8"x6" (will trim it a touch), two ballpoint pens, took three hours. The pens are not fresh so they didn't give me even control or smooth shading...I had to keep switching them out. Because the pens would spit out blotches of ink when I was trying to build the shading, I ended up having to go darker to compensate. That's why her face doesn't look quite right.
Trying out a new signature. I like the look of it, but I don't want to hide my real name. A 'J'. two dots for an 'E', an 'L'. The two dots alone didn't quite carry it so I added the bisecting horizontal line. Nod to Amsel.
Damn. No, it needs work still. I've made her look like she's been crying. Also, I'm wondering why I can't find her eyebrow...should find another photo to go by. If I do this again in pencil, it will turn out right.
(had to edit: I had said Jill Kelly. Bad mental state tonight, can't think.)
I was wondering if I might try Inktober this year. Do 31 ink drawings or sketches, one for each day of the month, on that day (be done by midnight. The idea is to work on your skills. While ink isn't my main , it still teaches me plenty. But I think my time is up. I have weeks at best, not months. I don't know what happens after that or if there will be an after. Mom is taking a nap this evening. She never goes to bed by 7, usually 10:30. I don't know if it's because Karla has made her sit in a hair all day doing nothing or if she's worse tonight. Has been looking paler. I am frightened and have been getting little sleep...Probably won't tonight, I'm freshly terrified and already filled with grief. I don't think I will have time for Inktober either way.
I really need the help of Dana's Vodoun heritage right now to save mom and to save me. Okay, so I don't know that she actually has that in her family or not, but since I'll never hear from her again I choose to believe it's so. Why not?
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(edit) Reworked the drawing slightly last night. Didn't sleep last night, got a rough hour or so today. Woke to a note on my door, mom is at the ER. Waiting to hear. Still waiting.
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Hmm, I was always taken with guitarist Wendy Coleman in the video for Raspberry Beret. She and Dana looked just a little similar when they both had short hair. I love Dana's hair, long or short.
Dana, This is my last shot. Please talk to me. My time is up.
I should have had Moony or someone reach out to her for me, but I hadn't wanted to explain to them or put anyone in the middle.
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Y'know, this needs to be done properly. Angel Kelly deserves a better picture than this. I need to do her in pencil, then you'll see what I'm talking about.
It's not just her looks. I've seen her in a few interviews, has always struck me as a warm, thoughtful, intelligent person of empathy and conscience, strong in a softspoken way. She's just all-around beautiful.
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