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* {{Series/Bones}}'': Angela made a nude painting of Wendell while they dated. Wendell returned it after she married Hodgins and she found he’d covered the naughty bits with drawn on boxer shorts.
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-->'''Jack:''' That's nice. What is it, a sapphire?
-->'''Rose:''' A diamond. A very rare diamond. ''(pause)'' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this.[holds up her necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' That's nice. What is it, a sapphire?
-->'''Rose:''' A diamond. A very rare diamond. ''(pause)'' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Bender do this as part of a ''Titanic'' parody. Being a robot, his sketch turns into a mess of circuit boards and diagrams below the neck (which, in ''Futurama'', is the robot equivalent of nudity).
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* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack to sketch her wearing [[DiamondsInTheBuff only the Heart of the Ocean necklace and nothing else]]. Rose's willingness and desire to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust in him, compared to the distaste and fear she felt for her fiance Cal Hockley, and the sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at the start of the film is what sets the plot in motion, and symbolizes their love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
-->'''Rose:''' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. [holds up her necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' All right.
-->'''Rose:''' Wearing ''only'' this.
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* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Ricky Fitts [[CameraFiend takes his video camera with him everywhere and views the entire world through the viewfinder]]. Though extremely creepy and borderline (Or ''over'' the border) [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]], he is shown growing attached to sketch her wearing [[DiamondsInTheBuff and connecting with people and experiences much more deeply than any other character. He and Jane Burnham grow closer as he films her.
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on theHeart of town, where she first began to return his affections.
* In ''Film/TheHandmaiden'', "[[FakeAristocrat Count]]" Fujiwara plans to seduce Lady Hideko for her fortune, and theOcean necklace excuse he uses to stay at her estate is to coach Hideko in her painting. [[ExploitedTrope He uses their sessions to flatter her and nothing else]]. Rose's willingness talk about how much her work moves him, and desire arranges for them to be isolated and alone on the estate grounds]]. At points during these lessons Hideko is absentmindedly sketching Sook-hee, [[InLoveWithTheMark Fujiwara's accomplice that has taken a job as Hideko's servant and is beginning to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust own attraction to Hideko]].[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Hideko is in him, compared to on the distaste and fear she felt for her fiance Cal Hockley, plan with Fujiwara and the sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling entire escapade is intended to fool Sook-hee,]] [[PlayedStraight but she does begin to honestly fall for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at the start of the film Sook-hee which is what sets the plot why she begins to show up in motion, and symbolizes their love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
-->'''Rose:''' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. [holds upher necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' All right.
-->'''Rose:''' Wearing ''only'' this.art]].]]
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the
* In ''Film/TheHandmaiden'', "[[FakeAristocrat Count]]" Fujiwara plans to seduce Lady Hideko for her fortune, and the
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-->'''Jack:''' All right.
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* In ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', the titular characters decide to produce a pornographic film to help get themselves out of debt. The two are smart enough to realize that this will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the town, where she first began to return his affections.
* In ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Ricky Fitts [[CameraFiend takes his video camera with him everywhere and views the entire world through the viewfinder]]. Though extremely creepy and borderline (Or ''over'' the border) [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]], he is shown growing attached to and connecting with people and experiences much more deeply than any other character. He and Jane Burnham grow closer as he films her.
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the town, where she first began to return his affections.
* In ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Ricky Fitts [[CameraFiend takes his video camera with him everywhere and views the entire world through the viewfinder]]. Though extremely creepy and borderline (Or ''over'' the border) [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]], he is shown growing attached to and connecting with people and experiences much more deeply than any other character. He and Jane Burnham grow closer as he films her.
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* ''Film/PortraitOfALadyOnFire'': Marianne is commissioned to paint a portrait of Héloïse, who is soon to be married. Héloïse is not happy about the marriage and refuses to be painted, so Marianne has to do it in secret while posing as a companion for Héloïse's walks. They become close and Marianne reveals the truth to her out of guilt, but Héloïse responds by accepting to pose for a new portrait (as the one Marianne made in secret dissatisfied both of them). As the new portrait is made, they fall in love with each other.
* In''Film/TheHandmaiden'', "[[FakeAristocrat Count]]" Fujiwara plans ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack to seduce Lady Hideko sketch her wearing [[DiamondsInTheBuff only the Heart of the Ocean necklace and nothing else]]. Rose's willingness and desire to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust in him, compared to the distaste and fear she felt for her fortune, fiance Cal Hockley, and the excuse he uses to stay sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at her estate the start of the film is to coach Hideko what sets the plot in her painting. [[ExploitedTrope He uses motion, and symbolizes their sessions love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
-->'''Rose:''' Jack, I want you toflatter draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. [holds up her and talk about how much her work moves him, and arranges for them to be isolated and alone on necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' All right.
