Flaming ArtistWhile prepping this series of archival illustrations, I got the idea for a new one, Or to be more precise, I drew this then realized it could fit into the “Down Low With Lou” series with minor alterations. Drawn with light blue Colorerase pencil and medium gray Tombo brush pen.
I painted this in my masturbation sketchbook using the technique learned in art college: dark mid-tones first, then work progressively lighter and darker, hitting the highlights and darkest darks last. I used opaque watercolor (goauche).
I painted this with opaque watercolors (gouache), Then drew the line work with india ink. The body hair was probably painted with thinned out gouache on top of the india ink.
As one can see from yesterday’s head turn on Ed Asner, my reference-free attempt at drawing Lou Grant is somewhat different. Actually, looking at the two versions side-by-side, I like my fantasy version somewhat better. The man on the right is the somewhat idealized version of myself.
Last night I pulled out my DVD boxed set of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1” and did this head turn off freeze frames of Ed Asner. Hmmm. Not there yet. Stay tuned.
The series of drawings I’ve come to call “Down Low With Lou” was executed in December ’88, January ’89. After having pursued it to the point where I found it had legs, I decided to pin the “Lou” character down with a more formal character design. Since I had been employed for a half decade in the TV Animation industry by that time, that meant a head-turn. If I’d really been into it, I’d have done a 3/4 besides the profile and front, and maybe a full body turn as well, with a page of attitude drawings. This would have all be good practice for one of my career goals, transitioning from storyboards to character designs, or, at least, getting to do both, like my hero, Alex Toth.
Note that I was working with out reference, so the drawings only look like Ed Asner in a general sense.
After several times he clenched his anus hard at my all-in point. Even though slick, his grip was too strong for me to easily pull out. Before I could react he whisper “leave it there”.
So I left it there. For several seconds neither of us moved. Then he began to clench, softly at first, then more and more roughly. I let him have his way, and, shortly, I began to enjoy it. He was giving me a deep-throat blow job with his man-cunt. After a minute I had to pull out to keep from summing—-Oops, was I too late?…..
“Whew, you almost made me cum, you bastard!”
“I thought that was the general idea”
“This too good to end so soon. I want this to last.”
But it didn’t.
