A couple of more subway sleepers dreaming of a better tomorrow.
Bird Flu
The U.S. Department of agriculture says that 58 million commercial birds have been wiped out since last February. The reason is the worst outbreak of Avian Flu in U.S. history. 40 million egg-laying hens have been culled causing the price to skyrocket. The virus can knock out poultry farms for months. It seems I have to do an illustration about this kind of thing on a monthly basis now. I always end by writing the same thing. Maybe it’s time to stop eating animal products. Might help fix the situation. Easy to say, hard to do. I get it.
Pieta
This is a drawing I did of two separate gentlemen sleeping in the subway. I combined them one over top of the other. It is my Pieta.
Another Sleeper
Winter is a great time for subway sleeping. I notice that sleepers all wear hoodies, a hat, scarf, and a parker with an additional hood. All of these layers make for a kind of wearable sleeping bag. Quite comfortable. This is my third in the series.
Sleepers
This is the second drawing in my subway sleeper series.
Sleepers
People love to sleep on trains. It’s like strapping a baby into a car seat. They’re out cold in like two minutes. Same goes for adults. Stick them on a subway train in New York and boom, they’re down for the count. You want a great night's sleep? Sit on the F train for a few minutes and you’ll be dreaming in no time flat. This is the first of a series of drawings I did of Sleepers.
Toys Again
This is the last of my old broken down toys illustration series. You won't have to put up with looking at these any longer. You're welcome. Every kid I know has some sort of Godzilla toy in their junk pile. He always seems to make it into my sketches.
An Immense World
I am currently reading the book, “An Immense World,” by Ed Yong. It explains in detail how different animals use their senses of smell, sight, and touch and how it varies wildly from our own use of these same senses. There are some incredible scientists out there doing mind blowing research helping to explain our complex world. This is an illustration I did in response to what I was reading. Very self explanatory.
Chinatown Again
I returned to Chinatown to do this drawing. I met a woman named Ming who worked in the hair salon. She hung out with me during her downtime. I not only know every crack and crevice of the exterior of this building but I now know all about the inner workings of this beauty salon too. That was something I didn't anticipate.
Natural History
I recently drew a nice butt. It was not in a life drawing class but was instead at the Museum of Natural History.
Toys
I did a several drawings of broken toys and Christmas ornaments over the holidays. It had to do with the homes I stayed at. These objects were just the most readily available items to draw while it was freezing cold outside. So don’t confuse this one with my other broken toy sketches.
Celeste Ng
The only people who will understand this drawing are ones who read the new Celeste Ng book, Our Missing Hearts. Her last novel was Little Fires Everywhere. I didn’t do a drawing for that one. Maybe this illustration will intrigue some of you to want to read it too.
Cracker Jack
Sometimes I do a drawing and it turns out like this. If you were stuck looking at page 13 in my latest sketchbook, you could never guess what lurks on the following page. Is it a building in Little Italy, a cow on fire, or Godzilla attacking New Jersey? Maybe. Those would be good guesses. This is what you would actually get in your Cracker Jack box.
