[split] Jorge's Retracer Thread: darker ink, retracing of text and drawings

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I have been trying to unravel the retracing history of page f70v1 (Dark Aries, Ares 1).

The most dramatic case that I can see with my pareidolioscope is the inner band nymph at 10:30.  The "robot tentacle" arm that she is holding her star with is clearly spurious.  One can see the original outline of the left arm making a smooth 180 degree arc under that tentacle.  

That curve is anatomically absurd but consistent with the anatomical absurdities in the other nymphs, such as the double elbow of the outer nymph at 07:30.  That "original" left arm, like the left arms of 10 of the other 14 nymphs on this page, is tucked inside the tub. 

Moreover, all the other nymphs on this page (which I think it is the earliest one with nymphs in the whole VMS) still have their Trump signature pubic area prudely hidden inside the tubs.  I conclude that the details of that nymphs below her belly, whatever they were supposed to be, are bogus "enhancements" by the Retracer, too.  The original drawing probably had just the (contorted and ungainly) torso emerging from the tub.

All the best, --jorge