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Wizards in tweed? Yes please.From "The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch", where the UU faculty wizards enter Roundworld once again, and this time, go Victorian.
I'm going to get around to adding the rest of the senior staff at some point, but for the moment there's a rather dapper Ponder, Rincewind ("who was rather edgy in the absence of his hat, and tried to stand under things"), and the Librarian, enjoying himself in a velvet suit and fake eyebrows. He is drinking Twinings Earl Grey tea of course (the nectar of the Gods to Yours Truly), and I have concluded that I can't draw orangutans :/
Inked in Toonboom and coloured in Photoshop
All Discworld content copyright Mr Terry Pratchett
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Since the librarians a dude he would probably have throat and face discs.
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The Librarian is just the bees' knees. XD
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...personally, I'm not so sure you can't draw orang-utans, because that ruddy well looks like pongo pong to me. Wonderful work!
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Great artwork! Ponder and the Librarian's outfits are very dapper indeed, while poor Rincewind looks like an extra from "Mary Poppins"...
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I see we agree on our morning beverage of choice. Capital!
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I think the librarian looks amazing in this artwork! I love the little pinky out too! Very posh. As for Earl Grey? Yes please, my favourite too!
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*hysterical laugh*
The library nearist me has yet to get 'The Science' books in their system. I hope they do soon. I keep seeing stuff refrenced from the and I just can't stop laughing.
Wizards in tweed, indeed.
*chuckle*
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Thanks to JessKat83, I was compelled to read the Science of Discworld trilogy, an' I gotta say that the third an' final book has to be my favourite.
The first book was, to me, mainly settin' the stage of the next two as well as once again displayin' the antics of the Head Wizards along with Rincewind's world-weary cynicism. An', of course, once again reinforcing the proclamation that the Luggage will follow its owner ANYWHERE.
The second an' third books focused on the Wizards fighting to protect their science project from the Elves an' from the Auditors.
Here, in this trilogy, is where I believe that Rincewind had his very best moments. In a strange and unknown world, he is at his best; usually with a bit of screaming. I consider him to be the real leader of the pointy-hatted group in the trilogy, though he himself would not have known it.
Thank you very much for creatin' this tribute to Pratchett's wonderful theory books. Here, in this image, are the three wizards in UU whom I consider to be the only ones with any real sense among all the dinner-obsessed, pointy-headed balloons.
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Absolutely awesome. Btw: are you aware you and have forever spoiled/influenced/defined my perception of Ponder and Rincewind?
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yay¬ Ponder, I love ponder ^_^
It's great!!
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I have no idea who these characters are, but man, I just love their designs. So much personality!
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Thankyou very much! They are a group of wizards (including, more or less, the ourangutan, who is actually a librarian) from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. In this book they get stuck in Victorian England whilst trying to save Roundworld (i.e Earth). As a fan I'm hugely biased,but anywhoo, if you like fantasy/comedy/great stories in general, CHECK THEM OUT!
Thankyou kindly for the fav and the comments!
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Yeah, I'm definitely going to have to check that out.
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wow, Rincewind looks great! I mean... I can't get over how good he looks.
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Aw, thankyou very very much! I think pretty much everyone looks better in tweed. Can you tell I had fun drawing those slacks?
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I should think you had fun drawing everything. XD
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I love Rincewind/Rjinswand's outfit, no matter how shabby it looks.
They all look great!
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Thanks so much! Hehe, I figured that when the costumes were being handed out amongst the faculty, the senior Wizards would have grabbed the best things for themselves (heh, I loved that bit with the Dean dressing as a priest with a massive hat), and Rincewind would have been fobbed off with whatever was left over (in this case tweed slacks and a shabby vest), which is why he's not in a dashing suit and tophat as well. Although, that could be rather fun to draw too 
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Maybe I misread it. I was probably thinking of the Colour of Magic when he was Dr Rjinswand.
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GAH!! I want those books so bad but they're IMPOSSIBLE to find in the US
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Oh, I hate that! I've been lucky enough to find them relatively easily (some by pure chance, too!), but I've quite often had to resort to the internet for specific books because they are hard to track down. Good luck, I hope you get to find some!
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thanks, I was able to find some fairly priced used copies online, now I just need to make some more money so I can buy them all together = P
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You know, it's bad enough that reading Pratchett makes me want to hug Rincewind on a regular basis, but each and every one of your drawings featuring him just makes it so much worse
It's so hard to draw an orangutan without him looking like King Louie of Jungle Book fame, but you more than pull it off! I mean, really - I love the little glint his glasses give off. And the little finger. Poor not-designed-by-Nature-to-wear-a-beard Ponder looks just great, and Rincewind is... well, you've just got him. I might prefer yours to Paul Kidby's, maybe because yours looks more cartoonishly cuddly... Dunno
One day I'll get my tablet-coloured pictures to look half as *clean*. I swear, the colours and shadows and everything, it's... What's Toonboom, by the way?
Anyway, in a nutshell, great drawing
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Aw, thanks so much!
Hehe, those were my only thoughts when thinking about the Librarian: 'must...not...make him look like King Louie!', who seems to be the definitive cartoon orangutan (and what brilliant design in that movie, too! *drool*).
Yeah, I think he'd probably be in a constant state of running away from hoards of fans if he were real 
Toonboom is kind of like Flash (i.e a vector-based animation program) but is more geared towards people who want to make character animation as opposed to graphics for web pages etc, it's a lot more recent than Flash. We use it at work and I love it; I only recently had the idea of using it to do my usually-wobbly tablet linework, and haven't looked back!
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He's a very human character and that's what Paul Kidby brings out in him (most of the time).
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Is that the Librarian, or Rincewind who's very human? (Probably both, I guess!). But, I totally agree with you there; at our recent DW book club meeting we all did a little talk on our favourite characters, and someone asked why I liked Rincewind's personality given his other faults, and it's because of that fact; he's a lousy wizard, but he's a much more introspective and competent human being than the other wizards.
I love Paul Kidby's version of him - it was the first Discworld picture I ever saw and it will always remain the definitive one to me!
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Ooh, Ponder looks smooth. Love how uncomfortable poor Rincewind looks. 
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Thankyou! Poor guy, they took away his hat, no wonder he's miserable. I still like your take on the 'all-purpose suit' better, hehe
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That is DarwinsWatchTastic. Love what you've done with them, it's perfectly perfect. Pinky sticking out -- YES. Wizards should wear tweeds.
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Thankyou! And of course, where would tea-drinking be without the obligatory pinky?
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it would be somewhere notatall fancyful.
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The Librarian looks more dignified/fancy/what have you than the two humans. This amuses me.
I can't find any Science of Discworld books where I live.
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Thanks - Hehe, I think he's probably much more comfortable in his outfit than the other two
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When all else fails, there is the internet.
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Victorian Rincewind <333
Oh my, I NEED to read this book.XD I wanted to start on Science of Discworld books, but I can never find the first volume in stores. Something tells me I'll have to read out of order again, this is too awesome.
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It is a very good read! I think my favourite from the three books is probably The Globe (Number II, where they're fighting elves in Shakespearean England), but having said that the others are brilliant too and I've never been so interested whilst reading complex theories on maths, science, geology, theology etc. I Hope you get to find them!
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Thanks so much
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You're right - He's trying unsuccessfully to grow a beard
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Awesome ;D
I really like victorian outfits...
The librarian looks great, too ...no worries!
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Thanks very much!
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yay! hats! (unfortunately they just don't suit me 
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