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ElissaKarminakria — The Family
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Published: 2019-03-27 14:29:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 622; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 0
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This is Viana family, about 12 years after the beginning of the story (that is to say I've not yet reached this point in the novel-writing). I dunno all the childrens' names (help me!) but the first born is named Clamenç. In his teens he's got a lot of hair but he'll turn bold early (before 30 I guess). Clamenç will inherit Salès's land, title and duties. The second born is a girl and will train to be a dream-reader and healer like her mother. After that, a boy who believes himself to be a lark (zooming from sky to earth and from earth to sky – it's not a mental illness, just a child's fantasy), a girl and an infant I don't know much of (yet).Know more about Viana here: www.deviantart.com/elissakarmi…
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This was quite a challenge to do this lineart with ballpointpen, since the drawing was so small (see the WIP in my journal: www.deviantart.com/elissakarmi… ). Fortunately the scanner is doing a good job. Digital colouring was more fun. I tried to keep the same colouring method I used for my last traditional piece with Viana, Salès and Martì, but couldn't help some improvements.
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It's always great to see artists create artwork for stories they are writing 
It's a simple enough drawing, having only the figures as the art, but that's definitely not a bad thing. It looks like the perfect kind of art to coincide with a chapter title, a cropped/iconography type of deal. But like I said, just with this image I get distinct vibes from each individual; The girl with doll seems to want some kind of attention from her mom, maybe in reference of her doll or possibly even jealous of the baby. Blonde in pony tail wants to be heroic knight when he grows up, the boy is lost in an energetic/hyped bird fantasy of his, the (pre-teen?) girl seems to be an a positive mood, fancies her dress and perhaps implies that she wants to be like her mother, like you wrote. Finally, the mom seems sophisticated/slightly austere, whilst the father seems to have his mind elsewhere, worried about something. I wonder how close I am?
I just read the critique you got, I partially agree about the hands upon further inspection, especially the mom's which looks a bit like jelly. But beyond that I never interpreted the intent of this work to be of realistic anatomy, I still found it believable, and I find the forms of the individuals quite charming, perfect for a book, perhaps not as a stand-alone gallery piece.
Anyways, keep it up. Also this is not a criticism so much as my ignorance on medieval headgear, but it looks like the mom is wearing a pie!
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Thank you very much for commenting, you made my day! I intended indeed to draw a tiny illustration, the kind you would have on top of a chapter title as you said. I wanted my characters brought to life and I am very very very glad to read how close you are from what I wanted. Maybe the father is a miss (but I always have a hard time with him, he's too kind and too quiet to really show any mood...).
I'll pay more attention to the hands next time, even when I'm not drawing fingers. Shape is something I should be more precise about.
Last (and least ^^), your comment about mom's headgear made me laugh! It's a "touret" (not sure about the English word though) and in some historical drawings it looks just like a pie:
hemiole.com/reconstitution/pub…
img.lelivrescolaire.fr/francai…
In others, the top is less wavy:
docplayer.fr/docs-images/43/14…
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Oh, I gotcha.
And you're welcome. Good luck with your book!
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Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I sure try to practice anatomy as soon as I get the opportunity and my journey is just beginning 
It is a drawing with ballpoint pen on paper, and therefore even when I noticed something off about anatomy it was often too late to fix it. Furthermore, it gives the lineart this rough style and this is why drawing five fingers was not an option... Too tiny ^^
Current WIP and news
Hey friends!
At last I'm back and I think by tomorrow night my notifications stack shall be empty. Brace yourself, faves and comments are coming!
Here is the tiny drawing I'm currently doing. Viana's family! I'm always working too small... It's very hard to ink with ballpoint pen ;^^'
Thank you again for commenting,
Have a nice day!
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You're welcome! Keep it up!!! 
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Thanks! They are not all young though, Salès is on the old side...
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It's all relative.
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Lovely family portrait! I'm glad to see Viana again. Her childern looks great with different personalities (too bad Clamenç will be bold so soon, I hope he doesn't have an issue with that, haha). Oh, and I love the boy who believes himself a lark, that's so child fantasy! playing around with your limitless imagination, and his pose looks so funny and full of energy.
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Being bold is not an issue with Clamenç. Actually, he is the kind of person who doesn't consider anything as an issue. Very good temper ^^
Thank you for your sweet comment! I love all of them very much myself too
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They all look so cute here ^^ Seems like a nice family but a handful to take care of xD
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Parenting is a full-time job here
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Thank you very much! I'm quite happy too ^^
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Lovely group!!! They seem like such a happy family!
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They are! Thanks a lot
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Hard not too 
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I would pick the name for the middle girl (her name will be Olga?)
I lke how you put the Medevial (or Middle Age ?) theme to this family. Makes them look very classy.
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Okay so... Thank you for your idea! Olga wouldn't fit in the linguistic background (it's basically Occitan) but since Olga comes from Old-Norse word meaning "holy, blessed", I could go for some Occitan name having a close meaning, for instance "Devota" which means "devout, pious".
Of course it doesn't sound the same at all
Do you like it?
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Hmmmm... Devota does has a nice catch to it. That will work.
Also, I have never heard of a culture called Occitan. Can you tell me the origin of it?
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Occitania is more or less the southern half of France. In France (or what would become France later) there were two main linguistic areas in middle-ages: Occitan, also named "langue d'oc" and old French, also named "langue d'oïl" ("oc language" / "oïl language"). Oc and oïl, used to name those langages, mean "yes".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langues_…
Occitan and Oïl languages are split in several dialects. Most of them were only oral languages and were banned by French administration for centuries (maybe in hope that France inhabitants would rally to one unique language). They tried to ban local languages in various ways (for instance during military conscription, people were mixed so that they shared life with guys from other regions and could only speak French together). Until 1966, people were not allowed to give Occitan names to their children. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergonha
Things have changed in the past 20 years. There are now some official grammary for some Occitan dialects and teaching in Occitan in allowed in some schools and universities. What was in the 19th century seen as a thing to ban in order to keep the cohesion of the country is now considered a national linguistic treasure to preserve.
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Whoa! That is.... pretty interesting information there.
Thanks
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You're more than welcome!!
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