Le Rouge et le Noir, Chronique du XIXe siécle

Le Rouge et le Noir is a novel by Stendhal. It's been adapted numerous times for the screen , but I particularly remember the BBC version from the early 90s. The central character Julien Sorel gets a commission in the French Army. The uniform was especially good. It probably had a large influence on how Nikolai Dante eventually looked. Have men ever gone to their deaths dressed more flamboyantly  than this? The central role was rather demurely played by Ewan McGregor and his love interest was played by Rachel Weisz ( she made a bigger impression on me at the time...cough )

from black and blue to black and red

I've started making new pages of Power Out so I might be using my Drawbridge warmup sketches to get back into the swing of things - it's been a while since I've drawn these characters and there's some things I need to "relearn." Justin doesn't look quite right here, too short, he should look a little more delicate.

Interesting look with the red instead of the blue.

Black and red and red and black

So, first off, apologies for my long absence from Drawbridge-- I've been crazy sick for crazy long. Feeling better though!

The first thing I thought of when I heard today's topic of "Red and Black" was checkers; the second thing I thought of was ancient Greek vase painting. Put the two together and...

Red and Black