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@artist-ellen
The test print of the next fantasy fashion colouring book came in and it looks goooooood!!
There’s a few little updates to make but this one came together really quickly! (Which also means ‘Across the Universe’ will be unpublished soon)
Hope you're excited about the fashion illustrations in this book! :D
Myrcella in King's Landing!
Somewhere between a Burgundian gown, a medieval tapestry and maybe a drizzle of Cranach gowns we have Crownlands fashion. She's still in reds and golds but the colors are softer, practically pink. Her hip-broach has a secret little stag head. I enjoy little details too much.
Now it should be easier to gauge where Sansa's outfit falls in the Crownlands fashion landscape. Hopefully the similarities in Sansa's, Myrcella's and Cersei's costumes help with that.
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A pair from Pentos
(These two are unrelated, just near each other.) An older merchant man and a younger woman. I was thinking about wealthy merchant men and women who are favoured by them. A wife, a mistress. Those are the thoughts are in the direction I was thinking.
(If you see this without the other Pentos images know that this is a companion-post , not the whole picture. ;D)
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also sorry same person as the last anon (i mentioned your historical and mermaid collections), i think even if you know you’d gone for like old valerian fashion or something that links to hotd you may have garnered more interest, it’s probably purely because people don’t really know much about what your posts are about so i definitely think your posts for this theme will grown in interaction as the right audience finds them or even as your own follows start to take an interest in the source material and start learning and understanding - maybe try playing around with your tags etc to see?
There's nothing to do but experiment and see what happens now! XD
Thanks for your insights, <3
i think potentially a cause for the dip could be that this theme (i love it btw) is a departure from your ‘usual’ theming like historical, mermaids, things that are more widely known and probably have a farther reach. especially for people who may be interested in historical fashion, for example, but don’t follow art or artists, you may be a bridge linking both of those things for someone, same with mermaids too (mermaids also have the benefit of mermay being a tumblr-wide phenomenon). and yes your asoiaf posts were also very popular, they were also more widely known houses/characters because of the show, so the tile essos posts though beautiful are still a lot more niche than your other theme explorations, i think they’ll pick up as time goes on 🩵
That's very fair, it's still very early in the Essos series and with the feedback from the last few days I've made some adjustments. Both in my hopes for the series and in the posting schedule.
Instead of having them release back to back to back Tuesday through Thursday, I've swapped things around so it's Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hey I understand that your having a bit of a crisis with your posts, sorry about that. I'm one of the lurkers that doesn't reblog enough. I appreciate seeing it! I'll try to be better! Also, my mom just got my daughter one of your coloring books for her birthday. We've been doing it together and really love it. Thank you for sharing your talent in so many ways!
No, I'm sorry to have brought you guys down. I've been oversharing and you guys visit me to have fun, not hear about my anxieties about running a business. I was being impatient about getting feedback, when I really should have tempered my expectations for a slower-start into interest for the new series. Lurkers are great and I appreciate every like, no reblogs are obligatory.
I'm so glad you and your daughter are enjoying the colouring book. It means so much to me that you are enjoying it. <3
Thanks for reaching out! <3
Moving on to the visiting Royal Ladies, Princess Myrcella!
(Yes I know I skipped the Stark men.... I just don't have as much to say about their outfits & have more fun drawing pretty dresses XD )
This is Myrcella arriving in Winterfell. I decided that Stormlord fashion leans towards houppelandes so here we have a houppelande-inspired fur-trimmed over-layer. And of course for Lannisters it's all about the golden curls and reds. (and a circlet)
Thinking about how the King's Landing party would react/dress for Winterfell's weather and temperature was really fun. How does a rich person dress for the cold? Extravagantly & probably not very efficiently. But this is fur-lined and voluminous so it probably is pretty cozy XD.
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ASOIAF Essos Infographics: Pentos
"The Pentoshi descend from Andals, Valyrians, slaves, and ancient peoples. Like the Braavosi and Lyseni, Pentoshi are great lovers of song, and generous with those who please them. Some of their men dye, oil, and fork their beards.
