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My adaptation of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Shylock Holmes and Dr Johanna Watson tracking down the Sewer King.

In this universe, the Victorian setting is adapted and transported into a gender-reversed dystopian world of broken tech and struggling industry. The poor are very poor, the rich are very rich, and the world is very, very strange.

Fashion notes: Both ladies are wearing adapted versions of Victorian era clothing. Some details are faithful, some adapted. Holmes' boots are well and truly an artistic flourish.

Holmes aesthetics: Feline, bohemian. Tall and slender, and when on a case (at her best) slick, elegant and well dressed (if still a bit unconventional). She shys away from tight french styles and embraces masculine clothing. Her facial features are cat-like but drawn from original Holmes descriptions and illustrations. I thought it a perfect match up.

Watson aesthetics: Proper, strong and elegant - if not a tiny bit old fashioned. She favours prim french aesthetics special tailored for improved movement. She is neat to a fault - like a proper soldier. Except for her hair. Favouring a loose-draping up-do because I was inspired by three of my favourite animated women when coming up with her design: Angel from Rock N Rule, Holli from Cool World and Priss from Bubblegum Crisis. I also wear this hairstyle myself and think it very feminine while still practical. Watson is a mouse - I've always loved mice. They're clever and adaptable and pretty darn capable for being small.

Well, I hope this provides a little insight into the logic behind Catgirl Holmes :P. It's not nearly as stupid as it looks!

~ Noelle.
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~Nayhed Mar 8, 2012  Student General Artist
Awesome :)
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~spyjournal Feb 17, 2012  Professional Photographer
that is incredibly detailed - lighting and shadows are all in perspective and realistic - love the clothing - it hangs well and looks extremely realistic. thre seems to be one missing bit between the two - inside the loop of holmes tail - just flat grey
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~FontanaWorks Feb 1, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
very nice

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!WickedDetective Jan 26, 2012
Beautiful work................:-)
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!knight1128 Jan 8, 2012
WOw! this is really cool. Amazing, beautful and great :D
Really like it alot. Did you make this picture?
Great job! <3

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*quotidia Jan 8, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yes, made it, straight from fresh ingredients lol.

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Mood: Awestruck ~CuzzyCola Jan 5, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
This. Is. Awesome.

I love everything about it, the dystopian aspects, the fact that they're semi anthros (in my youth I saw The Great Mouse Detective over 100 times) and gender bent!

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*quotidia Jan 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I love the semi-anthro style, where people have personality-matching animal attributes. Have you read 'Blacksad'? It's probably my favourite animal adaptation of a crime story.

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~CuzzyCola Jan 5, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
I really like it too, thoguh a bunch of my chracters who are animals have mroe animal like apperance but it's been changinging around it the amount of fur they have or the body type the possess.
No I haven't, I hoenslty don't really read crime fiction, so I most liekly don't knwo its source either DX
I'm currently working around a Ray Brabury's Illstrated Man type story... but with a automated puppet box intstead of a guy with magical tattoos... it may or may nto include some sort of anthros.
I love early sciene fiction a lot, but what I find most iteresting is 1950's-1960's stuff... I still actually haven't seen any Classic Who... but I wrote a paper on Cold War era media in the US (and how it affected people's everyday lives).

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*quotidia Jan 5, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Here's some Blacksad: [link] The art is amazingly gorgeous.

50s and 60s stuff is damn cool. I am a huge fan of early James Bond (books and movies). The cold war was fantastic for literature.

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