A digitally painted double-portrait of a human man seated with his legs crossed and a drow woman seated beside him, they are named Gale Dekarios and Elerra D’arkkonnen (OC) respectively. Before them lies a tressym by name of Tara. The feline has a calico coat and lies atop a pile of books, one of which has Mystra’s symbol embedded upon it in blue gemstones and the spine of another reads as “Ye Folly of Karsus”. Next to the books lies a pouch of differently coloured strands with the coat-of-arms of Waterdeep as the central button to keep it closed.
The couple are seated within a garden composition with honeysuckles overheard, which Carrie’s leanings of lasting pleasure, steadfastness and permanence. The symbolism of the piece alludes to meanings of love and marriage, such as the holding of right hands (dextrarum iunctio), as well as the concept of the garden of love. The piece is based on “The Honeysuckle Bower” by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
Gale and Elerra are both richly dressed, him in purple wizard robes and her in a cream and dark teal dress. From below her skirt, the tentacles of a slain illithid are visible.
The background contains the aforementioned honeysuckle shrubbery, with a frayed cobweb among its branches and vines. The city of Baldur’s Gate is distantly visible further back, and the dawn sky above is a pale blue, with the thin crescent moon and a few scattered stars still visible upon it.
“Let's be blank slates on blank sheets, delightfully new.”
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Had the chance to commission Zacckiell again, this time for a portrait of Gale and Elerra before they leave for Waterdeep to begin their life as a married couple 🥹💕
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