#or documenaries i can almost see him as a mark from rent type figure documenting the lives of his friends and their struggles

[hellotherepaul]

Ok so why is it that Grantaire in modern AUs is always described as a painter???

Like in canon sure, like painting and sculpture were the only really respected art forms, and he does paint in canon I’ll give you that

But there’s so much more to art these days that he could be doing !!

Like if you headcanon that he makes posters for les amis, he could be doing printmaking, like block printing, screen printing, risographs and lithographs

He could be making zines!

Designing screen printed t shirts!

Sewing and painting custom clothing!

He could be an installation artist! A sculptor!

Show me Grantaire doing video art, VHS production, using film, making glitch art, doing photography

Show me animator Grantaire, digital illustrator Grantaire, Grantaire who has a shitty day job at a designing firm and takes commissions in his limited free time

Show me Grantaire doing social practice art, he’s a sociable man who spends a lot of time all across the city interacting with people

Not to project my own artistic practice, but he could be mixed media, pulling from all disciplines!

He could work with found objects!

He could do light projection!

Like LOOK tattoo artist Grantaire is already there, I’ve seen it done before, its perfect, that could be how he meets like Combeferre, Jehan, and Bahorel, he could have eponine apprenticing under him

There’s SO much art out there and so many different media’s and disciplines, there’s nothing wrong with painter grantaire, but as an artist there’s just so so many more options you could explore

#les amis #les amis de l'abc #grantaire #exr #grand R #les miserables #les mis #I haven’t made a les mis post in ages but like…there’s so much out there #the possibilities!! #Grantaire losing his tablet pen constantly or doing pen and ink sketches on napkins #idk I can’t get the mixed media concept out of my head this idea that he hates being constrained to media #i could see him like a basquiat type artist #tho he could also be a designer like grantaire designing zines and posters for les amis #les amis zine folding parties they use combeferres printer #video artist grantaire also like him doing film and glitch art and projection work #or documenaries i can almost see him as a mark from rent type figure documenting the lives of his friends and their struggles #*documentaries #grantaire being a sculptor too is very good i can see him working with clay or metalwork #actually metal work grantaire is very good