K9 (fan)

K9 is a prolific slash artist (mainly portraits) and author in multifandom. Her work has appeared extensively in fanzines (and in the case of Sentinel fandom, her work appears to have cornered the fanzine market for years). She works mainly in coloured pencil on heavy duty paper as well as acrylic on paper. 
K9 customizes her signature on the arts she produces, so many of them have the year of creation joined to her illustrator name, separated only by a apostrophe, some examples is: K9'99, K9'99 and K9'2yk.
==Links to Some Art==
* Sentinel slash art 1998
* Sentinel slash art 1999
* Sentinel slash art 2000
* Sentinel slash art 2001 (all broken links)
* Sentinel slash art 2002 (all broken links)
* Sentinel slash art 2003-2008
* Sentinel cartoons
* Stargate gen and slash art (all broken links)
* Comics art (all broken links)
* Oz art
* Lord of the Rings (movies) art
* Smalleville art 2002 (all broken links)
* Witchblade art (artist includes a "het warning")
* slash art from miscellaneous fandoms (Robin of Sherwood, due South, X-Files, Quantum Leap, Jurassic Park, Stargate SG-1) (all broken links)
==Artist's Bio==
From her art gallery page: 
==The Artist's Timeline== 
All quotes are from her art website: sometime in her own words, accessed March 8, 2012
*In the beginning...Like many fans, she was exposed to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings books as a child which inspired her to draw. "Many years ago, as a very young child, I was given a copy of 'The Hobbit', and I fell hopelessly in love with Bilbo Baggins. When I received 'Lord Of The Rings, I was at first quite horrified that my beloved Bilbo was *not* the hero, but young upstart hobbit by the name of Frodo. How *could* they? I'd even named my new hamster Bilbo, such was my devotion!...One of the first things I began to do as I read, was make drawings of the characters and places I could see in my head. (No, don't worry, my six year old scribblings aren't here:) The images were so vivid, and so compelling even then, that I decided I wanted to go live in Rivendell in Summer, and Hobbiton in Winter, and I wanted to be Aragorn! So you see, this is not a new obsession for me, just a very old one revisited."
*July 1998 - "I discover something called 'The Sentinel', which is seriously bad news for all those I was doing 'serious' artwork for! In my few bored moments I decide to doodle around with the characters which I know almost *nothing* about and for whom there was still relatively little on the net in the way of pictures (certainly compared to today!)"
*1999 - "Okay, getting a little more enthusiastic here..." (referring to the over 35 Sentinel drawings created that year). A few other fandoms creep into the slash art portfolio (Due South, X-Files, Stargate SG1 along with DC Comics artwork in the form of Batman and Robin.
*2000 - "Slowing down a little (I blame old age) the raw enthusiasm has been replaced by a comfortable familiarity...kind of like a marriage." (10 Sentinel art pieces created that year). More Batman art, with the the addition of Dick Grayson's Nightwing.
*2001 - "Some of these [Sentinel] pictures were produced several years ago, but are now released from zines for use on the net." The artist continues to draw one off portraits in other fandoms, such as Quantum Leap and Jurassic Park.
*2002- Approximately 20 pieces of Sentinel art, most from zines that are being released to the net. However, the artist dabbles in other fandoms, inclduing a het drawing A Kiss From A Rose for Witchblade. Slash drawings from OZ increase in number. In June 2002, the artist removes her LOTR slash art from the Internet "Due to events within LoTR slash fandom, which have made me very uncomfortable..." In connection with her slash Smallville art she says:"Like I could resist a show *this* slashy? I just loved doomed relationships *sigh*"
*2003-2008 - only three pieces of Sentinel art. More Stargate SG1 art appears, along with a Robin of Sherwood portrait. In 2004 she published the OZ zine Ad Seg under the name 	KittenCrunch Press. She published an online version of the "2006 Meloni Calendar" featuring artwork inspired by the actor who appeared on OZ. She also drew a story cover for adriannacoylho's NCIS Big Bang story "Make This Go on Forever"
*2009 - a few Stargate Atlantis drawings.
