My favourite: Scarlet Ribbons (Jossverse) - Aycheb's aesthetic is distinctive, graceful and intellectual. Here, it just might bring tears to your eyes.
My other favourite: Rock Steady (Gilda) - A sexy stiletto of a vid.
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Absolute Destiny
My favourite: I
Enjoy Being a Girl (Multifandom) - Smashingly fun editing.
Ascian
My favourite: I Touch Myself (Jossverse, Buffy/Spike) - A creative and funny,
ah, commentary on Buffy/Spike.
Aycheb
My favourite: Scarlet Ribbons
(Jossverse) - Aycheb's aesthetic is distinctive, graceful and intellectual.
Here, it just might bring tears to your eyes.
My other favourite: Rock
Steady (Gilda) - A sexy stiletto of a vid.
Big
Big Truck
My favourite:
Failed Experiments
in Video Editing (Metafandom, Cowboy Bebop) - Oh, how we suffer for art!
Bradcpu
My favourite: Personal
Jesus (Firefly) - An unusual and excellent Book POV. Canny use of colour.
Butterfly
My favourite: The
Thunder Rolls (Brokeback Mountain) - The heart-breaking Alma-centric POV
sets this apart from other Brokeback vids.
My other favourite: Be
Like Water (SG-1) - A bleak, beautifully edited character study of Jack;
also probably the best Jack/Daniel vid out there.
Catatonic
My favourite: Take
This Waltz (Jossverse, Spike/Dru) - An eerie, elegiac tribute to Spike and Dru.
Charmax
My favourite: Still
Breathing (Jossverse, Spike) - Spike gets up.
My other favourite: Devotion
(Xena) - A wonderful, understated vid that showcases the heart beneath the show's
cheesy surface.
Counter Agent
My favourite: Destiny
Calling (Metafandom) - A big, smiley-faced tribute to vidding (featuring
clips from 40+ vidders) made for More Joy Day 2008.
My other favourite: Still
Alive (SPN, Meta) - A more intricate, allegorical portrait of fandom, and
a milestone in a wave of increasingly sophisticated self-reflective vids.
Destina
My favourite: To Touch
the Face of God (Space, multi) - Must-watch. My definitive
"What to show a newbie/non-fan" vid. Its aesthetic is deeply and lovingly
rooted in the fan community, but its appeal is universal. It's just stunning
and wonderful and it makes me tear up.
Dualbunny
My favourite: William
Goldman's The Princess Bride: Even More Abridged - Worth the price of a
download for the first 25 seconds. Bwaha.
Eunice
My favourite: Lullaby
(Dead Poet's Society) - Whatever I may think of the movie, this vid perfectly
captures the bright spirits of the boys.
Fabella
My favourite: Golden
Boy (HP, Harry and Draco) - Verse three knocked my socks off.
F1renze
My favourite: Déjà
Vu (Veronica Mars) - Veronica confuses finding herself with finding Lilly.
My other favourite: My
Rights Versus Yours (Slings & Arrows) - "The truth in one free
afternoon." Glorious.
Flummery
My favourite: Walking
on the Ground (Metafandom) - Bweeheehee! We go on.
My other favourite: Handlebars
(Dr. Who) - This might be the strongest, clearest vid narrative I've ever seen.
Completely gripping; a great one for newbies.
Gianduja Kiss
My favourite: Origin
Stories (BtVS) - It's Nikki Wood's fucking coat.
My other favourite: The
Real Slim Shady (Pros) - A fascinating cop show tribute with a sting in
its tail.
Gwyneth
My favourite: Detachable
Penis (Pros) - Oh, dear.
Heresluck
My favourite: Superstar
(Jossverse, Faith) - The definitive Faith vid.
J.M. Torres
My favourite: Boy in the
Bubble (Star Wars) - This is me filled with nostalgia.
Jarrow
My favourite: Paul
McCartney (Will and Grace) - The most adorablest, grin-inducing, happy dance-provoking
thing ever!
Kandy
Fong
My favourite: Both
Sides Now (Star Trek, Spock) - Must-watch. This is our
history: a recording of a slideshow from 1980 from the woman regarded as the
founder of fannish music video.
