Not funny or cute

I'm not tired of drawing girls yet, but I really want to start doing real projects on my own- comics, shorts, whatever...and to tell the kind of stories I'd like to tell I can't just draw girls all the time (most the time maybe, but not all the time).

SO! Anyhow I found an amazing book filled with mugshots of old criminals from the early part of the century, and it really inspired me to try drawing some menfolk for a change!



I don't like that these are so realistic (compared to how I normally like to draw), but it really felt like I was 15 again trying to learn to draw. I've never been comfortable caricaturing something I don't understand, and man faces are a mystery to me, hence the weird shading and stuff.

P.S. This drawing is flat

I've been concentrating on drawing girls since I was a teenager...I started off drawing realistic and lovingly rendered drawings of Bjork and such, and as I got older added more and more girl shapes to the library in my head. Now drawing girls is something I do out of comfort, it makes me happy and calm! However...drawing men is like drawing in the dark. I don't have a library of man shapes. I can't make them up because I don't understand them yet.

P.S. It's hard to figure out unique eye shapes when in profile, at least for me

These ones above were from my first attempt. I was proud at first but now they look weird to me.

OH!!! Also, these are all profile drawings for a reason- profiles are easier to understand and draw (at least for me)!!! The shapes all come clear- how long a nose sticks out, how deep the eyes are sunken into the face, the shape of the chin. Of course you can make out most of those in a front view, but it's much harder to draw the volumes. Unless of course you're Jim Smith or something and can draw anything! I did some front views...they will not be shown here today!
>__<;



These ones above are my favorites that I did!! Oh, and as you can see I reverted and had to draw a lady mugshot. Hooray for short attention spans!!



A scary man who's likeness I didn't do justice at all...and a horrible drawing of a beat up lady that I got tried of drawing and didn't finish.


LASTLY!


Here are some shitty drawings done while eating dinner. I'm not sure these drawings were worth all the words I typed out. Actually I'm positive they're not- but it's good to try something new for a change! Thanks for looking!

OH ALSO
Here are two etsy stores you ought to visit! They will cleanse your eyes with nice colors and pretty pictures. If you like drawings of girls and interesting things, then you will like these!

The Miss Withers Shop

Sorry, this one's not for sale, I bought it already :P

The Marlo Meekins Shop

Thanks pals!!

Store coming, plus crap

**** HEY I added an extra treat! Check it out at the bottom of this post!!



I'm working on a store! Thanks Marlo for alerting me to Etsy! I'll do a post when inks, marker art, and other crap is up.

I am so swamped with work, Skadi, and life things that I rarely have any time to draw. But I want to keep posting because its fun to share and it keeps me inspired to make more pictures. So here are some drawings previously rejected from posting, here because there is nothing else to put up! Cry!

Some drawings of Chiaki Kuriyama, the sexy girl everyone knows as "Gogo" from Kill Bill.

Just some magazine ad girl

Unfinished Sketch of Those Darlins

A forehead creature, and a drawing of Dawn Tinsley from "The Office" (UK) that inspired it

crazy yearbook hair

Foodles- I like these actually!

ALSO!!!!!!!! NICO ALERT!!!!!!!

Nico, who won a guest place on Dumm Comics for his 1930's Nightmare Theatre comic, also did a super cute Skadi comic. Its up on his blog, so go look!

Also, check out this video I took! I managed to catch Little Ricky (aka Babycat) behaving terribly when a guest comes by to visit. He's like a mini-panther! I'm so proud!



Ok that's it! Hopefully I'll catch a break and draw some fun stuff!