But, also for Madeline. Why? Because I swapped the Cathedral of the Madeleine for Nortre Dame in my drawing.
This one was really fun to do. Initially, it had me stumped. "Quasimodo" is such a specific handle, it's hard to do anything new with it. The character is so well known, plus he's had his integrity insulted recently by Disney. So I didn't know what to draw for a long time.
The idea of using the Cathedral de Madeleine came to me earlier this week and I loved it because that church has such personal significance to me. I think the Cathedral's gargoyles are recognizably different than Notre Dame's, but just drawing Quasimodo next to a different gargoyle wasn't too inventive. I figured I'd just start working and see what happened.
I started drawing one of the Madeleine's towers, intending to place a small figure somewhere. Not the most creative image, but at least I'd have a nice rendering of the Cathedral and I could add Quasimodo's well known shout out in a banner at the bottom to reinforce the reference.
I used some of my own photos for a reference, but the color of the Cathedral looked a bit bland. I found someone's pretty awful HDR photo in an image search. It had been tweaked into a warmer zone, so I made a palette from it with my color picker---that's why the tower in my image looks more like the color of the First Presbyterian on the corner of C street.
It was when I started sketching some scrolls to work out what I wanted the "Sanctuary" banner to look like that I found the perfect solution. I thought about making it look like an illuminated manuscript and then it hit me: Quasimodo is a perfect grotesque for a medieval alphabet! Incorporating his image into an historiated initial made me very happy and satisfied.
Lovely, Blixa!
Me and my home. All in one. It's hard to draw the ugly. The illuminated script is perfect.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
zeezrom wrote:What I would like to know is why this thread is not pinned to the top.
Because it doesn't need to be.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
zeezrom wrote:What I would like to know is why this thread is not pinned to the top.
Because it doesn't need to be.
...and MDD quotes do?
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
