Art for Moment-of-sen!

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Title: Kings and Queens of Narnia
Gift for: moment_of_sen
Artist: leochi
Rating: PG
Fandom: Narnia
Characters: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy
Media: Copics
Notes: Happy Holidays, moment_of_sen!




Title: Magic Kiss
Gift for: moment_of_sen
Artist: leochi
Rating: PG
Fandom: Merlin BBC
Characters: Merlin/Morgana
Media: Watercolours
Notes: Happy Holidays - Hopefully you'll like your gift moment_of_sen!

Comments

[fangirlism]

Both pieces are very gorgeous, and their different styles mediums suit them!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the sweet comment! Glad you liked them - I wish I had painted the first one in watercolours, too. ;D

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the sweet comment! Glad you liked both pics. :D

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW KINGS AND QUEENS! I want to squis them all.

and that Merlin/Morgana piece? TOTALLY ADORABLE. AWWWWW.

I love these both to pieces.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, thank you so, so much for the sweet and lovely comment! Glad you liked both pics. :D

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Those are both lovely pieces!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the sweet comment!

[chrismm.livejournal.com]

These are awesome. The Narnia piece feels like a Baynes color plate from the books, in all the best ways. The colors are gorgeous, and the poses, the way they're happy children and kings and queens at the same time.

And I love the Merlin piece, the flow of the watercolors, and the intimacy of it. Just lovely.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the great compliment! Glad you liked the pics. :D

[karasu-hime.livejournal.com]

These are so beautiful! The water color is stunning!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the sweet comment! :D

[dreamlittleyo.livejournal.com]

Wow, so much pretty! Both pieces are absolutely GORGEOUS! I could stare at them all day!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Wow, such a big compliment! Thank you so so much for the lovely comment!

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

Heeee! Very nice, the both of them! And yay for different mediums! :D

[leochi.livejournal.com]

*g* Thank you so much - Yeah, yay for different media, but I still wish I had painted the first one with watercolours, lol. But I so like experimenting with all kinds do media. ;D

[inknose.livejournal.com]

ooh, so pretty! the second one reminds me of a stained glass window :3

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the sweet comment! :D

[moment-of-sen.livejournal.com]

I wake up, aching and a touch hungover, and there's this for me to ring in the new year. Thank you, so so much. These are beautiful. I love the faces in the Narnia one, how they're serene but happy and noble; and the light falling on Merlin and Morgana's faces and how Merlin looks all sweet ^_^ and his hand is all tentatively touching Morgana's hair- ahhh! It looks like they've met in a secret little chapel somewhere to be together, with the stained glass window and all.

Just all over awesome XD

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor you! Hope you're better now!

Thank you so much for the lovely prompts - It was a pleasure to draw for you. I wish I had painted the first one in watercolours, though; I'm definitely better at those, I think. So glad you liked the M/M pic - I reall like those two as a pair.

Happy New Year to you!

[leyna55.livejournal.com]

The Narnia Kings and Queens are lovely with their bright heraldic colours and their clear regard for each other in their poses and expressions.

I really like the Merlin painting - particularly the delicate pose, Merlin's closed eyes and his hand with its lovely long fingers so carefully touching her hair. I like the texture of Morgana's cloak, too.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the sweet and lovely comment! It's very much appreciated. :D

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine how you make something look so good with markers, I have yet to master them.

and the kiss? So muted and lovely!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the lovely compliment - you know, I'm very, very far from being good at markers, lol. But they do attract me and I always come back to experiment with them.

To tell you the truth, I'm more of a watercolour person. ;D

[red-eft.livejournal.com]

Pretty! I love- I think it's Edmund's? the one on the right- expression. Something about it really captures me. And Merlin's sweet face in the second, d'aww! I like the texture in that one, too.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!
Yes, the one on the right is supposed to be Edmund, indeed! Glad you liked him. :)))
Aww, I'm also happy you liked Merlin!

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

the first one is a great simple picture and I love the look of it.
But the second, the SECOND omg the effects and the texture and the way you worked the watercolors is just eye popping awesome.

And you got the glow from the window so well. It's just
Wowo.
This is brilliant!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Awww, you are too kind to me! Thank you so much for this lovely and appreciative comment - coming from you it means a great lot to me!

Yay for watercolours, I do love them. ;D
But I think you love them too! <3

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

Aww, the M/M one is so adorable. Love the expression on Merlin's face, and ngh, his hand! Love the colouring, as well. :o)

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the sweet comment! Glad you liked the colouring! :D

[gardendoor.livejournal.com]

Fantastic. Truly. You captured the sweetness of both moments.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the lovely comment!

