“A pale, pale corpse she floated by, Deadcold, between the houses high”Tennyson - Th
“A pale, pale corpse she floated by, Deadcold, between the houses high”Tennyson - The Lady of ShallotMy take on this fascinating legend.The story behind Tennyson’s poem is extremely interesting: he took a piece of medieval arthurian lore which was a simple story about a heroine -Elaine- dying of unrequited love and turned it into something much more complex and meaningful.Elaine being prisoner of a curse and seeing the world through shadows are elements that are not present in the original tale: it’s a beautiful use of the Maiden in the Tower trope, so naturally Rapunzel comes to mind.That’s why I imagine the Lady of Shallot as floating down the river, her hair so long that it hides the water below, drowned in the countless stories that she witnessed and wove but never lived.————————————————————————————Man this was big. The original ink lineart is 100x140 and I had never done anything this big before.Lineart: brush pen on paperColors: GIMPDevianArt -- source link
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