One of the nicest things about Chessiecon was that there was live music to listen to, which sounded great in the big echoing atrium. Most of this was folk and Celtic-inspired, with guitars, mandolins, fiddle, flute, bass, and hand percussion. The underlying ethnic culture of Darkover was Celtic, and that ethnicity, so essential to science fiction fans, medieval re-enactors, and Renaissance faires, was everywhere. That's what this little panel is about: a bit of bluegrass in Renaissance re-enactor space.
This is done in the classic late-nineteenth-century pen and ink style of children's book illustration exemplified by H.J. Ford. I like it in black and white but I could easily tint it using the magic of Photoshop.
Black ink on illustration board, 4" x 9", April 1999.
2 comments:
I like the style and think it's fine in black and white, though this sort of thing is fun to Xerox and get at with colored pencils.
Reminds me ever so slightly of Aubrey Beardsley.
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