Kanzeyori
My favourite: Welcome
Home (SGA, Elizabeth) - A sweeping, soaring tribute to Elizabeth and her
Atlantis.
Katheryn
My favourite: Vertigo
(Firefly) - High octane recruiter vid.
Kazbaby
My favourite: Eurydiceverse
(SG-1, Daniel/Cam) - This is not as balletic as many of the vids I rec. What
it is is a dazzling textbook example of how to vid into existence a relationship
with absolutely no canonical support. Lesson the first: find the right song.
kiki_miserychic
My favourite: The
Girl or the Weapon? (Firefly, River) - Kiki's thesis crawls out of this
instrumental vid entirely through her clever colour choices and calculated image
overlays.
Kitakatzz
My favourite: Static
(SGA, Elizabeth) - Perfect song choice for Weir, and crisp, lucid cutting that
highlights all the best of her. Nice to see somebody focusing on her relationship
with McKay, too.
Klia
My favourite: Crazy
(Life on Mars) - I know jack squat about this show. That being the case, the
clarity and poignancy of this character study, the number of frames it took
for me to feel invested, made my jaw drop.
Laura Shapiro
My favourite: Ing
- (Jossverse, Anya) - The definitive Anya vid.
My other favourite: Circles
(The West Wing) - Laura vids the unviddable show, and masterfully. This is an
amazing movement study.
Lim
My favourite: Us
(Metafandom) - This. It gets me in my feelings. This is us.
My other favourite: In
Exchange for Your Tomorrows (HP, Snape) - Deep, dark, dense character study,
spectacular use of effects.
My other favourite: My
Brilliant Idea (SGA John/Rodney) - And here's the most wittily adorable
vid in the history of vidding.
Lithiumdoll
My favourite: Big
City Life (Dark Angel) - I haven't seen Dark Angel. This makes me want to.
Luminosity
My favourite: Ecstatic
Drum Trip (Farscape) - Pinwheeling visuals and inspired audio editing.
Luminosity & Sisabet
My favourite: Women's
Work (SPN, Metafandom) - The tour-de-force that got recced to the ends of
the fandom and beyond. A good one to show newbies, because its thesis is clear
as day even without knowing the source or the tropes of vidding. Warning for
violence.
My other favourite: Whatever
(Jossverse) - A slasherific spoof with sublime, Jossian comic timing.
Mary Crawford
My favourite: Holding
Out for a Hero (Hercules) - Good grief.
Merryish
My favourite: Hello
(SGA, John) - Stargate: Atlantis was the coolest concept ever. This vid beautifully,
moodily illustrates one facet of that thwarted potential.
Milly
My favourite: Counting
Bodies (Jossverse) - Angel, Darla and Connor. Dark as hell, none too subtle,
and perfectly gorgeous.
Mimesere
My favourite: Jesus
Walks (Jossverse, Gunn) - The definitive Gunn vid.
Myrtle & Eunice
My favourite: Fata Obstant (Jossverse, Buffy/Angel) - One epic love story, served
hot.
Newkidfan
My favourite:
Ambushed
(SGA) - This artist does neat things with the tech. I generally watch
her new vids three times in a row, to make sure I'm teasing all the meaning
out of her gorgeous visuals.
Nibikko and dragonfly
My favourite: I Love
the World (SGA/SG-1) - \o/. Yup, 'arms of yay' pretty much sums it
up.
Nicole Anell
My favourite: The
More You Ruv Someone (Jossverse, Spike/Angel) - So much for Spike and Angel's
dignity.
Obsessive24
My favourite: Piece
of Me (Britney Spears) - The vidder turns her attention back on the media
machine. A powerful example of vidding as social criticism.
PR Zed
My favourite: Bohemian
Like You (Multifandom) - Please grab your complimentary pair of slasher goggles
from the basket by the door.
SDWolfpup
My favourite: Coin-Operated
Boy (Jossverse, Buffy) - A very Jossian tragicomedy. Woe. (giggle.)
Shalott
My favourite: Duende (Master & Commander) - I am full of awe for anyone
who can pull off instrumental vids as well as this.
