AND HERE WE GO!

[telophase]

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 emynona, who confirmed the French and suggested "les envies" for "wants," since I didn't want to repeat "désires" in the picture. :D

Comments

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's beautiful.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's made me want to stab things many, many times in the past few days! XD

[maiteoida.livejournal.com]

Color me amazed. This is awesome!! The idea of it all and the picture of course XD

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It really all came together once I got the idea to imitate Alphonse Mucha and have them in four separate panels. XD

[madame-manga.livejournal.com]

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.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It took me a while to find that font, but it was worth it. XD

[flamika.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful! I love the style it's done in, and I did a little flail-y dance at seeing D. ^^

[telophase.livejournal.com]

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

[marith.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is really nice!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD.

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

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

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!

[estara.livejournal.com]

I love Mucha and I love this. The lines and the colours go together beautifully.

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

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. =^)

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Lovely work!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

It's exquisite, and I bet chomiji is over the moon. I'd love to hear more about what went into creating it.

[eyesofshinigami.livejournal.com]

Dear lord that's gorgeous. I think I could spend quite some time sitting here and staring at it. *____* ♥

[machinistm.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful! I love the colour choices and the style.

[elfiepike.livejournal.com]

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. ♥!!!

[ninjoo.livejournal.com]

Unbelievable! Gorgeous! Mucha himself would be jealous!

[urbi-et-orbi.livejournal.com]

GASP! Cool :D Kou looks awesome <3

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

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?

[azure-reverie.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[octopedingenue]

Ditto this! It's gorgeous.

[chomiji]

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!