Art for koshartu: Music, G

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[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

Eee. This is the loveliest thing ^____^
My favourite is the third picture, aawwwwwwww.

[garonne.livejournal.com]

Lovely! The little progressive narrative is a very cool idea, and brilliantly executed.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Makes me want to check out those pieces of music I don't know. Lovely.

[tripleransom.livejournal.com]

Oh, so nice. I love the progression in the pictures. The handholding one is my favorite also.

Just lovely!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is lovely - a really clever progression.

re: Music

[vaysh]

Such an original and beautiful way to show the development of Holmes and Watson's relationship. I adore your layering of the four panels on the background sheet of music, your use of colour and shapes, and the wonderfully subtle hints showing their growing emotional closeness. Truly inspired art. Thank you.

[dreamingjewel.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

I'm very fond of musical stories and art, and this is delightful. :)

I love the Wagnered Watson.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Very adorable. Love the story it tells in four pictures.

[koshartu.livejournal.com]

!! Thank you so much, anon. This is beautiful. It's everything I wanted (Holmes/Watson being all lovey, classical music and something I didn't even indicate in my sign up post--H/W dancing, which is absolutely a weakness of mine. You're good ). So, yeah, I LOVE the fourth panel. I wasn't familiar with that aria but now that I've listened to it and read the lyrics it's rather romantic. Perfectly fitting.

Also, it looks like you've used the actual years and locations each piece was performed in London. ...Marry me?

Thanks again, anon. You're awesome.

[ob-af.livejournal.com]

This is lovely. Telling a story so subtly is a real talent.

[swissmarg]

This is beautiful. Both the idea and the execution.

[fabelschwester.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, wonderful! What a cute idea, amazingly illustrated!

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I love the development of the relationship visible here. Hand-holding! DANCING.

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

Right, this just made my heart melt - the way this progressed, the way so much wasn't stated but hardly unclear. Kind of like with those two. Nicely done.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

I can't get enough of this gorgeous sequence and the clever theme. Also, Bored Watson in 1884 is just the best.

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

Oh I am in love with this, from the sheet music background to the cut out feel of the art highlighting certain aspects of each piece. I love the progression of their relationship. My absolute favourite is #3 which is so achingly sweet and beautiful. But I also adore #4 with Holmes' bare feet and the gramophone. Simply beautiful work ♥

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you don't think the third picture is too soppy :)

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much; I figured it was somewhere between a single picture and a comic, so I could fit in several scenes without having to come up with dialogue.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I must admit to never having heard Jota aragonesa, but I definitely intend to.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I hadn't expected number three to appeal to so many people, but I'm glad it does.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm pleased that my idea for a mini-narrative worked out.

Re: Music

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I actually decided to keep the colour palette limited because of time constraints; I'm pleased that you like how it turned out. I definitely wanted a progression as far as their relationship went and I'm glad it shows.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[omelton.livejournal.com]

I think it's very hard to describe music in any medium that isn't music, so I'm especially glad you like this.
I'm not sure how long the concert performance in 1884 was, but Parsifal is probably massive enough in any version to bore non-fans :).

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad the story progression comes through clearly.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, and thank you for your kind comment.
I'd have liked to also include Holmes in drag, but I couldn't find a good place for him (although I had thought about drawing them attending a performance of Traviata incognito for a case, with Watson extremely embarrassed).

Glad the dancing pleases you, I'd wanted to draw them dancing to gramophone music in their retirement for quite a while. I'm a big Korngold fan so I looked through his work for appropriate tunes to dance to, and luckily there was a violin version of Pierrot's Lied that came out on record in 1924.

Yes, as far as I can tell, the dates and places for performances are correct - thank you for the chance to do a bit of research :).

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you think it's subtle, I kept wondering "is this too obvious?" when I was drawing it, but my urge to draw proper slash won out.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it!

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I took a lot of time for the idea and then didn't have much left for the actual drawing...

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I wasn't sure if the development was clear enough or if only I knew what it was supposed to be (also, I wasn't sure if the hand-holding was too mushy for Victorian gentlemen), so I'm very pleased it comes through.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much! I wanted to make the relationship very clear but not overstate it, so I'm happy that you see the progression.

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I can only imagine how many times poor Watson was bored when he was dragged along to listen to 'serious' music - maybe early on he wasn't as good at declining Holmes' invitations?

[omelton.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! For style and time reasons, I decided to keep the colour palette and line work very simple (and then add a bunch of textures to make it interesting), I'm glad it worked for you. La bohème is one of those damn tearjerker operas for me, so I decided it would make Holmes (reluctantly) and Watson emotional, too.
And drawing them retired and dressing whichever way they please was fun, too.

[barefacedbandit.livejournal.com]

I have just been reading through the other comments and I am realising how much I have missed by not knowing anything about opera. I want to immerse myself in a multi-media experience of this, now (though perhaps not the entirety of Parsifal, judging from Watson's expression XD). You are fabulous :D

[hardboiledbaby]

I can only echo the sentiments of the comments before me—such a wonderful progression of these men through the years, a love story set to music and so beautifully drawn. Thank you!