Christmas gift for a friend.

Give us a smile :)!
I would have gotten you the real thing, but since this is 2draw, you'll have to settle for a drawing of it...

cannot be themselves

Happy now, Dave? :-) *hug*

so cold

-In the sun-

This is like the views I was seeing at camping. (you figure out what i'm talking about. ;P.) I really enjoyed drawing this. It's a summer drawings to almost end out the end of summer vication. It took me over 11 hours? JEBUS :|.

The sand is completly made from solid color. There is one or two little spots that I used water color for, but the rest of it is soliddd,

When looking at this keep in mind perspective.

I discourage critique. I know most of the things that are wrong with it.

Enjoy, and take a moment to go outside and enjoy it, and this picture.

Obviously referenced.

in a crazy mood i don't like at all, lethargic/apathetic/dizzy/spacey, tried to run it off, then dance it off, then draw it off, and nothing's working so i guess i'll try and sleep it off now.

As the title states. Imagery like this is not shocking to me.
Personally I find that the majority of the public enjoy extreme gore, sexual deviance, and death. Just think about what we view.

Gore and death: Hostel, Saw, 300, 28 weeks later, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, CSI series, OZ, The Sopranos, etc.
Sexual Deviance: Law and order SVU, The Tudors, Just porn alone is a HUGE market and includes many themes that would blow others minds.

The news we all watch holds a cache of horror and fear.

And we LOVE IT. We want more of it. Then again, its apart of our nature as much as love, healing, and creation are. Well... don't show love making on TV because of children (Rather be parents). Remember the 80s? Some shows were essentially softcore porn.
I find that gore and extreme situations can also be utilized to make beautiful art and cinema.
Ichi The Killer, once past all the insanity, rape, and gore. Was a really good movie, and had some very intelligent ideas behind it on top of beautiful Imagery. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance as another one. VIDEODROME, SUSPIRIA, The Box, etc. All works of art.

Then you have the drawn artists like Junji Ito, Hans Bellmer, Surhiro Maruo, Kage, etc.

So these vile themes can be used past the newest shitty horror movie. I think the only people who find such shocking are those not ever exposed, or those predisposed to be shocked by modes of thinking (ex: religion, culture, etc.)


SO AFTER ALL THAT BULLSHIT I JUST WROTE, WHAT IS SHOCKING TO ME?

A world where we do not kill and hurt each other, a world where people loved each other, societies of people built on selflessness and community, a world where all are truly equal.

But this is merely long-dead-romantic-rhetoric made for people to impale themselves upon. Such a utopia is fantasy for now.

I officially disqualify myself from this contest because I could not come up with an image that expresses what I find shocking. Sorry for making you read all of that.

safesave its storming

Went through a couple of ideas. Then I thought "oh hay, practice a portraits since you are going to be drawing Lori later". So I did this as a quick practice. The overall angle of the face is off. I am still training myself to draw what I am looking at rather, adding or making features up.

Ref is: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/marcusa/9e9c8362-e167-11db-a010-7bae0c6e557.jpg

I dont plan on making any revisions to this. BUT Any critiques, or mistakes you notice and want to comment on, are very welcome. Helps my brain thingy learn.