Abu's Lesezeichen

[Abu Lafia]

As promised my next bookmark is a bit more of a map...

Sorry for ze german title, i planned to do this piece in "Jugendstil" and in my view the english translation (Moonshine Coast) lacked the feeling with that type

### Latest WIP ###
MondscheinKüste.jpg

drawn with pen on paper, colored in gimp

Hope you enjoy this piece!

Cheers,

AL

[Josiah VE]

That's really beautiful Abu! Well done!

[ThomasR]

Wonderful job Martin ! I really love the subtle shading on the peaks and the moon and the choice of color gives the whole piece an eerie map that is very pleasing.

[Larb]

You should try to work in a rippled reflection from the moon. I think it would look really pretty given the contrasting palette.

[Meshon]

Fantastic! It reminds me of Alphonse Mucha. And that lettering is amazing!

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[ChickPea]

This is gorgeous! I love the lettering, it's fantastically well done.

[Mouse]

Hey I missed this one! Think I'm still looking for your old avatar image in the activity stream!

Great work. Rep-worthy I think

[Sironae]

Schön!! Great work! i like it!

[Abu Lafia]

That's really beautiful Abu! Well done!

Thanks a lot Josiah, it's greatly appreciated!

Wonderful job Martin ! I really love the subtle shading on the peaks and the moon and the choice of color gives the whole piece an eerie map that is very pleasing.

Thanks Thomas, i'm glad you like it! I'm not totally sure about the shading and direction of light etc. Due to the jugendstil theme, initially i wanted to keep the coloring rather flat, but i never can resist the joy of shading completely

You should try to work in a rippled reflection from the moon. I think it would look really pretty given the contrasting palette.

Hey Larb, good to see you around! Many thanks for the idea. The vertical layout gave me some obstacles composition wise, that i haven't thought through beforehand. The moon as a light source in the centre being one of them... As a non formally trained artist, i shortcut the classic sunset paintings and stuff, but i'll give it a try. My only fear is, that the reflection might interfere with (and distract from) the title...

Fantastic! It reminds me of Alphonse Mucha. And that lettering is amazing!

Thanks a lot Meshon, you're absolutely right about my source of inspiration here, and i'm glad one can even tell actually! XD In my recent journeys through the worlds of early fantasy and scifi literature, i stumbled upon the rather short lived german magazine "Der Orchideengarten - Phantstische Blätter" (1919-1921) with a lot of breathtaking art noveau illustrations. Ever since seeing them, i wanted to try my hands in something like this and bookmarks and Jugendstil fits like "Arsch auf Eimer" (ass on the bucket) in my view.
Gotta admit, that i tweaked the hand drawn letters a bit in gimp after scanning.

This is gorgeous! I love the lettering, it's fantastically well done.

Thank you ChickPea, very much appreciated!

Hey I missed this one! Think I'm still looking for your old avatar image in the activity stream!

Great work. Rep-worthy I think

Thanks Mouse, glad you like it! Indeed my old avatar pic might fit better with this bookmark i guess

Schön!! Great work! i like it!

Vielen lieben Dank Sironae! Vor allem für deine grandiose Idee (und die wundervolle Umsetzung), die hier im Forum so viel Kreativität freigesetzt hat.

[Tom]

Beautiful indeed Abu! and even more, you got me inspired for my bookmark! I'll go to try something..