Whatever happened to Stephanie Buth?

[fazhou]

Recently I've come across some of Stephanie Buth's fan art, and have started to wonder whatever happened to her.

For those of you who don't know, Stephanie was a Kim Possible fan artist whose peak was ca. 2003-2004--in fact, she might have been the most highly respected fan artist of the time (for a while there was even a forum on yahoo for discussing her art).

Hers was the original poster image for the "Save Kim Possible" movement:
www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/Display.pl?act=image&iid=293083

Her drawings were part of the inspiration behind the one fanfiction I wrote:
i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/fa_zhou/Royalty.jpg
(She based the costumes from the KP game, "Card Clash.")

Her early work is posted at Side7. For example:
www.side7.com/cgi-bin/S7SDB/Display.pl?act=image&iid=277618

Later, she posted her drawings on deviantArt:
www.deviantart.com/deviation/9019765/?qo=84&q=by%3Amentalfloss&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
www.deviantart.com/deviation/9707208/?qo=50&q=by%3Amentalfloss&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
www.deviantart.com/deviation/9017981/?qo=108&q=by%3Amentalfloss&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
www.deviantart.com/deviation/9018895/?qo=101&q=by%3Amentalfloss&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
www.deviantart.com/deviation/9021038/?qo=63&q=by%3Amentalfloss&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

Anyway, for a couple of years she turned to drawing other things, but then about a year ago she made a brief comeback and posted a few Kim Possible-related drawings on deviantArt. When I last had contact with her around June 2006, she was set to draw me a commissioned KP picture.

Then suddenly last summer she wrote a horrible, angsty journal on her deviantArt page. She deleted that journal a few days later, and has since vanished from the Internet.

[Warbandit]

Whoah, that is pretty fishy. I've seen that Save KP poster before, but I've never seen any of her other art! It's amazing, though

Sad to hear that...I hope she's alright.

[Ashley Benlove]

Yeah, I agree.

I ADORED Stephanie Buth. I loved her. She was one of my favorite fanartists when I was an infant KP fan.

I so hope she's all right.

[slicknickshady]

Yep, I hate seeing people right angsty letters in there journal then dont show up ever again. It makes you think suicide or something. even though i have never met her I hope she's allright .

[drakkenlover]

She looked like she was before my time, but i wish I knew her.

Her art seems to have a unique style. I noticed on her DA page, though, some of her pics and her journals seemed...graphic.

Well, you never know in this world...she could make a great come back with the new season.

Oh, but I have her Ferret girl pic on my favorites! That was an awesome pic!

[drakkenfan]

I only know of her from DA. Her art rocks

[drakkenlover]

www.deviantart.com/deviation/9707208/

My favorite art piece by her! ;D

[Sarah Ashley T.]

OH MENTAL FLOSS! C: God, I loved her art.

Idunno what happened to her though :C I mean.. some DA Artists just leave without notice and forget to ever come back. It's sad, but it just happens.

Sorry you didn't get your commish from her D:

[Loser7]

Yea, she had a really unique style. I hope she's alright.

[fazhou]

Way back when, she and I locked horns a couple of times on the message boards...I was the perennial K/R shipper and she was adamantly anti-K/R. But the last few months she was active we got along fine, and she said she planned on entering my next art contest; unfortunately that never materialized. She would likely have won an award.

Regardless of what happened, it's a great loss to the fandom.

[Whisper from the Shadows]

Yeah, it is a loss if she isn't doing stuff anymore.

One of my favorites it this one. It's not one of her better pieces mechanically speaking, but I just love the concept... and that look is priceless.

[Sarah]

This makes me... really upset, to say the least..

I used to, nay, DO love her art, constantly comment and receive comments back, I even noted her a few times and talked to here then *POOF*. Gone.

Sadly, some of her art will be idolized, yet it will fall on deaf ear. *sighs*

[mrpotty]

I don't even wanna imagine what happened to people wo disappeared all of a sudden from the internet! Probably they have just no time anymore, probably something worse happened.
And people disappear from the web every day! Do you remember Zoza? She was also a member here, then she said she has to go for three months and now I haven'T heard anything of her for 2 years!

[DanMat6288]

If I ever stumble upon a site I then realize I disappeared from for a long time, I usually end up apologizing profusely. ^^; Then again, maybe it's because I'm as soft as cereal left in milk for an hour.

[Yamal]

You know... S**t happens. That's life, and I know it very well. I explained it when I 'came back to life' and made my introduction to this bbs. I just hope she is fine. ^__^