Thursday, August 22, 2013

14. Ethan


My godson – a/k/a “Beef”.  Sweet little boy, very shy, middle child.  Not sure where the nickname came from, because his diet primarily consists of chicken nuggets and pasta. 

This one is a cautionary tale, boys and girls.  I was going to draw Ethan eventually, but his dad asked me to get it done and post it on his birthday.  Because I’m such an awesome godfather I said, “Sure, when’s his birthday again?”  He said tomorrow.

Struggled with it right off the bat.  I couldn’t nail it down, and eventually it threw my entire schedule off.  Before I knew it Drawing Time had overlapped with Beer Time.  One thing led to another and before I knew it again, Beer Time turned into Passing Out Time….

….Around 11:30 I woke up with a groggy drunken start.  And the drawing of Beef was….NOT DONE!  I couldn’t let him down – his birthday was tomorrow (or today, what time is it?)! 

So I had to suck it up and sober up and finish the damn thing.  I resisted the urge to crawl into bed and make a sorry excuse in the morning.  I was also down to my last sheet of paper, so I couldn’t start over.  And I think there’s some food stains on there somewhere.  A hot mess.

It turned out okay.  Amazing.  It’s not great, but I’ve certainly done a lot worse. 

So remember kids:  Don’t Drink and Draw.

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