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"For whoever goes girdled with this green belt, while he keeps it well clutched closely around him, there is none so strong under heaven who can hit him; for he could not be killed by any cunning hand."

| Monkshood | Chivalry

| Peony | Shame

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“This is the cause, said Merlin: there shall never man handle this sword but the best knight of the world, and that shall be Sir Launcelot or else Galahad his son, and Launcelot with this sword shall slay the man that in the world he loved best, that shall be Sir Gawaine.”

| Adonis annua | Painful recollections

| Asphodel | My regrets follow you to the grave

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My (rejected) animation project

About a trans knight struggling to define and accept himself amidst the twists and turns of fate. Arthurian inspired, heavily based on Mordred.

I didn't intend it to be about Mordred at first but the knight was pretty much the Mordred I had in mind and the story wrote itself. Unfortunately it was scrapped before the plot was completed. Shame, it has potential.

Close-up version

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The Fair Knight of the Lake

15 years old Lancelot fresh from the lake. A practice piece from last year, I redraw it a bit.

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JonMartin Siren AU

Where Jon is cursed to become a sea monster and fears that his monstrosity might frighten off the lovely sailor he falls in love with.

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"She leaned in and kissed me.

There are no words to describe the pain. My face erupted in boiling agony as I felt my skin start to crack and peel, and the heat washed over me, erasing all thoughts in blistering white.

[...]

I don’t know if I would have had it in me to resist. I just couldn’t avoid being drawn in, like a moth to the flame."

| Hemlock | You will be my death

or

Jack Barnabas can't resist the hot hot woman who happens to be the destined avatar of The Desolation, who can blame him?

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[Grudge]

"And when Sir Percivale arose he said: Alas, my good and noble brother Sir Lamorak, now shall we never meet, and I trow in all the wide world a man may not find such a knight as he was of his age; and it is too much to suffer the death of our father King Pellinore, and now the death of our good brother Sir Lamorak."

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot.

This is the first and ever art challenge that I have completed from start to finish. Undeniably this was a extremely fun experience. And thank you, @mortiscausa, for organizing it ❤️❤️❤️

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Star-crossed [love]rs

“Apart, the lovers could neither live nor die, for it was life and death together”.

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot.

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Additional version (actually the original version but I changed at the last minute)

Blood is thicker than water, even from the lake*.

"From the lake" is the translation of "du Lac", Lancelot's name.

Yes, this is Gawain fighting Lancelot for murdered his brothers, if that wasn't clear enough.

[Monstrous] rage

Le sang est plus épais que l'eau, même du Lac.

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot.

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[Monstrous] rage

Le sang est plus épais que l'eau, même du Lac.

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot.

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[Kinship] or lack thereof

Just Mordred's lack of kinship for someone he's actually related to by blood.

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot.

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[Fool]'s Favour

Also known as: Our star-crossed lovers, Lancelot and Guinevere

The deal is, I really don't think Lancelot is a fool. But when I read the prompt, Lord Huron's lyrics ran through my head:

"I'm dangerous cause I'm a fool for love"

And I think of them

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot

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[Quest]ing Beast

That time Arthur met The Questing Beast

For @mortiscausa‘s March to Camelot

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Oh the romance of half-transforming into an eldritch-horror monster to save your assistant, who happened to love you for years, and then that man still sees you for your true self, not the monster you've been told over and over again that you are.

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Roger Taylor - a Pixie✨

Dedicated to @stesichoreanpalinode for your passion on the subject 😉❤

The poem is "The Pixie" by Nora Chesson.

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𝘐𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧, 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭?

Keep reading for close ups

Reference from here

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Many happy returns Dr. May ❤

Wishing you another successful year.

PS: Finally got to draw him as a heroic Victorian doctor!