Lost

If you thought you were a resilient LOST fan for tuning in for every episode, take a look at this guy. Jared Stumpenhorst is a graphic designer who moonlights as a LOST fan (or perhaps the other way around), and he's recently taken to mixing his two passions, by creating -- you guessed it -- LOST fan art.

Stumpenhorst is actually going to be putting out a new piece of fan art for every day of the year, so that by this time next year, he will have released 365 pieces of art based on everyone's favorite Island mystery drama. So far, he's almost 10% of the way there with 33 illustrations (as of March 9, 2010). The drawings are both stylistic and realistic, making for some really crazy illustrations -- and sometimes, they're genuinely funny.

In fact, I have two favorites based on those criterion. The first is the illustration of Locke on the right. Locke is beet red, with the monster pouring out of his eyes. For some reason, that comes off as incredibly witty to me, though for the life of me I can't discern why.

Then there's the simple illustration of Jack (pictured left), whose face is highlighted in blue as he looks worriedly on. If it wasn't for the penstrokes, it would look simply like a photoshopped image of Matthew Fox.

If you are wondering, like I did, exactly why Stumpenhorst is doing this, perhaps this message will help you:

My name is Jared Stumpenhorst. I am an artist and LOST 365 is my personal project to attempt to create new LOST inspired art every day for the entire 6th and final season of LOST and ultimately for an entire year!! It is just a small tribute to what I consider to be the best show to ever be on television. Hopefully a few people might enjoy following along on my journey!!

You can find Stumpenhorst's other LOST 365 illustrations at his blogspot, which is, obviously, updated daily.