This came up on my feed over on Facebook and it made me laugh because I’d forgotten I had done it and now I have a detachment to it that allows me to appreciate what the guy I was 11 years ago was thinking.
The disappointment on the ship captain’s face is priceless, and I can say that with no ego as that illustrator was in a very different time of his life and I am kind of jealous of those lines.
Over the years your style changes and for the most part you cringe at old work because you were learning and growing at the time so the drawing feels primitive or bad compared to what you might do now.
The simplicity of this works and I’m distant enough to enjoy it. Would I draw it differently today? Hard YES. Would it be better? I’m not sure.
I wonder if Charles Shultz ever looked back at the early days of Peanuts and saw the beauty in those primitive lines?
Also I am in no way comparing myself to that genius artist.
I wonder if I should revisit this and others to see what I might do today, there’s plenty of material in the archive and since I’m no longer attempting any great project drawing wise – I’m just drawing whatever with no pressure – it might be fun for me.
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