Flaming ArtistThis drawing, I realized after scanning, was part of a series of drawings about this fantasy character. As near as I can tell they were done in the late 80’s. The drawings are all on the backs of a Richie Rich animated TV series episode that I did storyboards for in the summer of ’83, but the drawing skill level is higher than the work I was doing at that point, so I’d put them at least a couple years later. I’m posting all 3 drawings I can find from the series.
These drawings seem to be of a slightly later vintage that yesterday’s posting, mid-80’s I’d say. I base that estimation on the evidence of somewhat improved drawing chops, the greater realism in the looseness and paunchiness of the flesh of the subjects (indicating that I’d actually had direct contact with said flesh, starting shortly after my 21st birthday in late ’81) and the subject matter on the front side of the photocopies which is, in these drawings, scripts from various animated TV series I was employed on during the mid 80’s.
I would judge these drawings to be done sometime in the late 70’s, when I was in my late teens, perhaps around the time I graduated from high school, certainly while I was still a virgin. I judge that partially from the skill level of the drawing (they look to have been done before I started taking life drawing in my first year of college, and these middle aged men have the bodies of 20 year olds, which would indicate that I hadn’t had sex yet) and from the text on the front side of these photocopies (on which I executed the drawings on the back side) This text (I won’t bore you with posting the fronts, so take my word for it) seem to be minutes from some medical meetings my father was involved with, which would put the artist (me) in the house of my growing-up. I’m posting them because they’re rare; I destroyed most of my erotic drawings done at my family home for fear of discovery.
It’s hard to tell, but I painted this first with metallic paint then drew into it with india ink.
