Prose and verse are generally accepted as distinct writing formats with their own rules, styles, and grammars. Though their borders are somewhat vague, they have come to be seen as something of a dichotomy in the eyes of the general public. There are, however, at least 3 other popular approaches to writing as exhibited in picture-books, comicbooks, and plays. Though sometimes given short shrift, these styles are accepted as literature. They are included in libraries, book stores, and academic study. Most importantly, they are read. In the general case, there is clearly writing being done in the creation of any one of these. But what of the wordless comic or silent play? Should we consider scripts written, but fully realized plays, comics, and picture-books, to be performance, art, or some other kind of non-literature? These worries of theory are kinks to be worked out, surely, but they are not of immediate practical concern to the writer...
I feel weird and ostracized whenever I have a mustache.
ReplyDeleteApparently there's even a special month for mustaches (like there special occasions for otehr minority groups), which someone at college informed me of last year when he saw I had a mustache. He thought I was participating in something called "Movember".
Your people kind of remind of Egyptian paintings with their big eyes.
Are you British, by the way?
ReplyDeleteApparently I can't upload photos in my comments...I drew a picture of the Butcher from Gangs of New York a couple months ago and he had a really wicked looking mustache
ReplyDeleteI would like to see that drawing. Bill the Butcher was a great character. Maybe you can just post a link.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am not British--I was born in Canada to American parents, and live in the US now. However, I sometimes change my spellchecker to British or Canadian English for a change of pace.
I have sported a decent amount of facial hair for most of the past 14 years. When not required by work or sport to shave, I have worn chops, a full beard, a circle beard (AKA a California goatee), or something between that and a traditional Van Dyke for years at a time. I cannot tell you exactly how long I have worn any style of facial except my moustache. That, I had for three days when I was twenty.
ReplyDeleteIt did, indeed, feel weird. But, then, so does wearing a watch at first. More importantly, it looked silly, which is both why I chose to leave it when I first decided I should be shorn and why I clipped it shortly afterwards.
The only way I might go back to that would be for a Halloween party.
As to big eyes, I think I stole the idea from medieval prints I'd seen from Europe and India. They were intentionally flat, and less concerned with realism than a good and sometimes simple presentation. I liked that.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure all the Japanese cartoons I've exposed myself to have helped my 'big eye' tendency along.
Ok, here's a link. It's (the drawing) from a photo reference.
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I'm not really sure what my drawing style is. I don't think I have one. Sometimes I try to do realism, but usually I don't have the attention span/concentration to do it well. Sometimes it feels better just to let go, but that gets disatisfying after awhile too since you need some kind of control.
Whoah. I really like that. The shading is particularly cool.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank you for looking at my image since most people don't even take the time to do that.
ReplyDeleteI just wish I were good enough to make up a good picture of the Butcher from my head, of him doing something particularly insidious and brutal
Can't hurt to try.
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