IN YOUR FACE - new project title

This is another of my latest project... I am drawing portraits of the faces people pull when you stick a camera in front of their face and say "quick, pull a stupid face" - this is their first response. Usually these photo's take place while the person is drunk too, less inhibited I think but much more compliant with the face pulling. Not sure where this will lead me at the moment but that's the beauty of starting new work... not to worry though, still working on my other projects, this is yet another pie for my many fingers.

Training class

a collage of my mono-printed images of people at dog training classes

more people pictures

A collage of a few drawings and photographic research material, this is working quite well I think.

another little drawing...

Another of my recent 'people' drawings, these are all still pretty much a work in progress, they still need a little extra magic.

bubble gum pink!

I have to expand my range of subject matter so I am working more on my people drawing / image making skills... these are the first two images I don't find to scary to show.

People skills...questionable?

I was recently asked, when showing my portfolio, the question that puts the fear into many an illustrator of all things nature/environmental based... Do you draw people? to which I replied "Yeah sure" - when really the sensible voice inside my head saying "No! of course I don't draw people" was actually being choked in a head lock by the voice in my head that cannot walk away from a challenge and laughs in the face of adversity.

So over the past couple of weeks I have been practicing on a nearly daily basis my people drawing skills. Now there has always been a reason for me not really being over keen on drawing people and that was possibly born out of an embarrassment when I got it wrong,. And by wrong I mean the person not really looking like the person they are supposed to and when it does look like them the person don't like it because they think they look ugly... not my fault!

Whether I like it or not, as an illustrator, I need to be able to draw people, and not just be able to draw them but draw them with confidence and my own stamp of Skulliness to boot. And never one to walk away from a challenge the re-education of people skills has begun.

Anyway, after a few gamy hands, a club foot and a couple of wonky eyes, I am starting to get to the point of liking my people drawings, enough to post a blog anyhoo.



So watch this space for more special (needs) drawings...