-->'''Rose:''' Wearing ''only'' this.
* In ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', theestate grounds]]. At points during these lessons Hideko is absentmindedly sketching Sook-hee, [[InLoveWithTheMark Fujiwara's accomplice titular characters decide to produce a pornographic film to help get themselves out of debt. The two are smart enough to realize that has taken a job as Hideko's servant and is beginning to have her own attraction to Hideko]].[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Hideko is in on this will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the plan with Fujiwara and movie change their emotions]]. To the entire escapade is intended to fool Sook-hee,]] surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight but she them filming together does begin cause both of them to honestly fall realize their feelings for Sook-hee which is why she begins to show up in her art]].]]one another]].
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* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', Jane is sketching a picture of Tarzan on a chalkboard for her father and gets lost his image, showing that she is already falling for him despite their brief encounter.
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* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', Jane is sketching a picture of Tarzan on a chalkboard for her father and gets lost his image, showing that she is already falling for him despite their brief encounter.
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* In ''Literature/TwentiesGirl'' the eponymous twenties girl, Sadie, reveals that she had a love affair with an artist, who painted a portrait of her...in her birthday suit. When their strict, Victorian parents found the portrait, it became a scandal in their town and the [[StarCrossedLovers lovers were kept apart forever]].
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** In ''White Night'', [[spoiler:Lash]]'s last gift to Harry before she dies is the telepathically transmitted knowledge of how to play guitar. (She had [[HeelFaceTurn earlier]] mocked his lack of skill.)
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* This is used as the subject for one of Kaguya and Shirogane's many BattleOfWits in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when they're paired up in art class. Kaguya ends up producing a photo-realistic drawing with roses on the side without even thinking about it, then deliberately tries to make it less appealing in order to hide her feelings for him (but keeps on finding the end result attractive no matter what she does). Shirogane, meanwhile, becomes engrossed in his work and accepts nothing but perfection, repeatedly tearing up his work until he manages to produce something that he feels captures her beauty.
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* This is used as the subject for one of Kaguya and Shirogane's many BattleOfWits in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' when they're paired up in art class. Kaguya ends up producing a photo-realistic drawing with roses on the side without even thinking about it, then deliberately tries to make it less appealing in order to hide her feelings for him (but keeps on finding the end result attractive no matter what she does). Shirogane, meanwhile, becomes engrossed in his work and accepts nothing but perfection, repeatedly tearing up his work until he manages to produce something that he feels captures her beauty.
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* Averted in ''Series/{{Columbo}}''. In "Murder: A Self Portrait", the murderer is an artist who offers to paint Columbo's portrait during his investigation. He warns Columbo however that his painting will expose Columbo's true self. "Your policeman's soul!...Dark, tormented, pitiless!" When the painting is finally unveiled however, it's the same rumpled detective we all love.
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* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack to sketch her wearing only the Heart of the Ocean necklace and nothing else. Rose's willingness and desire to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust in him, compared to the distaste and fear she felt for her fiance Cal Hockley, and the sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at the start of the film is what sets the plot in motion, and symbolizes their love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". While the Enterprise is visiting the planet Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a terrorist group. While she is being held captive, the group's leader draws sketches of her, which indicates both that he has artistic sensibilities (and is therefore [[HiddenDepths more complex than simply "evil"]]) and that he is growing attracted to her.
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** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". While the Enterprise is visiting the planet Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a terrorist group. While she is being held captive, the group's leader draws sketches of her, which indicates both that he has artistic sensibilities (and is therefore [[HiddenDepths more complex than simply "evil"]]) and that he is growing attracted toher.her.
** In the episode "The Muse" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the alien woman Onaya creates inspiration for Jake Sisko's writing and feeds off of his imagination and creativity. [[CreatorBacklash Producer Ronald D. Moore found the concept ridiculous and self-indulgent]], feeling that [[MostWritersAreWriters only a writer would think up a story about a woman who fell in love with a man over the energy that came from watching him write]].
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". While the Enterprise is visiting the planet Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a terrorist group. While she is being held captive, the group's leader draws sketches of her, which indicates both that he has artistic sensibilities (and is therefore [[HiddenDepths more complex than simply "evil"]]) and that he is growing attracted to
** In the episode "The Muse" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the alien woman Onaya creates inspiration for Jake Sisko's writing and feeds off of his imagination and creativity. [[CreatorBacklash Producer Ronald D. Moore found the concept ridiculous and self-indulgent]], feeling that [[MostWritersAreWriters only a writer would think up a story about a woman who fell in love with a man over the energy that came from watching him write]].
