You understand this, no? You understand what this means for the movement? People read, you know. And when they read, they think. It’s the thinking that’s going to keep the whole operation together. So do not talk to me about understanding.

Jean-Paul Marat, 1743 - 1793

French revolutionary, member of the radical left-wing Jacobin faction, editor of 'L'Ami du Peuple,' world-renowned for dying in a bathtub, and general greasy bastard no one seems to like except for me.

The original sketch was drawn the day before (or was it the day of?) my Geology final at the end the semester - it's here sans les jambes: - [link] and I liked it so much I decided it needed the complete treatment in PS. Part of it was spawned by ~Daughter-Mestizo's comment on a sketch posted the day before ([link]) that it was the most innocent-looking Marat she's ever seen and I completely agreed. So I set about correcting the matter with this and hopefully it does the trick. I didn't have a good leg reference, so I used my own with the help of a mirror, so they might look a bit... er... girly. And I think, overall, he looks a bit too elegant and dashing, but that's kind of how I see him. The upper half of his body is also slightly based on this one picture: [link]

Not too sure what's going on with the lighting here. I was originally thinking of the source as above him to his left (our right) but the shadows took off on their own tangent. If you see anything that makes a vein pop out on your forehead, let me know, and I'll fix it. Lighting tends to pwn me.

Lordy, that outfit is making me twitch, though. I cross-played him once in high school for a drama production but the costume I used then was really basic. Just out of curiosity, on a scale of 1 to 10, how much would everyone be creeped out if I decided to do it again? Like, I mean my 18th century stuff and Reed Cassidy is one thing, but Marat? It would definitely be a 'character' project, more than a historical costuming endeavour. That actually doesn't sound half-bad....

*plots*