Brain Flotsam V2.007

More quick meme art...

Title:  His Father's Throne
Artist: zephre
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Arthur/Merlin
Summary/Notes: Er, I suppose after all my kinky HP art saying this one kinda squicked me seems bizarre, but I surely hesitated before posting.  Drawn fast for cherrybina's Merlin Rimming Meme Also, the throne is based on the super fancy one in the S2 trailer images from episode 2x07, I think? The Witchfinder one. It may have been featured before, but I don't recall.
Kinks/Warnings: Rimming, magical bondage



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Got some quick meme art...

Title:  Morgana's Maid
Artist: zephre
Rating: NC-17
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Morgana/Gwen
Summary/Notes: Er, I suppose after all my kinky HP art saying this one kinda squicked me seems bizarre, but I surely hesitated before posting.  Drawn fast for cherrybina's Merlin Rimming Meme, and also posted as a kink meme fill.
Kinks/Warnings: Rimming



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Title: Embrace
Artist: zephre
Rating: PG
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Merlin/Arthur
Notes: For the Merlin/Arthur Hug Meme


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So for weeks now I have been working in small increments to get a grip on Corel Painter (ok, months, but weeks in the case of this particular piece) in order to make some art in a different style.
This is an illustration for a fic in the BBC's Merlin universe, and I've used pre-Raphaelite inspiration, mainly Lawrence Alma-Tadema, especially for Gwen and Merlin, which some viewers may recognize.
I wouldn't say I was pleased with it, exactly, although I feel that it's an improvement over some of my previous Merlin attempts. I do love Gwen here, though.
Now I'd best get back to working on the deadlines and commission.


Title: "We have wine."
Artist: zephre
Rating: G
Characters: Merlin, Gwen, Morgana, Arthur
Medium: Painter with Photoshop touchup.
Summary: An illustration from the Arthur/Merlin fic, Awash with Love by burkesl17. Merlin climbs to the top of the castle to discover Gwen, Morgana, and Arthur sharing wine and lamenting their situation.
Notes: A not-so-subtle homage to Lawrence Alma-Tadema and the pre-Raphaelites.


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So my Mom told me she followed the link from my LJ to sign the petition at racebending.com about the whitewashed casting of the Avatar: the Last Airbender movie.
Is that everybody now?  Go sign it!

Also, the TV and DVD player are both installed and working beautifully, and MY GOD Colin Morgan is adorable when his face is a foot tall in my living room.  ;)

Now all I have to do is actually build my IKEA furniture.
And finish my art before deadline.

Also, I posted a bunch of art here the other day because I'd forgotten to add it to this journal.  Reveals for a couple exchanges and my contribution to LJ's hump_day_smut for the last few months.

Title: Destiny
Artist: zephre
Rating: G
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Characters: Arthur Pendragon, Merlin
Disclaimer: Characters don't belong to me; far art for appreciation only.
A/N: Also known as the 'I love Arthur's long hunting coat' illustration. Bradley's face defies me this round, oh well.



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Title: Knight & Sorcerer
Artist: zephre
Rating: G
Characters: Arthur Pendragon, Merlin (it's only kinda slashy if you squint)
Fandom: BBC's Merlin
Medium: Corel Painter
Summary: They're plotting something. Again.
Artist Notes: This is half an exercise in portraiture and half an exercise in Corel Painter. I am still not sure I am using its tools very well, but I'm getting better.  It's very weird drawing for a fandom in which actors' likenesses are the canon. Buh.



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If you want to see if I got the likenesses remotely close, and aren't a fan, lo: http://www.bbc.co.uk/merlin/

Why is LJ doing maintenance right now???  Will have to re-post in the morning.

Last night I finished watching the first season of Merlin. This morning's weird dream was unrelated to the show. It was actually about my family and home improvement. And definitely weird. But it was definitely a festival of television last night, with a marathon viewing of the last few episodes.
Thank goodness for the interwebs, I say!
Such a fun show. Merlin is a doll. It's too bad I find doing TV-based fanarts so intimidating. Perhaps some of my friends can convince me to give it a try anyway. Portraiture is something I'm good at, right?

Got a meeting today and I'll probably pop into a discount store on my way home, then it's a weekend of arts and crafts!
I really want to finish the original illo I've been plugging away at since the New Year, and I have some character portraits I hope to squeeze in before the exchange deadlines loom.
I think one of my goals for 2009, now that I'm part of a weekly art posting community (not that I need to pick every single week), will have to be being a bit more choosy in my exchange sign-ups. I do want to have time to do more tarot cards and more original or other-fandom stuffs.

Ah, my files have done copying.  Time to get ready to go!

This is what happens when I watch web TV before bed with the Snupin chatroom...

I dreamed that I was in a beautiful antique bookstore with Colin Morgan, Bradley James, and Emma Watson.  (Presumably my dream-self had been de-aged for the adventure.) We were drinking red wine and playing a Latin word game which for some reason involved a lot of standing up and walking around to rearrange words on the wall. Or possibly to write them on the wall in light, I am still not entirely sure how the words got up there. Luckily for my slightly inebriated dream-self, Bradley seemed willing to be leaned upon an awful lot. (And having not seen any DVD extras yet, I suppose really I was hanging out with their characters, but in a British bookstore. Except that Emma was obviously Emma, not Hermione.)
Anyway. It was really quite vivid and odd, and sadly there was no dragon in the cellar. I think that every good antique bookstore should have a dragon in the cellar.

As for Merlin, I watched the next two episodes before bed and while continuing the general snark, I thoroughly enjoyed them.  I do wonder what Morgana does all day besides get dressed, pose dramatically by windows, mouth off to her guardian, or annoy Arthur.  Surely she must have some occupation?

And for those who have watched the show, ( spoilers for Episode 1.03: The Mark of Nimueh )

This show is so cute, I can't stand it.

Post #1:
Here are the caveats:
I don't tend to watch TV, so I have seen neither the show nor any clips.
The web site video doesn't work if you're logging in outside the UK, so all I had to go on were the character descriptions and stills. 

Transcript of chat below:
( a plenitude of snark and a lack of saxony goodness, or evilness as the case may be )

Post #2:
I have now seen the first episode of the BBC's Merlin.
Here is my running commentary.  bwahahaha.

( snark and hilarity )

Oh, interwebs, I love you! I'm going to watch the whole show now!
Except not right this minute because it's time to sleep.