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* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'': In "Bits of Love", a man trapped inside a subterranean dwelling after a nuclear holocaust is kept company by the holograms of people he knew. He then decides to [[KissMeImVirtual seduce the habitat AI]] because she's the only one besides him with a real mind of her own, bonding with her by painting a nude portrait of her (she can even sit perfectly still for the occasion by temporarily freezing her program). This proves to be a huge mistake on his part, since seeing herself for the first time gives her a new sense of identity and [[{{Yandere}} makes her clingy and obsessive of him]].
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* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'': ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Bits of Love", a man trapped inside a subterranean dwelling after a nuclear holocaust is kept company by the holograms of people he knew. He then decides to [[KissMeImVirtual seduce the habitat AI]] because she's the only one besides him with a real mind of her own, bonding with her by painting a nude portrait of her (she can even sit perfectly still for the occasion by temporarily freezing her program). This proves to be a huge mistake on his part, since seeing herself for the first time gives her a new sense of identity and [[{{Yandere}} makes her clingy and obsessive of him]].
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* In ''GravityFallsJournal3,'' [[SeekerArchetype Dipper]] draws two rather flattering pictures of [[CoolBigSis Wendy]], one before he [[LoveEpiphany realizes that he]] [[PrecociousCrush likes her]] and once while lamenting that she'll never return his feelings. He draws a similar portrait of [[DefrostingIceQueen Pacifica]] alongside the entry for "Northwest Manor Mystery," along with [[ShipTease Ship Teasing]] comments about her looking nice in an evening dress and the two of them developing a "vibe" together.
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* In ''GravityFallsJournal3,'' ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3,'' [[SeekerArchetype Dipper]] draws two rather flattering pictures of [[CoolBigSis Wendy]], one before he [[LoveEpiphany realizes that he]] [[PrecociousCrush likes her]] and once while lamenting that she'll never return his feelings. He draws a similar portrait of [[DefrostingIceQueen Pacifica]] alongside the entry for "Northwest Manor Mystery," along with [[ShipTease Ship Teasing]] comments about her looking nice in an evening dress and the two of them developing a "vibe" together.
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* In ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', the titular characters decide to produce a pornographic film to help get themselves out of debt. The two are GenreSavvy enough to realize that this will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].
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* In the 2/4/17 episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', host Creator/KristenStewart was in a sketch parody ad for Totino's Pizza Rolls, which featured her seducing a housewife who was making pizza roles for her husband and his friends while watching a football game. One of the scenes of their seduction montage featured the housewife sketching Stewart's character eating a pizza roll while naked.
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* In the 2/4/17 episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', host Creator/KristenStewart was in a sketch parody ad for Totino's Pizza Rolls, which featured her seducing a housewife who was making pizza roles rolls for her husband and his friends while watching a football game. One of the scenes of their seduction montage featured the housewife sketching Stewart's character eating a pizza roll while naked.
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* In the 2/4/17 episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', host Creator/KristenStewart was in a sketch parody ad for Totino's Pizza Roles, Rolls, which featured her seducing a housewife who was making pizza roles for her husband and his friends while watching a football game. One of the scenes of their seduction montage featured the housewife sketching Stewart's character eating a piazza pizza roll while naked.
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* In ''Small Favor'', a novel of Literature/TheDresdenFiles, Harry Dresden awakens from a much-needed slumber on his living room couch and realizes that Anastasia Luccio is bathing herself at his fire. The aesthetic of the scene is so beautiful--her body backlit and colored by the flames--that he wishes he had the artistic talent to capture the visage with oil and canvas. Since he does not have any such materials at hand, and does not have any artistic talent even if he did, he instead just appreciates the beauty. [[spoiler:The two of them begin dating at the end of the novel.]]
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* In ''Film/TheHandmaiden'', "[[FakeAristocrat Count]]" Fujiwara plans to seduce Lady Hideko for her fortune, and the excuse he uses to stay at her estate is to coach Hideko in her painting. At points, during these lessons Hideko is absentmindedly sketching Sook-hee, Fujiwara's accomplice that has taken a job as Hideko's servant and [[InLoveWithTheMark is beginning to have her own attraction to Hideko]].
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* In ''Film/TheHandmaiden'', "[[FakeAristocrat Count]]" Fujiwara plans to seduce Lady Hideko for her fortune, and the excuse he uses to stay at her estate is to coach Hideko in her painting. [[ExploitedTrope He uses their sessions to flatter her and talk about how much her work moves him, and arranges for them to be isolated and alone on the estate grounds]]. At points, points during these lessons Hideko is absentmindedly sketching Sook-hee, [[InLoveWithTheMark Fujiwara's accomplice that has taken a job as Hideko's servant and [[InLoveWithTheMark is beginning to have her own attraction to Hideko]].[[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Hideko is in on the plan with Fujiwara and the entire escapade is intended to fool Sook-hee,]] [[PlayedStraight but she does begin to honestly fall for Sook-hee which is why she begins to show up in her art]].]]
