Wednesday, August 7, 2013

9. Bill


Well - this is absolutely the worst fucking drawing I’ve done in my entire life.  Bill!  I’m sorry!!  (I later made amends to Bill.)

Bill is an old house-mate of mine.  He was a friend of a friend, who eventually became my friend.  Bill is an anglophile, an esthete, a dandy, a mod, a connoisseur of music, a patriot, and a student of history.  Plus he turned me on to “Hellraiser” and a bunch of other great horror movies. 

I really hit the wall with this one.  I started it three times and couldn’t get a handle on it, and then went with this version because I was running out of time.  Bill has very distinctive features so I initially thought that drawing him was going to be a breeze.  But I got so many things wrong.  Basic stuff – but at the time I couldn’t see it and couldn’t fix it.  I truly felt like I had forgotten how to draw.  Which is my greatest fear, that one day I will forget. 

Is this the beginning of the end?  Damn you Bill!

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