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[sboochi]

I THOUGHT YOUR WONDERFUL GO X MERLIN COMIC MEANT MERLIN AS IN "GENERIC ARTHURIANA MERLIN" AND IM REALISING YOU MEANT "BBC MERLIN" AND I HAVE NOT STOPPED SCREAMING SINCE

thank YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU IT IS EVERTHJJF IVE EVER WANTED

Right?? People see "King Arthur" and think "oh yes he's mentioned in go" but BOOM it's actually an unlikely crossover. gotcha

[aftercamlann]

All Winding Paths Lead Back

words by Imagined, art by feuxx Summary: 

“You’ll give me magical training?” Merlin asks.

Arthur smiles. “Yes, and training in courtly etiquette. I imagine Ealdor doesn’t have nobles?”

“We don’t have nobles, but we do have pigs. And chickens,” Merlin says. When Arthur raises his eyebrows at him, Merlin flushes heavily with embarrassment. “Oh, shut up. My lord.”

“Don’t talk to your king like that,” Arthur says, but he doesn’t actually seem very upset about it, even though Merlin sort of wants to hit himself in the face. “Welcome to Camelot, sorcerer-apprentice Merlin of Ealdor.”

Or: Merlin is sixteen when he comes to Camelot, vying for the new position of court sorcerer that has opened under King Arthur—a noble king, golden and lionhearted, who is trying to legalise magic in all of Albion. Of course, Merlin doesn't expect to be chosen.

But he is.

Click HERE for the story and HERE for the art!

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hewwo anj!!!! I was reading your post on how you break down arthur's likeness and how you study/what you noticed for him body language wise, how his facial features are, etc. and if that's possible, would you ever do the same for merlin? Regardless, thank you for ur merlin art ily ❤️🫶

sorry i took forever to get to this fyscka!! i got real busy lmao. anyways thoughts abt it under the cut

once again going to try not to sound weirdly obsessive abt this stuff because it sounds more insane when i put all the details into words when they just like. exist as nebulous thoughts in my brain. idk anyways

more tracing because tracing is good for figuring things out.. also fun. when you trace things a bunch for practice you pick up on the repetition like. how someone's face looks with different movement and the overlap between them. like how similar a happy expression can be to an aggressive expression and how similar an aggressive expression can be to a terrified one. if that makes sense

it is interesting too with merlin because he varies a lot over the seasons? not just with being yknow. older. like hes thinner in s2-4 than s1+5, and we all know how much his haircut varies. i dunno i just think facially he varies a lot more than arthur

sorry again for crunchy images heres a few specifics i tend to notice

when hes fighting or putting in a lot of physical strength/effort his mouth pulls up high and his nose scrunches which causes a crease from the corners of his nose. same crease as you would see when he smiles, but since the nose is scrunched the part of the crease next to the nose is more prominent. usually when i see people scrunch their nose like that it wrinkles on top of the bridge but his seems to wrinkle more at the sides. also eyebrow furrow very important

hes got a very strong chin its rather large and squared off. his eyes and the folds beneath his eyes crinkle a lot when he smiles. the smile lines appear with a point to them. also hes got a very prominent adams apple

low eyebrows, widest at their arch which is more lateral. ill talk more abt his teeth in a minute but hes got the american girl doll teeth when his lips are parted lmao

his eyes are pretty deep set, so when you see him in profile theres a good bit of distance between the bridge of his nose and his eye. when his hair is longer the hair around his ears tends to curl towards his face. same w the hair on his neck. his nose has a pretty subtle bump to the bridge and then the tip turns up a bit, but overall Not an upturned nose

his ears stick out we know this..... you can see the contrast of the hollow of his cheeks vs his mouth muscle sometimes (usually more in s2+3). his nose is in a pretty neutral position here

as opposed to this one where his nose broadens a little with his smile. smile lines again pretty triangular.

faces are soft and when one feature moves usually the others slightly move/change with it. some other things are teeth which i meant to talk abt in the arthur post too, but yeah. merlin's got pretty prominent front teeth, and arthur's got his one crooked canine. hair also is (at least to me) pretty important... his hair is always cropped above the eyebrows and imo he's less recognizable as merlin if its not. its not especially fluffy or curly either. not to say he cant be drawn with different haircuts haha, sometimes it just makes him a little harder to recognize

again body shape + language is just as important is not more so, bc we're drawing a character not an actor!! theres a few things i think about w merlin

- hes pretty thin with the exception of s5, but always pretty lanky lookin - just generally pretty angular? idk - he is somewhat broad but the slouching and not being shredded (usually) tend to negate that a little - he crouches a lot or pulls his legs up when he sits (hes so real for that) - when hes not using his hands they tend to just be at his sides, when he's standing he'll put them behind his back sometimes, when talking he'll gesture with them usually around his head or hip/waist level - he slouches more than arthur, his shoulders are usually somewhat forward - when he's confused or teasing often he'll push his head forward - tilts his head a lot when hes teasing or happy or confused - draws his shoulders up to his ears when he's uncomfortable, confused, or frightened - whereas arthur moves very purposefully, merlin moves in a way that just looks like he has a lot less spatial awareness idk a better way to describe it lmao. like u know hes clumsy even when he's not actively being clumsy

honestly i dont tend to put too much detail in faces because i dont draw in a very realistic style so i tend to lean more into shapes and body language to make characters recognizable, but knowing how the face works still plays into it a lot?

anyways i hope this makes at least a little sense lmao

[noctilin]

your art is so gorgeous and inspirational!! thank you for sharing it with us !!! have a good day <3<3<3

thank you so much! it means a lot to me! have a good day too :D

[argetcross]

CONGRATS ON THE ENGAGEMENT 🎉🥰🙏

WAUGH THANK YOU

They designed the ring themself. ;u; 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[niennanir]

Further questions about my post on making a fanfic paperback

1) When you fold the paper the blank part goes inside the fold This is what the page looks like if you folded it and were looking at it from one of the long edges. The short edge is where the glue goes.

2) Glue is water based and it will warp the paper. You can’t get glue on the paper if  you don’t leave part of the paper exposed. after you glue, you want to press the paper so it’s nice and straight.

I used my press because I was too lazy to go outside and find a brick, but I’m going to assume most people don’t have a book press

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HI FRIEND SUPER EXCITED TO READ UR NEW FIC!!! AMAZING PREMISE!!!! AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!! 🥰🫶🌟🎄

I am glad you are excited!! And, yes, for Christmas I'm giving the gift of gay porn. Lmao

[witchmd13]

wait is it borth??? HAPPY BORTH 🥰🎉🎉🎉

YES IT'S BORTH! THANK YOU ❤️