I've Got Ankh-Morpork On My Mind

[tealin]

Sir Samuel Vimes and Wossname Mr. Carcer:



I was watching Stargate SG-1 the other day and had the epiphany: it's not Bruce Willis I see in my head when I try to concentrate on what Vimes looks like ... it's Richard Dean Anderson. Because he is, at least in that show ... Vimes – In – Spaaaaace!* Hence the resemblance. I'm not going to pretend I don't see it. There's a bit of wonkiness because I drew it at an angle (bad me) and the back of Vimes' head is cut off because that was the edge of the paper, but these are occupational hazards when you're a doodle at work.

*To be said like the 'Pigs in Space' intro on The Muppet Show.

9:16 pm
Goodness gracious I have an expensive cat.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yup. He's described as quite short in Guards!Guards! before he had much of a personality. I wonder if that changed. They give his exact height somewhere, but I can't remember which book. I guess that's supposed to be the humor w/ him and Sybil, as she is a "city of a woman".
The terrible thing is, I know what he looks like in my mind, but I can't draw it, and no one else sees him as I do (most people give him a beard). Now that's a curse!
I like yours, though. It really gets the "Stoneface" across.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

They give him a beard? But ... no! How many shaving scenes does he have? I can think of at least two. (It's a handy way to get shot at, for starters...) As for the height, I'm sure my image has been permanently shaped by Mr Kidby's fine artwork, which has him quite tall and lanky. I don't see him quite that lanky (more... sinewy), but definitely tall. He just seems a ... not ... short ... person.
[lame]