Quotes, Lines & Lyrics: Part 3

This is my third and final piece for "Quotes, Lines & Lyrics" at Hero Complex Gallery on February 27th. This one comes from my love of all things Jonathan Richman and his Modern Lovers classic "Pablo Picasso"

Hank Revisited

Went back to the Hank Williams piece and tried to get it a little bit closer to something that resembled a finished illustration. I try not to rework drawings after I begin work on another project, to me it's just retreading old ground, I think it's easier for me to accept the mistakes and just work past them with a new piece. But, I had spent so much time on this one that it felt like I had just left it unfinished, without trying to fully solve the problem. At the moment it feels completed, but either way, I'll have to move on this time.

I've also included some warm up sketches I try to do before I work on a more involved piece. These tend to help me loosen up or give me idea's for bigger projects.

And a random drawing of a wolf.

Hank

I really got the urge to do a portrait of Hank Williams recently, so I got down to sketching out some idea's and tried to come up with something that captured some sort of feeling/look I get from his music. I've tried here and there over the years to work text into my illustrations, with mostly poor results, but this piece made me want to delve into really concentrating on the dynamic of the image and text and how to create a cohesive illustration utilizing the two.

Below are some preliminary sketches for the palette, text and the atmosphere I was trying to achieve.