#nina benashvili

[k-eilonwy]

this year actually ended up being the 60th anniversary of the first book in the Pencil and Screwbolt series aND this piece was born to sort of honour that bc i'm a hopeless nerd < 3

honestly i don't think the references in this piece are... especially easy to pick on (and i mean that in the worst way possible, not that they're too elaborate/refined for "anyone" to pick up at all lmao akhsjhs) but it's just something that i largely drew for my own little fulfillment so its symbolism is wholly from my perspective!! I find it fascinating how certain characters tend to long outlive and transcend the media they originally come from (like, nowadays people don't issue magazines as often as before, which is where these two stem from), as well as migrate to other media and manage to still uphold some level of recognition and popularity? I mean without the book (though it's not their first depiction individually, it's their first novellization and a shared depiction) I myself wouldn't have been introduced to these characters in the first place and they still mean so much to me even to this day! neat!! And to think they have been through 20-something books, highly various redesigns done by numerous official illustrators and artists, several animated shorts, other merch over the years?? n e a t e r

so here are some of their more well-known depictions done by veteran artists such as Semenov, Eliseev, etc who have illustrated the P&S books over the years! done in my lackluster style akjhkjhj. And of course my own version is the centerpiece < 3

also depicted throughout the art are the most important people who have brought Pen and Bolt to life - Ivan Semenov (Pencil's creator), Nina Benashvili (Screwbolt's creator), Yuri Druzhkov and his son Valentin Postnikov (the novelizers and popularizers of P&S books).

so yeah in short....... im lomve them your honour