BBC Merlin: Embrace

”Stay. Just. Stay.”


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Thank you mushroomtale for the push, for putting up with the occasional distressed whining despite my overall uptightness about this because I had no confidence to show what I was doing, lmao. OTL OTL ;;; *breathes* Thank you. <3

Thank you, karanapwnzfaces for that one time I groused at you as well.      

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Crossposted at:
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I’m alive, yes. RL got in the way, as well as my mood towards my own stuff and just, my general mental state. I think I’m in a slightly better position now than I was before though. Here’s hoping.  

Apologies, this is blatantly #merthur.

I guess this could be a high-fantasy AU (yes, again) or a future-canon-era AU with fancier outfits? xD I gave Merlin lots of hair because that’s a.... Thing I cannot resist doing (actually, I think I overdid Arthur’s too ahh). Shaggy-haired!Merlin! Yes!! 

Fell back on the tried and tested formula of shiny-ness and floating sparkly bits ah.

I despaired of, among other things... Merlin’s eyes. I tried so hard to change them into a sort of semi-realistic look... (less anime, please, god) But all the repaints just ended up looking weirder so back to the first variation it went. *flops over* And the robes.... I wrestled so much with it. Was going for more of a ‘classy jedi chic’ aesthetic instead of ‘unwashed sack-rag’, I wonder which side won.... OTL. And the wind and lighting are just... whatever. *nervous laughter* 


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Arthur & Merlin
BBC Merlin

Tools: Paint Tool SAI, Photoshop