Speaking of Art...

Jeff Wilson · 04 Jan 2011, 23:31 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:31:09 -0600
Subject: (urth) Speaking of Art...
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On 1/4/2011 12:34 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>
> *From:* Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
> **
> ...
>
>  >At a point, an artist needs to divert from the text. I have been
> unable to draw a torturers mask with
>  >a chin that I like one bit. Somehow, for me, the whole mouth and jaw
> need to be shown for
>  >aesthetic reasons.
> ...
>
> I know part of his mouth is supposed to be hidden, but does his chin
> have to be? If not, how about some variation of this shape?
>
> http://www.myspace.com/albino_bullfrog/photos/13129598#{%22ImageId%22%3A13129598
> <http://www.myspace.com/albino_bullfrog/photos/13129598#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A13129598>}


That could work; the lochage complains he can only see Severian's nose 
move when he shakes his head while his hood is up; perhaps it includes 
some folds that might hide the chin.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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