Art: Gawain and Ragnell (G)

"But Sir Gawain looked steadily at the Lady, and something in that pathetic pride and the way she lifted her hideous head made him think of a deer with the hounds about it, and something in the depth of her bleared gaze reached him like a cry for help. And he glared about him at his fellow knights. 'Nay now, why these sideways looks and troubled faces? Kay was ever an ill-mannered hound! The matter was never in doubt, for last night did I not tell the King that I would marry this lady; and marry her I will, if she will have me!'"
- Rosemary Sutcliff, The Sword and the Circle (1981)



I have three new pages of the comic for you; the posting got delayed till tomorrow (well, later today :P) because I was working on my Gawain and Ragnell picture. It was done for a contest at deviantART that ended today (well, yesterday in the meantime) at 6 p.m. BST, and I only finished it twenty minutes before the deadline :).

I originally intended to paint it, but as I could barely finish the inks on time, that was completely out of the question in the end. Now everybody will think Gawain is blond, argh.

;)



Maybe I should warn you that the picture is fairly large. If I make it any smaller, all the fine linework will be lost.

( Gawain and Ragnell )

Gawain: the comic 7-9 (G)

"Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's half-sister, was a dark, handsome passionate woman, and cruel and ambitious. In a nunnery she studied necromancy and became proficient in the dark and destructive magic which is the weapon of the jealous."
- John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights (1976)




I'm trying to draw a page a day every weekday, and to post three pages every weekend. I'm not equally inspired every day, and that shows. But the story goes on. I already have some editing to do - things like the fact that King Lot really ought to be wearing a cloak and some weapon or other. Fancy him strolling through the woods with nothing but a tunic on. Silly me!

Anyway: here are three new pages. As always, concrit is welcome :).

What went before:
Gawain is brought by his father to a place with an ominous name: the Valley of No Return. He is supposed to meet his frightening aunt Morgana there.

Pages 1-3
Pages 4-6

( Meet Morgana )