I started drawing in high school. Until two nights ago, I had never shared my work with anyone other than my family (but only because we lived together), simply for a reason that I never thought my work could possibly be share-worthy. Besides which, I had never thought my drawing habit would bring anything other than a cerebral entertainment for my part. Yet...
Two days ago, my dear friend-coworker S and I were prepping in a room post-lunch, and we started randomly drawing on the white board. Which somehow led me to draw her in a cartoon-ish way, given the serious anime otaku that she is.
What we had after 2 minutes was this:
...Shell loved it.
I am actually really proud of myself for two reasons. One, S, in a live form, looks exactly like this. Two, I've never done cartoon-ish drawing, let alone on a white board with a marker, and yet pulled off something that someone would get a really good kick out of. Since S has put this pic up on her facebook profile picture, I've been also getting nice feedbacks from many people, which, to me, is crazy (in a great sense).
It was a completely new feeling for me to have, seeing how S was so happy with my quick creation on the board, taking pictures of it with her cell phone. And she is a tough judge to entice with drawing since she has been into anime and comic books her whole life. Definitely the happiness of the day moment, a big one too.
I got weirdly excited out of this, and was inspired that night to go home to a more intense drawing session.
I always draw women, and only women. I once tried a man. Didn't work. Tried an animal. Didn't work either. Attempted an object. Came out OK but wasn't fun for me at all. So I just stick to female figures since, in my head, they remain more interpretive than anything else. I steal ideas from my girlie magazines, and add my touch to them. Here are some of what I have done in the past week or so:
The girl with glasses is a character inspired by S. I drew her because, after seeing her cartoon-ish version, she wanted to see how I would depict her in my usual style of drawing.
I also shared my work to my friend K, also a tough judge, maybe even tougher than S since he draws too. And he likes them. What I had always thought of as a mere pastime of mine for the past 15 years has now become one of my ways of communication with the world.
Until next time.
Sak
You found you have what it takes to at last!
ReplyDeleteKeep trying to express yourself, so you will encounter your bright future.
I think the combinantion of your writting and drawing style could ceate utterly new world.
That's the way,Sak!