crinkly_ears | But Is The Ear Crinkly Enough? Speed Portrait Drawing of Mesut Ozil!

That is actually some kind of awesome. I'm sharing it with hubby, who's an artist himself. He'll appreciate it too!

As I watched this literally said "Jesus Christ!" out loud --- sorry if my blasphemy offends anyone.i have many friends who are artists, but I never see them work. This was really interesting and served as a further reminder that I can't draw. LOL

Fairly mild blasphemy darling!

You should hear me while I'm cooking dinner :P

Hey,who's knocking Rammstein? I might have listened to them a lot when living in Germany.

When we moved to Canada I attended German school every Saturday.

A few years ago I was taught by an elderly woman - Frau Solbach - who was well into her 70s and was sometimes genuinely shocked by the things the Goethe Institut would send her. And I think, though I could be wrong, that Rammstein and Rammstein lyrics were mixed in there - though it could have been some other creepy Gothic stuff.

Anyway - it always had a whiff of rebellion!

One lesson definitely involved this though:

And was compared with this, of course:

Memorable, at any rate!

And of course, football was always used in lessons. Previous tournamentw, upcoming tournaments - everything.

Video not available in Germany - no GEMA rights.

Oh, how I hate our primeval copyright rules.

Try it here:

http://www.hidemyass.com/

Ah. Thank you. Much better.

These are always so fascinating.

Slightly off topic but THANKS for that link, I've been looking for something like that and I wouldn't have been able to watch the video without it either. :)

That's a bit off topic, but...my God, Fischer-Dieskau, I love you! Thanks for posting this (I'm almost crying).

I love you back you darling thing!!

Maria Callas, Emma Kirkby, Guiseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Mirella Freni, Mady Mesple, Fischer-Dieskau, Lucia Popp, Christa Ludwig, Jussi Bjorling.

That's a list (not even close to comprehensive though - not even a bit) of singers I can think of off-hand that I couldn't live without.

And don't even get me started on conductors. Though it's a mystery to me that one of the finest Opera recordings (Solti's Traviata) could be conducted by the same conductor who made the worst opera recording in history - Kiri Te Kanawa (normally so lovely) in Tosca. Lovely voice - worst pacing and dramatization I've ever heard in my life. I took the recording out of the CD player about 20 minutes into the experience and threw it across the room with an exclamation of utter disgust. I defaced the CD. I performed voodoo rituals on it. It is a sacrilege. I had to listen to Callas (the '53 version) to cleanse out my ears.

(Karajan's Carmen - again a conductor I normally admire - evoked a similar reaction!)

Some of those voices though are like reading War & Peace - your life wasn't complete (you realize even as you are hearing them for the first time, that there was an actual palpable gap in your life) until you heard them.

I'm related to Bergonzi, by the way. My grandmother's maiden name was Bergonzi and he was her cousin! Random fact! I love him and Tebaldi. They had a wonderful musical chemistry. But Callas is my number one for ever! I remember Beverly Sills: "Any soprano who claims she doesn't listen to Callas is lying. Callas it the morning routine. You drink your orange juice, and put on a record..."

Oh, I had the same reaction with Kiri Te Kanawa's "Tosca"...she's simply not Tosca (though as you said I normally love her, especially in Puccini).
You've just list some of my favourite singers, may I add Franco Corelli, Fedora Barbieri, Margaret Price (for me her Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera" is incomparable) and well, Luciano Pavarotti! I don't want to sound bitter, but I still have to find nowadays singers that can be compared with them. Every time I go to the theatre, I come home disappointed!
Oh, and I think I fainted for a couple of minutes when I read that you're related with Bergonzi! I often listen to an aria sung by different singers and then I decide who is the winner (a bit autistic) and he's ALWAYS my winner with "Che gelida manina". Love him!

I do that!

His "Celeste Aida" is the best too!

Here it is:

Yes, he was the perfect verdian tenor!
Thank you, you made me remember of Lucia Popp, I have a wonderful "Le nozze di Figaro" with her, but I had almost forgotten, she's so awesome, but very underrated, at least here.

She was in Klemperer's Magic Flute - he conducted it beautifully and she was the best Queen of the Night EVER.

I find, since then, that conductors speed up Mozart too much. He gave her time to sing:

Again - whenever you've time - her second act aria

But my favourite is the first act aria (everyone else prefers the second) - when she's still trying to convince everyone she's Mother of the Year!

Lovely isn't it - and again, not too fast!

