{"id":4222,"date":"2012-07-16T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2012-07-15T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T19:37:45","slug":"i-is-for-inigo-montoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=4222","title":{"rendered":"I is for Inigo Montoya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most folks don’t seem to know this, but the 1987 film, The Princess Bride<\/em>, is based on a book of the same name by William Goldman<\/a> from 1973. The book is built around a clever and hilarious conceit that for obvious reasons couldn’t be incorporated into the film: it’s supposedly a modern abridgment of a classic Renaissance story written by “S. Morgenstern.”\u00a0 Princess Bride<\/em> is in truth entirely Goldman’s work and S. Morgenstern is entirely made up. It’s worth reading the wikipedia entry on the book<\/a> which details all the clever additions to this whole literary spoof, including a subsequent book Goldman published under the S. Morgenstern name, a supposed lost chapter you could get mailed to you by the publisher, and Buttercup’s Baby<\/em>, a sequel mentioned in some editions of the book. Anhoo…<\/p>\n

I is for Inigo Montoya – From The Princess Bride<\/em> by William Goldman\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As I’ve done with any previous AlphaBooks subject who’s from a book which was later adapted to film, I’ve gone back and used the original text as my start-point. In the case of Inigo Montoya, there’s surprisingly little description of him in the text. This is just about all we get:<\/p>\n

The second, also dark, probably Spanish, was as erect and slender as the blade of steel that was attached to his side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Beyond that quick description, I dug up a bit of visual research on Reniassance-era Spanish clothing that helped me get a general look for him which wound up being a lot different than Mandy Patinkin’s version of the character from the film.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Process: I did a pencil\/colored pencil drawing of the character in my sketchbook, then inked in Manga Studio, colored in Photoshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most folks don’t seem to know this, but the 1987 film, The Princess Bride, is based on a book of the same name by William Goldman from 1973. The book is built around a clever and hilarious conceit that for obvious reasons couldn’t be incorporated into the film: it’s supposedly a modern abridgment of a … <\/p>\n

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