Part 20: "The King"

A fragment of The King in Yellow, and a companion piece to this one (the kind feedback on it made my month, seriously, thank you) 💛

I’m considering making a small batch of prints of both of them, wanted to gauge interest first, though.

Some progress pics under the cut from before the colored pencil layer:

The colored pencils do most of the work, the marker is just there as a guideline/to avoid the white of the paper showing through.

High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnemann

everybody say thank you @potato-lord-but-not for sending me the reference image :D

'Could you visit me in dreams? That would cheer me.'

Malevolent 6th listen is calling to me... (I finished literally 2 days ago the earworms are not leaving me alone)

Palestinian ButchFemme wedding, 2022, @/leilanations

follow the sun

crayfish galore!

I’m SO obsessed with the implications at the end of Da Capo.

What did The Manager mean when he spoke to the unknown You. Is it Us? Is he talking to us?? O feel like the implication here is not only that he knows that we are an entity tagging along, but that he knows that we (or in this case, the Patreon users) are the ones influencing his decisions. We are inextricably tied to Arthur and the choices he makes and he’s cautioning us to work WITH him on this because ultimately WE are making his decisions whether he knows/wants it or not.

Also that last line mmmmmmmm oh boy that last line implies that not only have Arthur and John gone through this before, but so have we. WE have directed their decisions before, and WE are the reason they’ve failed in the past. WE need to not fuck it up this time or it’s reality on the line. Ooooh Mr Harlan Guthrie you’ve really done it now I’m not going to be normal about this

encounter with an angel