When sitting down to draw, if I start with an idea in mind, I will usually begin with a skeleton sketch of the figure first, boxes and circles and messy lines as I build up the pose and weight and so on.
What if I told you that Porthos isn't supposed to be 'portly' at all? (And therefore you have made a most splendid rendition. 10/10.) In the book, Porthos is described as "of great height and haughty countenance" but straight after Aramis is described as "a stout man," so I'm going to guess that the two get conflated. Meanwhile Porthos is based off of the real life Isaac de *Porthau.* I wasn't able to find much on whether or not either of the names suggest 'portly' as they do in English, but it is definitely a misnomer according to Dumas' description. There are lots of depictions of Porthos being the heaviest-set of the lot (namely the 1993 film adaptation, for recent memory) with more recent adaptations going for the giant-of-a-man idea. Personally, this is my favorite illustration of Porthos!
Hurray for my accidentally getting it right, hehe. I vaguely remember the illustrations in my (much abridged children's version) showing Porthos as both tall and fat and profusely decorated with frills and furbelows. It appears, then, that there is something of a 'Mandela effect' surrounding Porthos...!!! xD
Many thanks, kind heart! I have half a mind to attempt Athos next. We shall see where the muse takes me.
I love it. As soon as I saw him, before even reading the post, I knew he had to be a musketeer!
What if I told you that Porthos isn't supposed to be 'portly' at all? (And therefore you have made a most splendid rendition. 10/10.) In the book, Porthos is described as "of great height and haughty countenance" but straight after Aramis is described as "a stout man," so I'm going to guess that the two get conflated. Meanwhile Porthos is based off of the real life Isaac de *Porthau.* I wasn't able to find much on whether or not either of the names suggest 'portly' as they do in English, but it is definitely a misnomer according to Dumas' description. There are lots of depictions of Porthos being the heaviest-set of the lot (namely the 1993 film adaptation, for recent memory) with more recent adaptations going for the giant-of-a-man idea. Personally, this is my favorite illustration of Porthos!
Hurray for my accidentally getting it right, hehe. I vaguely remember the illustrations in my (much abridged children's version) showing Porthos as both tall and fat and profusely decorated with frills and furbelows. It appears, then, that there is something of a 'Mandela effect' surrounding Porthos...!!! xD
Many thanks, kind heart! I have half a mind to attempt Athos next. We shall see where the muse takes me.
He is the craziest dresser of all time, constantly dressed to the nines so hey they got that part right! lol
I'll be right here, eagerly watching to see whatever you draw next!