Welcome to 2007
Okay, my goal is to get better about keeping this up to date. Unfortunately, I do a lot of interacting over at the Evolution Forum, so I'm rarely here. I enjoy the chats, etc. I guess that means is I've got to get people to come here instead!!!!
Since I last posted, I've done four drawings. Maybe I'll do one a post or the like. Anyway, here's #26 (06-1123), my friend Big Mike.
Big Mike was the guy that got me started on this whole journey. When I was debating starting my cartoon strip again last spring, and looking for a project over break, Mike suggested I move in a new direction, instead of treading old ground. He challenged me to draw some stuff like the cartoonist/ erotic illustrator MATT or my namesake, TOM of FINLAND.
Well, when his birthday loomed this year, I thought there would be no better gift than to do a portrait. The reference pic I used was taken by his partner while they were on vacation someplace. The pic itself is remarkably good (very well composed) but I stripped it of the background, ocean, and sky to concentrate on the figure.
It's interesting to compare the two.
I had to put #25 aside to finish this in time for Mike's b-day, so #25 still hangs undone.
Since I last posted, I've done four drawings. Maybe I'll do one a post or the like. Anyway, here's #26 (06-1123), my friend Big Mike.
Big Mike was the guy that got me started on this whole journey. When I was debating starting my cartoon strip again last spring, and looking for a project over break, Mike suggested I move in a new direction, instead of treading old ground. He challenged me to draw some stuff like the cartoonist/ erotic illustrator MATT or my namesake, TOM of FINLAND.
Well, when his birthday loomed this year, I thought there would be no better gift than to do a portrait. The reference pic I used was taken by his partner while they were on vacation someplace. The pic itself is remarkably good (very well composed) but I stripped it of the background, ocean, and sky to concentrate on the figure.
It's interesting to compare the two.
I had to put #25 aside to finish this in time for Mike's b-day, so #25 still hangs undone.