Art for Gryfeathr

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Title: By this hand, I love thee
Gift for: gryfeathr
Artist: zephre
Rating:: G
Fandom: Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing)
Characters: Beatrice, Benedick
Warnings: none
Artist notes: none
Summary: Act 4, Scene 1: BENEDICK: Tarry, good Beatrice. By this hand, I love thee. / BEATRICE: Use it for my love some other way than swearing by it. (Having confessed their love to each other, Beatrice and Benedick part, Beatrice having exhorted Benedick to challenge Claudio to a duel over the dishonored Hero.)

Comments

ah, romance <3

[ocicatsy.livejournal.com]

Ooh very interesting effect with the colors, making the whole image like stained glass.

Re: ah, romance <3

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[guinsky.livejournal.com]

I love your faces. Very delicate, it's lovely. :)

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nextian.livejournal.com]

The vaulted ceiling is gorgeous. And I really dig your costume design.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Benedick's jacket.

Oh, where was I? Ah, yes. Lovely composition. And his jacket. Mmm.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Nice icon. :) Yum.
Thank you!

[fangirlism]

Shakespeare art! I love multifandom exchanges cause they can be so unexpected!

I like this a lot!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nuclearsugars.livejournal.com]

EEH, I'm in love with this! I love your colouring and your linework. Very nicely done.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[thoracopagus.livejournal.com]

IDK why but the bold outline is REALLY working for me. I have to agree with ocicatsy, very reminiscent of stained glass, and very lovely.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[omens.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I love the architecture!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[inknose.livejournal.com]

beautiful! wonderful background, and a lovely style all around, especially for something shakespearean :)

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a lovely idea to illustrate Shakespeare! Yay for the Classics. :D

[zephre.livejournal.com]

I certainly had fun with it!
Thank you!

[leyna55.livejournal.com]

So pretty! I love the colours, and the stained glass style. Their pose and costumes are lovely, and I really like their expressions. Benedick is serious for once in this scene, and you have captured that intensity.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad the characters came through in this!

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

Shakespeare fanart! Huh, whodathunk it~~ The coloring is really lovely, and I adore how you drew their costumes/outfits-- nice details!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

Oh AWESOME! Shakespeare fanart, I love it! The colors in this are really fun. :D

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[http://users.livejournal.com/xenakis_/]

oooh! I love everything about this: the poses, the style, the textures. Really great work!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

I love this! Beatrice and Benedick are one of my favorite literary couples, and I think this is a really good portrayal of them :D

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[chrismm.livejournal.com]

I love the stained glass effect, with the delicate textures in each panel, and the stark black outlines. Just gorgeous.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[kittehkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree, it definitely reminds me of the charm and coloring of stained glass as a whole. It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast in that sense (plus the puffy yellow dress doesn't hurt). Great! :)

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[reflectedeve.livejournal.com]

So, so pretty. :D The posing is so beautiful and spot-on (having drawn hand-kissing before, and having found it a pain in the ass, I am impressed with how easy and natural you make that look). My favorite thing, though, is the stained glass look on Beatrice and Benedick. It's a really different sort of technique.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[mawaridi.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the colours in this are gorgeous and the layout is just brilliant. I love the way the architecture frames Beatrice and Benedick and almost dwarfs them with its grandeur. What a lovely, intimate moment :)

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

This is *so* pretty! I love how the solid outlines give it a painted stained-glass feel, as others mentioned. It's rich and full of impact at the same time.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jenzay.livejournal.com]

Beautiful scene, and all the detailing is really impressive.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[janegodzilla.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful! It looks like a stained glass window, all bright and luminescent and lovely! The background is gorgeous, and I absolutely love all of the clothing details. Benedick is quite the dashing fellow!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[gryfeathr.livejournal.com]

Shakespeare! You did Shakespeare! And it's Much Ado, which does not get near enough love! This is so wonderful. The sense of composition has a great sense of measured balance to it, and the architecture works out wonderfully. There's a true sense of vaulted ceilings, and the look between these two.... Thank you for a gift so lovely, mystery gifter!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm so pleased that you like it, it was a great fun scene to draw, and reviewing the play was awesome as well!

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

The colours in this are chosen so carefully, and they are really effective; I echo the comment about the whole thing looking like stained glass, and the delicate linework on their faces gives it almost a tapestry feel at the same time. A number of different influences, and they all work beautifully!

[zephre.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)