Estella and Pip
~The Lady and Gentleman~
Estella and Pip are based off of characters in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Never read it? You should! (Even though it is a little difficult to get through). In the book, Estella is a cold-hearted girl who has been raised to "break men's hearts" after her adopted mother was left at the alter on her wedding day. Pip, the unfortunate blacksmith's son, falls in love with dear Estella, and spends his life trying to impress her. Estella tries to warn him that she has no heart. He doesn't listen, ends up tangled with a runaway convict who wants to give him money, and evil lawyer, and a strange man with an even stranger father, and never does marry Estella.
However, in my couple, I have decided to make my characters mates. I know it's not canon, but wouldn't it be so sweet if it was?
However, in my couple, I have decided to make my characters mates. I know it's not canon, but wouldn't it be so sweet if it was?
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Estella
"I have not bestowed my tenderness anywhere. I have never had any such thing!"
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Estella is a cold wolf, and she knows it. She was raised to be this way, so she could 'fall in love' with males only to break their hearts. Being a victim of her insane mother, poor Estella has difficulty understanding the concept of love. Only Pip has been able to warm her heart.
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Estella is a cold wolf, and she knows it. She was raised to be this way, so she could 'fall in love' with males only to break their hearts. Being a victim of her insane mother, poor Estella has difficulty understanding the concept of love. Only Pip has been able to warm her heart.
I'm not the best at drawing wolves, but I really like how this came out. She is missing a little detail on her head, which I forgot somehow, but overall this is fairly accurate. I decided later not to use the swirl beside her eye, since it gets a little busy. She sometimes wheres a necklace with a green leaf on it, but not always. That represents Pip. <3
A rather large head-shot. This one gives you an idea of the detail on the star I forgot in the previous one.
A licking icon of Estella. This really shows the shooting star-ness on her head. The stars in the background where supposed to look like they were sparkling, but it turned out a bit odd. Oh, well. She's cute anyway.
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Pip
"I realized that in becoming a gentleman, I had only succeeded in becoming a snob."
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Pip is a bit naive. He has a bad habit of throwing away his future for the present. However, that doesn't make him an entirely bad person. He is extremely dedicated, and will go to great lengths to do what he feels is right. Once he makes a decision, it's very unlikely that Pip will change his mind.
Pip was willing to put Estella first in his life. He spent all his time and energy in becoming a proper wolf just to please her.
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Pip is a bit naive. He has a bad habit of throwing away his future for the present. However, that doesn't make him an entirely bad person. He is extremely dedicated, and will go to great lengths to do what he feels is right. Once he makes a decision, it's very unlikely that Pip will change his mind.
Pip was willing to put Estella first in his life. He spent all his time and energy in becoming a proper wolf just to please her.
Lines by Blockbeap. Perhaps Pip's design needs a bit of explaining. :3
Let's start at the top. That grey line coming from his eye is sort of like a tear. Poor Pip's had a hard life. The spots on his back are like stars. If you can see from the top view, some of them are shaped like a heart. These represent Estella, Pip's sweetheart who wouldn't love him back. They also represent Pip's goals in life, which were high and nearly unattainable. The heart can also be thought of as Pip's compassion and sympathy. He had a kind heart, and helped people who needed it.
The bowtie is Pip's desire to be a gentleman. He wanted to impress his girl! The chains on his leg represent how he was a prisoner of love, so to speak. They also show his relationship with Convict Magwitch, and how he got tangled up with that mess. The arrow on the top of the chains shows how Magwitch helped him get closer to Estella and his dreams, but not quite close enough. It can also be a little joke to the reference "Wife of the Above". That will make little sense unless you've read the book.
The fire is Pip's burning passion for Estella, and, of course, his starting career as a blacksmith. We can't forget old Joe here either. Joe clearly wasn't as close to Pip's heart as Estella, but he was still an important part of Pip's life nonetheless.
On the other side of Pip, we see a long, river-like pattern. This shows how Pip had a desire to melt Estella's ice heart; a desire that swept him through life and left him stranded. He also tried to save Magwitch while canoeing up a river, and made friends with Startop in this activity. The dollar sign shows how Magwitch made him rich. It is fairly far away from Pip's brain, meaning that Pip was not very responsible in keeping track of his funds.
Finally, the little stalk on Pip's back leg is just symbolism of his name, Pip, and how he grew as a character throughout the book.
Let's start at the top. That grey line coming from his eye is sort of like a tear. Poor Pip's had a hard life. The spots on his back are like stars. If you can see from the top view, some of them are shaped like a heart. These represent Estella, Pip's sweetheart who wouldn't love him back. They also represent Pip's goals in life, which were high and nearly unattainable. The heart can also be thought of as Pip's compassion and sympathy. He had a kind heart, and helped people who needed it.
The bowtie is Pip's desire to be a gentleman. He wanted to impress his girl! The chains on his leg represent how he was a prisoner of love, so to speak. They also show his relationship with Convict Magwitch, and how he got tangled up with that mess. The arrow on the top of the chains shows how Magwitch helped him get closer to Estella and his dreams, but not quite close enough. It can also be a little joke to the reference "Wife of the Above". That will make little sense unless you've read the book.
The fire is Pip's burning passion for Estella, and, of course, his starting career as a blacksmith. We can't forget old Joe here either. Joe clearly wasn't as close to Pip's heart as Estella, but he was still an important part of Pip's life nonetheless.
On the other side of Pip, we see a long, river-like pattern. This shows how Pip had a desire to melt Estella's ice heart; a desire that swept him through life and left him stranded. He also tried to save Magwitch while canoeing up a river, and made friends with Startop in this activity. The dollar sign shows how Magwitch made him rich. It is fairly far away from Pip's brain, meaning that Pip was not very responsible in keeping track of his funds.
Finally, the little stalk on Pip's back leg is just symbolism of his name, Pip, and how he grew as a character throughout the book.
Here's a fairly old drawing of Pip. But I thought it was worth posting. :3