I sketched this drawing on Saturday, ballpoint
pen. I was trying to see if I
could turn myself on. I didn’t. I thought it was an interesting compositional
idea though. Worth further
exploration…
Today and yesterday’s posts
are a preview of my next iteration, “The Daily Derriere”.
As I
recollect, I drew this with
watercolor pencils… one draws with them as if using a regular colored pencil,
but then can paint into them with water and can manipulate the pigments thusly.
Nothing special here. Colored pencil sketch taken from
a photo found on the web. I sort of like the way the drawing echoes the shape
of the South American continent .
So, I did this image as cut paper, not only glued onto
the calendar page, but cutting through it to the calendar page beneath, which
has a cut paper image on IT. In other words, you’re witnessing a cut paper
image of a cut paper image.
Now HERE is Tony Soprano, if
not James Gandolfini. Here I am attempting a specific likeness of a specific
character, not merely drawing one of my “clones of desire” (a concept
articulated by the brilliant philosopher Dale Lazarof, writer of “Sticky” and “Manly”).http://prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=1496
It also puts on display my
continuing struggles with Photoshop. Basically I did a fake pen and ink
drawing. The only benefit I derived from using the program instead of pen and
ink on paper was the endless ability to re-size and re-do. Nothing to sneeze at
for sure (the lack thereof an ongoing frustration with the real thing) but
there’s more to the program than that. Hell, I’ve taken a couple of classes in
the damn thing. I just can’t make myself practice using the program
consistently enough to get adept in it.
This
drawing is not intended as an affront to Gandolfini or his mourning friends and
family. I like to think he would have approved, based on the scene in
“Sopranos” where his seated character displayed a hard-on through his pants
when contemplating his psychiatrist.
Today (October 25th; this posting has been
scheduled in advance), I another stab at the drawing I posted yesterday, drawn
back on July 7th. My implement is my Cintiq tablet using the
Photoshop program. I guess it’s an improvement, drawing –wise, but my Photoshop
technique is strictly playing chopsticks.
This drawing was done with
plain old pencil. It was crude but the best I could do at the time. I had made
my first post-stroke attempts at drawing only 2 months prior and still hadn’t
gotten it together.
2
months ago I showed “The Daily Dick” sketchbook, and its companion volume,
“The Daily Derriere” to a friend. He was insistent that I write my thoughts about each drawing (on the right
page of each two page folio spread) on the facing left folio page. I protested
that the writing was likely to be visible through the thin paper even if it
didn’t immediately bleed through the paper immediately (I have observed this
happening over a period of years in my older sketchbooks, which is why I
stopped drawing/writing on both sides of the pages about 10 years ago).This
drawing is a case in point. I only drew it on the opposite side of a diary page
because I didn’t take it seriously, didn’t expect it to be any good.
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THE DAILY DICK, OCTOBER
For the next few days we
will be taking a break from the AmEx sketchbook drawings. Instead, I will be
posting drawings done in the period after my April 2nd stroke.
This drawing was done on
August 8th, over 4 months since the dreaded event. I had mostly recovered
my drawing confidence by this point, if not necessarily my chops (I’m still not
sure about THAT.) It was done from memory This is the same man I drew in the
drawing dated 9-22-12.
Sigh…
This
drawing was sketched lightly with ball point pen and painted into with
watercolor.
Once again, colored pencil, non-repro blue, navy blue
and gray, I’d say. I’m sort of proud of this one; it’s completely from my
imagination, done very quickly, in 15 minutes or less.
More colored pencil.
This
one is based off a vintage photo from the one of the first gayporn mags I ver
bought, back in 1983. I think I used 3 colors to execute this drawing;
lavender, navy blue and gray. It has a ghostly feel to it.
