Avengers recs
It's no secret that Steve Rogers is my forever favorite Avenger, but my real Steve OTP is Steve/drawing. When I first fell into Avengers fandom back in 2010, that piece of canon was the first thing that really drew my attention to Captain America and made me realize that he was a hell of a lot more than Marvel's answer to Superman.
Steve was an artist before he was a warrior, and still is one - that change didn't erase who he was before, only enriched it. He's an idealist with a devious streak and a snarky sense of humor; a genuinely good person who can be impossibly stubborn and judgemental, but flexible enough to change his mind and admit he's wrong; adaptable enough to wake up in the future, having lost everyone he loved, and still build a new family and remain a hero. He believes in grand principles, but understands humanity well enough to be pragmatic about them - and that more than anything is why he can lead the Avengers, the world's most screwed-up, super-powered herd of cats.
I love him a whole lot.
And since it all started with Steve and his sketchpad, have some recs where Steve does art!
Sketches by spockside
Movie-verse, but no spoilers for the events of The Avengers, in which Steve asks the team to pose for him, individually. Lovely character work for everyone, and her Steve is the perfect mix of earnest and insightful and quietly snarky.
Luceat by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dira
MAJOR spoilers for the movie, but also has a super awesome use of Steve's art and was generally an amazing coda.
Greyscale by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jazzypom
Despite everything that happened, his talent was still here, shifting under skin and at tips of fingers, ready to be called to service.
Comics-verse Tony/Steve UST. Steve starts sketching again after they restart the Avengers, and his artist's eye sees Tony anew. This was one of the earliest stories I read about Steve's art, and it's still lovely.
A is For Artist byelspethdixon
Comics-verse. Adorable short about Steve and crayons, past and present.
64 Colors bymusesfool
The focus is Darcy and crayons, this time, but Steve plays a big part, and mostly: TEAM BONDING VIA CRAYON. ♥ Movie-verse, written pre-Avengers so no spoilers.
Easel by simmysim
Comics-verse. Steve finds his old easel at a charity auction.
Scratched by garrideb
Comics-verse, established Steve/Tony. Steve talks Tony into a little graffiti for a good cause. I just about died laughing at Steve's devious methods of talking Tony around, and their comfortable banter together, and Tony using Extremis for sex-related purposes.
Steve was an artist before he was a warrior, and still is one - that change didn't erase who he was before, only enriched it. He's an idealist with a devious streak and a snarky sense of humor; a genuinely good person who can be impossibly stubborn and judgemental, but flexible enough to change his mind and admit he's wrong; adaptable enough to wake up in the future, having lost everyone he loved, and still build a new family and remain a hero. He believes in grand principles, but understands humanity well enough to be pragmatic about them - and that more than anything is why he can lead the Avengers, the world's most screwed-up, super-powered herd of cats.
I love him a whole lot.
And since it all started with Steve and his sketchpad, have some recs where Steve does art!
Sketches by spockside
Movie-verse, but no spoilers for the events of The Avengers, in which Steve asks the team to pose for him, individually. Lovely character work for everyone, and her Steve is the perfect mix of earnest and insightful and quietly snarky.
Luceat by
diraMAJOR spoilers for the movie, but also has a super awesome use of Steve's art and was generally an amazing coda.
Greyscale by
jazzypomDespite everything that happened, his talent was still here, shifting under skin and at tips of fingers, ready to be called to service.
Comics-verse Tony/Steve UST. Steve starts sketching again after they restart the Avengers, and his artist's eye sees Tony anew. This was one of the earliest stories I read about Steve's art, and it's still lovely.
A is For Artist by
elspethdixonComics-verse. Adorable short about Steve and crayons, past and present.
64 Colors by
musesfoolThe focus is Darcy and crayons, this time, but Steve plays a big part, and mostly: TEAM BONDING VIA CRAYON. ♥ Movie-verse, written pre-Avengers so no spoilers.
Easel by simmysim
Comics-verse. Steve finds his old easel at a charity auction.
Scratched by garrideb
Comics-verse, established Steve/Tony. Steve talks Tony into a little graffiti for a good cause. I just about died laughing at Steve's devious methods of talking Tony around, and their comfortable banter together, and Tony using Extremis for sex-related purposes.