upennmanuscripts:alesha-whosmilesatdeath:alesha-whosmilesatdeath:ave-puella:turing-testy:A present I
upennmanuscripts:alesha-whosmilesatdeath:alesha-whosmilesatdeath:ave-puella:turing-testy:A present I made for my dear friend @ave-puella. You may recognize it as a short Temeraire fic she posted a little while back. It’s done entirely by hand, and was my first time attempting borders and illumination. I’m still figuring out gold leaf, but it was super fun to work with (there’s also some gold work on the border of the third page). For those of you unfamiliar with the Temeraire universe, there are dragons, hence the second page border.It was a heck of a lot of work, but was entirely worth it for her face and incredulous ‘what did you do?!’Okay I gotta add some close-up pictures here because I want to make sure this masterwork is fully appreciated:Do you guys see that, do you see tiny Temeraire and Iskierka glaring at each other in the marginsDo you see these tiny fucking vines and the historiated “A” with a hand of cards because Laurence and Granby are playing piquetMore smol dragons (note that Lily is spitting acid)ACTUAL GOLD LEAF ????I just. GUYS. This is an actual ILLUMINATED FANFICTION, can we all just take a moment to appreciate that this is the world we live inOoooooooh, @ave-puella added some closeups! @upennmanuscripts (the greatest blog in all the land <3) was talking about manuscript-influenced fanart and it made me nostalgic for when I made thisThis…. is beautiful and amazing. The world needs more illuminated fanfiction with gold leaf. -- source link