#Vorkosigan fanart

[unbizzarre]

Cetegandan concept sketches

Wanted to try my hand at Cetegandan clothing. Not sure how Gem differs from Haut, though I'm leaning towards Gem being more flamboyant, space-grabbing and structured (left and right) whereas Haut is flowy-er and layered, with some lab attire with a both aesthetic and practical bent.

In general clothing styles try to evoke imagery of flowers, petals, and delicate layering. I'm playing around with incorporating butterfly shapes in the silhouette. (see swallowtail sleeves on far left). While the garments are light and flowy, very little skin is left showing. The clothing style is an elegant synthesis of Grecian drapery and certain elements from historic Japanese, Chinese, and Korean garments. My muse was also inspired to create a similar feeling to some of my favorite Star Wars costume design sketches I've run across. I also really enjoy having folds radiating out from a central point, or folding out like petals above and below a belt/waistline. Will probably do more studies to further explore the variety of ceta styles I've imagined.

tbh i imagine cetagandan womens clothing is actually a bit less colorful. maybe more whites and creams. But I just had fun messin about with butterfly colors

OH HELL YEAH TIME TO CITE THOSE SOURCES! :::

these specific designs pull from and synthesise shapes I found in

Roberto Cappuci Haute Couture 1987 "angel of god" or "Andgelo d'Oro" (angel of gold) depending on which pinterst image I reference

and

this dress by Issa Hesso from the Rebirth Collection

starwars concept art I enjoy:

like fuck me this guys so good

you can find more by searching: iain mccaig padme amidala concept art

overall pretty happy with how these turned out :D! Feel like I successfully captured the space-elf-fairy vibes I was going for. If you notice any cannon clothing details I left out, or have your own creative ideas on how you imagine cetagandan cloting to look, feel free to leave a comment! I love hearing other people's insights :). Particularly curious how ceta clothing may have changed between occupation time period and modern miles-era ceta clothing. Given their heavily artistic bent I could imagine fashions may change wildly year to year decade to decade. But also given how long they live, perhaps the mainstream styles is actually less malleable? If so what are the common themes that are preseved?

thanks for reading!

#fanart #lois mcmaster bujold #scifiart #vorkosigan #vorkosigan fanart #vorkosigan saga #Cetaganda #scifi fanart #scifi concept art #concept art #visual development #concept design #character design #concept sketch #ceta #gem #haut #hautefashion #bujold #cetgandan empire #costume design #costuming

[vorkosigankinkmeme]

Welcome to the Vorkosigan Kink Meme!

This is a prompt meme being run hybrid on tumblr and ao3--there is also an ao3 collection where prompts can be both submitted and filled, but you are also free to submit prompts here on tumblr and they will be crossposted to the ao3 collection (and vice versa). Any fic or art that you want to post on tumblr to fill a prompt can also be sent to this blog.

ALL CURRENT PROMPTS ARE COLLECTED HERE

Send in an anonymous prompt here!

Prompt Guidelines:

Requests can be for anything Vorkosigan related. Kink of any kind, minor characters, rarepairs, wacky AUs, or more of the fandom's favorite tropes, whatever you want to see! Prompts can be very specific, almost a fic outline, or only a few words long. Lastly, don't forget to add any Do Not Wants (DNW) to your prompt if you have any. These are kinks that squick you out or story tropes that you don't want to see--anyone who claims the prompt agrees to avoid any stated DNWs.

If you have fic or art to fill a prompt, you can submit it on tumblr here or add it to the collection on ao3. I've put together more detailed instructions about that on the collection FAQ page.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out here or at my main, @curious-kat. I'm very excited to do this and I want to make it as smooth an experience as possible!

Have fun and go wild!

