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Published: 2008-04-05 21:51:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2518; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 44
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Another piece in my ongoing Phantom Portrait series.This is, of course, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in all of his late nineteenth century aristocratic glory.
The uniform is *not* a real one, by the by. I felt that he needed an invented hybrid that nodded a little more to Maria Bjornsen and Nelson Eddy.
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The only Raoul picture I like so far, and trust me, I've seen a lot of Raoul pictures. Almost makes me like the character.
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This reminds me of Prince Albert-Victor, the Duke of Clarence and Avondale of Great Britain (King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra's eldest son) Great job! Just like I thought him to look from the books!
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Exactly how I pictured Raoul without even knowing it. Great job!
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His eyes are the most beautiful thing of all. I don't know how you did it, but they look gentle and sad and confused all at once. Go you! :
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I think that staring at a lot of daguerreotypes helped. Victorian Portraiture is just so somber and detached.
Thanks!
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Yeah, probably having something to do with the fact that the subject of the picture would have to sit still for like a week before they could actually take the picture.
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Heheh. Only a full sixty seconds!
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But see, that's forever in Raoul time! 
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Finally!! Historical justice done to Raoul! And I no longer have to picture Movie Raoul with a big fluffy mustache, like I did the first three times I read the book.
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snappy dressin' uncle you got there...
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Haha! It's a great pic. Stayed true to the Leroux novel. I likes.
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This is beautiful! What a great rendition of Raoul, and very much how I picture him.
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a wonderful portrait! i do love his uniform...and his manly mustache...good work!
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So you're continuing the series! I'm glad; always good to see more art from you.
This Raoul looks about as close to what I would consider the ' perfect Raoul' as is possible. The only thing that I would have done differently would be for his hair to be more blondish, but that's not a criticism on your work. His eyes are great, and I love all the details in his uniform.
Something about looking at this reminds me that I still have four paintings waiting to be finished.
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Egh. I think that my colors scan wierd. It is rather golden blonde in the original, but the scan looks darker. Bah.
Thanks!
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Scanners... 
You're welcome!
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Lovely! He looked older than I imagine, but that might be the period aspects--everyone looked older back then. Good on you, with the mustache et al.
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Thanks! I kept looking at vintage daregotypes (sp?) and everyone pretty much seemed to be staring off into nothingness in 3/4 , so I guess that I tried to mimic that style.
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Oh yeah, the composition is perfect.
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i'm so glad made him look like his book description. sometimes, other adaptions leave minor details out.
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Indeed they do. He tends to look rather bland by comparison in most adaptations.
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Very, very lovley piece. I just love how the gold and red detailing looks curled in all the black and blue crosshatching. I also like the simple earnesty in his face.
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Not really how I imagined him, but an excellent picture nonetheless!
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Eh, I guess that's what this series is going to be for. To put on paper the crazy way that I imagine the rest of the Phantom characters.
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Oh, it's not crazy. 
...I hope that I'm not rambling in delirium. LOL
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Hooray for period (and if I'm not mistaken, Leroux) accurate Raoul mustache. And of course, Hussar style Napoleonic uniforms make any man look manlier.
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Yeah. the plain old tuxedo was just too, well...plain.
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Agreed - at least this makes us understand why Christine might've found the mousy young man to be dashingly attractive.
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Indeed! There had to be *something* interesting about the guy, and Leroux paints him as quite the adventurer nobleman.
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love the victorian style mate.
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Ah you portrait him as in the orginal Leroux novel
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Yeah! I think that he reads as a better character than he plays.
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No! At least that much *is* period accurate.
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yuh..sorry, just mustaches scare me
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