'Twas Brillig by crysothemis (G)

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Rec Category: Humor
Pairing: None
Categories: Atlantis, Gen, John Sheppard
Warnings: IMAGE HEAVY (not particularly dialup friendly)
Author on LJ: crysothemis
Author's Website: Chez Crysothemis

Link: 'Twas Brillig (Light format link on LJ)

Why this must be read:

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll is a brilliant nonsense poem, full of clever, made-up words that play with language and imagery. It's completely ridiculous, but it catches at the imagination and serves as the inspiration behind this work of art.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case the picture is worth your jaw dropping, then several moments worth of sputtering as you marvel at the sheer beauty of this piece and the skill of the artist.

Created for paintedspires, with the prompt: "John fights the Jabberwock with his vorpal sword", this is a wonderful rendition of John punching well above his weight.

I particularly love the way this piece recalls the great tradition of illustration in the nineteenth century, and still keeps a sly, playful edge in the composition of figures and serious treatment of its subject.