Recs galore, 1 fic, 3 pieces of fanart (SGA) and one miscellaneous

[ileliberte]

Fic:
This amazing team story, Seasons of Gold by tielan
Summary: What began six months ago when John began to form his own team is complete. Maybe not the way John imagined it - not the way it began all those months ago, but complete all the same.
I loved this. Wonderful and touching team interaction, with strong character portrayals for each and every one of them. Season four spoilers, and the team goes through quite a long period of time through the story and the evolution of their understanding in the way they fight, in the way they're a team is lovely. The last bit is heartwrenching.
Go read and gush :)

Art:
So, paintedspires is live! And already, some really cool work's on there. Three pieces I really liked-

The Electric Things Have Their Life Too(PG-13) by steammmpunk. Prompt: Cyberpunk AU
Frankly, I don't think I need to sell you on going to see her work because you would have to not be in SGA at all to not know the wonder that is her artwork. I have decided I will kidnap her till she shows me how to color like that. This is gorgeous.

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight(G) by astridv Prompt: the Wraith, and "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"
Striking composition and lighting, always Astrid's strong points. Very professional line work and shading and a wonderful comic book feel, where you're in the middle panel, right after the talking and right before the shooting.

Enchanted Atlantis(G) by le_mot_mo (link goes to her art journal, warning- large images) Prompt: John and Rodney in Enchanted by Disney
Cool mix of photographs and hand drawn Disney animation-style art to create a poster for the movie Enchanted, version Atlantis. The photomanipulation is very clean and the mixing is done nicely too. Cartoon prince John is cute :) My only quibble is the slightly congested lettering below for the movie blurb, but I guess that is the nature of that typeface, which actually matches with the spirit of the poster.

Miscellaneous:
Thanks to miss_porcupine for the link to this really great slideshow of posters for female recruits in the Marines, A Few Good Women. It goes through chronologically as far as I can see, and my personal favorite is this one (no. 10, if the direct link doesn't work)