Shar (fan artist)
| Fan | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Shar |
| Alias(es): | Sharon D |
| Type: | fanartist, fan writer |
| Fandoms: | The Sentinel, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, due South |
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| Other: | |
| URL: | archived fan fiction site; archived fan art site; actor website; archived Fan website Whispers of the Heart |
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Shar was a slash fan fiction and fan artist whose work appeared in numerous fanzines and who specialized in photo-manip fan art. In 2003, her graphic work won her a Serious Duck Awards. Some of her Sentinel photo-manip art is archived here.
In a 2001 interview part of the Sentinel Slash Virtual Season Five Senses, Shar explained her approach to art:
I was inspired by Eng, an artist in the Highlander fandom who has since done some illustrations for AngelWings Press. And then there was Killa. Between the two of them -- there was no way I could resist trying to come up with my own interpretations of things. Besides, I always enjoyed the graphics side of things, so for me, it was a natural progression. [1]
Shar passed away October 2022 at the age of 60.[2]
Interview
Garett Maggart Fansite
For several years she ran a Garett Maggart website garettmaggart.net, that focused on the Sentinel actor. In 2006, several years after the site stopped updating and Shar was not responding to emails, several fans attempted to establish an alternative website. The Sentinel community's initial response was negative, feeling that Shar's claim to a website promoting the actor took precedence. Eventually, the actor's publicity team gave permission for the new website garettmaggartonline.com to go forward. Shar's website stopped updating again in 2008.[3]
Cover and Art Gallery
cover of Love Bites
cover of Destiny's Child
cover of New Memories
cover of One Step at a Time
cover of Hawk and Handsaw
cover of A Change in Perspective
cover of A Love Story (Starsky and Hutch zine) #1
cover of A Love Story (Starsky and Hutch zine) #2
cover of It's Raining Men #3
cover of Together
cover of Collected by Bast
cover of Broken Bonds
cover of Without Words
cover of Spies in the Old West #2
cover of Separated
cover of Get Your Kix #3
Cover of Family
cover of Right To Dream
cover of Another Nine Months
cover of Too Hot to Handle
cover of The Remember Me Affair
cover of Dark Dreams
cover of More Than Just a Holiday Romance
cover of Professional Mayhem
cover of Secret Agent Men #1
cover of Within Every Heart
cover of Journey's End
cover of A New Year's Resolution
cover of Bygones: Lifeline Canada
cover of The Wolf and the Butterfly
cover of The Winter of Ray's Soul
cover of Legwork
cover of Netfic Collected #1
cover of Best of Bast
cover of Everybody Dies
cover of Nights of Wonder #3
cover of Anything (due South zine)
cover for cover for A Question of Intent by The Unusual Suspects, in season one of the Sentinel Slash Virtual Season
cover for the Season One Thanksgiving Special,Sentinel Slash Virtual Season
cover for the Season One Christmas Special, Sentinel Slash Virtual Season
cover for the Spring Special,Sentinel Slash Virtual Season
cover for FiveSenses Experimental Theater, Sentinel Slash Virtual Season
cover for The BF/RK 2002 Round Robin Fanzine
Other:
References
- ^ from Sentinel Slash Virtual Season Interview with GreenWoman (2000)
- ^ Morgan Dawn's Facebook announcement on December 8, 2022" I am sad to report that we believe that fan artist Shar passed away this October. Since the obituary is under her real name we won't be linking to it, but several fan friends have confirmed it is her.
- ^ Garett Maggart Online -- who are they and what is truth?