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* In the episode "The Muse" of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the alien woman Onaya creates inspiration for Jake Siko's writing and feeds off of his imagination and creativity. [[CreatorBacklash Producer Ronald D. Moore found the concept ridiculous and self-indulgent]], feeling that [[MostWritersAreWriters only a writer would think up a story about a woman who fell in love with man over the energy that came from watching him write]].
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* In the Literature/CodexAlera, First Lord Gaius Sextus has a half-finished portrait of his son, Gaius Septimus, [[PosthumousCharacter who had been killed fifteen years before the start of the series proper.]] Sextus explains that his wife had been painting the portrait when she got word of her son's death, and had stopped at the news (Sextus points to a mark that she had made to note where to resume). Afterwards, she had the painting hung in her room and wasted away in despair looking at her dead son's image.
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* In the Literature/CodexAlera, First Lord Gaius Sextus has a half-finished portrait of his son, Gaius Septimus, [[PosthumousCharacter who had been killed fifteen years before the start of the series proper.]] Sextus explains that his wife had been painting the portrait when she got word of her son's death, and had stopped at the news (Sextus points to a mark that she had made to note where to resume).indicates the exact point). Afterwards, she had the painting hung in her room and wasted away in despair looking at her dead son's image.
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->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
->'''Sara:''' Can I ask you something? Did you love her? Or is it an illusion--this feeling of intimacy in your work? Are you really this insightful...this tender...or just a gifted mirror?
->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
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->'''Sara:''' Can I ask you something? Did you love her? Or is it an illusion--this feeling of intimacy in your work? Are you really this insightful...this tender...or just a gifted mirror?
->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
-->''Comicbook/StrangersInParadise''
The creation of art between two people can reveal a lot about their feelings towards one another. The subject of a work is baring themselves to another literally and figuratively; they are allowing themselves to be seen and studied in an intimate fashion without resistance. The artist in turn is taking in everything that is being offered, expressing their own feelings and desires through creating a representation of their focus.
The scenes are often one of intimacy and personal connection, or can be used to indicate the ''absence'' of intimacy if it is handled as clinically detached. If the feelings between the two are one-sided the scene can highlight their different approaches to the situation. Might be a step on the way to a RelationshipUpgrade if the characters realize their feelings during the situation, or the catalyst for the break in their current relationship. Can often serve as a metaphorical love scene.
The art creation does not necessarily need to be shown directly, but can be conveyed through the artist or subject reviewing the work afterwards or talking about it and what it represented. Sometimes instead of being about the connection between the artist and the subject, it is about the connection between multiple subjects, or the multiple artists working together.
Related to SignificantSketchbook, which covers one character discovering that another has such a collection of art. Might qualify as TheReveal if the feelings were previously hidden from the audience, or OnceMoreWithClarity if the scene was originally shown without conveying the intimacy and is revisited later.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Comicbooks]]
* Art and its creation is a recurring theme in ''Comicbook/StrangersInParadise'':
** Main character Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski is a painter, and uses her art to express her anger, resentment and guilt spurred by her abusive childhood and drug/criminal early adulthood. She starts the series working mainly in male figures of exaggerated sexualization, but branches out into different styles as she grows and deals with her issues. Her portraits of Francine, [[OneTrueLove who she has had feelings for since childhood]], are regarded by everyone as an expression and profession of love.
** The trope is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] when FBI agent Sara Bryan goes undercover to get close to the Katchoo, showing how the emotional connection can be dependent on the intent and thoughts of the participants. She originally asks to be Katchoo's assistant, but agrees to be an artistic model after Katchoo says that she does not need an assistant. To Katchoo, their interactions and resultant artwork are expressions of femininity and personal beauty (Not to mention a general friendship), but behind the cover identity Sara feels ashamed and violated by the semi-erotic portraits and the intimacy of the situations. She particularly dreads the reaction from her parents and the rest of the Bureau after the artwork is disseminated to galleries and collectors across the country. When the truth of Sara's background comes out, Katchoo feels crushed and betrayed.
-->''First meeting between Katchoo and Sara, looking at old paintings of Francine''
-->'''Sara:''' Can I ask you something? Did you love her? Or is it an illusion--this feeling of intimacy in your work? Are you really this insightful...this tender...or just a gifted mirror?
-->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
* We never do meet the model (Or even see the picture itself), but part of Wallace's EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''[[Comicbook/SinCity Sin City: Hell and Back]]'' is him showing a painting that he had been hired to create. Despite clearly being intended for some sort of pornographic magazine, Wallace had painted an intimate and artistic portrait that showed the model covered by a sheet instead of being naked because he felt it was the better picture. When his boss laments his decision, Wallace shows that he had ''also'' painted the completely-naked version, [[ItsNotPornItsArt then rips the nude painting in half in front of him]].
