Inspiration

[elingregory]

Last week I saw a picture that I enjoyed so much I had to draw my own. I don't often get the urge to draw these days. It's so much easier to describe with words than fiddle around with pencils. But yesterday I bashed out a sketch at lunch time.

Here is the inspiration - "Pan with Bats" by Allen Todd Yeager - an image of such joy and innocence that it made me choke up a bit. [It's safe to click - the link takes you to the artist's own website. Just be prepared for some NSFW images if you have a browse there].

And here's mine -  Enter your cut contents here.

"Faun, unaware of how cold the water is". Oh that was such fun to draw. I'll tart it up a bit next week.

Comments

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I'm muchly impressed!

Have you read Trebor Healey's new novel - 'Faun'?

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

:) thanks

No I haven't. I'll have a look for it. Thanks for the recc.

Years ago I started writing my own faun story - about a parish clerk called Gilbert Wainscot who has an accident and grows cute little horns and a tail - but in those days I never finished anything I started. i ought to look it out again. I loved Gilbert.

[yakalskovich]

You should, and I would cheer you every step of the way! You know how much I used to love Gil as well!

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Found it :( too late.

[irish-horse.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful! You're very talented.

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Thank you - horribly out of practice but he turned out better than I hoped.

[suemont.livejournal.com]

Excellent - lovely to see you drawing again. Um...inspired by a little chap called Wilf perhaps?

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Noooo :( I had a story part written about a minor local government official called Gilbert Wainscot who had an accident and as he recovered grew dinky little horns, a tail and inconvenient amounts of body hair but changeling72 has pointed out that a novel came out this month with a faun with almost the same name in it. :( I could still write it but he wouldn't be able to be Gilbert and Gilbert really suited him.

Still I'm glad you like fuzzy-butt up there. :)

[yakalskovich]

He is totally totally totally lovely! When you've 'tarted him up', as you say, might I have a high-res scan so I can print him and put him up on my wall where your other art is?

[elin-gregory.livejournal.com]

Of course, I'll get some copies and fiddle and see which looks best. Thanks for asking.

[yakalskovich]

I mean your faun, of course, not the other one you were inspired by!

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

Want! Both of those fauns.

Have you read EM Forster's "Story of a Panic"?

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Delightful - I could hear instant dragonfly wings and then Debussy in my head just looking
thank you !

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

He bears an uncanny likeness to a work colleague, who is very much a puckish unpredictable kind of character. It's quite surreal!