per aspera ad astra

I’ve wanted to do a mini ballet inspired Princess Tutu fanart series, but this got put on hiatus when my dad got sick last year. I’m now finally getting around to it, and first up is none other than “Romeo and Juliet”, or to use its Italian title (the play does take place in Verona, Italy), “Romeo e Giulietta”.

The background silhouette is inspired by the art of Junichi Nakamura, who in turn inspired the use of silhouettes in shoujo anime such as Utena. The scene depicted in the background is the famous balcony scene, while the foreground is one familiar to PT fans: The Last Farewell. I tried to make the mood reminiscent of the lovers sharing one last late night pas de deux before they must part ways. Hopefully I managed to capture the angst in that scene 🤧

The second ballet piece for Fakir/Ahiru is “The Nutcracker”(“Der Nussknacker” in German) which, through a few iterations, was based on German author E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”.

he just stares at you until you leave him alone

the sumeru desert people believed the most significant thing you could do in your life was die.

kaveh is rich? the world really must be ending

kaveh is rich? the world really must be ending

TBHK x Princess Tutu 💖

I tried to cut it down to the basic categories, but I acknowledge I might have missed one. I also ran out of spaces for Club and Flail and those I feel *could* apply to Mace but I acknowledge they might both feel distinct enough

If you picked either of those options or any others that don't fit into one of my basic categories, or want to specify a particular variant, feel free to specify in tags!