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Uuuuummmm.. learning how to draw him
attempt 2 sketching gernots face less 1:1 with the sprite this time took some creative liberties
oh, how i miss this game
Shhh he's taking notes
dr werner
[ID from ALT: Colored pencil sketch of Andreas Maler. He wears his signature red hat and is dressed with his Act 1 outfit. He is at a three-fourths angle, smiling and brown eyes looking to his left. END ID]
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An older andreas sketch that I decided to color cause I miss coloring traditionally sooooo bad hnnggg
Apolocheese for the lack of posting spring semester is actual project hell and I gotta get ready to leave for the summer but swear once I get more free time I will be posting more (and actually open up my comms lmao)
[IDs from ALT: Image 1: Half-body sketch of Andreas Maler sitting on a stool and sketching on a drawing board.
Image 2: Bust sketch a drunk of Andreas. He has a sideways grin on his face while holding a pint of beer with his left hand.
Image 3: Bust sketch of Andreas with a smile on his face. The words "is about to put an innocent man to death" is written beside with an arrow pointing towards him.
Image 4: Bust sketch of Melancholia. Her face is framed by her long wavy hair, a rose held by her left hand as she sniffs it. END ID]
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Andreas and Melancholia !!!!! some more sketches I made 2-3 months ago . I absolutely adore Melancholia SIGHHHHHHH (also trying to clear out my drafts so expect some art from like a year or two ago on the dash heh)
Oh my god Big Jorg saying at the start that it takes 10-15 years in Tassing to sense a storm coming and Andreas saying he won't be there that long... Little did he fuckin know 😭
Thinking about Andreas Maler as I so often am and how "artist" is so distinctly the backbone of his character and yet
is it?
One of the first things you learn about Andreas is that he dropped out of university before finishing his doctorate -- for unknown reasons, and regardless of what field of study you assign him (medicine, theology, or law).
It's of course a valid interpretation to think that maybe he did that because he decided he wanted to be an artist after all; he can tell Clara that he's realized that making art is what he wants to do. And with all my heart I do love Andreas characterized as someone who made some missteps before finding his true passion (even if it still ends up not quite working out). Some parts of his character, like his encouraging of Paul to draw despite Lenhardt's disapproval, point to a real love of art for its own sake. People need beauty as much as they need bread.
But to me, an equally valid reading is that he dropped out of university for some other, unstated reason*, and that he's falling back on art because it's the family business and his father was able to start him over, at a relatively late age, in a way that wouldn't be possible for him in other professions. Tellingly, Andreas can also say to Clara that his reason for starting over as an artist is because I owe it to my family to make something of my life.
(*Andreas' tendency to actively involve himself in situations before he knows what he's getting into, and likewise his proclivity for guilt and self-doubt, are interesting springboards from which to theorize about why he might abandon medicine, law, or theology; but that's somewhat beside the current point)
Magdalene and the Sphinx of Tassing
Masters of Tassing
Achievement: Kissed Zdena
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Happy Easter and/or Werner Wednesday to those who celebrate
Ugh I just realised that the app I use to transfer my pics from my iPad to my phone is just plain bad and 0.75 of Werner was gone from the previous post so I delete and re-posted it