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[[folder:Film - Animation]]
* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', Jane is sketching a picture of Tarzan on a chalkboard for her father and gets lost his image, showing that she is already falling for him despite their brief encounter.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', Queen Elinor is sewing a family tapestry of herself, King Fergus, and their daughter Merida. Merida splits the tapestry with a sword when she and Elinor fight, symbolizing their conflict and separation, and she stitches it back together when she is attempting to repair their relationship.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack to sketch her wearing only the Heart of the Ocean necklace and nothing else. Rose's willingness and desire to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust in him, compared to the distaste and fear she felt for her fiance Cal Hockley, and the sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at the start of the film is what sets the plot in motion, and symbolizes their love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
-->'''Rose:''' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. [holds up her necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' All right.
-->'''Rose:''' Wearing ''only'' this.
* ''Film/LoveActually'' shows two different artistic connections:
** Juliet believes that Mark dislikes her for marrying his best friend Peter. However, when she watches the recording he made of the wedding, she notices that all of his shots are lovingly framed of her and she realizes that he is actually in love with her. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Mark had been cold and distant because he did not want to hurt either Juliet or Peter by injecting himself into their happy relationship]].
** John and Judy meet as they are working as stand-ins on a film production of an adult nature. They spend all of their time together naked and simulating sex acts trying awkwardly to hold normal conversations in compromising positions; at the end of their plot John works up the courage to ask out Judy while staging the last scene.
* Parodied in the satire film ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie''. Janey's character is a parody of the rebel/angry artist character type who expresses her feelings through her painting. However, despite other characters talking about how good her work is, she is only ever shown producing childlike stick-figure paintings. In one scene, where she is actively shown painting in an energetic, angry style (Throwing paint at the canvas and overcome with emotion), the final result is again just a kindergarten-level drawing.
* In ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', the titular characters decide to produce a pornographic film to help get themselves out of debt. The two are GenreSavvy enough to realize that this will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the town, where she first began to return his affections.
* In ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Ricky Fitts [[CameraFiend takes his video camera with him everywhere and views the entire world through the viewfinder]]. Though extremely creepy and borderline (Or ''over'' the border) [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]], he is shown growing attached to and connecting with people and experiences much more deeply than any other character. He and Jane Burnham grow closer as he films her.
* In ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', Bill paints a brightly colored mural of Betty on the soda shop windows as an act of rebellion against the CulturePolice and also as an expression of their newfound relationship. It is heavily implied to be a nude picture, but the audience never sees it in its entirety.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the novel ''The Killings at Badger's Drift'' by Caroline Graham (the series that inspired ''Series/MidsomerMurders''), the discovery of an extremely sexualised nude painting of a woman by her artist brother confirms the incestuous relationship between them, which motivated the crimes.
* In the Literature/CodexAlera, First Lord Gaius Sextus has a half-finished portrait of his son, Gaius Septimus, [[PosthumousCharacter who had been killed fifteen years before the start of the series proper.]] Sextus explains that his wife had been painting the portrait when she got word of her son's death, and had stopped at the news (Sextus points to a mark that she had made to note where to resume). Afterwards, she had the painting hung in her room and wasted away in despair looking at her dead son's image.
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[[folder:Live-Action Television]]
* In the opening scene of the episode "Bitter Harvest" from season three of ''Series/{{The 100}}'', Clarke sketched a portrait of Lexa [[BeautifulDreamer as she slept]]. The sketching shows both Clarke's growing feelings for Lexa and also Clarke's general acceptance of Grounder living, as she hasn't done art since before being sent to the ground. After she awakes, Lexa [[SignificantSketchbook discovers the drawing]].
* In the Buffyverse, Angelus/Angel creates drawings which ([[JekyllAndHyde Depending on who he is at that moment]]) he uses to psychologically torture or emotionally connect with people.
** In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Angelus would draw sketches of his future victims and leave them to be found as a barely-veiled threat.
** In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when Cordelia has disappeared at the start of season four Angel sketches a photo-realistic portrait of her, which demonstrates his longing to find her and the fixation he has.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Zhaan painting a portrait of Rygel symbolises their increasing friendship, despite their huge personality and moral differences.
* Discussed and parodied in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney has asked Lily to paint him in the nude, and is offering a large sum of money as payment, but Lily is worried that her fiance Marshall will be bothered by the thought of her painting another man naked. Marshall is actually fine with the situation, since he has absolutely no fears that Lily would ever develop feelings for Barney, but pretends to be angry in order to trick Barney into offering more money as an incentive. The episode ends with Marshall and Lily gleefully running off with Barney's payment, while Barney is angry that the painting gave him [[BarbieDollAnatomy 'Ken doll' anatomy]].
* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', the hospital has an annual photograph of the staff taken each year. However, the majority of the staff are apathetic about the picture, or even outright opposed to the concept, resulting in most of their pictures having only a scant few participants. When Carla finally does manage to get the entire staff to pose, the Janitor (Who was not in the staff pose) sabotages the picture; after Carla confronts him, the Janitor admits that he was angry that Carla had not tried to get him to pose in the first place, as he wanted to be included as part of the Sacred Heart family. A second picture was then arranged, this one including the Janitor. [[note]]In a StockFootageFailure, the Janitor actually can be seen standing in the first picture[[/note]]
* In ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', Claire Underwood has had an on-and-off romance and affair with photographer Adam Galloway. When they resume their relationship after a gap of a few years, the two reminisce over photographs that Adam had taken of her in the past, and when political enemies of Frank Underwood attempt to expose the affair, they release the photographs as evidence. To defuse the accusations, the Underwoods claim that Adam took the pictures at their request as a present for them, and the romantic nature they contain is a reflection of Frank and Claire's relationship.
* Parodied in ''Series/{{Community}}''. One episode opens with Abed and Annie (Who are not in a relationship) filming a overly-sentimental morning encounter where they express their love for each other. When they are discovered, they mention that they are filming the encounter for if Annie ever disappears and they hold a news press conference where they present the overly-sentimental footage.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". While the Enterprise is visiting the planet Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a terrorist group. While she is being held captive, the group's leader draws sketches of her, which indicates both that he has artistic sensibilities (and is therefore [[HiddenDepths more complex than simply "evil"]]) and that he is growing attracted to her.
* The second season of ''Series/DarkAngel'' introduces the character of Joshua, who is a [[LegoGenetics man-dog genetic hybrid that is ostracized from human society due to his animal-ish features]]. He expresses his feelings of isolation and passion through painting, and the owner of an art gallery falls in love with his work. When he needs to break into her gallery to retrieve his paintings (He had accidentally included [[MacGuffin important papers]]), she catches him, but is able to see past his appearance due to already having connected with his more important aspects.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''; Peter has an argument with a construction worker, and he finishes the fight [[LameComeback by stating that the man's eyes are too close together.]] [[NotHyperbole The worker agrees]] and counters that he only needs to wear one goggle when he goes swimming, but as he is storming out in a huff Peter stops him and says that he ''has'' to draw him. The scene then cuts to Peter painting the naked construction worker.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the relationships between Jane Lane and others is often conveyed through her art. Her friend Daria is included as a direct representation, but Daria's airhead sister is used in a pastiche/parody of romantic art, and the school's star quarterback is presented as a Neanderthal caveman.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/{{The100}} Clarke sketching Lexa]] [[BeautifulDreamer during a moment of peace]]]]
->'''Sara:''' Can I ask you something? Did you love her? Or is it an illusion--this feeling of intimacy in your work? Are you really this insightful...this tender...or just a gifted mirror?
->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
-->''Comicbook/StrangersInParadise''
The creation of art between two people can reveal a lot about their feelings towards one another. The subject of a work is baring themselves to another literally and figuratively; they are allowing themselves to be seen and studied in an intimate fashion without resistance. The artist in turn is taking in everything that is being offered, expressing their own feelings and desires through creating a representation of their focus.
The scenes are often one of intimacy and personal connection, or can be used to indicate the ''absence'' of intimacy if it is handled as clinically detached. If the feelings between the two are one-sided the scene can highlight their different approaches to the situation. Might be a step on the way to a RelationshipUpgrade if the characters realize their feelings during the situation, or the catalyst for the break in their current relationship. Can often serve as a metaphorical love scene.
The art creation does not necessarily need to be shown directly, but can be conveyed through the artist or subject reviewing the work afterwards or talking about it and what it represented. Sometimes instead of being about the connection between the artist and the subject, it is about the connection between multiple subjects, or the multiple artists working together.
Related to SignificantSketchbook, which covers one character discovering that another has such a collection of art. Might qualify as TheReveal if the feelings were previously hidden from the audience, or OnceMoreWithClarity if the scene was originally shown without conveying the intimacy and is revisited later.
----
!!Examples:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Comicbooks]]
* Art and its creation is a recurring theme in ''Comicbook/StrangersInParadise'':
** Main character Katina "Katchoo" Choovanski is a painter, and uses her art to express her anger, resentment and guilt spurred by her abusive childhood and drug/criminal early adulthood. She starts the series working mainly in male figures of exaggerated sexualization, but branches out into different styles as she grows and deals with her issues. Her portraits of Francine, [[OneTrueLove who she has had feelings for since childhood]], are regarded by everyone as an expression and profession of love.
