I got a new sketchbook today, so this has been happening on my Twitter ever since.
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AL LEONG.
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BRION JAMES.
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ROBERT Z’DAR.
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More to come as the day drags ever on into night….
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If you make a movie like Albert Nobbs, you can be sure that there will be knuckleheads like me who become obsessed with it for all the wrong reasons. I’m sure Glenn Close is great, she always is. I’m sure the movie, about an Irish woman who dressed as a man, is uplifting and powerful. I like how Glenn Close is addressing her more loutish critics, like “Okay, you want to call me ‘mannish’? Fuck you, I’m gonna go all the way in on it and get an Oscar for it then.” I don’t mean much disrespect by focusing on Albert Nobbs with less than reverence. But I just can’t escape how much Albert Nobbs resembles so many prominent male actors…
Tom Berenger.
Denis Leary.
Peter O’Toole.
Martin Sheen.
Martin Short.
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In fact, when I saw the poster for Albert Nobbs, the first thing I thought of was one of my very favorite movie posters…
Woops! Not that one.
This one…
Anyway. I’m a dick. I’m really not sure why any woman would want to blend in amidst my species.
But I did do a drawing.
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You couldn’t be blamed for not knowing it, but this page started out as an art blog. Yeah. Clearly I forgot that little detail myself. I’m trying to get back into it, but maybe I shouldn’t start making any promises.
This is a quick sketch I did while I was at work, waiting for the Jimmy Fallon show to start. (I also drew Jimmy Fallon and ?uestlove, but those sketches aren’t quite displayable.) Anyway this guy you should be able to recognize. If not, go easy on me, okay? I’m a little rusty.
And if you like it, don’t be afraid to click that “Like” button. Somehow, it encourages me.
My niece wanted to color on her placemat but she wanted a picture of something to color. I asked her what she wanted me to draw, and she said “you.”
It’s true; in a short time I’ve gone from a two-fisted rogue and ne’er-do-well to a guy who does things like this because a baby girl told him to.
And I have no problem with that at all!
These sketches came from a project I did a few years back. Enjoy!
The original Predator movie, directed by John McTiernan, is probably one of my all-time top-ten. That’s just how it is. Great creature design by the late Stan Winston, underrated score by Alan Silvestri, and a handful of great hardasses sent running by a now-legendary movie monster. I’ve written about that flick once before, and now, this week, I wrote about the teaser footage for the upcoming Predators that was released early on in the week. Then I saw the first official trailer for Predators and had this to say. Bottom line: This new flick has big, ugly shoes to fill.
A couple weak sketches:
It’s my dad’s birthday today! My original post featuring drawings of him was by far one of my most popular ones, so here’s a fresh drawing. Everybody wish happy things for my pops!