[omens.livejournal.com]

<3<3 Merlin + watercolours. VERY NICE!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

<3<3<3 Merlin, indeed! And yay for watercolours, they're my favourite medium.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment!

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

These are so beautiful in their own different ways and yet all I want when I see these are crossovers, HEEEE.

I LOVE how the siblings look so regal and beautiful together, the portrait style of the way their standing and the obvious affection, particularly between Susan and Lucy. Nawwww. Also, I have to say, I LOVE how you made the gold band on the red curtain look shiny and gold, it's lovely painting!

And Merlin and Morgana okfghfkjdh so pretty and epic their kiss - I can hear the soundtrack strings swelling with emotion when their lips first touch, I love how they both look sort of hesitant and almost polite in their passion, it's just adorable and full of story and winsome intensity. And I LOVE your watercolours in this, particularly how you made that spatter texture. Please divulge your technique once the reveals are up!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much for the sweet and appreciative comment - coming from you it means very much to me! :D

I wish I had used watercolours to paint the first one; I'm still a newbie at Copics and still finding out how to use them properly.

So glad you liked the watercolour. Technique, eh? LOL - well, it's a very simple technique, just thin layers of fairly diluted watercolour that I slowly built up. I mainly used Viridian and a combination of reds (I think it was Permanent Rose, Cadmium Red and maybe Carmine), plus some Indigo Blue and very little Cadmium Yellow)

I quite like to work with a restricted palette and mix the grays and browns with complementary colours. I'm not afraid to spatter over my almost dry pic to give it some texture. (I do however cover the faces with a scrap of paper before using a toothbrush and fairly liquid colours to spatter.) I find the stained glass window to be a bit too garish in its colours, I wish I had chosen a bigger and simpler pattern, but I quite like the way the stone wall came out.

Oh, before I forget, I used some coloured pencils to deepen the shades and to give the pic more depth.

That's all! :D

Thank you for asking - but I'm sure you knew all that anyway. :)))

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

These are both so pretty! The colors are beautiful, and I really enjoy the contrast between the cleaner bright look of the siblings, and the grittier, more textured effect on Merlin and Morgana--which obviously can't end well. And that stained glass window look fantastic.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment! :)))

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh these are both great!! I love Merlin's face in the second one especially, it looks so much like him, and the coloring is really good (I like the splatter effect).

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked those pics. :D

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

*drools notes over the shading managed with the medium in the first one*

And I love how you incorporated a pattern into the girl's dresses - such a lovely detail. And their skin tones are so warm.

But the second one - oh my. The texture in the stones is just beautiful as is the shading and light on Merlin's face. I love the wintery dark colors your using here.

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! You know - Copics and I don't "really" match, lol. But I'm glad you liked the shading. Thank you so much for noticing the patterns in the girl's dresses, they were quite time consuming. *g*

Ah, I am please you liked the second one, I do feel more at home with watercolours, that's a fact.

[jtsbbsps-dk.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I like Edmund best in the Narnia one ^_^

The Merlin/morgana is absolutely stunning, but, alas, my inner Merlin/Arthur slasher is growling ;D

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you for coming over and commenting!

Edmund's my favourite, too! :D

LOL - you really made me laugh with your statement about M/M versus M/A. Hehe - I don't ship M/A because I want to keep Merlin for myself. I'd rather have him with a longhaired brunette girl than with a blond guy. *g*

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

A two-fer! And I like the different mediums, because it switches it up: the usually high-fantasy Narnia in bright carnival colours, and the usually daffy Merlin in watery elegance. It works beautifully. I am also fascinated by the subtle family resemblances among the Pevensies, and the delicate tentativeness between the two wee Camelot witches. Both of them are top-notch!

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much for this very lovely and interesting comment. I really liked the way you saw both of those pics. LOL for the bright Carnival colours - yes, you're right, they do seem a bit garish for a Narnia subject, lol. (But the film was worse, imo, lol).

Anyway, your comment was very much appreciated! :D

[serendipity-008.livejournal.com]

These are both beautiful!
The first one is veru bright and happy. You draw royalty very well. The details on the dresses are very nice.
I like the less brightness in the second one. It sort of add the feeling of mystery or secretiveness. Very nice :D

[leochi.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so much for coming over here, too! Glad you liked both pics - to be frank, I do prefer the subdued colouring of the second pic and I wish i had coloured the Narnia pic with watercolours.

[nebst.livejournal.com]

I like them both, but I do particularly love your use of watercolours in the second image! The translucency of the colours and the combination of ruby and viridian green is just gorgeous. Also, their faces! Merlin's hand! I'm not even a big fan of Merlin/Morgana, but there's something so irresistibly sweet about this that I can't help but adore. ♥