Chapter Six: Page Nine
posted 23rd May 2016, 11:40 AM
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23rd May 2016, 1:12 PM
lifelight
SHE. IS. SO. BEAUTIFUL.
OMGGGGGGG.
You are such a talented artist OMGOSH I LOVE IT. I just need to stare at the page for a little longer... +_+
;_;
23rd May 2016, 1:19 PM
Saeriellyn
You are pretty much like a hit of crack for my ego. :) Yay for mutual admiration society.
23rd May 2016, 8:31 PM
Saeriellyn
Even after crawling through dirty tunnels in the dark! It's almost like this is fantasy or something. ;)
23rd May 2016, 3:04 PM
Phillip (Guest)
I LOOOOVE EILONWY! ♡ She looks soo pretty. I can't stop staring. Taran's face tho
23rd May 2016, 8:23 PM
Saeriellyn
:) Bewildering Taran is one of my life's joys.
Um, I mean drawing bewildered Taran, of course.
23rd May 2016, 7:48 PM
Odd May (Guest)
Yay! Hurrah! We finally get to see her! You've done such a great job! I LOVE her hair. Also, the backgrounds are super pretty. Weird question, but I've always though the bauble was a little bigger. How did you decide on what size to make it?
23rd May 2016, 8:29 PM
Saeriellyn
Practical reasons, mainly. She carries it around in some hidden "fold of her robes" (this is a period/fantasy trope that really amuses me; do you have any clothing that magically holds foreign objects within its folds?) which I interpret as a pouch or pocket. Anything much larger than, say, a racquetball just seems cumbersome to carry everywhere in that fashion. Also, I have a polished quartz sphere I use as the bauble in reference images when I need to see how hands fit around it, and that's it's size, so that's what comes out in the art.
I'm also influenced by the Jody Lee cover illustrations since those were the first edition I owned.
24th May 2016, 12:31 AM
Taoryoga (Guest)
The love of my life has arrived. As well as the original reason Taran invented aspirin.
24th May 2016, 8:21 AM
Shirokuro
What did he think she was going to let him see? xD loool
And yes.....they are the prettiest couple in this world thank you for this <3
24th May 2016, 6:19 PM
joeyballast
CAAAAAN YOU FEEEEEEL THE LOOOOOOOVE TONIIIIIIIIGHT!
Love the page. Awesome lighting in the bottom panel. That is one hell of a bauble!
24th May 2016, 7:38 PM
Saeriellyn
lol Not yet. Not for a while. He's mostly just terrified. That scene in Inside Out where all the little emotions are running and screaming GIRL...GIRL...GIRL.
Given that the last pretty female who was nice to him turned out to be a raving homicidal maniac, can't expect much more.
24th May 2016, 7:24 PM
Rob S. (Guest)
Wow... she's really lovely. Great job.
But I don't want to let her debut get in the way of my praise of Taran's wince when the bauble lights up. That's a great expression right there!
25th May 2016, 12:14 AM
Rob S. (Guest)
Oh, and as a longtime comics fan, I've gotta say: "Face it, Taran, you just hit the jackpot!"
30th Apr 2017, 6:29 AM
Freawaru
That last panel... *swoon*
It's everything I ever loved about your old stuff on Elfwood, but new and improved!
4th Dec 2017, 4:42 PM
AmeliaP
Perhaps it's the internal logic of this world all baubles light up XD Give a break to Taran, girl!
4th Dec 2017, 4:54 PM
Saeriellyn
lol well...she doesn't give him a break easily, but he needs shaking up most of the time.
23rd Jan 2018, 9:42 PM
Nef
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Ahh... If only I could learn to draw like you (without the pain of whatever many years you used to learn and practice of course, because that's what people mean when they say this).
All humor aside, I really wish I could draw pretty people like you do. Your light is also gorgeous, even though a lot of this comic happens in the dark.
24th Jan 2018, 1:56 AM
Saeriellyn
Lol! That’s like when I say I wish I could play piano, right?
Dramatic lighting certainly makes things more interesting.
25th Jun 2018, 8:35 PM
Heart of the Heroes, Ride (Guest)
That wing-sprouting thing was right there in the book and yet I never thought to make a Harry Potter reference in my head. I feel like my eleven-year-old self really fell down on the job here.
26th Jun 2018, 2:58 PM
Saeriellyn
Well, her line is actually "turn into a bird and fly away?" so it's not quite as obvious; I changed it as a wink-and-nudge to Potter fans. You can forgive your inner child. ;)
7th Jun 2020, 5:38 AM
Alexis (Guest)
Please tell me that you are going to illustrate the entire series!!!!!!! I will buy the heck out of it! It’s gorgeous! (By-the-by my daughter’s name is Eilonwy, my favorite books when I was little)
9th Jun 2020, 4:03 AM
Saeriellyn
I cannot promise the entire series, but I have every intention of finishing this book! Glad you found me, hope you continue to enjoy. :)
1st Jan 2021, 3:23 AM
Prydainian Aphmau Reader (Guest)
So I know this page was made a long time ago, but I just made Eilonwy from the 4th panel my lock screen on my phone. Your art is really beautiful and has gotten even better as time went on.
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