Happy Yuletart, zephre!

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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.

Comments

[idktbh.livejournal.com]

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

[ieke85.livejournal.com]

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

[runpunkrun]

Fantastic line art!

[venturous1.livejournal.com]

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

[unavee.livejournal.com]

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

[zephre.livejournal.com]

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!

[ariadneelda.livejournal.com]

Ooh, gorgeous art and a brilliant fusion! :)

[ratcreature]

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

[scribbleomania.livejournal.com]

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.

[curtana.livejournal.com]

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

[wellington.livejournal.com]

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!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

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

[nakedbee.livejournal.com]

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!

[mashimero.livejournal.com]

Great linework! Amazing detail on the animals and background.

[demoerin.livejournal.com]

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.

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

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

[chen-san.livejournal.com]

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

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

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

[leyna55.livejournal.com]

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)

[roga.livejournal.com]

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.

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

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!

[ocicatsy.livejournal.com]

A really cool concept, and gorgeous execution!

[omens.livejournal.com]

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!

[briar_pipe]

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.

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

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