Art: "Colin's List" by Junkshop_Disco

[alby_mangroves]

Title: Art for " Colin's List", a merlinbb_rpf story by junkshop_disco
Artist: alby_mangroves
Fandom: Merlin RPF / RPS
Pairing: Bradley/Colin
Characters: Bradley James and Colin Morgan
Rating: NC-17
Media: Conte Crayon and charcoal on Riegel Natura (Cover art, 'Not A Beautiful Sleeper', 'The List', 'Oddly Sweaty On The Inside', 'I Can't Not Do This With You'), 4B Pencil ('Distilled Essence of

Comments

[k_nightfox]

Oh bb these are gorgeous!! And sorry but Colin is a beautiful sleeper the way you draw him!

That last one, OMG, so beautiful!! You've even updated Colin's profile perfectly *squees and flails like an idiot*

Bradley in the tub, holy shit that's fucking amazing *falls over dead*

Love all the line breaks - Colin's list <3

Nando's destiny & chicken sacrifice, hee!!

Will come back later with a coherent commentary, right now I am blown away by your ever amazing talent :D

[alby_mangroves]

This story was such a complete delight! It brought out my irreverent, silly side. I'm glad you like the dividers, I had a lot of fun with those. Thank you for always being so supportive! I was almost comatose when I posted in the wee hours of this morning, but your comment, which came through just as I was shutting down for the night, allowed me to drift into a contented sleep rather than a fitful and stressed one (which is what would normally happen following a post x)

[k_nightfox]

Aww<3 I could never ask for more than to help soothe a friend to sleep! Seriously though, you are really ridiculously talented and should never be stressed after posting. You should be flush with triumph!!

You know I could look at your drawings forever. You still own my desktop background and probably will for life ;-)

[alby_mangroves]

It's just nerves, I think. I get a bit emo, especially posting art. I spend a long time on them, fall in love with them, but it only takes a second to view a piece of artwork. In so many ways it's anticlimactic to post, you know? I guess you can only hope it's well received, just like anything. But unlike a story, which takes it's time to permeate the brain and the heart, art is so fleetingly received. IDk... feeling a bit maudlin today or something. Absolutely refusing to open Tumblr and in a fetal position with my tin hat on.

[junkshop_disco]

Your drawings are the best bit ♥. and I want everyone to know that I asked Alby to make her name as big as mine on the cover art because there wouldn't even be anything to read if we hadn't hooked up to work together and she wouldn't do it. So there we have it - solid proof that as well as being one of fandoms most fabulous artists, she is lovely and far too modest about her seriously mad skills.

I absolutely LOVED working with you on this. I seriously would have flaked had you not have kept sending me things and literally every time I look at the turkey and the whiskey and the mammoth, I have a little cackle to myself. They are so wicked. (and it goes without saying the Bradley and Colin ones are perfect) Seriously, any time you want to work together on a children's book or something, let me know, because you light up a story like Quentin Blake.

[alby_mangroves]

You already have my answer to that. Anytime, anywhere, for any fandom or written work of any kind. I know this makes me sound a *little* eager, but I figure you know what you're in for now, so fuck it. In case my Notes didn't clue you in, I LOVE this story and your writing. Thank you for letting me draw for you! ♥ ♥ ♥

[andiwould]

I. . . I was going to tell you how awesome the one of Bradley in the bathtube is, but I just saw the last one and. . .

BRB, going to take my head out of the window before I explode of hotness.

NGHHH.

[alby_mangroves]

Are you back from hanging your head out the window? Can I kiss you now? <333 Thank you x

[obliqueo]

Saucery! You just make so many wonderful pieces again! <3
Colin's list is interesting, makes me want to read the fic like crazy! The tub scene with a anxious? love-sick? Bradley is so good. and the FINAL ONE! <333 THEIR FACES *dead dead dead*

[alby_mangroves]

READ IT. You MUST. It's beautiful and brilliant and really, really sweet! Thank you for looking at these, I'm so glad you like 'em! <333

[nympha_alba]

These are absolutely gorgeous! All of them are, but I think Bradley in the bath is my favourite. NGH!
(And in the tired one with the coffee he looks like Ian McCulloch back in the 80s!)

[alby_mangroves]

HAHA! Yes, he does a bit! I was going for the frazzled and exhausted look. I love Bradley in the bath too. Hell I love Bradley anywhere, so there you go, the wishful fancies my brain cooks up, splattered all over the paper. Thank you very much for looking and I'm so glad you like them! <333