I have made some lovely mugs, but I think this one might be my very favourite.
the design was a challenge, but sometimes a carving design will just …ring? like, I hate carving words, it grates, but carving all these ridiculous details (the web, the spider) made my brain hum at the right frequency
A while ago, deep in the throes of the impression of the first season of IWTV 😈, I was wondering (as many others) where Lestat may be in modern Dubai timeline.
I have talked about why I think we're in Merrick territory, and that I think that Lestat is sleeping somewhere in that tower, unmoving, and listening to music (probably). I think that is where Louis went when he "rested".
I really wanted to see it and so I commissioned @lkdosher, who did that wonderful Leyendecker art to give me a brooding, dark (and angry-depressed) Louis, sitting next to a sleeping Lestat (seemingly at ease), with the colors of that stark penthouse in heavy contrast. Black, gray, red.
And they delivered, honestly, extremely beautifully. 😭 Look at it, it’s amazing.
The details are just amazing?!!!! 💕 Louis is crying 😭, the art is there, the cloth covering Lestat could be the covering of a statue. The music chosen for the record.
*sniffs*
Thank you soooo much @lkdosher !!
I know Louis may seem very dark here, but I believe his mindset in the last months caring for Lestat must have gotten darker and darker and darker, too, until eventually… in the books… he gave up. 😣
I just love how the mood of it is right there. A bit of blame, too. And helplessness.