Love it. Looks like she's marching while drumming.
[concrepando psallite]
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This was a drawing that I began in late February, the work in progress of which I shared on a few servers -- but I really only managed to finish colouring, shading, and adding final touches today.
Much like the one I did for Lent below--
the purpose of this is to be my banner image for Easter, and disc image for anything Easter-related. There's meant to be one thing that I do, the final prompt of the 40-day marathon, that fits that theme. Unlike the stasis and vulnerability of Lent, my intention is to convey life, passion, movement, rhythm, strength. This is also a bit of an allusion to past Easters since 2014, because ever since that year, my choirmistress assigned me to the timpani on Easter, on Christmas Eve, and on major feast days, and I do my best to pour my whole self into the drumming.
For this drawing, I am borrowing from my own culture: the drum that the girl is playing in the image is called a nagara, borrowed from the Arabic naqqara -- and it is used by several Indian subcultures, including (but probably not limited to) Assamese, Mundari, and certainly Punjabi. It has a mighty bass tone, and depending on the culture it is used in, is used to accompany dances, or to call people to prayer, or to beat rhythms of war or protest. It looks different depending on where one goes to, but the general structure is the same: it's a kettledrum, usually made of cast iron.
My signature triquetra is faint here. Surrounding it are the words of a medieval Easter song whose author is lost to the sands of time:
Alle, psallite cum luya!
Alle, concrepando psallite cum luya!
Alle, corde voto Deo toto psallite cum luya!
That song is usually done with drums and voice only, and I had hoped that I would be able to sing that song and pound the drums to it this year. However, with it still being Lockdown 3 by the time Easter approaches, I can't risk it; the neighbours are frequently agitated. I'll need to wait until next year. Probably.
Outlines and text drawn on MS PowerPoint; colouring on Autodesk Sketchbook.
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Troisnyx responds:
Aaaa cheers 💖
You know, maybe that might not be too out of place — versions of Alle, psallite cum luya that have fixed tempos feel reasonably dancelike / marchlike, so I could see her moving her feet to the beat all the same.
Beautiful.
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