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Oscar Jarjayes and Marie Antoinette of Rose of Versailles (aka Lady Oscar) - one of my absolute favourites from teen years, which in part guided me to the path of manga art, or at least very much helped to solidify the direction I was pre-destined to by Moomins, LadyLady and Totoro. As well as sparked a fondness for period dresses and aided me towards lolita likings as well.

In some subconscious way this thing has been a project waiting to happen for over 15 years now. More consciously for the most recent of them, but expecting my 'style' or 'skills' to develop still, to make sure the original would be done any justice at all. The actual drawing happened during one weekend in January, and painting was done within couple days in February.

Antoinette here is something of an amalgam of Riyoko Ikeda's vision of the character - a rather generic shoujo "pretty girl" - and the real deal as recorded in various paintings.

Ikeda's ability to elegantly portray the aging of the characters has always been one of my favourite aspects in the series. I'd love to do something to showcase that some time. Maybe something more than just a 'posed' picture with them as well... but seeing how long it took to get this thing done, I wouldn't expect it anytime soon XD Unless of course someone wants to commission one! Heey! 8D

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Oscar Jarjayes and Marie Antoinette of Rose of Versailles (aka Lady Oscar) - one of my absolute favourites from teen years, which in part guided me to the path of manga art, or at least very much helped to solidify the direction I was pre-destined to by Moomins, LadyLady and Totoro. As well as sparked a fondness for period dresses and aided me towards lolita likings as well.

In some subconscious way this thing has been a project waiting to happen for over 15 years now. More consciously for the most recent of them, but expecting my 'style' or 'skills' to develop still, to make sure the original would be done any justice at all. The actual drawing happened during one weekend in January, and painting was done within couple days in February.

Antoinette here is something of an amalgam of Riyoko Ikeda's vision of the character - a rather generic shoujo "pretty girl" - and the real deal as recorded in various paintings.

Ikeda's ability to elegantly portray the aging of the characters has always been one of my favourite aspects in the series. I'd love to do something to showcase that some time. Maybe something more than just a 'posed' picture with them as well... but seeing how long it took to get this thing done, I wouldn't expect it anytime soon XD Unless of course someone wants to commission one! Heey! 8D

The journal entry for this work.