Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-29980193-20200225042807/@comment-44896660-20200226014727

71.255.116.68 wrote: Also the Sherlock Holmes picture is extremely inaccurate, that's just a costume.

He never actually wore tweed OR a deerstalker (the hat) in the original stories, that actually came Basil Rathbone's outfit portaying him in fourteen movies and a radio show in 1939-1946, all from America, not Britain, two were by Fox and the rest by Universal. While Holmes did indeed smoke in the original stories as the most famous illustration of him shows, the specific shape of his pipe that is now iconic, as well as "Elementary, my dear Watson" actually came from a play made in 1899, not the original newspaper stories or books. (Although Doyle imself did co-write it)

Hence why I linked to a picture of his original design from illustrations made by Doyle in the original book, his "classic get-up" isn't classic at all and if we're really going for book-accurate Holmes and drug addict Watson, having him in his iconic outfit is entirely incorrect and must be dispensed.

here's a smug picture instead XD

Although for a better one there's this iconic illustration, as well as this one of him at his forensics lab that, at least to me as the same sort of vibe as KfAD's geometry outlines. I wanted to use his Soviet design. Soviet Sherlock was the most accurate to original