#vorkosigan kink meme #vorkosigan saga #vorkosigans #vorkosigan fandom #kink meme #miles naismith vorkosigan #aral vorkosigan #simon illyan #cordelia naismith vorkosigan #ivan vorpatril #gregor vorbarra #vorkosigan fanfic #vorkosigan fanart #fanfic #fanart #prompt meme

[cookie-nom-nom]

Sargent Taura! My beloved space wolf girl <3

She could snap my spine in half. Queen. Anyway, her braided hair can wag like a tail through the power of cute. I know she doesn’t look good in pink canonically, but that’s what I had on me rip. Super beef, natch, plus I figure she has just random scars from experiments and mercenary battles. There’s a big litchdenburg lightning scar stretching from cheek to hip that’s from a shock collar. Since. Why not, and I feel like Jackson’s Hole would do that for genetic constructs/slaves who act out especially when there wasn’t a buyer anymore, and they don’t have a lot of other options for keeping her controlled. Plus a funky fresh cattle tag! Cause I love sprinkling trauma from dehumanization wherever I go.

#I have #opions #About Miles adding her to the harem #But that’s for another day #vorkosigan saga #Taura #Does taura not have a tag? #Disgraceful #Vorkosigan fanart #something to nom on

[starfishlikestoread]

@palatial-monstrosity ... my hand slipped:

(shoutout to @dykeonysus for the original tags and @maykendehoutman for egging me on!)

#asdfghjkl #aral vorkosigan #everyone's favourite bisexual disaster #vorkosigan saga #my art #fanart

[alcnolien]

“Peace to you, small lady, after our rude invasions. I will give you a better sacrifice, I swear by my word as Vorkosigan. And the smoke of that burning will rise and be seen from one end of these mountains to the other.”

I’ve wanted to try designing my own cover illustrations for this series for a while, but hadn’t gotten anything near the realm of done until I reread Mountains of Mourning for the umpteenth time this past week. Maybe now I’ll finally finish that wip for Memory I’ve had sitting around forever.

#vorkosigan saga #miles vorkosigan #mountains of mourning #the mountains of mourning #lois mcmaster bujold #procreate #procreate art #procreate illustration #fan cover #fanart #posting on my main instead of my art blog again

[stevetonyisendgame]

The Ultimate Endgame SteveTony Rec List

by the A Second Chance mods, inspired by this ask!

Under a Read More because this has gotten LONG (you've been warned! 🤭)

Angsty With Hopeful/Happy Ending

♡ even without knowing by @ishipallthings

♡ Five Days a Week by @festiveferret

♡ Five Seconds by @elcorhamletlive

♡ And Time Can Do So Much by @jenthesweetie

♡ nobody saves me, baby (the way you do) by meidui

♡ alone (together) by @thahiree

♡ Mobius Strip by @dirigibleplumbing

♡ Atomic Clock by imparfait

♡ you standing in the doorway by Mireille

♡ Surrounded by Chaos by Captain_Panda

♡ Glide Me Towards You by @gotthesilver

♡ The Sorrows of Your Changing Face by BoroughKestrel

♡ Letters to My Lover by Missy_dee811

♡ i have built (deep in my heart) a chapel filled with you by @earliebirb

♡ Remind Me of All Our Little Dreams by @impalachick

♡ i almost fell right through (but i held onto you) by hollyandvice (hiasobi_writes)

