I couldn't stop thinking about this, so just for the fun of it, I plonked up a few Toulouse-Lautrecs next to the Jack icon. I hope you don't mind!
Look at how similar the palette is in your icon and the T-L paintings. It's kind of breathtaking.
I can totally see how you'd see hints of Dutch still lifes in the icon, too. The luminosity of the reflected light along the edge of the head, the planes of the face, and in the eyes and its sharp contrast with the saturated warm blacks of the background and irises definitely has that Dutch still life look. Gorgeous stuff. Thanks so much for making it.
Have you ever considered making larger images just as fanart? I'd bet you'd come up with some fascinating work.
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Look at how similar the palette is in your icon and the T-L paintings. It's kind of breathtaking.
I can totally see how you'd see hints of Dutch still lifes in the icon, too. The luminosity of the reflected light along the edge of the head, the planes of the face, and in the eyes and its sharp contrast with the saturated warm blacks of the background and irises definitely has that Dutch still life look. Gorgeous stuff. Thanks so much for making it.
Have you ever considered making larger images just as fanart? I'd bet you'd come up with some fascinating work.