Ballet Boys
Added 2019-12-30 16:45:50 +0000 UTCI'll quickly dump this here because I'm excited.
A few years ago, I stumbled upon a documentary about dance students of the Paris Opera (it's on YT if you're interested but it's in German/French, called "Die Tanzschüler der Pariser Oper"). Since then, I was dancing around a ballet boys setting but didn't have the courage to do it since it's ballet and that's been done before and I don't know anything about ballet and I wouldn't have known how to draw it ...
But now I kind of feel ready? Not as awkward as before? And this style fits really nicely with the fluid bodies.
The "main" and "sec" boys are the first ones I had in mind as characters.
Could this be the next thing? Stay tuned.
Comments
Don't let that keep you from exploring what you're interested in! I know that copy cat feeling veeery well because I used to imitate some artists and still do. But even if you feel that your story is already out there, tell it anyway. Just don't copy, try to tell it your own way.
Lisa Brenner
2019-12-30 18:21:08 +0000 UTCI’m really happy you said that because I felt the same way when making stories lol :,,,)
Tayden
2019-12-30 18:16:26 +0000 UTCI read the book a few years ago (gosh, I feel so old when I have to write "a few years ago" almost every time) and loved it! But Billy Elliot is one of the reasons why I avoided the boys+ballet idea because it has been done before. Buuuut if you don't do the things that "have been done before", you won't know how your own version of it will be.
Lisa Brenner
2019-12-30 18:02:58 +0000 UTCThis would be such a cute and exciting idea!! ❤️ I remember watching a movie like this called Billy Elliot and I loved it~
Tayden
2019-12-30 17:57:41 +0000 UTCVery satisfying to draw those poses. They're very non-casual so not good for usual gesture practice.
Lisa Brenner
2019-12-30 17:56:11 +0000 UTCThe posing alone must be some interesting practice.
Feign
2019-12-30 16:48:04 +0000 UTC
