T'hy'la

[einahpets]

This is my submission for this year's T'hy'la Big Bang. If you're a K/S fan, be sure to check out this year's collection!!

During claims, I snagged myself quite the writer! I paired up with the amazing LadyMerlin, who wrote a timey whimy fic called "I have loved the stars too fondly". Really good stuff, please read her story!
The artist requirement in the Big Bang was 2 pieces, one fully rendered image and one sketch ... so I did two fully rendered portraits and made them a diptych. Two separate pieces that can become one.
These pieces were heavily influenced by the story's overall theme, and I tried to include symbolism and references from the fic. My personal favorite is the implied TOS Captain braids I was able to sneak in.

The paintings are on Arches 10"x14" 120lbs cold press paper, and the mediums are watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, white gel pen, white acrylic, Polyester film, and a Decocolor gold leafing pen. After I scanned everything onto my computer, I touched things up in GIMP and created a digital black mat.




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I also posted the solo portraits of Kirk and Spock.
Also on AO3

For anyone curious, here's the thumbnail I sketched out before tackling these bad boys.

Comments

[theladyscribe]

AAAAHHH! These are so great!

[einahpets]

Thank you!! Amazing what one can do when sports are gone XD