I found some drawings I did probably 23 years ago when I was obsessed with teaching myself how to draw.
I was really into the detail of trying to copy a photograph down to the pore, the hair and eyelash.
How would I keep myself interested in a drawing that would take a few days to complete? My solution to fight attention deficit disorder was to draw babes- especially rock star babes or movie star babes! Comparing my drawing to a picture and trying to make it perfect was a way to know if I was doing it right. I spent thousands of hours as a kid going through pads, illustration board and paper my dad brought home from work drawing rock star babes. Of course as I got older, and eventually went to art school in New York, I got away from copying someone else’s photograph to draw a portrait because I had my own ideas and my very own living subjects. Still, I credit the hours I spent in my teens trying to draw the light reflection in the eyeball with giving me an insane attention to detail that has now served me well as a production designer and art director.
Here are a few fanboy drawings I drew circa 1986-87. Again, note the obsession with getting the detail perfect, I am sure a kid would be diagnosed with meds today if they spent that much time on a drawing instead of being outside.
You would think I didn't have any friends...
The adult me worries about the teenage me
A teenage boy and his love for Pat Benatar...
Maybe I need to share more of these old drawings here to openly examine why I no longer spend any time drawing.
How did I go from drawing people and portraits to drawing set designs? I think I miss doing this.
Click the screen grab to check out Justine’s new awesome website. The wife is doing so well that maybe I can retire. What do you think, should I retire?
When the art department had to do a parody set of ‘Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader’ I was tempted to call my friend Barry Poznick, who created and Executive Produces the show, to get a tour of the stage and steal some ideas. Instead I chose to just watch the show and do the sketch below. Again, we (Bianca, Josh and Shane) pulled this one together in a day and had to set it up and strike it in front of the studio audience while Robert Morton looked at his watch.
Throw some crap together and make it happen.
Are you smarter than a mexican gardener?
We made sure the font on the name tags looked exactly like the real show.
Eric at elmcreative.com made the parody logo
Click the screen grab if you think you want to see the video. Or not.
See ya, Snoop and company. To say it was off the shizzle would be the understatement of the decade.
Bianca, Gary, Josh and Justin in Dogg's den.
At what point do wedding pictures, slideshows and videos get old? Never.
Justine and I finally got our pictures from our genius wedding photographer Greg Gibson. Here is an incredible slideshow he put together for us. We watched it and drank red wine. You should do the same.
Click on the picture to watch! Let me know what you think.
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I check up on you once and while. I am very happy for you and this opportunity! Congrats!