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@lesmis-animated
An account dedicated to developing concepts for Les Miserables for an animated format. No animation will actually be done here at least at first, it will start with concepts. Question box is open! Admin: @youngthursday
I’ve decided to pursue a Les Mis adaptation project, which is specifically adapting it for animation, based on the book. At this stage I have not done anything with it, but I’ve made myself a tumblr blog so you guys can follow the progress along and hold me accountable at @lesmis-animated
As a little additional note for anyone who doesn’t know me, I’m currently finishing a degree in animation due to graduate in June so I DO in fact have credentials in this area..I’m just not an animator (I specialise in Character Design and Storyboarding). So expect a lot of concept art, visual development and character stuff, and hey maybe if this gets pursued in a wider sphere for actual production there’ll be some animation!
Thats all, hope yall come follow along because my personal drive is LOW and I NEED to be held accountable. Asks on the account are open so ask me anything about it at any time!
My Enjoltaire Fanfic - ‘Savoiur, Penser, Rêver’ - is out!!
I’m so excited about this. I’ve been planning it for a couple weeks based on the backstories I wrote for my Enjolras and Grantaire designs over on @lesmis-animated , to try and get a bit more substance to work with, and I figured why not write it!
I’ve not written in a long time so forgive me if I’m rusty! I already supect I’ll write better for Grantaire than Enjolras, I struggle to relate to Enj a lot 😭 but either wayl I’ll try my best!!
Also, should state even if it’s centred around Enjolras and Grantaire it’s more of an exploration of character than a romance fanfic. Of course the romance is tied to it deeply but it’s not like the driver of the whole plot! It’s more focused on their individual struggles in the lead up to and during the events of the story, with flashbacks to their childhood thrown in!
You can read it here!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Emotional thinking about my ideas for some of The Amis’ backstories…I like to make fully fleshed out backstories I can use to influence designs, and ooh boy.
Anyways, if anyone is on Art Fight there’s a chance I’ll be adding my versions of Enjolras and Grantaire at some point this month (dw, they’re public domain so legally Art Fight can’t do anything to me for having canon characters there). If you wanna check them or my OCs out, my art fight is YoungThursday and I’m Team Mystery.
WOW WOW WOW I ADORE YOUR AMIS DESIGNS , and since you invited requests, I'd love to see Bahorel and Jehan together --arguing over a book? breaking into somewhere they Should Not Be? just zonked out together after Too Much Adventure? anything that suits to you!! I always love them and I think the way you've designed them they have a great fire-and-rain look between them!
The girls are fightingg. I loved the arguing suggestion it was an excuse for me to doodle emotions lol
First of, I'd like to say that all your drawings are very beautiful, and I hope you reach all your goals with this project!
Second, since you've said in your last post that you're taking requests, could you draw Grantaire and Jehan as besties, maybe making art together? I love their (albeit fanon) friendship dearly.
Thank you so much!! I loved this suggestion they’re so cute <3
First of, I'd like to say that all your drawings are very beautiful, and I hope you reach all your goals with this project!
Second, since you've said in your last post that you're taking requests, could you draw Grantaire and Jehan as besties, maybe making art together? I love their (albeit fanon) friendship dearly.
Thank you so much!! I loved this suggestion they’re so cute <3
[My Asks box is open for Questions and Art Requests! Please go fill it up, I’ve just finished Uni so need some ideas for doodles. Anon is on too, if you’re 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 Blagden’s 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. He’s bold and he’s 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 it’s 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 I’ve already had nailed down for a while in my head. He’s rough around the edges, visibly ragged to contrast with Enjolras’ 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 wouldn’t 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 they’ll also contrast in body build, with Bahorel more round and Joly more sharp. They have flowers in eachother’s primary colours. Joly’s Primary colour Orange, secondary colour Yellow. Bossuet’s Primary colour Pink, secondary colour Brown.
Marius ISN’T 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 I’ll take for anything and anyone!! I just wanna draw for this rn and I have no ideas lol.
Usual disclaimer: THESE DESIGNS WILL CHANGE!! I’ve got some things I already wanna tweak, I just wanted to have something so I could start to draw the Amis
