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.