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king of lizards

i've been working on this drawing of jim morrison of the doors and his girlfriend pam for over a year now. at first i drew it half-assed over three days, and when i was about to hang it a few months i realized how crappily i had drawn it. so i have been adding lots of detail, and i pretty much re-drew both of their faces completely. this is the longest i've spent on any drawing, i'm so glad to call it done. i'll finally hang it to keep me from working on it more. i found the photo for this drawing in rolling stone magazine sometime last year. i always wanted to draw jim. i really liked how they both look so peaceful in the photo, not long before jim's death. it's almost a haunting look in his eyes. this was done on bristol board, measures 10 inches by 9 inches, i used mechanical pencils and an ebony pencil. lots of blending stumps, tissue paper, kneadable eraser action, and frustration. there's a line on jim's forehead because i had to piece together two separate scans. it was too big to fit in the scanner bed. overall i'm pretty pleased with how it came out. any feedback will be very much appreciated :D

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John De Litta 30 Aug 2008

I have been looking at many morrison drawings over the past couple of weeks to check out everyone elses styles while I worked on my own drawing of Jim and this is by far the best drawing I have seen by far. Absolutely awesome man! You have set the bar very high!

Anonymous Guest 15 Apr 2008

I LOVE JIM MORRISON, THIS IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND AWESOME WORK DEBBIE BRASWELL

L.A. Spilsbury 20 Dec 2007

my favorites are your portraits. They just stand out . They are some of the very best I have ever seen

Richard White 26 Jul 2006

this is amazing........

Ana Tirolese 15 Apr 2006

This is absolutely gorgeous work! Good for you!