morning musings ~

[lookingland]

this morning i woke up to a cold breeze knocking all the paper off of my desk. then i made my first cup of hot tea for the season (yay!).

i was sort of feh feh on the whole drawing thing as i puttered around picking up the scattered papers, but managed to combat it by forcing myself to sit down and draw. i had for a long time imagined isaac's cdv to show him holding a carbine and was a bit unsure how i felt when i finally got his picture without one. but having drawn him, it seems refreshingly apropos that he's not holding a weapon. like morse, it should seem contrary to his character to carry a gun, and really, i think that's the source of lewis's initial trust with morse ~ that he reminds him of his cousin.

anyway, so i made some minor changes (like adding a bit of length to his hair and lengthening his face. this is just a pencil rough, so i have some further adjustments and refining to do.

the original picture sure shows a handsome fella (love the typical placement of the feet in his pose). the picture was taken in philadelphia, but other than that i have no information about it. whoever he was, i hope he had a good life and didn't die too young.

Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Question for you....did the posing in photographs of the day relate to what was going on in theater? (The whole language of gesture thing).

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

that's a great question! i'm no expert, but my guess is that the "language of gesture" in the theatre derived from the language of gesture of the parlor/court (or was perhaps an exaggeration of it), so it might be a circular influence.

either way, photography was, at this time, still a highly affected (and in many ways, therefore, artificial) medium. people treated photo-portraiture the same way they would have sat for a painting, and therefore it was natural to strike a "dramatic" pose. the out-turned foot is certainly a hold-over from courtly posturing.

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me yakking

[(Anonymous)]

The real guy is a total looker! And his clothes fit particularly well. Old photos always set me wond'ring ...

I like what you've done with him--homelied him up (in the nicest sense of that word) you've ruffled him up a bit.

:-)

moo

Re: me yakking

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

well, there is a rule in my universe: no one can be prettier than states morse ~ and this guy is pushing it. hahahahaha ~

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[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

It was like the Weather Switch was abruptly flipped from Summer to Fall. Not that 'm complaining.

Cool picture. He's just a little too McDreamy for me.

Oh God, did I actually say McDreamy? Shoot me now, please...

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

McDreamy? hahahahahahaha ~

~ does that come with a side of fries?

man, whoever flipped the weather switch gets my vote in the next presidential election.

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[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

You know that collage design above actually looks nice. You have to save it for when they request you to make a "Behind the Scenes of ElenaWorld" book. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

ha ~ ! i hadn't really thought about it ~ just slapped the drawing and the photograph on the scanner. that purplish line is the mylar case that the photo is in (to keep my grubby fingers from mussing it up).

i keep looking at that ornate tassled little stool on the left in the photo and thinking: only in a portrait studio would you find such a completely useless piece of furniture serving such a completely useless function ~ hahahahaha.

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