In case you didn’t know, Tom Waits’ Bone Machine is quite a grim album…
Category: Drawings (Page 5 of 19)
I fooled around a little with the Bettie-Page-esque girl seen in the background here. For those who are into that kind of thing: this drawing is available as an eCard.
Behold: a cross between Chris Cornell, Russell Crowe and Tom Waits!
Just to say that sometimes a drawing takes you to places you didn’t expect, and weren’t aiming for to begin with. When that happens, embrace that drawing for what it is. To realize that you’ve hit the ditch can be a most refreshing experience. The ditch is where it’s at most of the time, after all. There is no challenge in being middle of the road. Is there?
Well, if she’s blogging about it, then so will I!
Chapter 7 of The Project is now pretty much completed.
The original drawing took about 3 hours to complete. Started off with some cautious outlines. I don’t usually begin drawing like this — I’ll typically plunge right in and correct any off-looking lines or sections later. Then again, I started drawing in the early morning, and the caffeine probably hadn’t caught on yet as it has by the time it’s 5pm.
Upon adding in the black area’s, I scanned it, and applied some corrections here and there. TW’s face specifically needed some cosmetic attention. With the exception of that trademark-underlip and the hair, his face is not very easy to draw, at least for me…
And then along came Gaby with some seriously cool background imagery to finish it off…
Next up: “Frank’s Wild Years“.