Hello m’dears. After all that gorgeousness from the OOA himself, I’d like to bring the spotlight back to the fans themselves. As you know, I have been deeply embedded (!) in my tidy-up operation. That also entailed going through various boxes and files and re-organising them. I created a new box with my “archive”, which contains all kinds of Armitage related items – magazines, DVDs, autographs, other collectibles – and I sorted through some boxes with photos and the like. While doing so, I came across a whole heap of letters and cards that I had been sent by my lovely fan sisters, and I had a good laugh and also felt a little bit of awe at the funny things I have been sent.
So, spotlight on the makers! I thought I’d bring you a little glimpse of the funny fan art I have received over the years. And since I am a lazy bum, I made a little video rather than take 50 photos. You have the added pleasure of hearing my dulcet voice with djerman accent. Enjoy.
Oops, well, that ended abruptly… It wasn’t planned that way, but for some reason, my camera phone decided to shut down. But well, maybe 7 minutes are enough for a start. I’ll film part two another day. In the meantime, shout-out to all the lovely fan sisters-in-RA who sent me these gorgeous pieces. I love them – I am keeping them.
Which one did you like best?
And what kind of fan art in the shape of cards and other paper-based items do you own yourself? Care to share? I’m sooo curious!
Guylty Pleasure 
I’m very happy to spot a familiar Guy card ❤
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It is still where I put it when I received it – so many years ago now. It’s gorgeous. I just love looking at it. It makes me smile every time xx
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Sketchlavie, yes. So funny. Can we lure her back?
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I just did a little search on tumblr, but her blog is defunct… Another one who has moved on…
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Agzy, too. Come on ladies, don’t you missssss us?
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We certainly miss *her* 😥
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Had to watch with the volume off, since I’m in a public place. Armitage with Mickey Mouse ears? Cute. The only RA related postcards I have are from you! Thanks!
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Hehe, you haven’t missed much…
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#justiceforourfather 😆 😆
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LOL, yes… very cute. Standing up for their dad. No need for that. The biggest thing in favour of Mr Guylty v RA is that Mr Guylty is *real*…
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My postcards are from you.I love the card with Thorin drawn on it.Very talented person.
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Hehe… spreading the RA love where I can.
The Thorin card is proper art. Evankart is her name and she is Korean. Here is her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/evan_k_art
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I love the video! Looking forward to part 2. 😀
Evankart’s work is beautiful, unfortunately I’m not sure if you can still buy cards etc from their Redbubble(?) website.
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I too love Evankart’s art, she is one of the few people I follow in Tumblr.
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Yup – gorgeous. And she really is an artist. I looked at her IG just now, and she has lots of nudes there – maybe studies from art college?
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OMG… I have just found a rabbit hole. I didn’t see Evankart on Redbubble, but she is still on Society6, and OMG, the stuff is beautiful!!! https://society6.com/evankart
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Thank you for that link S., I’ve confused the two websites, Society6 would’ve been where I found her artwork for sale in the first place, probably from a link on Tumblr.
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I think she had a Redbubble acocunt at some point. There was a reference to it somewhere.
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I loved this! Loved hearing your German-Irish accent.
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*beams* Thank you, m’am! 😉
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I’m having problems watching the video. Anyone else?
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Did you eventually get in there?
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I did. It was too weird. I couldn’t watch ANY videos on Vimeo at all. 🤷🏻♀️
But it finally worked. What a great collection you have. I needn’t share mine—they’re all from you. 😂
#justiceforourfather is brilliant. I bow to K’s sense of humor.
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Bizarre. I had to laugh when I later saw your video – on Vimeo, too. Well, sometimes it’s firewall issues.
Both kiddos have a great sense of humour – no doubt inherited from their father.
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I tried uploading directly to WP, but that as a no-go. Probably too big. (I rambled on for far too long.)
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No, not too big. You can only upload video to WP if you have a premium account. But even then I wouldn’t necessarily advise it. Video takes up too much space.
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Ah. Would be useful if WP told you that in the error message. Hmpf! It‘s all good though. Vimeo workaround is more sensible anyway.
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Yeah, I know. It took me a while to figure that out, too. I have migrated to a premium page in the meantime, but storage space is precious, and that’s why I upload to YT, Vimeo and Co as a work-around, too.
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Wow, waiting for weekly comic shipment to get in and just saw this post and your video G-Gïrl! 🎞 Flattered I made the cut. Haha
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Note: Made a bigger version of ‘The Hottest Man On Middle Earth’ for sister-in-law and she has hers next to her at work computer in the hospital. Years ago, she had many of her male co-workers challenge the sentiment too. Which is sort of funny . . . the male ego on some.
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FYI- I have been to New Zealand, but it was years before the Hobbit was made and it the card says it was mailed from New Zealand, it must have gone there first from the US before getting to you. Which would explain why it took so long to arrive.
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I’d ordered a bunch of post cards and stamps when the NZ postal service were offering them. Had to order triple of everything because the hubs is a big nerd, I mean JR Tolkien fan, and he has copies of the post card set in his stamp collection. He is the one that convinced me to read the Hobbit when I was 19, which took some effort on his part because I’m not into fantasy or sci-fi.
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Anyway, such cool fun to see a video of your work space and hear your lovely voice. I’d say I like your accent, but over the years people have told me, (Australians) they like *my* accent! (I don’t have an accent.) heh🌻
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Yeah, I couldn’t quite figure out why the postcard seemed to be from you – from NZ… That explains it, Mimi. NZ Post definitely made a mint with their Hobbit editions. Even in early 2015, when I was there, there were still quite a few Hobbit bits and pieces for sale in the post office. I have to say, though, those Thorin stamps were the business… *thud*
LOL on the accent front – yeah, it’s a matter of perspective, right? Staying with NZ, while I was over there, people would occasionally ask me where I was from. I used to tease them and tell them to guess. They veered between Ireland and Holland 😂.
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Know what you mean about the NZ post, I ordered a sheet of Thorin stamps to just put in a frame. Don’t remember how much I spent, but it was worth it.
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When I hung them up in the hall next to the coat closets, the Hubs noticed them, along with other Hobbit/Thorin items and sourly commented; ‘So *now* I have a RA display in my house?’ Haha
My response; ‘It’s a Hobbit display, besides who made me read the Hobbit when I was 19?’ He was just teasing.
He also bought me a journal with The One Ring that lights up. So it isn’t like he doesn’t like it all, just like to tease me. (Sometimes a bit too much.) Men and their damn sexy magnetism! (Humph)😈
I sent a pic of the framed stamps to your yahoo email. Let me know if you think I’ve overdone it. 🤔
I’m looking forward to seeing your letter box video part deux. 💕
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