crotchety Old Man

[fae_alba]

I have several stories I've always wanted to animate where I needed a crotchety old man as the main character (I relate to them oh so well!). Ran across this facial reconstruction of Copernicus on Mental Floss and thought now there is a roto to build a cool old man from!

 

[robcat2075]

Looks like he walked into the telescope one too many times!

[robcat2075]

That resembles a bit some of DaVinci's "grotesque" caricatures which I had sometimes thought of trying to do in 3D but he didn't make matching front and side views.

 

[Simon Edmondson]

That resembles a bit some of DaVinci's "grotesque" caricatures which I had sometimes thought of trying to do in 3D but he didn't make matching front and side views.

 

 

 

Robert

I can't remember his name unfortunately but, there was a german artist ( in 19thC I think ) who made sculptures of himself pulling the most extreme of expressions on his face. I think he may have been slightly mad, in a literal rather than jokey sense, and thought the work would exorcise his bad spirits. I don't know if they have them in America (?) but in some parts of the UK they hold what are called 'Gurning' competitions were people literally pull their own faces into all sorts of distorted shapes and expressions.

 

Not something I enjoy myself but used to have a friend who did a long time ago. He was training to be a teacher 1

regards

simon

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sit...img.Svz-7ANEozw

[Simon Edmondson]

Apologies for not knowing the blokes name. I looked this morning and I think it is Silvano Fraziano (?)

This google page has some of the images in it.

simon

 

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sit...52F%3B192%3B370