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“Lick”, Ilya Rozanov & Shane Hollander [Connor Storrie & Hudson Williams], Heated Rivalry [BTS Image]

I like to imagine that John and Sherlock are taking a publicity photo, and Mycroft just wandered in on the shot and is grumpy that Sherlock asked him to move.

It fails. It fails so hard. I didn't even crop this image, it is the only way I could find it online. The composition is terrible in so many ways.

Let me break this down!

The shadow across Mycroft's face is hilarious. The fact that this photo is public enough that I could find it is bad enough, but taking this photo with shadows looking is just unforgivable. And for some reason they are all shiny and shadowy at the same time.

Let’s talk height. In other photographs in this set, Mycroft is about the same height as Sherlock, maybe even a little taller. Fine. In this image, he looks a little shorter, but he’s standing farther away and we know what perspective is, so it should make sense.

Except... Look at their shoulders. In this picture Mycroft’s shoulders are actually still higher than Sherlock’s. And yet his head is noticeably smaller. I am pretty dang sure this isn't a photo composition. So with that in mind, the photographer is doing Mycroft absolutely no favours.

It is probably their poses that really ruins things. John and Sherlock are both facing forward with their chins tilted slightly down, which gives us just slightly more of the tops and backs of their heads. More hair. More volume.

Meanwhile, Mycroft is leaning back and looking down his nose, and vaguely up and to the right, apparently doing everything in his power to make his head look even smaller.

So now we have three men standing together, all holding their heads at completely different angles, with Mycroft farther away, his shoulders inexplicably higher than Sherlock’s, and his skull apparently retreating into the distance without the rest of him. Totally bonkers choices there.

Ok, let's move on.

Composition-wise, this image struggles to have a focal point. Mycroft is stealing focus in the image by having a darker saturation and being in the middle. John and Sherlock are more muted and stand out less.

And though John has the most interesting expression on his face in this image, they just tuck him to the side. All we see is Mycroft looking at Sherlock, and Sherlock, who is wearing a mild expression isn't doing anything to draw attention.

And finally, with Mycroft off-centre, it just makes the eye impossible to rest comfortably.

So how to make this photo better?

Just get rid of Mycroft. Easy.

Look at that! Powerful! They still have their attitudes, and John looks fantastic with the "I can kill you and you can't do nadda," look on his face, and Sherlock's look still reflects "Yup, he's with me."

But if Mycroft is a must, I've added him this way.

I did it this way because he's over there looking like he's judging them both instead of the weird glance at Sherlock. I changed the lean of his head slightly, the direction of his eyes, and put him on a body that was from the same set of pictures (i think it is still a little out of proportion, but that wasn't my point).

So what do you think? Did I fix it?

(via AUER DAY HAS COME - Pulp International)

This one took me quite a while to do! I was very proud of it in the end though. I started the short with nothing more than a silly short involved Randolph and Montgomery, plus the snowstorm in the 50’s that crippled the PRR’s Gg1 fleet. Well, here’s the result of that! Funnily enough when writing a short about the famous Pioneer Zephyr I ended up watching the 1934 movie “The Silver Streak” starring the engine! This the drawing was inspired by the poster for said film, just a bit. I hope you like this silly silly short, and the next one will be the last one of the first half of season one! As per usual if you wanna read the shorts just let me know and I’ll drop links in the pinned post so you can have access! I’d love to hear any feedback and I hope you enjoy! If you don’t read the story than I hope you like the drawing!

(And yes I finally posted this despite the short having gone public in February, I finally found the time and motivation for it. Bite me, at least u got it done)

Jason Isaacs looking very dapper as Cary Grant in this exclusive image from the upcoming 'Archie' mini series. The image features in the Empire Magazine which also includes an interview with Jason. To read more, check out the article link below.

Alright, let's analyze it a bit:

The light comes from their left side, the otherside is kinda dark 👀

The crown image us so small that their heads barely fit in 👀

Wilhelm breaks the 4th wall again while Simon looks down with a concerned face? 👀

The room they are in is wooden-like, maybe a courtroom? Or maybe a room in the palace? 👀

Cleary, they have shirts on them, at least Simon has the white shirt. Either this is a suit, or their uniform 👀