Pretty Good Day, and a couple of drawings 7/19/2018

My second Sharpie drawing of my first hero, Bruce Lee.  This drawing is now living in California with an old friend from the BMX world. I wanted to show an older drawing or two today, and I needed to put this one on my blog to use it on Pinterest.  Yeah, there are dudes on Pinterest.  Check out my boards.

Two cool happenings in my life today.  One person told me they want me to draw the cover art for an upcoming children's book.  Way cool.  More details on that when the project gets underway.

I also got my first drawing order for Christmas time this year.  That one came out of nowhere.  But that's how things are happening now.  Word of mouth and people who've seen my drawings up close are finding me and asking me to do projects.  It you think you want something for the holiday season, or between now and then, email me at stevenemig13@gmail.com .

My 18" X 24" drawings are now $175 each.  They take me 30-40 hours or so to do, a full week's work.  So that's not a lot of money for both the time involved and for an original drawing that's pretty dang sweet.  I know that's a lot of money to most people.  With that in mind, I'll be doing more smaller drawings and making both color copies and signed and numbered prints at prices ranging from dirt cheap to quite reasonable.  Stay tuned for more info on those.

Here's another drawing that's been really popular here in the Winston-Salem area, longtime resident here and America's late Poet Laureate, Dr. Maya Angelou.

"We are more alike, my friend, then unalike."

My recent Sharpie art, part 4

 My first hero as a 5-year-old kid was Bruce Lee.  It was all because my friend Cliff's older brother had this poster in his room.  My take on the epic Enter the Dragon still of one of the most badass guys of all time.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  Sold.

 Janis Joplin, blues legend and inspiration to generations of female singers.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  Sold.

My second tribute to Prince, which was part of the current Earshot Music show in Winston-Salem, NC.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  Sold.

Bruce Lee

A year and a half ago, after not being able to find a job anywhere, I decided to step up my artwork and start making money selling drawings.  I spent a couple hours on the computer looking for stuff that I really liked, art that I would want to put on my wall.  I love graffiti and street art, and was surprised how many cool stencils I found.  So for my first drawing to step things up, I drew a high contrast face shot of Bruce Lee. 

He was my first hero as a kid in the early 70's, and I didn't even see his movies for years.  But my friend's older brother had the poster of Bruce from Enter the Dragon with the scars on his face and chest.  All us little kids in the neighborhood wanted to be Bruce Lee.  So as my drawing skills improved, I took my shot at drawing that epic poster of my childhood, this image of Bruce Lee. 

In many cases, as you age, you learn things about your childhood heroes that make them lose their luster.  Bruce Lee was just the opposite.  I learned later that he was not only a martial arts movie star, but he actually was an amazing fighter.  He was also insanely fit.  He was also a student of philosophy, both Eastern and Western.  He created his own martial art genre, Jeet Kun Do.  And he wrote, starred in, produced, and directed movies.  Pretty amazing guy.  This drawing landed with a good friend in Southern California.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24."