yuletart | Happy Yuletart, zephre!

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fandom: merlin bbc

Happy Yuletart, zephre!

Title: My Last and Best Reason
Gift for:

zephre
Artist:

yue_ix
Rating: General
Fandom: Merlin BBC, fusion with Ladyhawke (and The Secret of Kells)
Artist's Notes: Happy Yuletart, Zephre! I wanted to include at least one of your Wildcards fandom into one fandom from the Set List. It ended up including them both to some extend instead, so I tried to meet some of your requests for each of them. I hope that was all right with you. <3
Summary: At the end of their story, both Merlin and Morgana are cursed to turn into animals. Human by day, Morgana turns into a wolf at night, while Merlin is human at night but bound to trees as his namesake by day. They find ways to communicate through earth magic and bond; from there on, they travel together incessantly until, one strange day, they manage to break the curse.

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holy amazeballs.
THE DETAILS! THE LINEWEIGHTS! EVERYTHING IS SO *_______*

Thank you! Glad you liked. ^__^

This is so cool! I love their clothes and the subtle pattern on their hair, especially Morgana's.

Thank you! The patterns were added in last and kind of sprung up on me. XD I'm happy you liked them!

Fantastic line art!

Thank you!

lovely lines, nice rendering of Merlin. and perfect crossover!

Thank you! It was a fun crossover to explore in lines. =)

The lines are so pretty. I love all the details.

Thank you! The thin lines were fun to play with. ^^

WOW! This is awesome! What a great fusion - and incredibly beautiful! I first saw this on a break at work on my netbook but I had to get home to my big screen to really appreciate it fully.
The details are wonderful - the trees and twisting branches and mountains that are straight out of The Secret of Kells, and the wonderful costume touches and animals. I am floored! :D

Thank you, thank you, mystery artist!

*hugs* I'm so glad you liked it! =D

There's a slightly bigger and unwatermarked version on my journal now if you want, along with rambling and WIP shots.

Thank you for the wonderful inspiration. Those were great wildcard fandom that made me sit down and really think about how to mix them all. ^__^

Ooh, gorgeous art and a brilliant fusion! :)

Thank you! The fusion was fun to think about. =D

This is awesome. I love the detail, and the atmosphere is very fantasy like.

Thank you for all your kind comments! Sorry for taking a bit of time to answer them; I'll get to the one on the WIP post tomorrow after finishing answering the ones on this post. =)

Oh my god, it's the crossover I never knew I always wanted! That's so awesome. I love the back story and detailed, sharp linework.

There's been Merlin fanfics written with this crossover, if you are interested. I'm glad to have hit on something you wanted!

Thank you very much for the kind comment. =)

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yue_ix - 2011-01-09 08:30 (UTC) - Expand

I love the crossover idea, and the art is gorgeous! I especially admire the knotwork/swirly background designs :)

Thank you! As knotwork has some links to Merlin fandom and it's my primary fandom, I've been practising them for a short while now. I'm happy it got to be of use and that you liked them. =)

The framing and the designs are awesome. i really like the wolf. I don't know the fandom, but the picture really works with your description. Very nice work!

Thank you! I'm glad those elements worked well for you, and that you checked it out despite the unfamiliar fandom. =)

What a great idea, and the art's just amazing-- I love all the detail!

Thank you! The thin lines probably make it look like there are more details than there actually are, but I'm glad you loved both art and concept.

(Your Uther icon = <3)

Super cool! The fusion idea is awesome! You've done a great job with the Kells bits ... I really like the sword and scabbard used to frame the top and bottom. Yay!

Thank you! Glad you liked the fusion. I was nervous about the Kells bits the most, as it was only going to be a visual crossover, and in a small, unfocused area. I wasn't sure if there would end up being enough stuff in there for the style to be recognizable.

There's a bit of a story behind the use of the sword and scabbard for the framing. If you are interested, some of it is down in this behind the scenes (WIPs+rants) post for this picture. Thank you for liking them. =)

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nakedbee.livejournal.com - 2011-01-09 19:14 (UTC) - Expand

Great linework! Amazing detail on the animals and background.

Thank you! Glad you liked. =)

I love the cleanness of the art, and the story behind this. It's rather adorable how they're interacting with each other's animal selves.

The cleanness is mostly only due to Photoshop working wonders on my very messy scan. ;) Glad you caught on the humans interacting with the other's animal selves and that it all worked for you! Thank you.

Your linework makes me soooo happy! :D Really beautiful piece, and I love the Ladyhawke fusion. *G*

Yay, happy-making linework! Thank you. I'm really happy it worked for you. =)

Wow, this is so beautiful. The clean lineart and your style are just amazing! A wonderful gift ♥

Thank you very much! I'm glad it worked for you and that it pleased my wonderful giftee. =D

OH DEAR ME THE LINEART <333 So crisp, so clean! And all those lovely details~ (the symmetry! The borders and the embellishments!). Delightful~

The cleanliness is all due to photoshot working wonders on my scan, and little to the actual cleanliness of the original paper. ^_~

Thank you! I'm happy all those worked for you. The borders are thanks to my beta

xenakis_ who told me to ditch the framing I originally had and do a border instead. I'm very glad of their advice!

I love the concept of the fusion. Great idea! The design is lovely, particularly all the background and clothing details, and the framing. I really like their faces and expressions, and how they are looking at each other (and the wolf and hawk, too)

Thank you! There's a story behind all of that (some of it told here if you are interested), though I'm happy you liked my choices for those. I'm also happy you caught and liked the crossing of looks between humans and animals. =D

Oh wow, so beautiful and rich with details! The animals, their clothes (Morgana's coat!), the feathers and her hair and the frame you put them in :-) Also I'm always in awe when people manage to draw with so few lines faces that actually resemble the actors.

Thank you! Their clothes were fun to do, while the animals were fun but much harder to research. ;)

I'm also in awe with anyone who manages to do that, and am really pleased you think I did here!

Oooh this is such a beautiful ink illustration! I love how well it fits into British lore/mythology in terms of the style and patterns and general look of it - and then there is so much affection shared between Morgana and Merlin. <3

I love how you did all the texture detailing - the whorls of their hair, the stippling shading, the curlycues and line widths really make for a beautiful composition!

A really cool concept, and gorgeous execution!

Thank you!

Wow, I love this. You've really nailed the sense of place here.. and the detail in their clothing says a lot, too. (And the fraaaaame, nice!) Very magical!

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked the story all those things told, and that you found it felt magical. I was half worried it all looked a bit flat. >.

My jaw just dropped. I can't believe how much texture and movement and symbolism you fit into that space. Definitely going to rec this.

Thank you very much, bb! Not only for this, but for all the encouragements during the parties and on chats. <3

If you are curious about some of the symbolisms behind the picture, I've talked long and wide about a few in this behind-the-scenes post. Glad you felt there was movement in there!

Oh dear gosh I LOVE the line work here. It's so smooth and graceful and detailed. Wow!

Thank you! A lot of that is due to the magic of post-scan editing, because the original looks quite messy, but I'm really happy you liked the result! =D

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