Art Rec: Sherlock Holmes Photoset, Inktober 2016

[swissmarg]

Title: Untitled photoset
Artist: naturalshocks
Pairing: Gen, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: Not rated, SFW
Warnings: None
Verse: Elementary, BBC, ACD (Brett), TPLOSH, Russian (Livanov), Ritchie, House, Doctor Who (Madame Vastra)

Reccer's comments: There was a lot of incredible art that came out of this year's Inktober, and this artist is one of my favs. This set in particular is such a great homage to Sherlock Holmes in his many incarnations. I love how each portrait captures the essence of each particular portrayal, not just in the visual likenesses but in the emotional nuances: Miller's aloneness, Brett's romanticism, Downey's cockiness, Cumberbatch's anticipation of the chase. They are all Holmes, yet they are all themselves and they are all beautiful.

Comments

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Oh, those were so neat! Naturalshocks always amazes me, and these made a very lovely menagerie :) The arrangement also brought to mind the personal side of British and Holmesian acting -- it was nice to see Miller and Cumberbatch side by side (I believe the actors are good friends), and then Brett and Stephens are matched the same way (they were very close in real life). It's a wide world, but in its own way a small one, too!

[swissmarg]

Nice catch. So many parallels and yet each one so individual.

[ancientreader]

Beautiful art! Thanks for pointing to it.

[swissmarg]

You're welcome.