** The trope is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] when FBI agent Sara Bryan goes undercover to get close to the Katchoo, showing how the emotional connection can be dependent on the intent and thoughts of the participants. She originally asks to be Katchoo's assistant, but agrees to be an artistic model after Katchoo says that she does not need an assistant. To Katchoo, their interactions and resultant artwork are expressions of femininity and personal beauty (Not to mention a general friendship), but behind the cover identity Sara feels ashamed and violated by the semi-erotic portraits and the intimacy of the situations. She particularly dreads the reaction from her parents and the rest of the Bureau after the artwork is disseminated to galleries and collectors across the country. When the truth of Sara's background comes out, Katchoo feels crushed and betrayed.
-->''First meeting between Katchoo and Sara, looking at old paintings of Francine''
-->'''Sara:''' Can I ask you something? Did you love her? Or is it an illusion--this feeling of intimacy in your work? Are you really this insightful...this tender...or just a gifted mirror?
-->'''Katchoo:''' It's not my place to say.
* We never do meet the model (Or even see the picture itself), but part of Wallace's EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''[[Comicbook/SinCity Sin City: Hell and Back]]'' is him showing a painting that he had been hired to create. Despite clearly being intended for some sort of pornographic magazine, Wallace had painted an intimate and artistic portrait that showed the model covered by a sheet instead of being naked because he felt it was the better picture. When his boss laments his decision, Wallace shows that he had ''also'' painted the completely-naked version, [[ItsNotPornItsArt then rips the nude painting in half in front of him]].
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[[folder:Film - Animation]]
* In ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'', Jane is sketching a picture of Tarzan on a chalkboard for her father and gets lost his image, showing that she is already falling for him despite their brief encounter.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', Queen Elinor is sewing a family tapestry of herself, King Fergus, and their daughter Merida. Merida splits the tapestry with a sword when she and Elinor fight, symbolizing their conflict and separation, and she stitches it back together when she is attempting to repair their relationship.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', Rose asked Jack to sketch her wearing only the Heart of the Ocean necklace and nothing else. Rose's willingness and desire to have Jack sketch her naked showed her trust in him, compared to the distaste and fear she felt for her fiance Cal Hockley, and the sketch itself conveyed Jack's feeling for Rose through his expression of art. The discovery of the sketch at the start of the film is what sets the plot in motion, and symbolizes their love surviving even after the ship itself has sank.
-->'''Rose:''' Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. [holds up her necklace]
-->'''Jack:''' All right.
-->'''Rose:''' Wearing ''only'' this.
* ''Film/LoveActually'' shows two different artistic connections:
** Juliet believes that Mark dislikes her for marrying his best friend Peter. However, when she watches the recording he made of the wedding, she notices that all of his shots are lovingly framed of her and she realizes that he is actually in love with her. [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Mark had been cold and distant because he did not want to hurt either Juliet or Peter by injecting himself into their happy relationship]].
** John and Judy meet as they are working as stand-ins on a film production of an adult nature. They spend all of their time together naked and simulating sex acts trying awkwardly to hold normal conversations in compromising positions; at the end of their plot John works up the courage to ask out Judy while staging the last scene.
* Parodied in the satire film ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie''. Janey's character is a parody of the rebel/angry artist character type who expresses her feelings through her painting. However, despite other characters talking about how good her work is, she is only ever shown producing childlike stick-figure paintings. In one scene, where she is actively shown painting in an energetic, angry style (Throwing paint at the canvas and overcome with emotion), the final result is again just a kindergarten-level drawing.
* In ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', the titular characters decide to produce a pornographic film to help get themselves out of debt. The two are GenreSavvy enough to realize that this will likely effect their friendship, [[DefiedTrope so they both promise each other that they will not let the movie change their emotions]]. To the surprise of none of the characters, [[PlayedStraight them filming together does cause both of them to realize their feelings for one another]].
* In ''Film/AustinPowers'', Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the town, where she first began to return his affections.
* In ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', Ricky Fitts [[CameraFiend takes his video camera with him everywhere and views the entire world through the viewfinder]]. Though extremely creepy and borderline (Or ''over'' the border) [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]], he is shown growing attached to and connecting with people and experiences much more deeply than any other character. He and Jane Burnham grow closer as he films her.
* In ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', Bill paints a brightly colored mural of Betty on the soda shop windows as an act of rebellion against the CulturePolice and also as an expression of their newfound relationship. It is heavily implied to be a nude picture, but the audience never sees it in its entirety.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* In the novel ''The Killings at Badger's Drift'' by Caroline Graham (the series that inspired ''Series/MidsomerMurders''), the discovery of an extremely sexualised nude painting of a woman by her artist brother confirms the incestuous relationship between them, which motivated the crimes.