♡ Redame by magicasen

♡ Bright Things and Fair by @sheronwrites

♡ Not All Those Who Wander by @the-vorkosigan

♡ Lover Come Hold Me by RurouniHime

♡ couldn't whisper (when you needed it shouted) by @onlymorelove

♡ Give Me Just A Little More Time by Robin_tCJ

♡ a hop, skip, and a jump by IronSwordStarShield

♡ I'll Picture You by @royal-chandler

♡ hello, sweetheart by @areiton

♡ to make a home by @thisissirius

Missing Scenes

♡ Say It Now by @ishipallthings

♡ in plain sight by meidui

♡ Clean Slate Protocol 2.0 by @no-gorms

♡ All Our Yesterdays by @sheronwrites

♡ Where Lies A Home by @suitofhumour

♡ Body Talk by @nostalgicatsea

♡ Together by @ifmywishescametrue

Long Fics

♡ Where Our Restless Monsters Sleep by Mizzy

♡ parallel universe, be mine by @softanticipation

♡ Another Place by @jenthesweetie

♡ Breathing at the Same Time by softanticipation

♡ when i run out of road, you bring me home by @maangoes

♡ Ship to Shore by @msermesth

♡ Down in Lonesome Town by @resurrectedhippo

♡ Yes, Just Like This by @gottalovev

♡ Hands Out In The Dark by @suitofhumour

♡ Follow You to the Stars (and Beyond) by @navaanwrites

Fluffy

♡ There’s a Party Going on Right Here by @no-gorms

♡ messages from the stars by @thahiree

♡ daynight, daylight by @ishipallthings

♡ PTO by Snapjack

♡ we survived the great war by meidui

♡ this is what you came for by @thahiree

♡ Still Got It by @kandisheek

​​♡ Toward the Sun by @shinysylver

♡ Warmer Corners by @the-vorkosigan

Smutty Fic

♡ this love came back to me by meidui 

♡ Accidental Sexting by @xwinterdreams-blog

♡ like you’ve discovered something you didn’t even have a name for by @thahiree

♡ A Time to Be Alive by babesrgrs

♡ love me like a sinner by @arabellamonkey

♡ Conviction by sweatervest

♡ hold your fire by @jenthesweetie

Fanart

@orientalld ♡

@rhymewithrachel ♡

@mirthandstar ♡

@hellogarbagetime ♡

@umikochannart ♡

@mrsgingles ♡

Also be sure to check out this Endgame art rec list by @ishipallthings!

#stevetony #stony #stevetony recs #stony recs #endgame stevetony

[unhelpfulfemme]

Vorkosigan headcanon poll! The amazing fanart that I linked below has exposed me to many reblogs concerning Aral's Hawaiian shirt(s), and I feel like people have different headcanons as to its exact nature. What I remember is that we see him in a floral shirt at the end of Shards of Honor, and then definitely again in A Civil Campaign, and I don't remember many other instances, really, soo... Do you think it's the same shirt that he's kept for 30+ years?

Or do people keep buying him floral patterned shirts as a gag gift?

Or did he embrace his love of Hawaiian shirts and started buying them on his own as an integral part of his leisure wear?

#vorkosigan saga #aral vorkosigan's floral shirts #aral vorkosigan #my headcanon is that people buy them for him because they know he likes them even though he'll never admit it

[minutia-r]

In the out of character chat in my Righteous Blood Ruthless Blades game with @ilthit I said

Imagining LMN reporting back to Master Wu like Miles like to Simon Ilyan "sorry I exceeded mission parameters "

And then I drew this, so it's sort of fanart for our game but also sort of Vorkosigan saga fanart. Purple hyacinths for regret (the regret is insincere).

#minutia's art #vorkosigan saga #sort of

[ao3feed-vorkosigansaga]

[ART] Swift Shipping

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WtP8nhC

by rainbows_and_butterflies

Ivan gets a vase delivered.

Words: 0, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Vorkosigan Saga fanart

Fandoms: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Ivan Vorpatril, Tej Arqua Vorpatril

Relationships: Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril

Additional Tags: Fanart, Meet-Cute

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/WtP8nhC

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

[fairandfatalasfair]

“Aw, don’t let that dull dirt-sucking Barrayaran bring you down. Stick with me, lady, and I’ll show you the galaxy.”

(Miles Vorkosigan | Admiral Naismith, from A Civil Campaign)

#Vorkosigan Saga #Miles Vorkosigan #Lois McMaster Bujold #fanart #vorkosigan fanart #this doesn't really catch the little admiral's hyped-up energy #but I think the pose is pretty good #and it's the closest I've gotten to making him look... appropriately undersized and outof proportion #without looking caricatured #also not enough rank insignia #(I'll fix it if I turn it into a full painting) #eh #my art #sketches

[unbizzarre]

BARRAYARAN COSTUME DESIGN

The process for costume design:

Had fun looking through a whole bunch of reference images to try to create a costume set that reflected the strong sense of tradition with midieval-esque holdovers from hand textiles that would have had to be the norm during barreyars period of isolation, while also accounting for the wealth of the current barreyaran aristocracy and their access to modern galactic trends and clothing. I also didn’t want the midieval influences to be generic-fantasy-vaguely-european-bulshit, so I also tried to find reference images with styles, patterns, and silhouettes that where somewhat reminiscent of the French, Russian, and Greek cultural heritage barnyard first settlers may have brought with them. That being said, it wouldn’t make sense for any of these traditional garments to have been preserved with 1-for-1 accuracy from there earth origins over the many centuries (cuz like, irl traditional dress in these countries is less and less common) so I didnt want to just copy exactly historical garments.

