ART: "Battle Wounds" for Merlin RVBB'15

[amphigoury]

Title: "Battle Wounds"
Rating: PG
Character: Merlin

Warnings/Contents: Blood, Snake, Snake bites



Summary: Prompt for Merlin Reverse Big Bang 2015.

Link to Fic: Paint My Spirit Gold by andiwould

Notes: Thanks to my crew of betas and cheerleaders: altocello, alby_mangroves, Mizufae, and the gsd_fandom chat. I wish I could have done more art, but RL was crazy this spring/summer!

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Comments

[loaded-march.livejournal.com]

YAY! You posted! <3 Love this variation on the artwork, the light coming down, the shadows. Can't wait to read the fic that goes with it!

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much LM!

[kitty_fic]

This is gorgeous <3
Love the lighting and Merlin's back and the detail on the snake! Lovely!

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thanks Kitty! The lighting was fun to do :D

[malu-3.livejournal.com]

Love this. LOVE. It's one of those double- or triple-take pieces for me, like if it were hanging in a gallery I'd keep circling back by it again and again because it's inviting me in but also pushing me out and I want to stare but it feels illicit somehow and I swear that snake's judging me but I can't look away and it's just all so completely fucking pretty and undeniably magic. *applause*

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you!! When I first sketched the piece out, it was from a voyueristic POV, like, a crack in the door or behind a curtain or something like that, so I'm glad the illicit feeling still managed to persist! And YES! Judgy snake is judging LOL!

[dylan_mx]

Amazing!
I love this lighting. The atmosphere feels so intimate, plus the snake <3 beautiful <3

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[candymacaron.livejournal.com]

This is so cool! The colors and the background, and the scaled coils of the snake are so lovely. Awesome. XD

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!!!

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Loved the way you drew Merlin's back. Plus the snake was creepy! Hope you are getting enough sleep.

[amphigoury.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much D! Sleep is going as well as can be expected, LOL!