★ Don’t forget to check out my graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea!
A new page every Wednesday!
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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
Friday, December 21st
- I’m Going To Cannes!!!
- Started to fill out some paperwork for Cannes.
- Applied to a few more fellowships/internships.
Saturday, December 22nd
- Family bonding day! Adventure in Chinatown and North Beach.
Sunday, December 23rd
- Worked on The Flea script.
- Saw “Royal Treasures From the Louvre: Louis XIV to Marie Antoinette” at the Legion of Honor.
- Date night with Wes!（*´▽｀*）
Monday, December 24th
- Filled out some more paperwork for Cannes.
- Worked on applications for a few more fellowships/internships.
Tuesday, December 25th
- Brunch/linner with family.
- Worked on applications for a few more fellowships/internships.
- Signed up with two illustration communities: IllustrationMundo and The Little Chimp Society.
Wednesday, December 26th
- Worked on applications for a few more fellowships/internships.
- Worked on The Flea script.
- Bought a copy of Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe by Frederik L. Schodt.
- Went to see A Royal Affair, a film I’ve been dying to see for months! I just adore Danish films as well as Mads Mikkelsen, so this was quite the treat. The acting, costumes, and script were just amazing. I hope everyone who likes period pieces has a chance to see this.
Disclaimer: I do not own this image!!
Thursday, December 27th
- Mailed out paperwork for Cannes.
- Trip to the de Young Museum. Saw a wonderful Toulouse-Lautrec piece. Looking forward to upcoming exhibits: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “Rembrandt’s Century.”
- Worked on The Flea script.
Friday, December 28th
- Worked on applications for a few more fellowships/internships.
- Went to see The Nutcracker with family (“Note on The Nutcracker“).
Etcetera
- The Poet and the Flea: 63 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-24, 27-30 completed, and 25-26, 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
- The First Reich: about 1-10 pages of illustrated work in progress.
To Do:
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the following images!!
“The Black Brunswicker” (1860) by John Everett Millais
“Isabella and the Pot of Basil” (1868) by William Holman Hunt
“Found” (1865–1869, unfinished) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
One of my more recent obsessions is with the artists know as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, it’s most famous members being John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Like many of my obsessions, the Pre-Raphaelites have been floating around the periphery of my awareness for some time, perhaps years. My interest was peaked only recently (this spring) by the Legion of Honor‘s stunning exhibit “The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde 1860 – 1900,” featuring works by not only the Pre-Raphaelites but also their contemporaries, students, and successors (including William Morris, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, etc.). This exhibit picked up the threads of some other interests of mine, such as Charles Dickens’s companion and fellow writer Wilkie Collins (The Moonstone, The Woman in White, etc.). The exhibit also inspired me to dig deeper into the lives of these eccentric Victorian “Renaissance” men!
An easy way to learn more about the Pre-Raphaelites is through the BBC six-part series Desperate Romantics (2009), featuring a cast of lovely men and women (Aidan Turner, Rafe Spall, and Amy Manson to name a few) and gorgeous period costumes. While at times exuding a contemporary (as in 21st century) feel in the vein of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette (2006), the series is very painstakingly researched yet thoroughly enjoyable to watch. It’s a series I’m just itching to re-watch and show to all my friends.
Aidan Turner as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Another wonderful way to enjoy the Pre-Raphaelites is through the online comic Pre-Raphernalia: The Pre-Raph Sketchbook Cartoons of Raine Szramski (preraphernalia.blogspot.com). This series is another painstakingly researched yet thoroughly enjoyable journey into the bizarre history of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with plenty of cameos by Rossetti’s pet wombat named “Top.”
My most recent encounter with the Pre-Raphaelites is surprisingly through the British footwear brand Dr. Martens. Dr. Martens has teamed up with Liberty of London to create shoes and purses featuring William Morris’s celebrated “Strawberry Thief” textile design. My birthday’s coming up, so I’m hoping to get my paws on one of these timeless purses!
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