Does it make it harder that he's so perfect? I mean that honestly. His features are so balanced, there's nothing as quirky and individual as JP's nose.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Amy - Jul 02, 2010 7:35:38 am PDT #11541 of 30002
Because books.
Juliebird - Jul 02, 2010 7:37:23 am PDT #11542 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
His eyes are a little close-set than average, that's always struck me as distinctively him.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2010 7:45:43 am PDT #11543 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think they're close set. The standard is an eye's width between them, and he's got precisely that. Not that I experimented with a graphics program and almost got busted by a co-worker, no.
His features are so balanced, there's nothing as quirky and individual as JP's nose.
Yeah, pretty much. Everything's in the right place, but not in a boring way. It's the lashes and the lips. Damn, those lips.
Amy - Jul 02, 2010 7:56:36 am PDT #11544 of 30002
Because books.
Oh god, no, not in a boring way. It's also what he does with those lips, when he smirks, and the crinkles beside his eyes when he laughs ...
I could go on.
Morgana - Jul 02, 2010 10:12:52 am PDT #11545 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I am completely incapable of drawing anything that resembles anything, so I am duly impressed with what those artists came up with. But yes, I think Sam and Dean are often most recognizable when drawn next to one another (floppy hair vs. short, tall vs. bowed legs, that sort of thing) than on their own.
Beverly - Jul 02, 2010 10:39:09 am PDT #11546 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Jensen, DA era, was so pretty-perfect more than one person has referred to the Uncanny Valley effect.
His features are proportionate and regular, but one of his eyes just slightly crosses, there's a small divot out of the right side of the bridge of his nose. These irregularities rescue his features from uncanny perfection, and yet are small enough to escape the notice of most amateur artists. The eyes, lashes, and lips are so striking and demanding of attention that a lot of drawers concentrate on them and pay less attention to the shadows and proportions and distances. JA's difficult to caricature, unless one focuses on the eyes and lips, and it's a less-satisfying sketch than of JP, who's easier to caricature because of the hair, the bone structure, the eye-tilt, and the nose. He's just as difficult to render realistically, though.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2010 10:42:51 am PDT #11547 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Uncanny Valley gets thrown around a lot. I don't think it applies in the case of any human I've seen without plastic surgery. He's just really pretty. But 100% human. Uncanny Valley isn't perfect. It's soulless and flat.
DA era JA was especially quirky and animated, so I really don't see it.
Beverly - Jul 02, 2010 11:10:02 am PDT #11548 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I think it was part of the whole X5 thing. Better, stronger, faster, prettier.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2010 11:37:03 am PDT #11549 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He was the prettiest of the X5s, but only Alba looked flat to me. And that was because she can't act.
ehab - Jul 02, 2010 11:39:17 am PDT #11550 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Mmmm. I love me some X5 Alec. He was delicious.