HAMLET!

[tealin]

It is pretty much impossible to overstate how much I loved the Independent Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, though people who have to deal with me in daily life will tell you I've been giving it a pretty good try. I've kept mum about it here, though, because I've been waiting to finish this:


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When I went to go see Hamlet the first time I was sitting far enough back that everyone looked more or less like a graphic design anyway, so while it was still light I jotted down some sketches.

I intended to work them up into something in the style of Tron Mai* and post the cast lineup as part of my encouragement for everyone to go see closing night, but it proved to be too big a job so I shelved it for the time being. That turned out to be just as well, because when I went to see it again I got to make colour and detail notes on the sketches I'd done before. In the meantime I saw their Love's Labour's Lost, which featured some of the same actors (and was a thoroughly enjoyable evening out besides).
*as far as I have been able to find, he doesn't have a blog or website, but does have a couple pieces on page 19 of The Art of Tangled, if you're curious.

Also, because I got there quite a lot earlier, not only did I get a better view and closer study of pretty much everything, but I got to watch Hamlet and Laertes run through their sword fight, which gave me the chance to get a few studies of their faces onto paper.


... as well as a random audience member and a preliminary sketch for that Old Harry's Game illustration ...