#spoleto

so this is a little outside my area of skill for character art but i'll try to explain what i know since knights' helmets serve as a "faceless" face, they're normally not very expressive outside of their static existing "face", but since cartoons and comics are not real, we can mold a faceless face into expressions just like a regular face

i've used this bascinet with just eyeslits but there's some with a "mouth" that you can also use, additionally i've conveyed the emotions using the plume, effectively treating it as a functional bodypart. this of course applies to any helmet ever:

Spoleto Festival, 2024

I'm Marie , 26, queer fan of Luca Marinelli from Germany and I flew to Italy for 24 hours to see the special event in Spoleto.

It was an 1 hour conversation with the crew of Luca's play. To explain: I stutter pretty severly and it's very difficult for me to talk fluently, especially in front of so many people. So i didn't think I would have the chance to ask a question. Especially since it was completely sold out.

I had written down a little thank you letter to Luca in my notes app just in case. I've been a fan of his for 10 years and his role as Nicky in The Old Guard saved my life and he continues to save it ❤️ I struggle with depression and anxiety and Nicky inspires me to eat well and Joe and Nicky make me fall in love with life.

So , the Event started in Spoleto, the cutest little town. I lived in Italy for a year some time ago so I could follow the conversation in Italian on stage easily.

Luca seemed very happy to be there and guys: he's soooooo beautiful!!! They talked a bit and started answering questions from the public. I summoned all my courage and raised my hand. Luca is fluent in German since he lives in Berlin so I started talking in German, explaining that I stutter. He was so excited to see someone from Germany 🥺 then I couldn't talk fluently due to the stutter, he said very gently "alles gut " = "it's okay ". I raised my phone to indicate i had a message for him. He came over and read it out loud in Italian since I'd written it in Italian.

In the letter I said he's a great great actor and that "his" Nicky saves my life. His SMILE when he talked about TOG added ten years to my life. He then got up, handed me back my phone and HUGGED ME!!! I didn't except it and was so surprised. That meant the world to me 🥺🥺❤️ He truly gives great hugs 🥺 the entire theatre clapped btw!!!!

He also looked soooo similar to how he looked as Nicky and that made me very emotional. He was nervous and anxious and times but I could definitely relate to that 😁

In conclusion: Luca is the kindest man ever who deserves all the success and love and kindness in his life. 🥰❤️🌠

PS: I only took one pic and one short video because I was so present and in the moment 🥰

Dopo una breve pausa per organizzazioni tecniche.