Joel Gion, "Dig"
Portrait, 10 x 10 1/2 in
Lead on Paper
Can you hear the tambourine man a callin? Joel Gion from The Brian Jonestown Massacre, or at least he as back as of the time of this portrait, made me reconsider my opion of tambourine players in a band. He served not only as a musician but also a bouncer and the glue that very nearly held everything together. Typical of Joel, nothing about this drawing was typical - his glasses weren't the hardest part of this picture, it was that hand that nearly drove me nuts. For some reason getting the proper foreshortening on it was just a massive pain in the neck. In the end though I was really happy with how this ended up. Everything about this besides that hand was an absolute pleasure to draw. You normally don't get to draw mutton chops or a hair cut like that on anything but a comic book character, and even then it's hard to pull off - I mean you just can't dream that kind of thing up!
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