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May 15, 2018 at 11:17 am #456109
Okay, this is FanArt done for http://www.puckcomics.com/
The Shakespearean Play. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has Puck describing herself:
[LEFT][COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]Thou speak’st aright.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]I am that merry wanderer of the night.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]I jest to Oberon and make him smile[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile,[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]Neighing in likeness of a filly foal.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And sometime lurk I in a gossip’s bowl[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]In very likeness of a roasted crab,[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And when she drinks, against her lips I bob[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And on her withered dewlap pour the ale.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]The wisest aunt telling the saddest tale[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]Then slip I from her bum, down topples she,[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And “Tailor!” cries, and falls into a cough,[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And then the whole quire hold their hips and laugh,[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#424242][FONT=LFT-Etica-Web, Arial, sans-serif]A merrier hour was never wasted there.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]Act II, scene 1
So, here are my imaginings of that: Dry pastel on posterboard, about 9 x 12″
[FONT=hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial]" A woman's reach should exceed her grasp, or what's a heaven for?"May 15, 2018 at 1:50 pm #622599I have to admit I never thought of Puck’s speech in quite those terms, but that is very imaginative, I just thought that Puck became a three-legged stool and disappeared. I wasn’t in favor of the Robin Hood hat at first, but I like it, now. It gives her a rakish look. I do think the pants should be wrinkled a bit in the front, down towards the crotch.
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May 16, 2018 at 10:00 am #622598May 16, 2018 at 3:50 pm #622603Thank you, Michelle
Bill, I have told you that those pants are supposed to be very tight in the waist. Fairy tailoring, maybe. I tried to make some wrinkles at the hip, but maybe I should emphasize that, more. And put in a background
[FONT=hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial]" A woman's reach should exceed her grasp, or what's a heaven for?"May 16, 2018 at 10:30 pm #622597She looks sassy. Good use of pastels too, looks like you’re picking them up quickly!
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Find me on FacebookMay 17, 2018 at 12:39 am #622604Thank you, Virginia! Yes, she is sassy. I am going to practice some more with them. You can never tell when you find out that you might be good at something! :):):)
[FONT=hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial]" A woman's reach should exceed her grasp, or what's a heaven for?"May 17, 2018 at 9:24 am #622596Interesting.
That is one big glass of ale!
No wonder there is toppling.
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My DeviantArt GalleryMay 17, 2018 at 12:59 pm #622600Don’t forget the English served ale in pints, not our wimpy 12-oz. mugs. Warm ale. Pint mugs. I guess I can see why they dropped roasted crabapples in there to improve the flavor. Or flavour.
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May 17, 2018 at 1:53 pm #622605Thanks, Dianna. I purposely made it big to make the “Aunt” seem small and withered. Must have erred on the side of largeness.
[FONT=hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial]" A woman's reach should exceed her grasp, or what's a heaven for?"May 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm #622601Well, it is “a little big” but one could also quibble that in England in the 14th-15th century, glass mugs were nonexistent, glass being reserved for luxury items. Commoners like your “Aunt and Gossip” would be drinking ale out of wooden mugs or leathern jacks; or, a step up, drinking horns. None of which would convey “beer” like your stein.
Bill was a long time valued member of our community who passed away after a lengthy illness. We will miss him. Rest in peace.
"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."- John Ciardi
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May 18, 2018 at 2:35 pm #622606Thanks for the mansplaining, O, fount of knowledge. I’m not changing it. It’s a “tell.”
[FONT=hinted-Graphik, Helvetica, Arial]" A woman's reach should exceed her grasp, or what's a heaven for?"May 18, 2018 at 6:16 pm #622602An anachronism in fantasy is no big deal, I guess, but you have to respect scale and perspective. That stein could be 25% smaller and still hold the twin message that 1) it is a stein of beer or ale (I am not quite sure of the difference, but I feel sure it does not lie in color) and 2) that the “aunt” holding it is small and withered.
I guess I am feeling pretty tough on anachronism, since trying to read the graphic novel Dragon Girl kind of soured me, trying to inject PETA into sustenance hunting.Bill was a long time valued member of our community who passed away after a lengthy illness. We will miss him. Rest in peace.
"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."- John Ciardi
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