OH! And then I also had to make sure the men’s clothing also reflected the pseudo-military affectations which Bujold has mentioned in multiple books as being popular in menswear amongst the vor cast. (Ex: the formal riding boots, and the two swords carried at formal events, or less formally vor “town clowns” also wearing casual clothing reminiscent of a military cut.) but! In order to do this, I had to think of both what would have been military uniforms both in isolation-barrayar and modern barrayar, and which aspects of each set of military uniforms would be incorporated into modern men’s fashion. Would any women’s clothing also reflect this warrior trend?

Finally, since all of this costume design was brainstorming for the dinner party scene, I wanted to make sure that the clothes matched the personalities of the people wearing them. Like aunt Alice and Professors Vorthis are both middle aged Vor-caste women, but will have vastly contrasting style. Alice being alice, her clothing will likely be both perfect for the occasion while also a sleek and elegant combination of the leading barreyaran fashions, while also giving a nod to traditional barreyaran costume at times as she is a representative of both the state and her old-vor house. The professora on the other hand, will probably opt for something comfortable and cozy, while not especially showy, as she is more concerned with her studies and gardens and is not super involved in the Vorbarra-sultana social scene.

Some of the reference images I used:

And many many sooooo many more. So much borrowed creativity from all over the internet I feel bad I can’t more accurately site all my sources 😞

Also some random cool aesthetic modern shit that I thought had fun sci fi vibes as well as some *sigh* generic-euro fantasy clothing cuz sometimes you need to be a little basic.

Also a lot of cool art by artists I love that is just dope costume design and totally all their work. Idk the names of a lot of them cuz I’m not really active on social media and only really see the images amidst thousands of others in my Pinterest hoard but I always recognize the artsyles and creativity and wind up saving them to reference art boards 🙈

Some that I do remember and love a lot are cy-lindric, Juliette, and Celia Lowenthall

#barrayar #barrayaran clothing #lois mcmaster bujold #fanart #vorkosigan #vorkosigan fanart #scifiart #costume design #character design #concept art #vorkosigan saga #barrayaran fashion #barreyaran clothes

[alk0n0st]

Even more vorkosiverse...

#vorkosigan saga #cordelia naismith #miles vorkosigan #ivan vorpatril #gregor vorbarra #elena bothari #aral vorkosigan #Simon illyan #I’m completely blanking on what to caption things now #draws #fanart #scifi

[cookie-nom-nom]

WIP for Barryaran fashion, coloring at the moment. Will have a huge essay to accompany when it’s done.

The me of a few days ago: heheh the Barryarans have stupid ugly plants! They’d have such ugly dyes! Excellent.

The me of now: wait this color pallet is so ugly :( who could have seen this coming :((

#vorkosigan saga #art wip that I will complain about incessantly #I’m desperately holding up the ugliest shades and trying to match them together in a way that doesn’t make me want to claw my eyes out #fanart wip #art wip #something to nom on

[starfishlikestoread]

congrats on the milestone starfish! Would a Nikki and Gregor doodle make the [irl stuff] easier?

hii!!! this is very late but tysm, and this was a wonderful prompt:

<33

#might be a lil more than a doodle but I got hyperfocused asdfghjkl #vorkosigan saga #my art #gregor vorbarra #nikki vorsossion #fanart #ask #cookie-nom-nom

[artfrostedleaf]

A short scene from the short story Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold. Because who doesn’t like a charismatic "clerk” and his imaginary hat?

#vorkosigan saga #vorkosigan #miles vorkosigan #miles naismith vorkosigan #borders of infinity #lois mcmaster bujold #sergeant beatrice #comic #fanart #my art #admiral naismith

[yinza]

Taura of the Vorkosigan Saga dancing with Jedao from Machineries of Empire for a friend! Monster girlfriends are so important.

#taura #shuos jedao #vorkosigan saga #lois mcmaster bujold #machineries of empire #yoon ha lee #yinza's artwork #fanart #crossover #holiday sketch requests #artist is canonblind