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You
know, I was telling a friend about my site and also about this section.
He mentioned it would probably take me no time at all to complete,
to which I responded, "are you kidding, all I ever do is draw myself".
Then he looked at me and replied, "how very pompous of you, you
egotistical bastard".
But I thought that's what every real
artist did. Do self-portraits over and over and over, and I guess
that's what this is here. Any time I have a pen in my hand and no
thought in my head (happens quite often), aside from doing the usual
doodles, I'll wind up drawing myself. I've gotten really good at
it, too. In some of these images, I didn't bother cleaning up any
of the surrounding background to the drawings so you could see what
it was in relation to, what it was done on, etc. You might even
notice a napkin quilt print on one of them.
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Some
of these drawings date back as far as freshman year college, ('88-'89),
up to around november of last year, '99. They come from napkins,
envelopes, sketchbooks, the back of bank statements and just about
anything I can get my hands on. Usually done in ballpoint pen, they
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give a few words about some of these here quickly. First on the left,
was a drawing I did for my very first home page which I'm too embarassed
to give you the address. It's one of those automatic template things on
lycos. Very limited and it really sucks. The drawing in the center
was done on a page I had written down my contents list, I think it might
have been the last portrait I did. And the drawing on the right is
one of the sketches done for the starting home page. |
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I had a job a few years ago, it was claims processing. Lots
and lots of typing. Some people there were real bastards about pushing us.
I think this drawing on the left depicts those days. Every so often,
I get in touch with my only friend I still talk to from art school. He calls
me up for caricature jobs, which even though at first I didn't accept, wound
up doing a good couple of jobs with him. Different style from what I like
to do, I don't think I'm even good at it, but I could pass. The center
drawing here shows a self-portrait from that. The one on the right
was supposed to be the cover of a calendar I wanted to work on that included
a bunch of my drawings. This one was supposed to be on the cover and it
was going to be titled, "Committed: 12-14 months with Herman". |
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Here is one that I am particularly proud of. It's
done in pastels and charcoal, and it was one of my first pastel
drawings that I think really connected somehow. It was actually
done for an "Originality" class, so I did have free reign. I did
wind up doing a lot of pastel work during that time with this same
kind of tone. It is also one of those drawings I know I've recycled
a few times and used for other things.
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From
here on, I don't think there's really much to say about the other
drawings, so I'm shutting up my endless babble. I think these were
really the pick of the litter. I can't say exactly why I picked
these or this many even, but for some reason or other they stuck
out in my mind. (You should've seen the ones I didn't pick).
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the rest of it...
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