Art: Rite of Passage
Title: Rite of Passage, drawn for Round 1 of The Eagle Fanmedia Challenge over on ninth_eagle
Artist: alby_mangroves
Fandom: The Eagle
Character: Esca Mac Cunoval
Warnings: None (ritual tattooing, scarification, bleeding associated with tattooing)
Rating: G
Media: 2B and 4B Pencil, duotone applied through Photoshop
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No harm or disrespect is intended.
Summary: The boy is no more. In his place, a man.
Prompt used: Image of crescent moon
Notes: Reading up on coming of age rituals, I found things like tattooing and scarification which just fits in so nicely, and obviously I've made the tatts a bit more extensive than movie canon. I also found that some pagan cultures used to cut and burn the long hair of their boys to transition them to manhood, which naturally led me to a long-haired Esca. Again. And then I couldn't bear to chop his hair off. Again.
DA | Tumblr | AO3
Artist: alby_mangroves
Fandom: The Eagle
Character: Esca Mac Cunoval
Warnings: None (ritual tattooing, scarification, bleeding associated with tattooing)
Rating: G
Media: 2B and 4B Pencil, duotone applied through Photoshop
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No harm or disrespect is intended.
Summary: The boy is no more. In his place, a man.
Prompt used: Image of crescent moon
Notes: Reading up on coming of age rituals, I found things like tattooing and scarification which just fits in so nicely, and obviously I've made the tatts a bit more extensive than movie canon. I also found that some pagan cultures used to cut and burn the long hair of their boys to transition them to manhood, which naturally led me to a long-haired Esca. Again. And then I couldn't bear to chop his hair off. Again.
DA | Tumblr | AO3