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DS Character Drawings
« on: September 10, 2011, 01:59:02 PM »
These are quite interesting. Love the hoDS hair on Julia.  [ghost_wink]

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Though if that's supposed to be Carolyn guesting in both or either, she looks more like Vicki with Julia and Angelique with Willie. But maybe that's just me...

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Re: Julia and Willie Character Drawings
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2011, 03:49:46 AM »
They got a nice spooky quality to them, thanks for sharing!   [ghost_grin]

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Re: Julia and Willie Character Drawings
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2011, 04:24:00 AM »
Wow.  These are super-trippy.  The Julia drawings are very reminiscent of Ronald Searle, a popular cartoonist and caricaturist in the mid-twentieth century.

Does this guy have a connection to the Depp movie?  If that's Willie as he appears in the new film, the existing casting info for the character is obviously a complete blind since they clearly decided to go with a much younger actor.

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Re: Julia and Willie Character Drawings
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2011, 04:49:19 AM »

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2011, 03:26:47 PM »
He's added Liz:

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2011, 03:45:46 PM »
these are absolutely gorgeous.
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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2011, 05:05:35 PM »
Fabulous!  Thanks, MB and Sara Monster.  The panel of Liz is my favorite.

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2011, 05:15:24 PM »
This guy is phenomenal!!  I hope the Pierson Mob does not shut down his page!!  I want to see his version of Cassandra ... and Laura!

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Re: Julia and Willie Character Drawings
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2011, 05:40:19 PM »
If that's Willie as he appears in the new film, the existing casting info for the character is obviously a complete blind since they clearly decided to go with a much younger actor.

I suspect his interpretation of the characters are purely his own. Have you seen his version of Buzz?  [ghost_wink]  If not, check out Sara Monster's link. Not a Cassandra wig in sight - more like Buzz channeling '70s Carolyn.  [ghost_grin]

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2011, 06:04:45 PM »
Ooh, I love his version of Buzz!  I agree, I think this is totally his own vision of the series.

Did you notice that Buzz is wearing Sebastian Shaw's medallion at one point?  The sun and moon thing?

I would love to see this guy do a whole DS comic... or a series of them... too intelligent and cultured to get a contract though I would think...

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2011, 03:50:12 AM »
I like the pen and ink work, and this person's devotion to Dark Shadows. Not many people do Dark Shadows artwork anymore. Kudos to him. At the same time, however, I'm not in love with it....


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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2011, 05:24:00 PM »
The comparison to Ronald Searle is right on the mark. Rather stylized but quite interesting.
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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 02:28:29 AM »
A major boo-boo in terms of the original series is the cat-claw manicure Julia sports in the drawings.  One of Grayson's personal habits was that she always kept her fingernails clipped extremely short.  I don't actually recall ever seeing her in a role where she had on false fingernails, even.  In That Darn Cat you can tell when the cat handler is working with Pussy because there's a close-up and all of a sudden this person has these long, carefully cared-for nails.  Grayson doesn't have those, "not now and not ever" (that's a quote, you know).

The resemblance to Grayson is only a casual one in the Julia drawings.  She looks more like Cruella de Ville.  I appreciate the artist's appreciation for Buzz even if he did a radical re-cast of the character and persona.

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 08:22:03 AM »
Does anybody else find the drawing of David to be uncanny?  I love these interpretations of the characters, especially Buzz.  And I never liked him before...  [ghost_cheesy]

I would love to see some online comics with these illustrations! 

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Re: DS Character Drawings
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2011, 11:26:58 AM »
Fantastic!  His artwork almost reminds me of a "hip" version of Ed Gorey.

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