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Sketch Theater

  • May. 15th, 2009 at 5:01 PM
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Some very (very) casual/crappy development sketches for a potential project set during WWII.  The girl is way too timid-looking!   But it was a lot of fun to draw some Rosie the Riveter-type ladies.

esther

rosies

I feel like I have about six different irons in the fire right now, and I have no idea which ones are the most important to attend to (after getting books mailed out, that is).  I’m not used to this stuff being My Actual Work - no matter what I pick to settle down and fiddle with, my brain keeps telling me “YOU SHOULD BE DOING REAL WORK RIGHT NOW!”

I figure I’ll get over it soon enough, but boy, is it ever disorienting.

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[info]zeecoldwater wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 12:09 am (UTC)
Is this the Bite Me! sequel you mentioned in the podcast, then? :D

Even if it isn't, a WW2-set thing by you would be amazing.
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[info]quirkybird wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 12:13 am (UTC)
Naw, it aint Bite Me. (that, you would be able to tell.)

I should scan in the drawings I did for that, though! That would entertain folks, no doubt.
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[info]zeecoldwater wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 12:42 am (UTC)
Hell yes, you should! And now that I remember, Bite Me 2 was going to be about the Russian Revolution, no?

I am still interested in reading that, so I hope it's one of the irons in the fire.

But seriously, I am pretty excited about this one too, because WW2 is just one of those things I know way too much about and still can't get enough. I guess I'll end up studying it in uni or something.
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[info]aimeekitty wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 02:23 am (UTC)
WWII from Dylan = EPIC
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[info]quirkybird wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 10:47 pm (UTC)
I just want to draw all those wartime fashions, man. Fabric-saving = elegant lines!
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[info]aimeekitty wrote:
May. 20th, 2009 03:29 am (UTC)
seriously!!
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[info]anon52 wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 03:02 am (UTC)
Well, when it comes to irons in the fire, on a given heat treatment, up to a forging heat (yellow-ish), you lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 1% of the mass of your piece of iron from oxidation (this flies onto the floor around the anvil, when the hammer is employed). Below a dull red heat, you lose much less, practically nothing. So, one can simply move excess irons to cooler spots in the fire, and not worry about losing desirable mass from leaving them at high heat for too long.

Or something.
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[info]anon52 wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 03:06 am (UTC)
...and those are some interesting dames in your sketches there. My favorite is the one in the upper left of the Rosies drawing.

Interestingly, Esther's posture says timid, but her face does not, at least when viewed at the larger size. There, to my eye, she looks a bit distant, but kind of annoyed, as if she were mentally checking out while receiving a scolding, but is making some attempt to appear contrite.
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[info]the_maljax wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 03:28 am (UTC)
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter. It is a documentary which features six "rosies" and what their lives were like before, during, and after WWII. It's an absolutely fascinating look at some amazing women, meanwhile juxtaposing their testimonies with war time propaganda footage about women workers.
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[info]coloredink wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 06:14 am (UTC)
Surely you've seen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_riveter>the amazing high-res photos on Wikipedia</a> of "real life Rosies"? I can't decide which one's my favorite. Possibly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosie_the_Riveter_(Vultee)_DS.jpg>this one</a>.
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[info]jemale wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 05:53 pm (UTC)
I like the lady in the glasses.
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[info]quirkybird wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 10:46 pm (UTC)
Me too.
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[info]krishnaa wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 08:33 pm (UTC)
Yay! WWII from Dylan! I am so incredibly excited. WIll the tone be that of Family Man or Bite Me!? or something else entirely? (Personally I think either and both would be exciting...the only other person I know who can mix humor and history like you is Eddie Izzard, and he's also a favorite!)
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[info]quirkybird wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 10:46 pm (UTC)
Oh, it'll be something pretty different. I figure some day I'll maybe do two books in a row that have any narrative similarity, but for now it's kind of fun to change the game every time!
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[info]subsiding_leaf wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 09:32 pm (UTC)
I just received my copy of Bite Me! a few days ago and it is GLORIOUS! Thank you, thank you, thank you! :D I am so tempted to take it along on my upcoming trip into the field but I should probably pack a book that I haven't already read 10 times. *cough* In lieu of that, I'm waving my copy in the faces of friends in the area and demanding that they read it.

Any new work from you is highly welcome; I am poised to become a loyal customer! That is, I was loyal before, but now I'll be showing my loyalty with money.
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[info]blackbookalpha wrote:
May. 16th, 2009 11:56 pm (UTC)
Dylan, you need to make a story about Esther.... or else your train rides will never be the same ever again.

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