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

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

Oooh, lovely. So nice.

I see Vimes as a bit less...heroic looking. I mean, I see him as heroic looking in the sense of not looking like a hero. (Have to love the articulation.) Maybe it's the squareness of his jaw. *shrug*

Carcer is frightening. Obviously not to someone who doesn't know the book, but knowing the character, he's really scary. :)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean. At least about that. What I don't get is ... you know the character but not the book? How?

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

No no no. This is me being stupid and inarticulate again. (That was honestly the worst comment I have ever written.)

People who don't know the book would find the picture unscary. AS I know the character and the book and his actions, I find the picture v. scary.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Well, that is the thing about Carcer, after all.

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

"heroic looking in the sense of not looking like a hero"

In that his heroic-looking-ness stems from not looking like a hero.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see him quite like that, but still, I love how angry he looks! I also love Carcer. You can just see him saying, "I know where your house is..." in that nice, friendly way of his. Until you get close enough to see the demons, that is.
The thing I can't reconcile with Vimes is that he is very short, plain, and balding. Somehow, maybe because he isn't described clearly in any book, it's hard to know exactly what he looks like.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

He's short?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I was thinking more "stubborn" than "hero." Both involve strong jaws and grim determination....

[(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]