New art series

Back in August of 2011 I drew the picture you see to the left. It was just a doodle to accompany a playlist I had made for a friend but I think it sparked an infatuation with this girl. I had gone through a period in life where I was interested in drawing people or faces but like most things that drifted from my focus and I found myself wrapped in the ease of abstract doodling.

Well... I guess it's time to revisit an old passion.

I'm in a sort of rough spot in life right now and I'm looking for as many things as possible to fill the gaps... and considering how much beautiful art has been produced from humanity's lows... who knows, maybe I'll do something great with this series.

I spent the majority of this last weekend curled up on a bed, listening to documentaries and catching up on Shameless while I worked out a couple sketches... I've got about 5 planned out in my head at the moment and will be picking up a new sketch pad on lunch today. 8 1/2" x 11" just isn't cutting it right now.

I think the plan with this series is to get these figures drawn up and project them onto much larger plywood panels...

I'd like to look into spray painting techniques for the backgrounds so that I can paint the designs over something massively colorful. Obviously I don't have the details of step two worked out yet... figured get the actual drawing portion done before worrying about an overhead projector and materials... but this is something I'm excited about.. something that hopefully will help me work through everything and move on to bigger and better things. Make it happen Capt'n.