* In the Literature/CodexAlera, First Lord Gaius Sextus has a half-finished portrait of his son, Gaius Septimus, [[PosthumousCharacter who had been killed fifteen years before the start of the series proper.]] Sextus explains that his wife had been painting the portrait when she got word of her son's death, and had stopped at the news (Sextus points to a mark that she had made to note where to resume). Afterwards, she had the painting hung in her room and wasted away in despair looking at her dead son's image.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action Television]]
* In the opening scene of the episode "Bitter Harvest" from season three of ''Series/{{The 100}}'', Clarke sketched a portrait of Lexa [[BeautifulDreamer as she slept]]. The sketching shows both Clarke's growing feelings for Lexa and also Clarke's general acceptance of Grounder living, as she hasn't done art since before being sent to the ground. After she awakes, Lexa [[SignificantSketchbook discovers the drawing]].
* In the Buffyverse, Angelus/Angel creates drawings which ([[JekyllAndHyde Depending on who he is at that moment]]) he uses to psychologically torture or emotionally connect with people.
** In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Angelus would draw sketches of his future victims and leave them to be found as a barely-veiled threat.
** In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', when Cordelia has disappeared at the start of season four Angel sketches a photo-realistic portrait of her, which demonstrates his longing to find her and the fixation he has.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Zhaan painting a portrait of Rygel symbolises their increasing friendship, despite their huge personality and moral differences.
* Discussed and parodied in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney has asked Lily to paint him in the nude, and is offering a large sum of money as payment, but Lily is worried that her fiance Marshall will be bothered by the thought of her painting another man naked. Marshall is actually fine with the situation, since he has absolutely no fears that Lily would ever develop feelings for Barney, but pretends to be angry in order to trick Barney into offering more money as an incentive. The episode ends with Marshall and Lily gleefully running off with Barney's payment, while Barney is angry that the painting gave him [[BarbieDollAnatomy 'Ken doll' anatomy]].
* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', the hospital has an annual photograph of the staff taken each year. However, the majority of the staff are apathetic about the picture, or even outright opposed to the concept, resulting in most of their pictures having only a scant few participants. When Carla finally does manage to get the entire staff to pose, the Janitor (Who was not in the staff pose) sabotages the picture; after Carla confronts him, the Janitor admits that he was angry that Carla had not tried to get him to pose in the first place, as he wanted to be included as part of the Sacred Heart family. A second picture was then arranged, this one including the Janitor. [[note]]In a StockFootageFailure, the Janitor actually can be seen standing in the first picture[[/note]]
* In ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', Claire Underwood has had an on-and-off romance and affair with photographer Adam Galloway. When they resume their relationship after a gap of a few years, the two reminisce over photographs that Adam had taken of her in the past, and when political enemies of Frank Underwood attempt to expose the affair, they release the photographs as evidence. To defuse the accusations, the Underwoods claim that Adam took the pictures at their request as a present for them, and the romantic nature they contain is a reflection of Frank and Claire's relationship.
* Parodied in ''Series/{{Community}}''. One episode opens with Abed and Annie (Who are not in a relationship) filming a overly-sentimental morning encounter where they express their love for each other. When they are discovered, they mention that they are filming the encounter for if Annie ever disappears and they hold a news press conference where they present the overly-sentimental footage.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The High Ground". While the Enterprise is visiting the planet Rutia IV, Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a terrorist group. While she is being held captive, the group's leader draws sketches of her, which indicates both that he has artistic sensibilities (and is therefore [[HiddenDepths more complex than simply "evil"]]) and that he is growing attracted to her.
* The second season of ''Series/DarkAngel'' introduces the character of Joshua, who is a [[LegoGenetics man-dog genetic hybrid that is ostracized from human society due to his animal-ish features]]. He expresses his feelings of isolation and passion through painting, and the owner of an art gallery falls in love with his work. When he needs to break into her gallery to retrieve his paintings (He had accidentally included [[MacGuffin important papers]]), she catches him, but is able to see past his appearance due to already having connected with his more important aspects.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''; Peter has an argument with a construction worker, and he finishes the fight [[LameComeback by stating that the man's eyes are too close together.]] [[NotHyperbole The worker agrees]] and counters that he only needs to wear one goggle when he goes swimming, but as he is storming out in a huff Peter stops him and says that he ''has'' to draw him. The scene then cuts to Peter painting the naked construction worker.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', the relationships between Jane Lane and others is often conveyed through her art. Her friend Daria is included as a direct representation, but Daria's airhead sister is used in a pastiche/parody of romantic art, and the school's star quarterback is presented as a Neanderthal caveman.
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