illustration friday: total

"total" for illustration friday. pen and charcoal on paper.

date begun: 21 march, 2007.
date completed: 21 march, 2007.

artist comments: eh, I should have left out the charcoal. this is another 'workplace scan,' but i attempted a different method this time. i scanned it as a pdf, took a screen shot, cropped it, and finally saved it as a png file. i really wish i had more time to do a decent scan every once in a while. i looked at my own hand for modeling in this one, twisting my left hand around so i could look at it at the proper angle. i totally winged the face, though. notice the lack of eyelashes? generally speaking, i usually create less negative pictures if i draw during the daytime, or over several days. this one was completed in less than an hour last night.

regarding the subject matter: i attended a city council meeting last night, where representatives from the police department talked about gang violence in baltimore, and showed various images of gangs and their signs, tags, and such. i had an idea for this piece, but it was changed a little bit when i came home from the meeting and i couldn't fall asleep right away even though i was physically tired.

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