ElfQuest Fan Art

Check out part 1 and 2
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5907
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5908
for the main info.

This is part 3 and I decided to exclude it. For once time was very limited and I wasn't really satisfied with it. On the other hand I was not certain if I could / should include a scene with (a stereotypical slapstick-humour) piece-of-tart-in-your-face.
I wanted to do that, originally. So when Rayek comes jumping out of the cake like a jack-in-the-box and the pieces of cream-cake are flying, Cutter is standing randomly at the side and is receiving his share.
But then I thought "nawww, you can't do that, Cutter is quite Wendy's alter ego, so you can not have even some sweet cake into his face". So I left it out of the scene.

Now I've finished reading Final Quest... oh, well. Beloved alter ego. *sigh* I don't understand the world any longer.
So for completeness... here is part 3.

I guess he looks a little like a Trekkie, doesn't he?

what:
This is pt. 1 of my entry for the "tribe's howl" fan-art-thank-you-book on the occasion of 40 years (or in elfin language 5 x 8 years) of Elfquest at the end of February 2018.
This lekker boek was compiled by Wouter te Witt, and it contains drawing, paintings, lyrics and just letters with grateful words. It was handed to the Pinis roughly around the time of Elfquest's 40th birthday (Feb./Mar. 2018).

Part 1 of my entry.

creation:
Most of the entry was created hectically during ~mid of October and Nov. 1st. The old deadline was Nov. and I had just gotten info about it mid of October. Well, finishing the calendar entry for the fan-art calendar 2018 and this at the same time... O.o
Luckily the deadline got extended till Dec. 1st, so I could improve and add a few things. I really got hurting hands and shoulders from the intense work at the computer.

content:
Among my first real Elfquest fan-art that I did for the calendar / planner 2012 - 2014 there is a Rayek picture. Of course, being just another Rayek fan, I had to do him, though I felt insecure because he's a well known character and I think it is very hard to get him right. I wanted to add some humorous elements, like the Cutter Voodoo plushie doll, the vanity mirror, elf-nip and so on. And also his to-do list.

Art is always a form of communication. And I had this hint on his paper scroll back in the 2012-2014 planner, with a potshot on the movie script that was published. Rayek did not really have a role there that was on par with his actual personality. He was shown as a rather plain villain. So I used that rather humorous form of protest with his to-do list; thus one entry there was to "strip for Wendy to convince her to give me a better role".
Well, I kinda went back to this idea roughly 5 years later when I heard about the thank you book.
If I wouldn't make him do it for that occasion, who would?

So he's pondering the idea of showing up at the casting ...

Can you count the hearts? And beware of the Cutter plushie, it has teeth!
There is also a night version of panel 6, and after long pondering and asking for advice, I chose the day version for the print.

You can find other entries from people around here in their galleries. Some are part of a common image from elfquestfanart.com (with elf-self portraits)
e.g. (currently already posted)
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5866
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5898
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5899
http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=media;sa=item;in=5900

So here is a little Christmas greeting. With bells and whistles. A certain elf wishes you a happy holiday. Silliness intended. 
Merry Christmas!