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2015-09-08
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The Mortal Boy King (art)

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ART for the The Mortal Boy King.

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Hi! Welcome to the art post of The Mortal Boy King, part of the 2015 After Camlann Big Bang challenge.

Please, go read the wonderful tale by Watchherrise about growing up, magic, being king and other terrific things :). Thank you so much for letting me run wild with the art, allowing me to experiment with Indian ink and watercolors. I had a blast!

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1. CHESS

For the first drawings, the inspiration was a chess set. Chess is an important element in the story, as Arthur learns how to play better, we can measure how far he goes as king (and as a person as well).

Firstly, I had asked Watchherrise which scenes she would like to see turned into art, and she mentioned the chess games. Originally, I was going to draw one of his games with Leon, but then I found pictures of medieval chess sets and I had the idea of transforming Arthur (king), Morgana (queen) and Merlin (bishop) into chess pieces. It was drew by pencil and pen. Painted with India ink. 

 

 

I used the following drawings to make the headers (I put everything together with PS 4): 

 

 

 

2. SCENES

The following illustrations were inspired by specific scenes of the fic. I wanted to draw more, but I had no time left :(. Pencil, pen, Indian ink and watercolors.

 

 

 

I wish I had time to re-do the boat scene, I am not very happy with this. But, well, this is the 2nd attempt.

 

3. OTHER

This last drawing was the first one I did for Watchherrise. I wanted to do something that could portrait Arthur as king and Morgana. I choose to put his sword in her hands, since she is responsible for pushing him in the right direction a lot. It was inspired by Art Nouveau illustrations, hence Morgana's features. Again: pencil, pen, Indian ink and watercolors! (and slight color adjustments made with PS 4).

 

 

Thank you so much :)  It's my first time showing the world my fanart and I had a lot of fun with the challenge. Thank you my dear author for letting me do whatever I felt like doing. I had never worked with watercolors before and it was fun (not so much for my roommates, who had to deal my mess on the kitchen table for a while).
Thank you my dear author and mods for making it possible, it was wonderful being a part of this :)
Critics and feedback are welcome!