#winging it basically

[sydney-carton-of-sour-milk]

The Many Illustrators of A Tale of Two Cities 2: Rowland Wheelwright

That's right, we're jumping centuries and mediums!

...specifically, from Phiz's engravings for the original 1859 monthly installments to Wheelwright's paintings for this 1925 edition! (warning: in the following, there is some violent imagery, and one image in the third grouping has blood)

As I'd mentioned in the announcement post, these illustrators will be highlighted completely out of chronological order to make it more organic when I continue to find more and more artists' work to add to the queue - so I wanted to start off with a particularly dramatic leap in time (and style!) to give a sense of the sheer variety of art we're going to be looking at here!

This also happens to be one of the sets that I scanned myself - most of these beautiful illustrations haven't anywhere on the internet (by my own intensive research at least!) until now. It's my joy to finally get to share them!

Overall, I want to give my own opinions and takes on the work of each illustrator as little as possible so that everyone can experience it in their own way, but the true beauty in his attention to detail in color, characterization, costuming, composition, and shadow calls for some comment.

This is the work of someone who loved and appreciated both the story itself and the act of illustrating it - I'm grateful to him for bringing these images into existence.

& the standard endnote for all posts in this series:

This post is intended to act as the start of a forum on the given illustrator, so if anyone has anything to add - requests to see certain drawings in higher definition (since Tumblr compresses images), corrections to factual errors, sources for better-quality versions of the illustrations, further reading, fun facts, any questions, or just general commentary - simply do so on this post, be it in a comment/tags or the replies!💫

[lamina-tsrif]

you’ve changed (for the better)

for @where-does-the-heart-lie ‘s fighting game au I love ur designs I love them dearly

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

We all know the semi-canonical ‘all the Robins know to hide/duck inside of Batman’s cape, even as adults’ thing.

We also know that Danny ‘is LITERALLY a ghost’ Fenton sucks at remembering his own intangibility while ALSO forgetting to look ahead of him.

All I’m saying is, Danny Fenton (or Phantom, if you’d really like) would absolutely SLAM into Batman on accident while running on roof tops and Bruce ‘Brooding Instinct’ Wayne doesn’t even think twice about letting the kid hide and scanning around for danger before there’s a record scratch of ‘wait who tf is this?’ kicks in.

[ruporas]

right by you (id in alt)

[temperamentalaquarius]

Y'all. Dick is not a people pleaser. Idk where that came from when reading Dick's comics is basically an exercise in watching his eyes glaze over as someone begs him not to do something crazy because in his mind he's already done it. Like, yes, Dick is very empathetic loves helping others but in the same way your dentist does. If they think it's the right move they're going to stick that long ass needle in your gums and drill into your teeth. Whether or not you're happy about it is irrelevant.

[starburstminibot]

What’s megatron’s reaction to bee’s sparkling?? And that breakdown’s the father..? I’m curious.

It's not everyday Megatron meets a bot who's not already aware of every wrong he's ever committed. It's not everyday he meets a bot who isn't terrified of him at first, but instead looks at him with awe and wonder.

You can't just reform your entire life/ideals and not go a little soft...

Though, it's important to note that Megatron still has a lot of relationships to repair. Not just with the autobots...

Megatron isn't the only one trying to turn over a new leaf. However, having some recent experience in trying to become a better person, he assumes he can maybe share some advice. Perhaps it was a moment of hopefulness, that he too could be looked at so fondly as Optimus; that he could be looked upon as a guidance figure.

[w1f1n1ghtm4r3]

post office is bugs 🐛

[keferon]

Hc that Student Shockwave's wings are too big for him and he keeps hitting things with them, it's also why he sucks at flying.

Meanwhile Fairy Blurr is just looking at him like: "What the heck are you doing!? Don't- THAT'S NOT HOW YOU FLY!"

OOOOOOOH OKAY OKAY I love the idea. How about Shockwave having Passive soaring type of wings? You know the uh. Stork ones?

They’re long and wide.ang generally. Big as fuck ahahfj

Perfect for covering loooong distances barely flapping. Just kinda chilling up there. Considering that Shockwave in idw is a space shuttle I feel like it suits him. Very good and effective for long flights. Absolutely sucks at manoeuvres in small spaces and short distances haha

Meanwhile most of flying mechs are usually seekers or some other variations of speedy jets and planes. They would definitely have high-speed type of wings, that are much shorter and definitely more suitable for short distances of “fucking around in school backyard” haha

Basically. Yeah Shockwave is built different and sucks at flying lmao

Blurr would be so flabbergasted to learn that it’s possible to be born with wings and then never fucking use them ahahfmb. Especially since he is excellent at flying and for him it’s like a second nature.

Passive soaring wings vs high-speed wings for reference

Oh and I have no idea about types of insect-like wings but in my head Blurr flies like a hummingbird. He has aaaall possible control over his position in the air. Very precise very fast. Burns a lot of energy too.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

they tried to rebrand as The Criminals but riz is literally the city council's treasurer and also turns out people in their late 20s don't really name their friend groups. so now they're The Intrepid Heroes

[navree]

we need to start making teen dramas again, the reason why children are the way they are now is because they don't have eight seasons of 22 episodes each where high schoolers go through every conceivable issue under the sun and make out with all their friends with five different pop songs playing in a single episode

[tsuutarr]

ARFF ARFFF ARFF FINLEY PLEASE PLEASE LET ME TOUCH HIS LITTLE WINGS I LOVE BIRD WINGS SO MUUUCHHH 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🪽🪽🪽🪽

I have like 610193993 birds and we all know that you can’t touch them on their back, because well.. They think you want to mate and that gets them sexually frustrated,

so if Finley has another big set of wings would that work on him too? Is touching his wings not allowed ?? 😓

You can 100% touch his wings <3 <3 He likes being pet a lot tbh!

(just be careful bc you might set him off~)

[magnetothemagnificent]

The American far-right: (((They))) built space lasers and hurricane machines to create natural disasters in the United States!

The American far-left: A country the size of New Jersey is single-handedly accelerating climate change to create natural disasters in the United States!

You guys sound exactly the same

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

Xaden: *screams*

Violet: *screams louder to establish dominance*

Tairn: Should we do something?

Sgaeyl: No, I want to see who wins.

[poppyseed-cookie]

“Burningcheese is the most obvious abuser x victim no arguments” is SOOO funny to me cuz like. They all just say “he ripped off her wings!!!” while completely ignoring the fact that SHE GROWS THEM BACK AND CRUSHES HIM UNDER A BUILDING??? Brother that’s not abuser (BS) x victim (GC) that’s weak murder attempt (BS) x good murder attempt (GC).

[sapocipo]

Get a load of these guys, I keep drawing tragic heroes in the most unserious way possible

[nettleneopian]

A Neopets Water Faerie shown with scaly legs and wings in an unreleased dress up flash game from 2009