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Art for Chrismm!
Title: Jane and Emily Roland, of Excidium
Gift for:
chrismm
Artist:
xenakis_
Rating: G
Fandom: Temeraire
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: Happy Yuletart dear chrismm! I hope you will enjoy my humble gift as much as I did drawing it!
Giants hugs and kisses to my wonderful betas, who shall remain nameless until the reveal :) Thank you for the hand holding and the occasional "OMG WHY ARE YOU DRAWING ALL THE SCALES YOU CRAZY PERSON?" I really have no idea, it seemed like a good idea at the time?
A note about the art: this is Jane Roland pre-scar. I choose to believe she got it at the Nile, which is the battle she is preparing to fly to in this piece.
Summary: Capitain Jane Roland and daughter Emily, of Excidium, on the night before their departure for Egypt to join the forces of Lord Nelson at the Nile.
Note from
xenakis_:
ETA: Dear Chrismm, this snippet grew out of my attempt to write the summary for the art. I couldn't finish it in time for the deadline, so you get it for the reveal, instead. I hope you'll enjoy this little extra present!

Gift for:
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Rating: G
Fandom: Temeraire
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: Happy Yuletart dear chrismm! I hope you will enjoy my humble gift as much as I did drawing it!
Giants hugs and kisses to my wonderful betas, who shall remain nameless until the reveal :) Thank you for the hand holding and the occasional "OMG WHY ARE YOU DRAWING ALL THE SCALES YOU CRAZY PERSON?" I really have no idea, it seemed like a good idea at the time?
A note about the art: this is Jane Roland pre-scar. I choose to believe she got it at the Nile, which is the battle she is preparing to fly to in this piece.
Summary: Capitain Jane Roland and daughter Emily, of Excidium, on the night before their departure for Egypt to join the forces of Lord Nelson at the Nile.
Note from
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ETA: Dear Chrismm, this snippet grew out of my attempt to write the summary for the art. I couldn't finish it in time for the deadline, so you get it for the reveal, instead. I hope you'll enjoy this little extra present!

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Ok so, a few things about the piece, because I like to babble :D Excidium and his scales were referenced off two or three lizards, I think, and then textured over with photographs of peeling paint and rusted metal, and splatter of yellow and er, maybe a few dozen other things? I went a bit crazy...
Jane's uniform and harness were really fun to draw, even if I am aware that those straps cannot be very comfortable! And yes, the trim of her coat matches the frame, because I am all about recycling references, or maybe it's also an Aries thing, because I like it when things echo each other.
Emily is wearing crumpled paper. Such a poor, neglected child!
And finally, the eye. I have to disappoint you all with the eye, I'm afraid. It's primarily a photograph. I tweaked the colours and the shape a bit, and added highlights and shadows, but yeah, there a cat somewhere out there demanding royalties for this :P (But hey, that cat is an awesome dragon now, so it shouldn't complain!)
Um, there's also one other thing. When I was getting ready to send this in (a few moments before deadline, of course...) I was trying to come up with a summary, and um, this snippet sort of grew out of it. It was really too raw for me to submit at the time, but it's up at the AOOO (http://archiveofourown.org/works/44579) now, as a kind of surprise addition to you gift. :D
I hope you enjoy it! Merry Yuletart again!
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I love hearing the how-you-did-it stuff. :D I figured the eye was a tweaked photo, but it was an inspired choice and use, so it's all good.
I was showing it to co-workers, one of whom hadn't read the book. He thought Jane was a guy at first glance, and was relieved to hear she was a woman, noting that the straps were making him cringe in pained sympathy. Heh.
I was wondering--I really, really want to put this up in my living room. I was researching places I can send it to get it printed--do you have this bigger? I can totally work with this size if you don't, but I thought it might not hurt to ask.
And thank you again--what a lovely gift!!!
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I'm glad you liked the ficlet! I always end up making up stories as I draw, and this was the result :)
The original file of this is GINORMOUS, and of course you can have it! Just private message me your email address, and I'll send it to you!