Sisabet
My favourite: Closer (Jossverse, Angel/Spike) - One of the first and still the
definitive A/S vid. Classic.
My other favourite: Peacekeeper (Jossverse, Buffy) - The Slayer.
My other favourite: Would? (Jossverse, Angel/Spike) - A more complex, demanding
vid than Closer. The last few seconds give me shivers every time.
Sweetestdrain
My favourite: Scared
(Firefly, Mal) - That's my Captain Tightpants.
Thingswithwings
& Eruthros
My favourite: One-Night
Fandoms: A Tribute to Yuletide (Multifandom) - In their notes they say,
"Where most fandoms are like a marriage, a long-term relationship in which
you have your ups and your downs and your loyalty, Yuletide offers us the chance
of a hot steamy one-night stand." This epitomizes the joy of Yuletide exactly,
and it's a thing of beauty.
Vrya
My favourite: Schism (Jossverse,
Spike) - Absolutely jaw-dropping Spike portrait.
Wolfling & Magpie
My favourite: Winter
(LotR, Eowyn and Theoden) - A heart-tugging distillation of a relationship that
often gets overlooked amidst all LotR's other bombast.
Anke
Eiszmann - Tolkien - Grim, angular Gondorrim.
My favourite: Sleepless
Astridv - Angel,
SGA - Watercolours with the most wonderful blues and grays.
My favourite: Smile
Time: The Comic
Big Big Truck -
Cowboy Bebop - Jazzy.
My favourite: Smoker's
Club wallpapers
Caladan - Harry
Potter - Interesting style and media, dramatic flair, gorgeous, inventive
costumes.
My favourite: Harry and
Snape
Cathy - Harry
Potter - Adorably mischievous.
My favourite: Drawbles
Celestial Soda -
Harry Potter - Skritchy and human.
My favourite: Only A Kind Person
Disanthus.com - Harry
Potter - A lot of too chill and doll-like portraits, but a few that are
luminous.
My favourite: Raven and Dove
Draykonis - Harry
Potter - Love the eyebrows.
My favourite: Next
Gen: Winter Kiss
E.W.
- Tolkien - A bit too predictable, but nice lines.
My favourite: Maedhros Rescued
Fallowdoe & macha - Jossverse
- Beautiful and calligraphic meets geeky.
My favourites: Tarot Deck
Feste Lente
Glock - Harry
Potter - Dynamic, charming, hot.
My favourite: Trio
Kasiopea
- Tolkien - Smooth, professional coloured illustrations,
but I like her striking ink drawings best.
My favourite: A
Lesson of Swordship
Ivanneth63 - Tolkien,
Harry Potter - Burning eyes in classical faces.
My favourite: Fëanor
J.R.R. Tolkien - Tolkien - Lovely, whimsical watercolours.
(Nope, doesn't qualify as fanart, but many folks may not have seen these.)
My favourite: Rivendell
Jinn - Harry
Potter - My favourite colourist in fandom. Particularly good jawlines,
too.
My favourite: behold
the poetry comic! or "Radiance," on her website
Joosetta - Harry
Potter - Neat little sketches.
My favourite: And
Then They Kiss
Makani - Harry
Potter - Brilliant, grin-and-whoop-inducing cartoon faces.
My favourite: Who knew those hoods were drawstring?
MBP - Tolkien,
Harry Potter - Bwah.
My favourite: Ringwraith/Dementor
Newkidfan - Stargate
- Innovative, expert, amusing mixed media and digital art.
My favourite: Zelenkamatch.com
Sherant
- Harry Potter - Lovely colours, warm lines.
My favourite: Trio
Txtart - Stargate
- Mad Photoshop skillz.
My favourite: The Absolute
Final Word on Genderswap McKay/Sheppard
Waccawheels - Harry
Potter - Soulful faces and lean, knobbly bodies. A few sublimely simple
watercolours.
My favourite: Ron
X - Highlander,
LotR, Stargate, etc. - This goes way beyond screencap manipulation—a
luscious and mischievous art.
My favourite: The
Story Had a Happy Ending, at Least
Updated January 4, 2009
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