Now if you'll excuse me, they're putting me in something called "Hero Squad."

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

So, the other day my friend Geoff was kind enough, or sadistic enough, to post some old drawings of mine from high school that he had...for some potentially disturbing reason. Hilarity ensues:





Wow. Apparently, I had a thing for eyepatches and half-shirts. It's fascinating that even back then my drawings reflected my real life fashion sense. I'm also happy to see that I've maintained by considerable skill at rendering a completely empty, all white backround. Anyway, of course, after seeing these the remnants of my self esteem immediately decided they would pack up and leave if I couldn't produce better work these many years later. I gave it a go, yo:



Now, I swear that one looked a lot better before I decided to go at it with my new fountain pen. To clarify, "fountain pen" is not slang for "bottle of Jack Daniels" I just have a shaky hand, dammit. A pack of Parliament Lights and a 6 pack of Mountain Dew ended my auspicious Surgeon's career years ago. I set that bad boy aside with the quickness and went back to my Micron tech pen. It still looks like shit, but I'm at least used to it's unique odor by now.



So ends that little jaunt down memory lane. Overall, I'm convinced I've made large improvements since high school (it's amazing what occasionally looking at art, not to mention the real life counterpart of what you're trying to draw, can teach you)so that's nice, but holy shit I need to put that nose to the grindstone and work my ass off. I should be a hell of a lot better considering how much time has passed.

When I switched to this new blog, I made a mental promise to reign in the half-assed, unfinished doodles and make a concerted effort to push myself more. So far, I'm delighted to report that I apparently lie to myself as much as I do everyone else. I'm going to see if I can't remedy that at least a little in future posts, assuming my recent acquisition of The Shield Season 2 doesn't get in the way.
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4 Comments:

  • At 1:01 PM, Blogger Josh said…

    That's a super cool "Then and Now"... and that Half-Shirt Skull guy skipping with the flower... it makes me chuckle. You have quite the aptitude for expressive... well.. expressions as well as expressive poses

     

  • At 7:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    That is really cool, I'm gald you decided to do a Remix of sorts. I guess having seen the slow progression it never really clicked how much you've grown artisticly.

     

  • At 11:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I can't believe you've left the triangle nose behind. You need to reincorporate that into your current work.

    Really though, your inks don't look that bad on the pirate. I can see what you're talking about with the shakiness in some places, but it still looks pretty sweet. I'll be honest though...it needs more poop deck.

     

  • At 11:43 AM, Blogger Unknown said…

    That's a really neat idea: Taking old concepts and drawings and redoing them. With the evolution of one's technique and skills it's interesting to see old ideas made new. Erik Larson did that with many of his Savage Dragon characters. Mike Weiringo revisited old drawings from when he was a kid and redid them. Oh! Can't forget a critique. Be careful of your drapery on the gay pirate's leg. The three similar drapes on his left pant leg makes it look like he has three knee joints. That is all.

     
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