Elizabeth Taylor

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In an odd coincidence, I did this little study of Liz Taylor from a photo a few days before her death. It's one of the more complete drawings I'd done in some time, but in hindsight I wish the focus was on her face more than her arms (the interesting part of the photo.) While I haven't seen many of her films, I've long admired Ms Taylor's attitude and beauty. The library where I work had a large photo book of her extraordinary jewelery collection with the often funny story behind each piece printed alongside - when reshelving in the same section, I frequently sought it out to read a few pages and imagine the kind of spirit required to wear jewelery of that scale. The book vanished a few years ago (probably discarded and sold), but I saved a few other photos from a biography destined for the shred bin, including the shot from A Place in the Sun used for the above sketch.

The Mighty Boosh

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Quick post tonight - the semester is nearly over and there is still plenty to do. Here is a finished version of the sketch from last month; for those who missed it, it is a vector portrait of Howard and Vince from The Mighty Boosh circa Series 1. Love those Boosh boys. This isn't the last you'll see of the Booshiverse on this blog, as I'm a very big fan. Graphic designer/b-boy/photographer/DJ/professional ape Dave Brown is a particular idol of mine, even more so since I bought my copy of The Mighty Book of Boosh this summer, which he designed and which features plenty of his photography. To close, here's a closeup of Vince's pretty face and gnarly teeth.

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Portraits

Continuing the trend of rather old work, here are two portraits from about a year ago. I like that these two portraits are a bit similar in style, although I think the second one is superior technically. Both are life-size, compressed charcoal on newsprint.

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