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Illustration for chapter one of Christine Sparks' book adaptation of the 1980 masterpiece film The Elephant Man directed by David Lynch. Joseph Carey Merrick was a real Victorian-era Englishman who became known as "The Elephant Man" because of his physical appearance and was exhibited as a freak in a circus side show. Depicted here is Sir Frederick Treves, the famous surgeon that befriended Joseph.

Graphite on copy paper.
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~Iscreamer1 Apr 6, 2013
Mind your own business to those who need it.
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Mood: Sadness ~jaymonk Jan 12, 2011
Amazing piece of work... Its awful what they put poor Merrick through...
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*GreasyGypsy Dec 11, 2010  Student Traditional Artist
Utterly Beautiful Shading work!
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~ITSsam23 Nov 10, 2010
Use to scare me when I was a kid, his face.
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~Spleef Mar 11, 2010
Great pencilwork, it's nice and smooth.
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~YouCannotFalter Jan 2, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
Nice work..get more Merrick art out.

Well done
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~Jareth-AladdinSane Jul 22, 2009
your defiantly the artist to illustrate the comics i want 2 make
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~TheIckyMan Jul 13, 2009  Hobbyist Filmographer
Great shading on Treves there.
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Mood: Joy ~Crystal-Gargoyle Apr 20, 2009
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! (cyber glomp)
Please, please keep 'em up!
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~DogEars Mar 29, 2009
You know, I've never gotten the chance to read that book? I knew of its existence, just never got the chance to experience it.
But this picture manages to take me there. I can imagine the words forming a picture just like this .
ASAP, I'm going to see if my local library has it. I'm just itching to read it after seeing this piece! It's so beautiful! X3 :heart:
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