The angel and Davi of the doves

[asakiyume]

duccio took this photo of his neighbor feeding the pigeons, watched over, sidelong-secretly, by a statue of an angel or a saint or a contemplative someone.

duccio and some others on LJ/DW have this thing where they draw each other's black-and-white photos. He invited me to give it a try, and I did, twice (actually many many times, but only twice that I'm sharing), once trying to copy the photo, and once trying to show what I see in it.

It's hard, yo. The photo tells the story so perfectly; I can't represent it any better.





In my mind, Davi delights in the birds, loves the sound of their wings, loves their milling around his feet, loves that he can give them this gift. And the angel loves Davi. Not romantically. Angelically.

Comments

[sovay]

In my mind, Davi delights in the birds, loves the sound of their wings, loves their milling around his feet, loves that he can give them this gift. And the angel loves Davi. Not romantically. Angelically.

It's a wonderful photograph, but I love your drawing of what you see in it.

[asakiyume]

Thanks--I have so much empathy for both actors in the picture.

[amaebi]

Isn't it funny what a charge a lot of humans get out of Disapproving of Pigeons?

I like feeding them much better.

[asakiyume]

I mean I guess anything can be a pest, but yeah, it's sad when people take the mere presence of pigeons amiss. They're such great birds! Beautiful and various and friendly.

[queenoftheskies]

I love the story and emotion inherent in your drawing. I'm particularly fond of the bottom drawing.

What a wonderful photograph.

[asakiyume]

Thank you <3

[minoanmiss]

Oh, my heart. *is. blessed by both photo and sketch*

[asakiyume]

(((hugs)))

[gale_storm]

Wonderful drawings that make me not want to see the photos that prompted them.

[asakiyume]

Oh but take a look! It's a beautiful photo.

[gale_storm]

Oh! Okay, I looked! Lovely it is, and the drawings bring out some other...somethingness. Yeah, that should be a word. It’s like viewing the happening from another dimension, beyond third or fourth!

[genarti]

The photo is lovely, but your drawings are delightful too! And I really love seeing the shift in nuance from each picture to the next.

[asakiyume]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you were able to catch a progression from the photo through to the second drawing.