{"id":534,"date":"2023-11-13T04:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/?p=534"},"modified":"2023-11-13T04:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:34:46","slug":"xena-virtual-season-battle-of-amphipolis-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/13\/xena-virtual-season-battle-of-amphipolis-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Xena Virtual Season: Battle of Amphipolis 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Xena returns to her hometown with Gabrielle for the Winter Solstice celebration<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll wrap up the #Xena Virtual Season ep I illustrated, The Battle of Amphipolis, with this drawing, which I believe is the 1st one in the story: Xena & Gabrielle return to Amphipolis a year after the events of season 6\u2019s Haunting of Amphipolis to find the city now flourishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Winter Solstice, so I included market place details reflecting that: moon pies, sun cookies, & a villager dressed as Chronos (aka Father Time). I believe #Xena & Gab are dressed in outfits designed by the editorial staff, which I used for reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2020, after I 1st got the idea to write up my Rock of Ages idea, I looked for a shorter #Xena project that\u2019d help me ease into the challenge. I remembered I could\u2019ve done much better to live up to this script, so I decided to give it another try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reread it, took notes, assembled references & screenshots, & incorporated all I learned about #Xena over the years, which is way more than I knew at the time. I realized I could recognize references the writer used from the show that I didn\u2019t catch at the time, & I could add layers by tying it in further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time I was ready to start drawing, I hit upon a workable approach for my own script, & that took priority, but I\u2019m still intrigued by the idea. In the scene above, I\u2019d add more detail to the market so it included references to a later Amphipolis ep, Heart of Darkness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There, we see Eve preach to the villagers, & set up an Elijian church in town. So here, I\u2019d add some Elijian touches, such as fish-shaped baked goods, heart & dove shaped items & figurines that resemble what we\u2019d recognize as magi, in green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing I think the story is missing to make it an authentic tv ep is a more explicit portrayal of the warlord threatening the town. It doesn\u2019t need to be in the script, but as illustrator I could\u2019ve filled in that gap with distinctive designs of the invaders that brought them to life, no dialogue needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ll wrap up the #Xena Virtual Season ep I illustrated, The Battle of Amphipolis, with this drawing, which I believe is the 1st one in the story: Xena & Gabrielle return to Amphipolis a year after the events of season 6\u2019s Haunting of Amphipolis to find the city now flourishing. It\u2019s Winter Solstice, so I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-season","category-xena"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/typesandpatterns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}