Girl in Peril
I started this blog to motivate myself to draw more. It's been a favorite hobby of mine since as long as I can remember, but in recent years I've let it go, often going years at a time without drawing anything. One of my problems is that once I start something, I have a hard time keeping it simple. I make it complex and detailed and laborious, and it never gets finished. So today I decided to start a new little disciplinary exercise: I'm going to draw at least one picture every day. Even if sometimes it only takes five minutes, or it's just a stick person, something has to go up every day. It'll force me to learn to create things more simply and quickly, and putting them up on a blog like this makes it more real, and encourages me to stick with it. Plus people can harass me via the comments if I slip up.
To get things started, I decided to finish a little drawing that had been sitting around since the last time I told myself I was going to draw more. At the time I had a sudden urge to make something, but didn't have any ideas. I asked the always-helpful Tamar, who said, "draw a picture of me." I told her no, I did not want to draw a picture of her. She then said, "draw a picture of me getting eaten by a monster." Okay, I told her, I could handle that. But as usual, I never finished it - so when today when I was reminded of the cool '70's-flavored design work of Scott Hansen, his simple shapes and color palettes made me think of that drawing, and inspired me to dig it up and finish it. So here it is, dedicated to Tam for the original inspiration - click to enlarge, obviously:
To get things started, I decided to finish a little drawing that had been sitting around since the last time I told myself I was going to draw more. At the time I had a sudden urge to make something, but didn't have any ideas. I asked the always-helpful Tamar, who said, "draw a picture of me." I told her no, I did not want to draw a picture of her. She then said, "draw a picture of me getting eaten by a monster." Okay, I told her, I could handle that. But as usual, I never finished it - so when today when I was reminded of the cool '70's-flavored design work of Scott Hansen, his simple shapes and color palettes made me think of that drawing, and inspired me to dig it up and finish it. So here it is, dedicated to Tam for the original inspiration - click to enlarge, obviously:
posted by Rob at 11:33 PM. [ permalink ]
7 Comments:
I'm no real artist... but I really like how you made the trees all drippy. Super nifty!
The expression on her face is priceless! As is the expression on the monster's face!
Sketch Blog is a very cool idea Rob. Thanks for sharing your work.
I like the two other ones, but this one is my favourite !
Brilliant idea. You inspired me to bust out my bags o' art supplies from high school, and LO AND BEHOLD, I discovered:
* a bunch of brand-new stumps/tortillons
* a still-in-the-wrapper kneaded rubber
* two kinds of fountain pen (are art nerds even taught to use pen and ink well anymore?)
* about a dozen Berol Turquoise pencils of varying densities
* 4 charcoals of varying densities
* an ultra-fine marker (that still works!)
Somewhere in that box, I know I have a shitload of colored pencils and possible some pastels.
Gee, maybe I should try drawing something again. THANKS, ROB!
Tamar wouldn't wear those shoes.
The trees in this picture are definitely reminiscent of Hansen's vector-y retro style, but the monster and Tamar steal the spotlight.
I'd kind of like to see a picture with all the focus on that stylistic design.
...On a side note, I think I prefer Hansen's music over his artwork. His work under the 'Tycho' alias is really quite amazing, if you're into the whole downtempo/ambient scene.
you got real talent...so don't stop drawing. Keep at it... even if it gets complicated... just...don't stop drawing everyday. you reminded me to do the same.
:)
Cheers.
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