Old Stuff, New(er) Stuff

Based on this earlier drawing of Paul. My idea was to draw John Lennon on all four corners of the paper and do a kind of watercolor wash with some arty paint splatters. I could still do that but the piece of paper this is on is kind of grunge-y so maybe not. What I have finished of it is okay-looking, though. 

An earlier drawing of the Fruit Stripe Gum zebra. (That makes two so far) I'll make a better version someday.

I cryptically mentioned a "Help!"-inspired piece of art I had and this is it. I had forgotten I had it and I like the idea but knowing what I know now about coloring with programs like Adobe Illustrator and PSP, I could make it look a lot better. 

Thumbnail drawings. 

 I think with this I was just testing out a pen. My favorite one is the Botticelli Venus because it turned out the best. 

 

 Trying to find a consistent look. 

There's a Place

This is a blog for my artwerks, mostly BUT



OMG, guys, you have NO idea how much this song makes me feel better. This might not even be my favorite Beatles song (that goes to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") but...I don't know.
Even though I have mucho amor for all the Beatles' phases, there's something about their '63 "Please Please Me" era that just strikes me in that place. (no, not THAT place...think somewhere in the cockle region) Their haircut is in the definite mop-top but it hasn't grown out yet and they're teetering on the cusp of stardom and they seem so eager and unspoiled and enthusiastic. It's really endearing and infectious. And cute :P

It's well conveyed in this video with footage from the Dezo Hoffman photoshoot. I love how when the camera is turned on the Beatles, they'll just spring up like wind-up toys, both in this footage and in other footage like it.

In the bridge to that song, where John goes: "In my mind there's no sorrow/don't you know that it's so?" I don't know WHAT it is about that part but it makes my heartbeat quicken and my face feel hot, which is a weird reaction to have to that ONE part.

That is all. We'll now return to my depressing drawings.