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Elliot Minor - signed fan-art by ~Niki-UK:iconNiki-UK:


©2008-2009 ~Niki-UK
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Fan-art of the band Elliot Minor [link]
From left to right: Teddy (bass), Alex (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Ed (vocals, guitar), Ali (keyboards), Dan (drums, backing vocals).

I saw them in concert for the first time on 10th October 2008 at Southampton University and I had an awesome time. I was lucky enough to get a spot directly in front of the stage for a clear view of the action (while my hubby protected me from being crushed by the rowdy hordes behind us... my hero! :heart: ). These guys are so brilliant... if you've never heard of them before then I shall attempt to sum them up for you;
5 classically-trained musicians from York who have a punchy pop-rock sound with a classical edge and lashings of tight vocal harmonies. :love:

I know fans always say this but they are all such lovely guys in person, too... I witnessed for myself how willing they are to come out after a show and mingle with fans and how they didn't seem to be in any real rush to get away. They even seemed genuine about wanting to go to a local watering hole that the fans recommended and I believe that's what they eventually ended up doing when they were finished signing stuff and chatting outside the gig venue.

So anyway, I drew this fan-art for them with the intention of giving them the original drawing as a present. I armed myself with my own printed copy in the hope of getting it signed by them... long story short, mission completed!! The evidence of which is now posted here for all to see. :w00t:

EDIT: :new: Check my scraps for other EM-based tomfoolery. ^^;

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:iconflexfreak:
Aww Teddy looks like someone I know XD, and Ed just looks cute with that tongue ^^.
They sound nice too ^^

Did ya sketch this from imagination or, were they all like, lined up like this or something for a few photos?

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No....I am not a girl....

I am apparently a Innocent Uke! :o
:iconangley:
Wow, that's a really nice picture. Ed is so cute with his tongue sticking out. >.<

Lucky you for finding all of them to sign it. When I went to their gig in February Dan and Ali didn't come out. D:
:iconniki-uk:
Arf! :aww:

I drew this using a group photo I found on the net as reference, but I altered the poses etc. a little to suit my composition. Bit of artistic license coming into play there, just because I never like to completely copy anything. I was determined to capture them all in my own style more than anything... and Ed's half Japanese so I think he really appreciated the anime/manga influence! :D

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:iconniki-uk:
Thank you! :aww:

Yeah, I felt very lucky to have caught them all... ^^; I saw Teddy first and gave him the original drawing. He then wanted to make sure it was kept safe and undamaged so he gave it to their manager. I was chuffed to have got at least one signature on my copy of the pic! Later on Dan appeared and I got his signature and photo too, then he said the others were probably still round the back if we wanted to try and catch them. Chris and I headed that way but didn't find anyone so we thought that was the end of it and came back round the front of the venue. Turned out we had gone to the wrong area, because we started to head back to our car but noticed Dan walking past the area where we had gone to try and find the rest of the band. We then found the tour bus and Ed chatting with some other fans who had stuck around! I was so chuffed to find my adventure wasn't over after all! So I caught Ed and asked him to sign his likeness and he was like "Whoa, so you're the one who did this? It's awesome!"
Basically since Teddy had given the drawing to their manager it seems the whole band had seen it! So then I said to Ed that I was only short of Alex and Ali's autographs on my picture and asked if they were about, and he very kindly called them out of the bus. Alex was really taken with the fanart as well and was so patient when we needed to change the batteries in our camera for photos. Finally we caught Ali just before he got into a taxi for the pub/club everyone was meant to be going to.

I really wasn't expecting to get so lucky! But yeah, it turned out that even though I thought some of the guys weren't hanging around, they actually all were. They had just gone to different places where they thought the fans were congregating, LOL. :lol:

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:iconflexfreak:
Always good to include artistic licence :D

Yea he does look kinda asian in the image ^^, he looks cuddly either way though!

Well, I hope ta see more! :D, 'Your own style' is cute and huggably adorable from what I've seen so far! :D

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98% of DA's Anime Fanbase =Yaoi Fangirls. if you don't give two shits about the statistics and just want to see two guys fuck madly, paste to your signature.

No....I am not a girl....

I am apparently a Innocent Uke! :o
:iconmiss-uni:
DUDE! you were in Southampton!!!

eeee XD thats where i live!
Either way glad to see more fantastic drawings!

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:iconniki-uk:
:O_o: No way!!! :wow: I had no idea you were So'ton-based! I'm situated closer to Portsmouth, but I prefer visiting Southampton over Pompey any day. :XD:

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:iconmiss-uni:
LOL awesome! XD

we live closer then we think! >: D Mind you i only live in southampton while at Uni.

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:iconwikivic:
wow they sound pretty cool! i love it when bands do something quirky with a classical edge - i'm gonna have to look these guys up :nod:

excellent fan art by the way - they're so dishy! :love: (and i'm so 50s apparently :XD: )

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