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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Nov 17, 2012 22:46:46 GMT -5
The last two pictures are certainly quite different in terms of Helquist's approach. The first one is less detailed than the other, but has much better composition, in my opinion, with all the layers and framing--I especially like the half open window's glass. The second one is a little too crammed with details for my taste and it lacks focus, but it does have more dynamic perspective.
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Post by Darling Dearest Dead on Nov 17, 2012 23:22:04 GMT -5
I would participate but actually just finished re-reading the series before I joined. ;^^ I have the entire series on cassettes so I listened to those while doing crafts. I felt sad when I finished The End a few days ago even though I've read the series numerous times. I thought it would be good to re-read the series before reading ATWQ so it would be fresh in my mind but I couldn't help myself and started reading ATWQ as soon as I got it.
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Post by Dante on Nov 18, 2012 3:42:33 GMT -5
If you've read the series so recently, DDD, maybe it's fresh enough in your memory that you can pitch in with some comments as the reread goes along?
As for Helquist's style, I feel that he's achieved much greater technical competency in his later years, and that a lot about his earliest pictures feels a bit awkward and forced. But I agree that they have a certain je ne sais quoi.
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Post by B. on Nov 18, 2012 4:18:50 GMT -5
The paperback illustrations relate a lot more to events happening in the story, than some of Helquist's original drawings. The goat illustration from a chapter of TPP springs to my mind immediately, and although it isn't a bad thing that it only loosely relates to the chapter I would've loved to have seen some key events drawn like the illustrations in the paperbacks.
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Post by Charlie on Nov 18, 2012 5:01:56 GMT -5
Oh Dante, you and your French... so intellectual and all. I bet you're a hit with the ladies
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Nov 18, 2012 5:15:10 GMT -5
Oh Dante, you and your French... so intellectual and all. I bet you're a hit with the ladies Oh yes he is.
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Post by Darling Dearest Dead on Nov 18, 2012 14:02:56 GMT -5
I'm not sure why but out of all the disguises Count Olaf has used Stephano has always been one of my favorites.
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Post by Kit's tits kick ticks on Nov 18, 2012 14:14:53 GMT -5
Okay, I'm trying to catch up with myself. I had planned to take my own notes on the books a very long time and I wanted to do it together with the re-read, but I missed week one and for my own notes it is important that I read them in the right order. But I think I'll start with TWW now to post my notes tomorrow and I'll do the 2 chapters for one day here and when I've finished that and the day still isn't over I will try to catch up with myself.
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Post by Dante on Nov 18, 2012 16:26:49 GMT -5
I'm not sure why but out of all the disguises Count Olaf has used Stephano has always been one of my favorites. It's actually one of his best. He doesn't hide his eyebrow, he doesn't have one; and technically he's using two disguises for his eye tattoo.
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Post by Charlie on Nov 18, 2012 17:03:04 GMT -5
Yes... I am wondering about the line where it says that normally he is clean shaven. In the first book, does it not state that he was not clean shaven? His beard is so long, at least in the illustrations. Could it possibly be real?
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Post by Isadora Is a Door on Nov 18, 2012 17:49:12 GMT -5
Its a good suggestion... He must have grown it some length, but there is no indication about the length between books, so yeah!
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Post by Dante on Nov 19, 2012 3:10:35 GMT -5
TCC suggests that it was a false beard. Sunny wears it for her Chabo disguise.
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Nov 19, 2012 3:13:25 GMT -5
TCC suggests that it was a false beard. Sunny wears it for her Chabo disguise. That was a very good memory, Dants! But I think his appearance in TBB is not real (I think sometimes.)
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Post by Isadora Is a Door on Nov 19, 2012 3:55:23 GMT -5
Okay, time for some images! - Including a fantastic image of lucafont that you won't want to miss! We begin with a look at the recently deceased monty Olaf with his beard (Fake of not..) The Suitcase ; And now, The moment you've all been waiting for. Prepare yourself! Yeah. I Will see you later, my friends....
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Post by Dante on Nov 19, 2012 9:42:58 GMT -5
I think the first image is actually Monty after he's been struck down by the brass lamp thrown from the window. I agree that the Lucafont image is a bit of a missed opportunity, and there's something weird about the proportions of it, too... like everything in the top-left is too different in size to the bottom-right to simply be accounted for by perspective, but that might just be me.
Also, has anyone noted yet that "Lucafont" isn't a complete anagram of "Count Olaf"? It's missing an O. In THH the same disguise was renamed "O. Lucafont."
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