art for ghostbees (vernets): Christmas Pudding

[holmesticemods]

Title: Christmas Pudding
Recipient: ghostbees (vernets)
Artist: sanspatronymic
Verse: Basil of Baker Street
Characters/Pairings: Basil of Baker Street & Dr David Q Dawson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Don't eat too much, or you'll get a stomach ache!
Summary: To ghostbees, who requested some utterly Victorian food, I present this pudding, elegantly molded in a thimble.



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Comments

[a_candle_for_sherlock]

How very lovely. I love the tiny mouse feet! The sprig of green! And the print of the thimble in the pudding.

[iwantthatcoat]

Thimble pudding!!! Oh and that matchbox is extraordinary! (Glad it isn’t poisonous)

[grrlpup]

Awwww! So cozy for a cold evening!

[gardnerhill]

Lovely and charming.

[senmut]

Oh this is lovely!

[smallhobbit]

So sweet!

[happyeverafter72]

This is just adorable. I love all the little details and how cosy everything feels.

[deelaundry]

Wonderful! Your art is very much its own style, but it brings back memories of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Two Bad Mice, which I adored as a kid. Thank you!

[acorn_squash]

D'awwwwww. This is adorable. They're so smol!

[(Anonymous)]

This is such a cute idea!! Love the mixed media.

[write_out]

So cozy! I love the thimble pudding and the little sprig of green. Thank you for sharing this!

[graycardinal]

This is really, really good - not least because it's both utterly true to the characters and source canons, yet very much its own stylistically, rather than overtly copying either the Disney animators or Paul Galdone's illustrations for the original books.

Side note: I did not know, prior to backtrailing the source canon online this morning, that there have been several new Basil volumes released just in the last few years, written and illustrated by a new creative team. I am not sure how I feel about this (I presume it must have been done with the consent of Titus' heirs, at least) without having seen the results, but now I'm clearly going to have to go and look them up.

[marta_bee]

Holiday traditions come in all shapes and sizes. This is utterly, ridiculously endearing.

[ghostbees]

Thank you so much mystery artist for this gorgeous picture! I am so delighted that you choose the original Basil and Dawson and rendered them in your own delicate style. The thimble pudding is a charming stroke of genius! I love all the little realistic details you're added, not only the textures but also how collage-y every piece looks. And Basil's little feet!! As someone else said, I adore the original illustrations and the Disney version, but this is truly your own spin on the characters and you made them so life-like. Thank you again, this is truly a lovely Christmas present :)

[starfishstar]

Aw!! This is so charming.