Just in time for the Reichenbach Fall (No Spoilers)

[karadinart]

MEMENTO MORI for the Great Detective by Karadin, spoiler only if you've read The Final Problem (and right on time for The Reichenbach Fall!)

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Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

You've outdone yourself with this one! Wowza!

[lunarising.livejournal.com]

What a fitting tribute and so very well done, as always. I always thought you captured them well, but now I truly think you've mastered Sherlock and Watson in art after having *finally* seen the series.
In about 30 minutes, Twitter is going essplode with reaction...can't wait much longer myself!

And thank you for this beautiful piece (the expressions are what get me most)!

[elarra.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Beautifully done.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I wanted to see if I could turn this one around in 24 hours, so it turned out to be from around 8:30 yesterday morning to 2 o' clock today, not bad~!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! Me, I'm gonna have to stay offline until this evening, cos I can't stand my computer stopping and starting on livestream, so I will have to wait to dl from bbc, which takes about four hours!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad I could turn something around so fast because the last few weeks I've been very indolent when it comes to pictures! I want to make twice the output of last year.

[autumnatmidnite.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous!

*wipes away a tear*

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D looks even better in detail (it's 16 inches across) but I don't want to post too large)

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Ah - this reminds me more of a pietà, than a memento mori. The detached deerstalker is a great manga touch - and I love the pebble border of grave-worms.

I don't know the TV series (though I have now seen 3 episodes on DVD!) but I am curious to know if the coat lining is signicant (probably the answer is "elementary" - it's just hard to see the pattern at this size)

Good luck with the sales! Looks like you know plenty of Sherlock fans who will enjoy this.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

It is a Pieta! Micheangelo's pose to be precise, thank you for being the first to notice! The coat lining is only significant in that it is a way of bringing blood into the picture without being obvious. :D

The deerstalker (well, no spoilers, ;D

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Can't help it - at the weekend was looking at a trip to Rome with a mate and thought about stuff I thought he ought to see in Rome (I haven't been since 2000) and the MA Pietà was one of those things!

Ah - blood. Yes, well, being cryptic with a coat lining is entirely within character ;=)

The Rome holiday planning (didn't come to anything concrete! But that's another story) was born of a RL frustration. Don't know if you saw my latest entry on my LJ:
http://wongkk.livejournal.com/34770.html
Drove me to drink one day, and to Rome (in spirit) the next!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry Rome didn't work out! Speaking of Italy, I would love to go to the Amalfi Coast one day. Hey, I gotta talk to you about Shinsengumi sometime, my original work has to do with them, I figure you are the go-to guy!

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Rome might happen yet! It just wasn't built in a day ha ha

Oh, I'm happy to talk SSG but you're surrounded by SSG experts - mirien, midori, ashura_oh, excused_early to name but four! I'm impressed and intrigued that you're picking an SSG angle: lots and lots of possibilities there.

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is too gorgeous. I love it.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I'll have to save up for a commission some time - this is breathtaking.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

thank you very much! I started taking commissions again this year, though I don't like them, I have a lot of performance anxiety!

[shezan.livejournal.com]

STUNNING art, as usual!

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!