==Zine Cover Controversy==
In 2000, one of K9's Sentinel fanzine covers appeared at the center of a controversy. The zine, Anything originally had a color cover by K9 that had also appeared on the cover of Whispers of the Heart #3. This led the publisher of Whispers to announce that: "AngelWings Press is the only one authorized to use that cover as per the artist. Since K9 has requested all the covers featuring her art be removed from the 'zine Anything" Destinies Entwined, accessed 3.21.2011 
==Reactions/Reviews==
*"The illustrations by K9 are a wonderful compliment to this 'zine. I think she really captures the feel of the story and her color piece for the cover is hauntingly perfect..." and "The art is by K9, with some great black and white interior art. There is one that is just gorgeous at the end of the first section of Healing with Jim and Blair nude on the bed in a clinch that is just beautiful. Bravo K9 for more lovely art work." (reviewing the zine Healing)Healing zine reviews, accessed March 8, 2012.
*"The matching drawings by K9 are lovely to behold! Both are "tasteful" nudes; the first, depicts Jim sitting against the loft railing looking somewhat contemplative (probably wondering how the hell it can take Blair so long just to find the lube and get his ass back upstairs). The second, is of Blair on the sofa; asleep! Poor little guppy. Probably was planning a surprise for the Tough Guy and couldn't keep it up." (reviewing the zine Whispers of the Heart #4).Whispers of the Heart zine reviews, accessed March 8, 2012.
==Cover Gallery==
Image:come13.jpg|cover Come to Your Senses #13
Image:come14.jpg|cover Come to Your Senses #14
Image:come16.jpg|cover Come to Your Senses #16
Image:come17.jpg|cover Come to Your Senses #17
Image:come18.jpg|cover Come to Your Senses #18
Image:houseblend1.jpg|cover of House Blend #1
File:Wheredofallenangels.jpg |"Blair as a prostitute. This was to illustrate my story 'Where Do Fallen Angels Go' but the zine fell through" Sentinel art 
Image:senpost6.jpg|The Sentry Post #6
Image:bringing.jpg|Bringing the Group Together
Image:beefstick2.jpg|Beefstick and Lambchop #2
Image:bakari.jpg|Bakari
Image:ts_breathseq.jpg|Breathing in Sequence
Image:brothersinlimbo.jpg|Brothers in Limbo
Image:welcomeme.jpg|Will You Welcome Me?
Image:Get_your_kix1.jpg|Get Your Kix
Image:Goodfriend.jpg|The Good Friend
Image:strongenough.jpg|Strong Enough
Image:Overload6.jpg|Sensory Overload #6
Image:Yourkink1.jpg|Your Kink or Mine #1 Note: This image has been marked as sexually explicit and has been minimised.
Image:Hand in Hand.jpg|Hand in Hand
Image:Sent EllisonSandburgFile.jpg|The Ellison/Sandburg File
Image:Yourkink2.jpg|Your Kink or Mine #2 Note: This image has been marked as sexually explicit and has been minimised.
Image:bossy.jpg|art for the My Mongoose story "Bossy is Not Just a Heifer in Wisconsin." This drawing was later used for the cover of In Another Life
Image:Inanotherlife.jpg|In Another Life
Image:Mating3.jpg|cover of Mating Rituals #3
Image:Mating4.jpg|cover of Mating Rituals #4
Image:mating5.jpg|cover of Mating Rituals #5
Image:Sentinel Obs.gif|Obsession
Image:Nadir.jpg|Nadir
Image:Oftheheart.jpg|Rhythms of the Heart
Image:Sentry3.jpg|Sentry Duty #3 
Image:Trustlimits.jpg|The Limits of Trust
Image:Dante.jpg|Dante
Image:Sentinel Woh3.jpg|Whispers of the Heart #3
Image:Whispers7.jpg|Whispers of the Heart #7
Image:manyfacesoftrust.jpg|cover of Many Faces of Trust
Image:Passinginthenight.jpg|art for the My Mongoose story "Passing in the Night"
Image:naked.jpg|art for the My Mongoose story "Naked"
Image:showandtell.jpg|art for the My Mongoose story "Show and Tell"
Image:talentedboy.jpg|art for the My Mongoose story "Talented Boy"
Image:manyfirsttimes.jpg|cover for The Many First Times of Jim and Blair
Image:mailorder.jpg|cover for Mail Order Bride
Image:XF OutOfDark.jpg|cover of Out of the Dark
Image:Sv my enemy.jpg|cover of My Enemy, My Ally
File:Sg1 redemption 6 back cover by k9.jpg|back cover of Redemption #6
==References==
Category:Fanartists
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Zine Publishers