Westerns & the Old Westさんのイラストまとめ

The idea of Old West writers immediately mythologizing contemporary events is something anyone with a passing knowledge of Ned Buntline or George Ward Nichols' insane 1867 Harper's Monthly profile on Wild Bill Hickok should know. It's worth reading:

https://t.co/JyfHjzTAFx

In 1969, Sam Peckinpah took the wanton slaughter of the Spaghetti Westerns & gave it thematic weight & 3 dimensional characters. He also notched up the editing style & squibs of Bonnie & Clyde & presented Western violence at its most terrible & aesthetically beautiful...

I'm going to get into minutiae regarding its script, casting, authenticity, costuming, influences & actual place within the overall Western genre. I'm also going to get into some uncomfortable territory regarding the film's treatment of race in the Old West

So that should be fun

Despite staunchly protesting the attack to fellow officers, on the night of Nov 28, 1864, Silas led his men alongside Chivington's company. They arrived at Sand Creek right before dawn, with many of them still drunk from whiskey used to keep them warm. Chivington attacked...

Unfortunately for the plan, Brown told Silas he didn't want to be rescued. He'd die for the cause & inspire abolitionists everywhere to rise up & destroy slavery. Silas was released from jail the next day. Silas' later attempt to rescue some of Brown's men had the same result...

For those wondering, the parameters of this commission were that I could do whatever I wanted as long as I incorporated "hot pigeon feet" into the design. So her burning crown is made from pigeon feet and the birds cooling their feet in the water are spinifex pigeons.

Commission. DM me if you'd like to pose or purchase something. Follow my Patreon for behind the scenes on photo shoots/drawing sessions and to see all of my works in progress (plus all of my abandoned drawings and ideas): https://t.co/hUrW08Uqn2

But honestly, it probably peaked with the initial sketch: