Return of the Birds by laura_isabel

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Title: Return of the Birds
Artist Name: laura_isabel/Adanwen
Prompt: Return of the Birds by Mediaeval Baebes (listen here)
Description: Fem!Merry enjoying spring at the banks of the Brandywine
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: inspired by the lovely song and this tumblr post.

Comments

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

I love every little thing about this, from the inspiration of the tumblr post to the vivid colors and the textures that complement each other!

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is unusual! Also bright and spring-y and really happy. I took one look and was smiling. Love the composition and the strong colours and Merry's sweet face - she's quite perfect,

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! What wonderful colors! And yay for Fem!Merry! (-:

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

What lovely bright and cheerful artwork!

[hhimring]

How cheerful!
And in the sky above, the birds returning!

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Love the colors in this. Great piece of art!

[astris-eldalie.livejournal.com]

I really love this! The colors you picked are gorgeous, and genderswapped characters are always and wonderful thing. And the detail in Merry's hair, wow.

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous. The expression on Merry's face is so peaceful.

[tanis2014.livejournal.com]

I dunno, this looks a lot more like a fem!Pippin than Merry to me , but the artistry is awesome! The detailing in the vest and sleeves, the beading around the hem of the glove, the hair - golly, the way the fingers curl around the apple -- just amazing. She looks as if she's sitting for a painting, to me, and she's found something very amusing to watch over the painter's shoulder. Loved the intensity of the colors too, and noticed you mentioned to someone else you intentionally used hobbity colors. It comes through beautifully in all the greens and golds and browns.

And is that Old Man Willow down there trailing in the water?

[suzll.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is absolutely lovely!!!

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Primula might well have looked like that! Lovely work.

[greatandgrey]

I love the colors here, and especially how you did Merry's hair. :)

[ysilme]

This is a great answer to the prompt and a great illustration to it. I was very curious what that prompt would inspire, as I heard the song and the group for the first time when I went through the prompt list, and have become quite the fan since. *g* This just evokes a merry group of Hobbit girls singing and dancing, and Merry being one of them. I like how her bodice seems to melt into the background, making her one with nature around her, with her blouse reflecting the warmth of the sun and the awakening earth.

[elliska.livejournal.com]

Lovely work! I especially like the hair. Well done.

[independence1776]

I love the colors and Merry's face!

[elleth]

Eeeeee! I'm fond of genderswap fanworks, and your Merry is lovely! And the colours - all the Hobbit-ish green and yellow; this is looking so cheerful and alive. ^^