#its been a minute since ive done a color illustration like this and oh boy have i missed it

[katabay]

Cette épée avait longtemps fait l’ambition de Porthos. Porthos aurait donné dix années de sa vie pour posséder cette épée.

-CHAPITRE VII. L’INTÉRIEUR DES MOUSQUETAIRES

The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (trans. Pevear)

Athos is haunted as fuck (which is my favorite type of character), and this whole thing with Porthos and this sword is going to rattle inside of my brain for a minimum of a week. the phrasing of it. oughhh. I love this book.

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#the three musketeers #les trois mousquetaires #athos #porthos #god GOD what a fucking character statement #anyway athos can have some grey/white hair as a treat for me because we're close in age and my hair is starting to go white lmao #salt and pepper baby lets go #its been a minute since ive done a color illustration like this and oh boy have i missed it #this was. a several days long project. i did it on a huge canvas. i halved the size (i always do) for posting so #unfortunately. the smaller details on the sword and lace can't be zoomed in on but i did have a lot of fun with it #(i did include some of the sword detailing in the close up crop. #we're ignoring period accuracy for looks. but also we're always ignoring period accuracy for looks #and because trying to look up period accurate fashion has been. difficult. stop showing me versaille court fashion google)