Art for saki101 A Day in the Life, PG

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Title: A Day in the Life; or, Watson, the Unreliable Narrator
Recipient: saki101
Artist: [redacted]
Rating: PG

Notes: Compressed charcoal. Many thanks to my very patient, pseudonym-less beta, and to [redacted] for helpful comments. For those who wonder what a palimpsest is (I didn't know, at least) it's a manuscript where the original text has been erased and then written over.

Captions are actual citations, from NORW, GOLD and YELL.

Saki, you mentioned wanting art, and stories weaving in different artistic aspects, and that's what inspired this. I hope you like it!

Comments

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

The gap between text and truth is fabulous here. I love that implication, that there is so much that we need to doubt and read between the lines for in Watson's stories. The art is sweetly drawn, and I especially care for the comfort in the first, as Holmes and Watson recline together to read. It's so warm and lovely, I want to snuggle up with them too.

[garonne.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've always loved playing with that idea, that the gap between the public and private versions of their stories is enormous. It was fun to do it via a different medium this time.