A bunch of random drawings... I got into looking up old, public domain, photos in 2016, I think. I added my own captions, and this is one I drew. The caption is, "Do the impossible... it really pisses off normal people."
I did this in 2015, I think, when our church had a Halloween Trunk or Treat for the kids. I wanted to see if I could draw a decent skull in my weird "tile" style. Nothing to write home about.
This the wall of my "studio," the apartment where I lived with my mom from 2015 to 2017. A whole bunch of my earliest serious drawings are up there, along with "tile" style drawings with hidden words in them, and idea I played with a bit.
I did this as a bonus drawing for Alma Jo Barrera, a friend from Texas and one of the first couple of serious women in the sport of BMX freestyle. She ordered 5 or 6 drawings from me in early 2016, when I was just getting going selling drawings seriously. I didn't have any big dream to "be an artist." I simply could not get hired for ANY job, anything, for years, in North Carolina. So I decided to work towards creating my own job. My Sharpie art was the only thing that made me any money at the time, so that's what I focused on, beginning in November of 2015. I, quite literally, started without a single dime. My mom was always in financial crisis, and "needed" any money I made. So once I got going, Alma Jo ordered 5 or 6 drawings, and I did this small Volkswagon van, as a "thank you," since she collects old VW's. I'd like to do more classic/custom car drawings at some point.
This was a partner to the Hippo drawing above. It's another, old, classic, public domain photo done in my style, again with a bunch of purple, for some reason. The caption reads, "Most progression in the world comes from the freaks, geeks, dorks, and weirdos."
I drew this cross in about August of 2012, and I wound up taking it to my mom's church (later mine as well). This happened right after my dad died of a stroke, which was the main reason I moved in with my mom. Don't worry I'm not going to preach at you. I have plenty of my own drama to deal with, and your spiritual path, or lack of it, isn't my problem, generally speaking.
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