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caddymanTonight for the first time in two years, I managed to get my scanner up and running. I definitely need a new one, not only did it take a lot of fiddling and a new driver download, but it is so slow.
R e a l l y s l o w.
I have been planning to scan some of my old artwork - not much of which remains in my possession - because it is beginning to deteriorate markedly, and I reckoned digital copies are better than no copies. Unfortunately, most of the originals are bigger than my scanner, so they are necessarily cropped.
Anyway, here's a Katie Bush I did back in December 1981 at the tender age of 22. It's based on the picture on the back of the Lionheart album, as I recall, but I closed her mouth since I'm rubbish at teeth...
A couple of other pics are here:
I remember doing this one in May 1981 between 2 and 4 in the morning when I was stressed out studying for my Social Psychology final. Artwork has always helped me when I'm down, and I seem to do my best work when I am exorcising negative emotions.
This final picture is from 1988. I went through a period where I just could not get Louise Brooks' face out my mind, iconic as it is. Pandora's Box is still one of my favourite movies from the silent era. This is Lulu as she would have appeared circa 1929 (so it says on the pic, but the scan is too small to read that clearly).
It's a long time since I picked up a pencil or brush in anger. I must do something else soon.
Additional: I hadn't noticed in all these years, but seeing the three pictures together like that, it seems I have a soft spot for women with pouty lower lips. Hurrah me.
R e a l l y s l o w.
I have been planning to scan some of my old artwork - not much of which remains in my possession - because it is beginning to deteriorate markedly, and I reckoned digital copies are better than no copies. Unfortunately, most of the originals are bigger than my scanner, so they are necessarily cropped.
Anyway, here's a Katie Bush I did back in December 1981 at the tender age of 22. It's based on the picture on the back of the Lionheart album, as I recall, but I closed her mouth since I'm rubbish at teeth...
A couple of other pics are here:
I remember doing this one in May 1981 between 2 and 4 in the morning when I was stressed out studying for my Social Psychology final. Artwork has always helped me when I'm down, and I seem to do my best work when I am exorcising negative emotions.
This final picture is from 1988. I went through a period where I just could not get Louise Brooks' face out my mind, iconic as it is. Pandora's Box is still one of my favourite movies from the silent era. This is Lulu as she would have appeared circa 1929 (so it says on the pic, but the scan is too small to read that clearly).
It's a long time since I picked up a pencil or brush in anger. I must do something else soon.
Additional: I hadn't noticed in all these years, but seeing the three pictures together like that, it seems I have a soft spot for women with pouty lower lips. Hurrah me.