Big Bang Artwork: Rat and Sword Go To War

[narniabb-mod.livejournal.com]

Title: Rat and Sword Go To War
Artist: heverus

Comments

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

This is amazing, with the Horsa glider with its D Day paint and the Little Joe crossbow and the map of the Caen bridges in the background. Hev, you have outdone yourself. I LOVE this so much. It's beautiful, it's PERFECT and it wonderfully captures the story. Thank you. I am humbled and honored that you did this for me.

[heverus.livejournal.com]

So glad you like it! It threw me through a loop a bit -- there's SO much to your story that capturing it in an image became an overwhelming prospect...especially since I knew the art had to live up to such an epic series of fic. And knowing your relationship with visuals, it didn't feel right to throw faces on the characters. So I decided what I needed to do was strip the story down to its essence and try to capture that symbolically rather than a more literal manifestation. I'm truly happy that you approve -- the last thing I wanted to do was to let you down.

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

I did notice that you did not go with faces! The symbolism of it is exactly spot on -- but I really had not thought what I did would be daunting or overwhelming -- the subject matter, yes. How can you possibly capture all of D Day in a single illustration? I found with the story that I had to do what you did, strip it back further and further to tell the most basic story possible. So I am not at all surprised that you had to do the same with the art! thank you again!

[heverus.livejournal.com]

"How can you possibly capture all of D Day in a single illustration?" My thoughts exactly! Again, I'm so glad you like it. <3

[harmony-lover.livejournal.com]

These are absolutely beautiful! I haven't had a chance to read yet, but it will happen, and I LOVE the symbolism here. So gorgeous. :)

[autumnia]

Wonderful job of describing the story with such simple yet powerful visuals. These actually remind me of teaser posters for a film, if the story could really have been a movie. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

Fabulous, creative, and judicious image choices.

Clio1792

[tiabolt.livejournal.com]

I looked at these before reading the story and after reading the story, and using the words I used to describe the story, but these are honestly too perfect for words. Brilliant work!

[edenfalling]

These are really neat! I like the sort of symbolic nature of the images, and their superimposition on the maps is a brilliant touch.

[snitchnipped.livejournal.com]

I really, really love these two pieces. Original, unexpected, symbolic... IMO, there needs to be more fanart like this. What awesome bookcovers these would make...

[heverus.livejournal.com]

Many thanks :)
When I approached the project, my guiding thought was, "If this story was a book, what would the cover look like?"

[animus-wyrmis.livejournal.com]

Oh! I really like these. :) Deceptively simple, and great visuals for the story!

[metonomia.livejournal.com]

Hev, these are GORGEOUS. I purposefully made myself wait until I'd finished reading to take a look, and the build up just made it even more awesome.

From your reply to rth, And knowing your relationship with visuals, it didn't feel right to throw faces on the characters. So I decided what I needed to do was strip the story down to its essence and try to capture that symbolically rather than a more literal manifestation.
I love love love this, I love that it looks to the story rather than the specific characters, it fits so well with rth's explanation of how real all this was and that it's an insertion of Narnia and of Susan and Peter and Co. into this real story, not the other way around. So gorgeous, and so fitting!

[heverus.livejournal.com]

Metooooooooo <3
Glad that after all that build up, I didn't disappoint you! ;)

[linneasr.livejournal.com]

Hah! Brilliant images, they capture it exactly. I can tell, because they've moved into my mind as the icons of the story. Well done!