#and while there’s a small percentage of Ganimard influencing his creation as a character he is very much not Ganimard

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I’m endeavoring to do this thing where I sketch each of the Lupin gang with heavy inspiration from the actors and media that inspired and influenced their creation and design, which is easy (as in finding the resources) right up until you reach Lupin, who does have some clear inspiration from his original voice actor and James Bond, but also obviously is inspired by a lot of the Arsène Lupin adaptions up until that point, and there are A LOT OF THEM. And I can see a bit of Lupin’s design in a lot of the adaptions in movies, tv and even some illustrations! It’s very cool but very overwhelming lmao

#samurai sharkie speaks #still don’t know abt this tag but I can’t think of anything else #I’m trying to find at least three pictures of each Lupin iteration— that’s not happening for the various book illustrations though lol #not only would that be like picking out my favorite grain of sand on a beach I would also have to find most of those in person #or on niche review sites #bc google and such only leads to like the same 10 illustrations over and over #I found an actor that might have inspired some of Zenigata’s look too! it was of a Ganimard actor I think #meanwhile Jigen and Goemon have pretty much one actor that specifically inspired their style and look and the genre that surrounds it #Fujiko might be the next hard one bc there are a LOT of inspirations behind her character design and genre #The Girl in the Motorcycle is a HUGE Fujiko inspiration for example— it even has the black leather suit #and Zenigata might have one or two actors specifically to take inspiration from but he’s also his own beast in terms of genre #and while there’s a small percentage of Ganimard influencing his creation as a character he is very much not Ganimard #we’ll see if I can somewhat reach my ambitions here lol #but either way it’s very fun and insightful to learn all this #I’m gonna watch a few of the movies that were instrumental in the creation of the gang as characters and in design too #I’ve already sketched Goemon a bit based off Kyuzo in Seven Samurai #and I even got some references for Seiji Miyaguchi in some of his earlier works #it’s interesting how just by shading makeup and setting alone Seiji Miyaguchi’s face structure looks different #that iconic chin isn’t as noticeable in a few of his other movies #granted he’s younger in a few of these and covered in costume effects and makeup in others #Jigen’s is also interesting bc his biggest inspiration is James Coburn but for the mafia/gangster inspiration there isn’t any specifics #so I have to fish around for some old crime boss movies of the 40s-60s to see where some influence may have come into play #ANYWAY this will probably be anticlimactic a little bit lmao #I’m certainly not the most skilled artist to be tackling this and I’m so fucking out of practice #but hey it’s rare that the muse hits me and I might as well give it the old college try