Pentos was founded by merchants, traders, seafarers, and farmers from the Valyrian Freehold as a trading outpost." - A Wiki of Ice and Fire (https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Pentos)
Infographic fantasy fashion inspired by the artwork of @chiarart - @ilreleonewikiart
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Re: the interaction data, I wonder if splitting up the posts into three bearing mostly the same art might not be partially to blame. Many people might perhaps only like or reblog one of the three rather than all of them since they're so similar.
Well...
Anon is right
I think the 3 posts are fun
Tumblr users/ASOIAF fans have gone down
Pentos
Pentos had me second guessing myself quite a bit. I wanted to connect it visually with Lys and feel like something a rich merchant city would invent while being distinct from the other places in Essos.
A wild goose chase later and I eventually settled on Minoan inspiration crossed with Eastern North African fashions. The clothing is light and flowing (my memories of Dany's first chapters), hairstyles are oiled and forked. There's some pearls and gold but not worn to the level or extravagance of other city-states/countries. The strands of pearls in the hair was pretty key to my desired direction.
(Illustrations by Ellen Artistic, photos sourced from the free version of Canva)
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Queens & Traitors
A Colouring Book of Fictional Fashions
Fifty PLUS single-page illustrations of fictional fashions. Inspired by clothing from the Byzantine Empire, Knights and even Tudor Queens.
Print copies: Amazon | PDF copies: Ko-Fi & Patreon
Follow Ellen Artistic and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Ellen Artistic Author Page.
The mermaids are also on the redbubble as prints!
Prints on Redbubble
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Taena Merryweather
Taena Merryweather is sort of like a Lady's Maid to Cersei? Closer to Cersei than just a "courtier" anyway. Taena married into House Merryweather. Her House Colors are yellow and white, and their symbol is that of a cornucopia (which I hid on the hip decoration ;D). I really wanted her fashion to emulate Cersei's so that the Lords and Ladies in King's Landing would be able to show allegiance based on who's fashion they took inspiration from, and Taena is decidedly on Cersei's team.
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I wanted to thank you for your response to my ask about how to draw. I was hoping to get some tips, but you've written such a thoughtful answer, it really motivated me to try to learn more.
I think part of the problem is that I was treating it as a "stepping stone" in order to learn what I want and didn't think about the process. I'm kinda struggling to convey my meaning in English 😅, but what I mean (and it sounds pretty silly) is that I guess I forgot that Art isn't just difficult as in "it's hard to have motor coordination", but also complex as in "there is a whole study branch in the techniques" (I hope that was comprehensible, sorry, english isn't my first language), maybe because art was always seen as purely talent in my school and is really undervalued.
Anyway, I just got super excited to research the points you talked about and give some proper thought about the time I'll spend on it, so thanks a lot for taking the time to give such a long answer, you're awesome 💛.
Aw, I'm glad you came back! I was hoping I'd hear about your art journey again one day <3
Art is a huge range of branching disciplines and it's so exciting to hear about a new person. starting since there are so many mediums and techniques to try out while you find your combination.
Have fun, make mistakes, get messy!!!!
(this is a reference to an old/classic kid's tv show and not a random interjection.)
I wish you all the best, ellen
Young Tommen Baratheon*
An absolute baby. He’s dressed like Robert but in deep reds to match with his Mother and sister. If you want to imagine baby Jaime and Cersei… this would be it.
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A pair of Braavosi citizens.
These two people are unrelated to one another but fit nicest in an image together like this. I was thinking of the more flamboyant water-dancers/swordsmen and a wealthy woman, possibly a widow. The only thing connecting them is that they live in the same city.
(If you see this without the other Braavos images know that this is a companion-post , not the whole picture. ;D)
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Poll Time: Imposter Syndrome
So..... the Essos series is not achieving liftoff. There are a whole bunch of reasons that could be the why and I'm trying not to worry about them but I am easily disheartened. (If you know why or if there's a better tag I should be using let me know?)
There are other art things that I've been making in the meantime and hopefully they go over better? Anyway, no need to trap everyone here for weeks if you guys aren't excited about it.
Should I:
Keep the schedule as it is
Speed up Essos, 1 a week is too slow, 2 would be better
Leave the internet in disgrace
The third one is a joke and not a joke at the same time.
Potentially a false alarm... I forgot to eat until 2pm.
It's amazing what a meal does for anxiety levels. Shockingly, low interaction numbers are not the end of an art career, just a mild set-back.