hello everyone. i made a little fan server on discord for talking about les mis. it's mostly book-centric and canon era. there's both serious discussion channels and silly channels and channels for related historical interests.
i'm still testing it out but anybody reading this is welcome to join here !! it's very, very tiny. more of a groupchat than a server....
no need to be an expert or a scholar. just looking for a friendly spirit and a curious mind.
The last time they saw each other, they had become something close to friends. Years later, they meet again as enemies.
Friends to enemies to...?
I just want a story with Arno Dorian x Napoleonic Wars because it's a really interesting period.
During the years they were apart, Napoleon never forgot Arno because he's a genius in everything military/war related, and Arno is a walking deadly weapon. Napoleon always wanted to make use of him.
Arno, meanwhile, kept an eye on Napoleon from afar. But in the last few years, Napoleon had started crossing the line, and Arno realized that something had to be done.
The Scarlet Pimpernel books have been my guilty pleasure reads this year (starting my seventh soon...) but I haven't done proper fanart other than some character sketches.
I also gave them a new accomplice ! Because we need a girl here ! XD It's mostly an excuse for exploring a bit more the austrian story of Arno's family... So... Maybe she could be from Vienna ? I don't know, I'm mostly a visual person, the story comes later ahah X)
Not sure if I'll have the time to develop a lot this idea (I'm not very good at writing ^^'), but I might post some sketches of them from time to time š¤ I hope you'll like it !
I tried to get lose with this one, I found some concept art as reference with a sort painting sketchy style... I think I could have been a bit more messy with my line, but I'll get there ! š My catacombs are terrible... Don't look at the catacombs XO
[My Asks box is open for Questions and Art Requests! Please go fill it up, Iāve just finished Uni so need some ideas for doodles. Anon is on too, if youāre shy!]
A breakdown on designs!:
Every character has a primary and secondary colour out of a list of 10 (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Navy, Pink, White, Black, Brown) [no purple, since purple was a very exclusive pigment in this era]. Each Primary colour represents a character strength (based on the positive connotation of the colour), and the secondary represents a potential weakness (based on negative connotations).
Enjolras is inspired, as per, by greek marble statues, especially statues of Apollo. Primary colour Black, secondary colour Red.
Combeferre I wanted to appear neat and smart, kind of sharp, but still approachable. Primary colour Navy, secondary colour Orange.
Courfeyrac was funny bc I referenced George Blagdenās hair in 2012 Les Mis despite him being Grantaire in that lol. I gave him more soft/unruly curls than Enjolras to give him a more human vibe while Enj is more unnaturally perfect. Primary colour Yellow, secondary colour Pink
Bahorel I based on fire. A lot. Heās bold and heās passionate so I wanted him to look really striking. He has a lazy eye as well! I hc him to have met Grantaire through boxing, he has permanent injury from this that caused this lazy eye. Its not as obvious in this drawing bc of the angle, but itās there. Primary colour Red, secondary colour Navy.
Feuilly I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but still independent and not AS cheerful as Courf for example. I gave him a sash in red and white which represents poland and matches his blue colour scheme well enough to also represent France! Primary colour Blue, secondary colour White.
Grantaire Iāve already had nailed down for a while in my head. Heās rough around the edges, visibly ragged to contrast with Enjolrasā smooth perfection while next to eachother. He has messed up teeth and a few scars from boxing. I personally hc Grantaire as half-Romani. Primary colour Brown, secondary colour Green
Jehan I wanted to branch out of the very common lighter hair designs I see, not bc I dislike them just bc I wanted to see if I could achieve the soft and kind look without resorting to a light hair colour. I hc them as genderqueer personally, so I refer to them with They/He, more commonly They, and I imagine my Amis would do the same and wouldnāt think twice about it (since I hc them as such a queer friendgroup. Primary colour Green, secondary colour Blue
Joly and Bossuet were designed in tandem to match. I wanted them to have contrasting shape language and theyāll also contrast in body build, with Bahorel more round and Joly more sharp. They have flowers in eachotherās primary colours. Jolyās Primary colour Orange, secondary colour Yellow. Bossuetās Primary colour Pink, secondary colour Brown.
Marius ISNāT technically an Ami, I know, but I wanted to include him all the same since he is with them a lot. Soft hair, heart motifs. I wanted him to have a very young and kind of ditsy vibe. Primary colour White, secondary colour Black (the Amis and Cosette bring colour into his life)
Thats all for now! I said above but please fire me drawing requests in the ask box, especially for the Amis, but Iāll take for anything and anyone!! I just wanna draw for this rn and I have no ideas lol.
Usual disclaimer: THESE DESIGNS WILL CHANGE!! Iāve got some things I already wanna tweak, I just wanted to have something so I could start to draw the Amis
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