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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA IN 24 QUICK SKETCHES
UPDATE: ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY IS SUPER HERO!

Maybe a little bit of a stretch, but Lawrence Of Arabia was a super hero of sorts. Well, at least until the Turkish torture incident... "You have an interesting face..."

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I wanted to draw last night, but Lawrence Of Arabia was on. Sure, we could have DVRed it, but then I'd have to set aside four hours some other time. And it's one of my favorite movies. Why not do both at the same time? So I sketched random scenes while watching. Here's the result. This won't make any sense if you haven't seen the movie recently. Or a few dozen times.

This is my well.
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First the guns, and now this.
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bad camel sketches
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Omar and Alec
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If the camels die, we die.
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a better camel
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How much of THAT is there?
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The sun's anvil
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waiting for their return
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Nothing is written.
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Tell them we're coming.
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For his pleasure. My mother mated a scorpion.
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Did you do it?
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Why do you walk?
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Who are you? Two glasses of lemonade, please.
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OK, we paused it here for Iris to take the dog out. Hence the greater detail. Here's the text: I want to know, sir, if I can tell them in your name that we have no ambitions in Arabia.
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Now we are talking turkey, no?
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Alec and extra with their booty - a parasol and clock.
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They can only kill me with a golden bullet. I must find something honorable.
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You have an interesting face. A man can't want what he wants.
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Jolly good about the squash court. There may be honor among theives, but none among politicians. He is the same man.
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NO PRISONERS! For the bloody papers.
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You speak to me of bloodshed? They're leaving.
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We are equally glad to be rid of him.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

love it, love it, love it.
excellent work Joshie. and a great idea. I'll have to try that sometime. hhmmm maybe with Out of Africa, or Gone w/the wind. How much time did you spend on each sketch?
Bridget (queen_bee_diva_d) eBay

Penny Cork said...

LOL! I never know what to expect when I stop by!

Penny :)

Deborah said...

HJ...very smart you are! Very. Sketching while watching a movie, particularly one like Lawrence...brilliant! I usually run into problems with that myself because I get so caught up in the sketching that I don't SEE the movie.

Cherie said...

good job joshie

flip through those pages real fast...to make it look like a cartoon in motion