This is probably the first paper doll I ever created deliberately to share with a wider audience. I painted this in 2008 (which doesn't seem that long ago, but is ages), and it was printed in OPDAG's Paper Doll Studio. At the time I intended to be really serious about making paper dolls and whatnot. Then things went a little sideways. Back then I thought this was pretty great. Now I think it's just okay: Edwin in costume for Richard III (I believe; with the boots and hat/goatee), then his most famous costume for Hamlet; and finally an everyday suit and hat modeled after a painting by Sargent from the 1890s.
Edwin Booth's life story is one of incredible tragedy and heartbreak with phenomenal highs and lows. There's stuff about this guy's life that you couldn't make up in a story and have people believe. My interest in him came through his more notorious brother for whom I also drafted a paper doll. I never got around to painting it, however, as someone somewhere made me self-conscious that it might be in poor taste. I don't know why I cared, but I listened to them and scrapped it.
Anyway, thought you might enjoy this one "from the vaults" as I don't believe I ever made it available online back in the day. I will put this one and the rabbit in the gallery anon (as they say in the Shakesperean tongue).
Edwin Booth's life story is one of incredible tragedy and heartbreak with phenomenal highs and lows. There's stuff about this guy's life that you couldn't make up in a story and have people believe. My interest in him came through his more notorious brother for whom I also drafted a paper doll. I never got around to painting it, however, as someone somewhere made me self-conscious that it might be in poor taste. I don't know why I cared, but I listened to them and scrapped it.
Anyway, thought you might enjoy this one "from the vaults" as I don't believe I ever made it available online back in the day. I will put this one and the rabbit in the gallery anon (as they say in the Shakesperean tongue).
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