transatlanticism

Title: "Let Your Hearts Be Light"
Artist: altocello
Rating: G
Characters: Colin Morgan/Rupert Young
Summary: In which Rupert and Colin are relaxed and happy and cuddling.
( Art below! )

Title: Art for "It's Complicated", a Merlin RPF BB story by mrs_leary
Artist: altocello
Characters/Pairings: Colin/Richard, Bradley/Richard (one sided), Colin/Rupert
Rating: G
Warnings: Spoilers for the fic exist in the art notes.
Medium: Woodless graphite pencils, grey gummy eraser, and smudging stick on white sketchbook paper. GIMP used to correct for contrast lost when photographing the originals, to add my sig, and to add (among other things) the lettering to the title page.
Summary: A bemused Colin finds that it’s generally assumed Richard is in love with Colin – and Rupert later suggests that, really, just about everyone is at least a little in love with Colin… But if he’s so spoiled for choice, why does it take him the whole second season to work out who he most wants to be with?

( Art and more notes beneath the cut. )

Title: After Party
Recipient: aarins_rou
Artist: altocello
Rating: G
Pairings: Bradley/Colin
Medium: Graphite on paper
Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: The bits of the prompt that I picked up on were: Bradley/Colin, happily drunk, falling asleep on one another, possessiveness/protectiveness, National Television Awards 2012. Which made me think of the two of them in the taxi after the after party... Many many thanks are due, as always, to my betas reni_m and amphigoury, and to fuzzytomato02 for talking me into it in the first place.
Disclaimer: The characters depicted herein belong to Shine and BBC. I make no profit from this endeavor.



References used included photos taken by major media at the NTA's, BBC official Merlin promos found at Merlinskeep, and random pictures of the insides of London taxi cabs.

I managed to get a series of pretty good wip shots of this particular project, from the first thumbnail I drew onwards. This is a good example of the process I go through in terms of composition and rendering. In all honesty, I have to admit that rendering is the bit I love the most. Composition, while necessary and interesting, is part of the “homework” for me. When I’m done with the homework, I get to play at rendering!

[Edit: I feel I should mention that this is meant as a bit of a birthday present for mrs_leary as she had expressed an appreciation for this piece as well as the idea of learning more about how it was made. I hope you enjoy it, my dear!]

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