander: Oh, yeah, that's a plan. Cause lots of schools aren't on Hellmouths.

Willow: Maybe you could blow something up. They're really strict about that.

Buffy: I was thinking of a more subtle approach, ya know, like excessive not studying.

Giles: [to himself] The Earth is doomed.

My co-worker started lending me the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer last year, which led to many sleepless nights, withdrawal, hilarity, excitement, the urge to infect others with my passion, and an urge to paint fanart.

BtVS is now one of my favourite shows - up there with Firefly and Black Books. I'm now about to begin the fourth season of Angel and rewatching Buffy on YouTube and trying to buy up all the DVDs.

Anyway, in an urge to restart this blog, just a little, I figured I'd introduce everything I've written on Buffy!

Firstly, there's the Buffy Versus Edward lens: Would Buffy Stake Edward?. Sure, the whole "Slayer kicks Sparkles over the horizon and back" theme is a foregone conclusion, but Squidoo didn't seem to have figured that out. The majority (...every lens but one) of lenses were entirely pro-Twilight. Clearly a lot of the Squidooers were a) in the target audience (girls aged 13 and bored moms) and b) onto a good thing. Twilight cakes and bedding?

So enter Buffy. And the most awesome Buffy fan-video ever made.
http://www.squidoo.com/buffy-versus-edward

That lens led, inevitably, to the need for a lens to showcase the spin-off t-shirt: And then Buffy staked Edward. The End

I got a little carried away with this and collected a whole bunch of funny t-shirts from Cafepress expanding on the theme, which seemed to be well appreciated by visitors - but saw no sales until I added the Amazon t-shirt up the top! To my great delight, the recent-ish release of the latest in the Twilight Series led to a huge surge in visitors - and sales!

Anyway, in celebration, as soon as I earn enough in sales from this lens, I shall bu one of the t-shirts for myself!
http://www.squidoo.com/buffy-killed-edward-t-shirt

I was still watching through BtVS at this point, and had been hearing about the famous musical episode for a while. I pretty much rushed through the sixth season until I reached Once More With Feeling. I loved it. It really, truly is one of the best musical television episodes ever. I had to re-watch it three times in a row, and then I had to go make a Squidoo lens all about it. And I have most of the songs on my music player and listen to them rather a lot (well, whenever random spits them up!). It really is worth watching, and the songs are definitely worth listening to! The fact that all the actors sing their own songs - and some are quite musically talented! (Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), James Marsters (Spike) and Amber Benson (Tara) have all gone onto to some kind of singing career). I also enjoy the variety of songs - sweet love song, rock and roll, blues, and some swinging demon jazz!

Finally, I was awarded a Purple Star (Squidoo award for outstanding lenses) for it!
http://www.squidoo.com/buffy-once-more-with-feeling

Reember how I said I was inspired to paint some fan art? Well, wouldn't you like to see it? As Buffy seems to inspire me to paint some what regularly, I'm making a project out of it. I put together a lens of my Buffy paintings for the Summer Sunshine Charity Contest on Squidoo: Buffy Fanart Portraits

I would really, really appreciate nominations (it ends next week, end of August, though!). The instructions are under the pictures, just above the Guestbook - so you've actually had a chance to have a look at it! - and only involves a brief filling out of a form. Even if not, I hope you enjoy the various paintings - Buffy, Willow and Tara, so far, plus a couple of other sketches.
If you're on DeviantART, you can find them all here
http://www.squidoo.com/buffy-fanart

Lastly, when I began watching Angel, I created a lens asking which was the better show: Buffy Vs. Angel
This sat in my WIPs for a very long time, as I figured that I should watch a little more of Angel than I already had! Anyway, I've finally finished it off, and if YOU have an opinion on whether Angel was boring or brooding, which was the better series out of BtVS and Angel and if Buffy would beat Angel in a fight, then please come join in at:
http://www.squidoo.com/buffy-vs-angel