----- Original Message ----- From: "Sethra" <sethra500 at gmail.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: Re: picture > On Apr 5, 2005 4:50 PM, Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 16:26 -0400, Sethra wrote: > > > > > > > > The scene is from _Taltos_, end of either chp 2 or 3, now I can't > > > remember, when Vlad calls Morollan a "bastard" while they are going up > > > the winding stair case during Vlad's first time at Dzur Mountain. > > > > > > > Oh, cool. I like that scene. If memory serves, it was originally part > > of another work that I canibalized into Yendi and Taltos. Among other > > things, it's the first time I had the experience of characters getting > > away from me. I remember writing that and thinking, "Oh, good going, > > Steve; you've just killed off your protagonist." Then I just kept going > > to see what would happen. I've always been partial to that scene. > > > > -- > > > > > I love that scene. I love surprises, so when they didn't end up > fighting right there on the stair case, I definately was not > disapointed. You'd expect them to fight, or atleast Vlad to try > something. But when Morollan turns his back and keeps walking and Vlad > does nothing... That's pure genius! > > > -- > -C > > "Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some of them are called > mad and are shut up on rooms where they stare at the walls all day. > Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing." > -- Meg Chittenden, > I think the biggest problem you will have will be one of perspective. As Morrollan is standing above Vlad, his already considerable height is emphasized even further, and you may end up with a picture that looks like it belongs in the Lord of the Rings. Of course, you could just draw them approximately the same size and avoid it altogether. There is a precedent for creative discontinuity I believe. . . . Jeff