telophase: (Kenpachi loves you)
telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2008-07-14 10:12 pm
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AND HERE WE GO!

[livejournal.com profile] chomiji's seen it, so now I post it! I present to you, Les Marchands du Désir.







And for close-ups of each in turn...


Yuuko, the mysterious proprieter of the shop that grants wishes in xxxHolic


Mr Yang, the mysterious salesman in The Antique Gift Shop


Count D, the mysterious owner of the Petshop of Horrors


Kou, the mysterious dealer doctor in Wild Adapter


I shall, perhaps, natter at length on my thoughts as I designed it later.



And many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] emynona, who confirmed the French and suggested "les envies" for "wants," since I didn't want to repeat "désires" in the picture. :D
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[identity profile] kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, that's beautiful.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It's made me want to stab things many, many times in the past few days! XD

[identity profile] maiteoida.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Color me amazed. This is awesome!! The idea of it all and the picture of course XD

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It really all came together once I got the idea to imitate Alphonse Mucha and have them in four separate panels. XD

[identity profile] madame-manga.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know the characters, but that's a real piece of work, in the best possible sense. :) Love all the whiplash curves! And the type and ornaments are just the right finishing touches.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It took me a while to find that font, but it was worth it. XD

[identity profile] flamika.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's beautiful! I love the style it's done in, and I did a little flail-y dance at seeing D. ^^

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
XD He got his snake because he has non-swirly hair and fairly straight-line clothes so it took me a long time to work out how to make him match. XD

[identity profile] marith.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is really nice!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D
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[identity profile] vito-excalibur.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
OH MY GOD.

I want a copy and I don't even know who any of these people are. Are you selling prints?

[identity profile] yhlee.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
The only character I know is Yuuko, but it doesn't matter--it's an incredibly gorgeous piece. I hope you talk about the making-of in depth at some point, if you are so inclined!
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[identity profile] estara.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
I love Mucha and I love this. The lines and the colours go together beautifully.

[identity profile] yhlee.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and the lizard said, "I love those pretty pictures." Which is about as detailed as you're going to get from her, but hey. =^)

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely work!

[identity profile] rachelmanija.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
It's exquisite, and I bet [livejournal.com profile] chomiji is over the moon. I'd love to hear more about what went into creating it.

[identity profile] eyesofshinigami.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Dear lord that's gorgeous. I think I could spend quite some time sitting here and staring at it. *____* ♥
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[identity profile] machinistm.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautiful! I love the colour choices and the style.

[identity profile] elfiepike.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
that is super, super gorgeous. i love that sort of style, and except for the antique gift shop (which i haven't read/seen & therefore cannot comment on), they all seem very in-character, and really nicely depicted. ♥!!!

[identity profile] ninjoo.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Unbelievable! Gorgeous! Mucha himself would be jealous!

[identity profile] urbi-et-orbi.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
GASP! Cool :D Kou looks awesome <3

[identity profile] grendelity.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 10:48 am (UTC)(link)
Ohohoho, that's lovely. I am in love with the art nouveau, and your stylizations are really neat. Nice palette, nice lines [especially on Kou's hair <3]. What does the French say along the bottoms of the pictures?

[identity profile] azure-reverie.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous!
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[personal profile] octopedingenue 2008-07-15 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ditto this! It's gorgeous.
chomiji: Cartoon of chomiji in the style of the Powerpuff Girls (Yuuko - parlor)

[personal profile] chomiji 2008-07-15 11:22 am (UTC)(link)


Oh, I am! This grew out of a general discussion we'd been having about all the spooky shop owners in manga/manhwa. Originally, I'd prompted with them having tea together, but when telophase went to draw it, they had their own idea about how they should be depicted!



And seeing it in progress (she sent me updates, starting with the "inks") was the icing on the cake!

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