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... ja, I just did that.
Really well done!
Exactly. It's hard to tell unless you really study them. Since his haircut and moustache are so iconic, he's nearly unrecognizable to most without both, especially since there are so many promotional photos of him with said features.
I always love looking at your drawings of Hitler, even your silly ones. I can really tell you've done extensive research on both his and Eva's facial structures and body-types, and it makes me really happy to see a Hitler LOOKING like a Hitler.
That being said, I do find myself being a sucker for the "idealized" and "Phobs-esque" Hitler, but it's more the style itself than the representation of Hitler that draws me, you know?
Seeing this is definitely a breath of fresh air.
Well. With a case like Phobs... Her style doesn't really work with someone like Hitler. She's an excellent artist, and her style is definitely nice but she hasn't been able to translate Hitler properly to her style, and for someone like me whose studied his face extensively, I find it very bothersome. Her Hitler doesn't look anything like Hitler at all. She can't seem to draw softness, particularly in a character's face- and with her drawings of Hitler- of whom she draws from the mid 30's onwards, it's pretty crucial to get that down because he had a very soft roundness to his face during that time.
Your style of drawing works very well with Hitler's and Eva's features and your bold lines, along with the overall mood of most of your pieces really make everything dynamic and eye-capturing, and that's yet another thing I really enjoy in your work. For me, whenever a piece of yours pops up in my deviantart watchbox or my tumblr dashboard, it's definitely quite a treat.
Exactly, Phobs's style just... doesn't work with someone like Hitler. She has a very art-nouveau style that is excellent for people with beautiful thin faces and thin features and appendages, which Hitler did not have at all d: And I agree, with the thin faces and features comes a certain angularity that just doesn't fit with Hitler's features whatsoever; and you can't characterize someone as a straight up "villain" as Phobs does just with angular features and the moustache and hairstyle. It just doesn't work.
You hit the nail right on the head there. Phobs' style is perfect for those angular, thin, elongated characters and she renders them quite beautifully and elegantly. She tries to apply this to people like Hitler and it doesn't work because it simply doesn't look right is all. If she could soften her style for characters like Hitler it would work- and indeed I have seen examples where it looks as though she tried this, but it doesn't come out right because it's clear she doesn't really know how to draw it. A good example is this: [link] and this: [link] and even this: [link]
I can tell she was attempting to give Hitler a softer look in these, particularly in the thickness of the neck. But it's not that Hitler had a thick neck, it's that there was an accumulation of fat under the chin and jawline, making his neck appear that way. She mistakenly emphases his jawline and cheekbone when his face wasn't thin enough to make it more visible. I find it rather ironic that she can't pull it off with her depictions of Hitler, but she pulled it off with her depictions of people like Goering, Churchill, and Roosevelt in some of her pieces. Another thing I notice is that she doesn't draw his nose right. She draws his nose MUCH to pointy.
Oh dear, I can... Really talk about Phobs and Hitler all damn day. I've done it before.