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The Romanovs, family of Nikolai II, the last tsar of Russia (before they were all brutally murdered in the revolution), in the typical graphic Art Nouveau style of French artist Alphonse Mucha (or, well, as close to the likenesses and the artstyle as I could get).
It's radically different from anything else I've ever done, but... well, why not.

The tsar's daughters/Grand Duchesses (Top to bottom, in order of descending age):
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia (Yes, the one everyone knows because of the wildly inaccurate Disney movie)
Portraits in the bottom section:
Tsar Nikolai II, his only son Alexei, his wife Alexandra

Made as a gift for my mother, who is a big fan of Mucha, as well as fanatical about her interest in the Romanov family. She'll probably use this as a bookmark or something.
I know there are quite a few glaring problems with this. The geometry is off because I didn't plan ahead properly (though I managed to hide it somewhat), the colours don't match too well, the little shading I felt like adding is very rudimentary, the faces aren't as recognizable as they should be...

But in the end, I can't say I particularly care about all that. I spent a lot of time and effort on this, and I thought for a good long while that I'd never see it finished, but here we are... So I'm at least going to give myself full marks for determination here.

Description
The Romanovs, family of Nikolai II, the last tsar of Russia (before they were all brutally murdered in the revolution), in the typical graphic Art Nouveau style of French artist Alphonse Mucha (or, well, as close to the likenesses and the artstyle as I could get).
It's radically different from anything else I've ever done, but... well, why not.

The tsar's daughters/Grand Duchesses (Top to bottom, in order of descending age):
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia (Yes, the one everyone knows because of the wildly inaccurate Disney movie)
Portraits in the bottom section:
Tsar Nikolai II, his only son Alexei, his wife Alexandra

Made as a gift for my mother, who is a big fan of Mucha, as well as fanatical about her interest in the Romanov family. She'll probably use this as a bookmark or something.
I know there are quite a few glaring problems with this. The geometry is off because I didn't plan ahead properly (though I managed to hide it somewhat), the colours don't match too well, the little shading I felt like adding is very rudimentary, the faces aren't as recognizable as they should be...

But in the end, I can't say I particularly care about all that. I spent a lot of time and effort on this, and I thought for a good long while that I'd never see it finished, but here we are... So I'm at least going to give myself full marks for determination here.