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10:23 AM September 13, 1759And the sound. It filled his ears, the space around him, his very existence. He couldn't tell where it came from, only that it was everywhere, glowing in warmth and richness as much as the sweeping edifice did before him. He couldn't feel the grass beneath his bare feet, couldn't feel the wind that blew it in shining green ripples past his legs. There was only the warmth of the sound and the light that bathed everything. The light, like the sound, was everywhere. If you stretched out a hand, you could pinch it between your fingers, take a strand of it, and feel its soft pliability.

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Try Me, 'Spierre...by ~ColonelLiamRoss

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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*

02 March 10 Edit: Hmmmrrm. After doing periodic "Marat" searches on dA here, it seems to me this is the only representation of him where he's not dead.

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*jamberry-song Jun 16, 2012 Professional General Artist

Marat is looking pretty fabulous here.

~nightconstellations Apr 1, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is absolutely amazing. You don't see a lot of good Marat art! You definitely aren't the only fan of him. The man fascinates me. He was a good person, somewhere deep down, just very rough around the edges. And hey, if I was in that much pain and discomfort every hour of the day, I'd be cranky too. The cheeks and nose are spot on.

~ColonelLiamRoss Apr 21, 2012

This is a bit late but THANKS!! Isn't he the neatest guy? If you haven't, see if you can get a copy of Clifford D. Connor's bio of him - talks about his early years as a scientist and doctor. I definitely think his behaviour during the Revolution was a fancy bit of play-acting.

Also, I read somewhere that he might have been gluton intolerant, hence the skin condition and constant illness. Wikipeda (shudder) has the basics of it at the bottom here: [link]

~nightconstellations Apr 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I totally think he was gluten intolerant. It all lines up.

He was such an amazing man. I've been working on some pieces of writing with him on and off; I need to finish/edit them and post them already.

~Acornaih Nov 11, 2011 Student Digital Artist

He was cool in a outspoken kind of way. You drew him nicely - doesn't look girly to me.

~Paddyeahh Jul 7, 2010 Student Writer

I like him...

Ehm...my avatar...it's Marat...I just realized.

~ColonelLiamRoss Jul 11, 2010

Marat = awesome. For sure. He always seems to get the historical shaft for some reason - maybe it was the skin disease...

~Paddyeahh Jul 12, 2010 Student Writer

Awesome indeed. That might be true. Maybe a skin-disease is a blessing...

*suburbanbeatnik Oct 28, 2007 Professional Traditional Artist

Marat, yay! What an awesomely strange guy. Didn't he use to be a wealthy society doctor? He must have had some serious mental issues to turn out the way he did. I heard that Hilary Mantel was thinking of writing a novel about him, but as this was 7 years ago, she must have shelved it. Too bad...

I'd love to see a Marat/Corday drawing. I know this must sound odd, but I think the two of them are just begging to be shipped (in the darkest, kinkiest kind of way, of course). It's kind of been done, to some extent, in "Marat/Sade" and "La Revolution Francaise" by Boublil and Shonberg, but I've never seen anything like it on deviantArt. Are you up to the task?

~ColonelLiamRoss Nov 19, 2007

Whoa, this is a LONG time in coming... But YES! 'Awesomely strange' is the best description of Marat I've heard yet. Yeah, he tended to rich people and wrote scientific works but really got ticked with everything when he didn't make it into the French Academy. Too bad about the novel... she wrote other French Revolution ones, though, right? I think it's in one of hers where Danton or Desmoulins remarks that "Marat got out this morning disguised as a human being." Love it.

HOMG. Marat/Corday??! *SHRIEK* Yeah, there needs to be some serious shippage there. Dark and kinky, you say? Hmmm... I'll see what I can do.

Oh yeah and I was going to say - I'd love to see your take on Marat, seeing as you've already done a Desmoulines and Robespierre!

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