{fanart} for Mr. Pettigrew Lives for a Day, by slashweaver

[altocello]

Title: Art for "Mr. Pettigrew Lives for a Day," a Paperlegends 2013 Big Bang story by slashweaver
Artist: altocello
Pairings/characters: Arthur/Merlin, Gaius/Agravaine
Warnings: Art contains spoilers for the fic
Medium: Mixed: ink, coffee, and chalk pastels on white and toned paper. GIMP used to correct for contrast lost when photographing the originals and to add my sig.
Summary: The world-worn Mr Pettigrew has only one ambition in life, and that is to be a gentleman’s gentleman. Having just been summarily dismissed from his current post, down to his last pennies – and with another Great War looming over London – even this modest goal now seems far beyond his reach. At his lowest ebb, he grasps at an opportunity – and suddenly the shabby yet proper old man finds himself awhirl amidst the glamorous immoral world of beautiful nightclub singer Sir Arthur Pendragon.

Notes: I must, again, thank the village of fandom for helping me get these done. I really and truly couldn't do this without you! Firstly, so many thanks are due to slashweaver for providing the inspiration for these pieces; there really are no words, my dear, to express how much I enjoy working with you, and I can only hope that the art begins to show my appreciation. Someday I will get to give you a hug in person; it will be longer and tighter than is appropriate in public, I won't care, and it will only just begin to express how much I have enjoyed working with you. <3 Please always remember that I would draw for you ANY time.

I also owe hugely huge thanks to my beta, amphigoury, and to all my cheerleaders in the #paperlegends chat (you all know who you are :D). Thank you all for being there when I was stuck and needed to be unstuck, especially when I inexplicably, accidentally, drew Bruce Campbell.

And last, but not least, huge thanks are due to the_muppet for doing the incredible and keeping this ship sailing by herself. You are amazing!

Disclaimer: These are non-profit fanworks: no harm intended, no money made.

Chapter Breaks

I chose to draw an art deco style clock showing the time of day of each chapter, since time is such an important facet in this story. I don't think it's giving anything away to say that the entire fic takes place in one day (hence the title!).

There are a lot of these, but I'm just going to include one. It's a Cartier clock, with a sun and ray theme I found repeatedly in my research into art deco, that being the predominant style in the late 1930's.

Illustrations

This first one was drawn with sepia ink on white sketchbook paper and painted with instant coffee.

Fortune's Favor
Gaius holding the card that will change his life.




The next three were all drawn using chalk pastels on toned paper, a smudger, and a kneadable eraser.

Languid
Sir Arthur Pendragon answering the door, just before he realizes it's 5 minutes past ten. In the morning.




Tempted
"Arthur closed his eyes, and offered his beautiful self for a kiss. Merlin watched him, obviously so very tempted…"




Mutual Appreciation
"They considered each other for a long lovely moment. There was no hint of them drawing close together for a kiss or anything like that. But they gifted themselves a moment in which to enjoy their unexpected friendship and mutual appreciation."




And this last one is simply sepia toned India ink on white sketchbook paper. It's intended as a sort of 'Fin' as we fade to black, and will make perfect sense once you've read the story!

An Honest Pair of Socks



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