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Tale of Two Cities ... doodlins
Jan. 2nd, 2012 10:00 am An officially enforced long weekend
– prodigious housework
– mealtimes
+ needing to get off my feet
Sketchbook time!
My new sketchbook has sort of 'aged' pages, which makes my drawings look so much more legitimate! It also has an unusual relationship with graphite, so I've been doing a lot more ink drawings. I'm used to doing observational sketches in ink, but I've only rarely done characters in anything but pencil, so this was a bit of a stretch ... luckily what I've been doing at work has depended a lot on quick, definite ink strokes, so it didn't come out as badly as I'd thought it would.
And now, a presentation of Dimly-Remembered Description and No Costume Reference Theatre!
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1. Miss Pross! (Definitely miss.)
2. Jerry Cruncher (and son) ... I remember in the book his hair is described as 'spiky,' but he lives in the 18th century so he must obviously have hair long enough to tie back, which means my imagination has given him a mullet. Oh, and the bug was printed on the page; please disregard (unless you like it).
3. Lucie Manette (and an abortive attempt at Charles) - in the radio play she gets an actual personality!
4. Madame Defarge ... she ended up much more of a self-portrait than I was intending; eventually I just gave up and went with it. Halloween costume!
– prodigious housework
– mealtimes
+ needing to get off my feet
Sketchbook time!
My new sketchbook has sort of 'aged' pages, which makes my drawings look so much more legitimate! It also has an unusual relationship with graphite, so I've been doing a lot more ink drawings. I'm used to doing observational sketches in ink, but I've only rarely done characters in anything but pencil, so this was a bit of a stretch ... luckily what I've been doing at work has depended a lot on quick, definite ink strokes, so it didn't come out as badly as I'd thought it would.
And now, a presentation of Dimly-Remembered Description and No Costume Reference Theatre!
2. 
3. 
4. 
1. Miss Pross! (Definitely miss.)
2. Jerry Cruncher (and son) ... I remember in the book his hair is described as 'spiky,' but he lives in the 18th century so he must obviously have hair long enough to tie back, which means my imagination has given him a mullet. Oh, and the bug was printed on the page; please disregard (unless you like it).
3. Lucie Manette (and an abortive attempt at Charles) - in the radio play she gets an actual personality!
4. Madame Defarge ... she ended up much more of a self-portrait than I was intending; eventually I just gave up and went with it. Halloween costume!
