ART - Merlin Tournament of Champions - The Ritual

[amphigoury]

Title: Mae'r Defodol (The Ritual)
Rating: R
Content/Warnings: No Required Warnings, Voluntary Possession, Comeplay, Rituals, Voyuerism, Masturbation. 
Summary: A wounded Arthur spies in on a Druidic ritual featuring a painted, naked warlock.
Notes: Druid rituals are done in Welsh (according to show canon, 3x12) and so this piece is in Welsh. English translation is below.

Now I can properly thank my betas, reni_m and altocello! Thanks for all the input!!! And thanks to my team for the feedback on the WIPs I posted.

This was my submission for the first Merlin Tournament of Champions(merlin_games). My prompt was "Body Paint"

WIP's are included in this post! YAY!

Tidbit of info: The opening is part of the Druid's Prayer.. which I learned is a real thing.





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And again in English, because I put a bit of thought into the words, and didn't want it to go to waste, heh heh.





Tidbit of Info: It took ages to get the following looks right - 1) Merlin's glow-y eye, 2) Finger painting, 3)Semen.

I also hit a roadblock and had to ask for many helps to find an alternative for "fap fap fap" lol.



Here are some rough storyboard sketches I used to test how I wanted to lay out the comic panel flow:









Here is a proof of concept I posted to my team, just to get the idea across and to show what I had in mind:






The paintings on Merlin make reference to ravens, the tree of life, and druidic runes. The painted feathers on his forearms are straight ripped from Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters. When I saw them in concert, this was still a WIP, and I remember going, "I gotta use those!!!"





So when all was said and done, Reincarnation was victorious! Team Canon came in second. 
I got a 19 out of possible 20 points. Apparently the third highest total score in the games! I'm very proud now! I didn't think folks would enjoy it THAT much. Fandom sure knows how to stroke an ego. So thanks to all who voted!!


FORBÆRNE!!!!!!

Comments

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Yesssssssssssssssss!


I loved this like mad.

[thecheekydragon.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Totally loved this! ♥

[venivincere]

I loved this so much! :-D

[reni-m.livejournal.com]

Yay! The sketches!
Way to go Amph!

[eldee.livejournal.com]

This is AMAZING. ♥

[tassosss.livejournal.com]

This is seriously awesome.

Love it.

[zephre.livejournal.com]

gorgeous!

[enkanowen.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant. I always love your use of colour and light <3

[altocello.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome score, amph! This totally deserves it, and you worked your ass off making it! I wonder which got first and second? Mine did well, but not quite as well as yours!

As for the beta input, I am always happy to share my opinion, lol. I'm just glad you found it helpful! <3

[prime_meridian]

This was absolutely one my fave pieces to come out of the Games. Stunning work, great concept. I will be forever sad that we won't see this play out on the show (here's where airing on HBO or Starz might really come in handy). Well done you!

[riventhorn.livejournal.com]

I could stare at this ALL NIGHT. It has such a wonderful atmosphere--I can just smell the herbs and feel the hot, sweaty closeness of it all.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Amazing work =)

[kathyh]

This is fantastic. The emotion and the atmosphere come through amazingly.

[scinscire]

Absolutely amazing. :D

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!!! This was an epic beast!!!