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May 15, 2011
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The full title for this piece is actually:

"Citizen Chauvelin Adjusts Himself"

but as that won't fit as the deviation title, I'll have to settle for something less potentially crass! (The whole cravat put-down always struck me as a... rather masculine metaphor, ifyaknowhutimean.)

Pencils and inks by hand. Digital colour in Photoshop.

The gorgeous damask pattern is from here:
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Everything else is out of my head, for better or worse. I'm still having issues drawing full figures (I start to get lost below the knees, and throw off the whole proportion) but I've started attending figure drawing classes again, so hopefully I'll be able to work through some of those issues. And really, just... practice, practice practice... as they say.

Also, I think --- think! -- I got the period clothing pretty correct here. If anyone has any tips for better accuracy, I'm always happy to learn!

(Sir Percy Blakeney and Citizen Armand Chauvelin are from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.)

**My images are not to be used, traced, recoloured, or re-posted, without my permission. Thank you!**
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~NightPhoenixChan Jan 22, 2012
Oh, so much love for this! I adore the way you've portrayed them and, speaking as a Scarlet Pimpernel fan girl, it's so good to see art about it! Thank you! Lud love you!

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~shmeeden Jan 25, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Well, sink me! Thank you! I had a lot of fun drawing this. Which reminds me, I need to do more. I don't think I've drawn anything in this style since, well, this piece. Time flies!
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~NightPhoenixChan Jan 25, 2012
Odd's Fish, m'dear! If you had such fun, I'd say you better had! :hug:

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~DarthxErik Jan 21, 2012  Student General Artist
beautiful costumes and coloring!! Percy's red coat is incredibly foppish... love it!

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~shmeeden Jan 21, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you!

And it is a rather lovely shade of red, isn't it? A somewhat... scarlet.. hue...
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~WingsandRings Nov 5, 2011
When does this happen in the book? (Re-reading it right now)

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~shmeeden Nov 5, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
It actually doesn't! Surprisingly. Because the cravat put-down seems to be in at least three of the film adaptations.
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~WingsandRings Nov 5, 2011
Oh good! I felt like I was taking crazy pills. I'm almost to the end and there was no cravat conversation (wasn't looking for one or expecting one) and then I saw this artwork and I thought "Did I just read right past this? WTF?"

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~shmeeden Nov 6, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
Haha, I wondered the same, but it was after finishing the book. When it kept coming up in the films, I assumed it *had* to be in the novel. But. Checked back, and, nope!
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~EntirelyInsane May 17, 2011  Student
Tee hee, Sir Percy and Chauvelin. Somehow, I manage to really like both of them...(:
a masculine metaphor? huh? *thinks*
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ohhhh.


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