I woke up today and I found these two wonders waiting for me in my mail box...thank you! I'd never heard Popp as the Queen (I know, I know, how's that possible?), she's so amazing, I dare to say even better than my beloved Roberta Peters! I have a new obsession! I spent the last hours listening to her on youtube and, of course, I bought "The magic flute" and "L'elisir d'amore". I really wanted a "Boheme" too (I listened on youtube her singing "Quando men vo", absolutely superb), but I couldn't find anything, maybe she performed it just on stage, well God bless youtube!
Thank you again! It was so kind of you, you made my day, I'm not kidding (as a fellow opera lover you can understand my excitement!)

Edited 2012-07-15 16:04 (UTC)

Okay - sorry for the delay - but the best Boheme is a toss-up between two versions.

I think traditionalists prefer Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Bjorling (and I love this recording. It was one of the first I ever bought) with Beecham conducting.

But I think the best is Alagna and Vaduva. Not many listen to it - but I think it is superb. Pappano conducts it. Absolutely beautiful. Add Alagna to the list of voices I can't do without. Vaduva is a sweet Mimi and the Musetta in this version is very charming.

Incidentally: do you have an opinion on the mono-stereo debate.

Edited 2012-07-17 19:20 (UTC)

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the ear is ALL WRONG

hmph.

not nearly Mesuty enough

I don't understand it at all - Marca's cartoonist noticed them, after all!

A finer representation of Mesut's ears you will never see!

He missed the Mesutosity completely. *shakes head*

Now you mention it: are those eyes bug-eyed enough?

I doubt it, tbh

it's just NOT RIGHT

*hmph*

*snuggles Mesut* Shall we have a pic_fic dahling and show them what Mesuty really is?

*Mesut giggles*

the artist only uses HB and 2B pencil...

*throwing away ALL pencil collections*

The ear is not crinkly enough, BUT.

YES!

You noticed!

When I used to sketch, I used a 5B or a 6B - at least - and way, way more tissue paper!

You did too!
I used to work with HB, 2B, and 6B w/o tissue or brush, just fingers. XD
Nothing that came out is even close with that though. How.

I usually draw with only Mechanical Pencils (2B only) but I asked my friend who draw for marvel, he gave me some tips...I tried but last I end-up using only 2H-for greyish/soften render, HB to darken shadows and finally Mechanical Pencil (2B) for the lines. XD

I never draw POTRAIT or real people because it's HARD! ^^;;;

I love mechanical 2B pencil! Only my mentors and friends suggested me against using it, so I took 6B. HB didn't get me what I want, I think I just have no idea how to use it afterall.

I've seen your fanarts before, I think your style is bordering realistic but it still got a somewhat cartoon-y feel, which is a great combination! <3 (Pardon that I expressed it badly!)

DAMN. This guy, I want to marry him. XP Rammstein is my fav too ok! The drawing is superb! want to record my work progress but I don't have cam! Thanks for posting this Jen, I'm so inspired now!

Edited 2012-07-15 00:57 (UTC)

You promised us drawings, you mustn't forget!

I will not forget! I'm gonna DRAW more Germans probably some RM but more GNT until WC2014. :)

Yes! Germans! :D Looking forward to any art from you, you talented Mench. :)

Damn he's good. Doesn't get the Mesutyness right but still damn good and I might have all their cds on my ipod...

I love sped up drawings, there is just something so fascinating about seeing someone's 3+ or more hours of work crammed into 3-5 minutes of video. something about this portrait seems off to me, though it is really brilliant and well done... wish I could only use like 2-3 pencils without constant erasing.

besides, I wish my portraits of Mesut came out half as amazing -_- but after a few hand eye coordination sketches, I decided I should just stick to illustrated doodles of him... and even then they are embarrassing!

It always makes me so happy to see you in the community, sweetheart <3<3

really? :3 I am so honored! I am always around reading, just never had time before to comment and thank you for your amazing work in the community and keeping me up to date!

my dad would utterly love this video, though, because he is an insane Rammstein fan. and also he's recently been dropping hints to my mother about moving to Germany - and he's being completely serious!

It's a decent enough drawing, the artist captured his weird blush next to and around his eyes.. I swear, first time I saw him I thought someone had hit him over the eye, but apparently that's where his blush goes.

Anyway, my fav Mesut cartoons are the ones from cayecaturas, much crinkliness and bulging going on there.

Mesut's flush is famous! It's actually one of his more adorable traits - that faintly tubercular look he has.

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