Druid Shaman. I drew this in 1994 as a wish fulfillment of what I wanted to look like 20 years hence. Sad to say, this didn’t come to pass.
I find it interesting how much
artwork that I thought was lame and boring at the time of its execution, seems
much more successful and exciting a couple years later. I think that may be,
initially, I was judging the artwork for not achieving my goals at the time of
creation. With the passage of time, I tend to forget what those goals were or
find them to be of less importance. So I can just enjoy the artwork on its own
terms.
I like the series of drawings I’ve been posting for their simplicity and thought it would be interesting to re-draw them. This is my first try.
This drawing is more recent, done in Mid March of this year. More realistic, but also done at high speed.
This drawing was done with Prismacolor pencils, which I like because of the way it can be layered and is slightly erasable but not super-prone to smearing, as is the case with pastels and charcoal.
This drawing is from my February 12, 1992 to June 23, 1993 sketchbook. I like the freedom and spontaneity of the line treatment and the abstract flow of the curving lines. The drawing of the feet is weak though.