Hyde & Seek
Some time ago, I saw a film in which Fredric March plays a most curious doctor and his totally evil friend, “Mr. Hyde”. And since then I have been increasingly intrigued by the gentleman known as “Edward Hyde”. Recently I sat down and finally decided to finally read the first three volumes of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Upon doing so, I found this interest of mine, this Mr. Hyde, even more interesting than I had previously thought him possible of being. So much so, that I sat myself down and put on a free audiobook (cool find! a whole site of free public domain audiobooks) of “The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde” and drew the abomination of science, himself!
The color sketch below is of Mr. Hyde, inspired (since I’ve bulked him down a bit, but Goddamn! I love the way they did his face…his mouth in particular) by the vision created by Messrs Moore and O’Neill. My colors are still a bit wonky, but the purpose of this is to teach myself, not to churn out masterworks! You want masterworks, go click the link to someone else’s site!!
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Tags: color sketch, Edward Hyde, Jekyll
By the by, I have been SWAMPED at work (end of quarter at a private school, with a lot of curriculum prep for next year) so I’m behind on the Mysterious Suspense. I intend to dedicate some time tonight and tomorrow to finish up the characters, but if people are champing at the bit, feel free to move ahead. But if they can wait, I think I may be mining gold!
Ok, I’ll post the characters you’ve sent me so far, and then post the rest when you’re done with ‘em….sound good?