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borogove13 — Wesley as Farm Boy and the MIB
Published: 2004-09-23 04:47:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 10350; Favourites: 171; Downloads: 851
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Well, this guy's been an illusive character for me to figure out just right. I went through a lot of failed drawings before I finally hit on something that I think works well for the male lead of the Princess Bride, and here he is as Wesley the Farm Boy (who, the book says, wore blue jeans because they were around long before people think... yeah) and Wesley the Man in Black, AKA the Dread Pirate Roberts ('cause no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Wesley). Sadly, as tough as Wes has been to figure out to my satisfaction, Buttercup's been even more of a challenge, so she's the next battle I'm fighting. Eh, well just enjoy Wesley for the time being.Related content
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Nice. I love the emphasis on the pirate look, and I deeply enjoy the "Sexy farmhand" thing going on in his early years.
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Ahahahaaa yes the bluejeans! I loved that detail from the book.
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The original Man in Black.
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That should be his slogan or something!
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Awesome! Princess Bride, classic movie full of wonderful characters and actors. This is very good, yes indeed. 
Fave!
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Yeesh, I caught a small glimpse of this for about an eighth of a second and still guessed what it was correctly! This sure was a good movie, great job!
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this is fantastic and I'm pretty much going favorite crazy with your gallery. you are awsome ^_^
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Inconceivable! These Princess Bride drawings are toooo good, well done!!! I luff the Princess Bride
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Farm boy, fetch me that pitcher.
As you wish. *swoon*
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yea, nobody'd surrender to zhe Dread Pirate...Wesley....lol
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Wonderful job on a piece inspired by one of the absolute best movies ever. Excellent job.
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Awesome job 
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He is just great! I love this movie! I can't wait to see Buttercup!! I love your style with them!! Wonderful job!
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Nice work on the Dread Pirate. He's got that nice Ollie Queen feel that I've always felt should be in the character design. Of course, it's a tad bit hard to do so without being influenced by the movie, but the decor of the costume offsets that perfectly. It's much more decorative, and makes the character stand out more so than the movie costume ever did.
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Lucas, you've done it again. It's lovely, and you've portrayed Wesley quite well, but then again... this is the norm for you to make me jaw drop.
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yes!!! YOU RULE!!!
that's a great fucking movie!! i always thought Wesley was like zoro when i was little... lol
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i change the purple on his outfit makes him too zorro. nice drawing. GJ
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I can see how Wesley could be hard.. I always imagined him as more of a skinny sort of fellow instead of a meat-muffin... (is that correct terminology?) It's always the characters that are the least interesting that are the hardest to develop. Now... Fezzik or Prince Humperdink, you got yourself pie, my friend.. pie.
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Yeah, Wes and Buttercup are tough mostly because they're defining characteristic is physical beauty, and that doesn't lend itself as easily to caricature as descriptions like "a blade-thin Spaniard" or "a mustachioed Turkish giant whose name means Arms".
But yeah, in the book, Buttercup's trying to figure out why the Dutchess is taking an interest in him, and goes through things like who wouldn't be tanned and muscled when they work hard in the sun all day kind of things. Basically, that first chapter makes Wesley into a kind of romance novel stereotype as far as physical appearance goes. Even a bit of a muscular powerhouse, when he's described coming out of the shadows to thrash the village boys that get out of hand around Buttercup.
And I guess that if there are "beefcakes", then sure there can surely be "meat-muffins". Hopefully found in your grocer's freezer, 'cause I figure a meat-muffin would go bad pretty quick if it was just on a shelf in the bakery section.
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either way, I'm going to make them and eat them. It will be delicious
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Pretty good. Kinda Dreamworksy, but a bit more fluid. Watch your perspective: a foot that's closer to us should be larger than appearance than one farther from us. Also, in the beefcake topless shot, his right arm is considerably longer than his left arm.
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Yeah, I get the "Dreamworks" comment from time to time. I did think that Wes as the Man in Black was getting a bit Sinbad-ish with the goatee, but clean-shaven was a bit boring to me, and the Rhett Butler thing in the live action TPB movie just wasn't enough, so I said "screw it" and did the piratical goatee. Oh, and I also did a quick edit and repaired the arm size a bit on Farm Boy and shrank the back foot of the Man in Black some to push that perspective a bit.
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I'm a big fan of instant gratification, so I thank you for that.
Studly's arm looks better, but on the other pose, even with a smaller foot on the other leg, the outstretched leg seems a bit short for an outstretched leg. If you agree and intend to change that, I wouldn't recommend changing it right now. Let that gestate. Sleep on it. A lot of times, several hours of distance is all a drawing needs. Kinda like that math problem you couldn't figure out all night in the 8th grade that suddenly came to you in the morning.
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Wesley...goes from stupid to sexy in 1.5 seconds! Nice work. The difference is so dranatic, and very fun.
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Cute designs! I love his beard as the Dread Pirate. XD Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for Buttercup.
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