A Waste of Time

And another sketchbook page. I plan to start page one of a new multi-page storyline on Friday, so stay tuned for that. As for this drawing, I did it kind of quickly in Golden Gate Park, I think out near Hippie Hill, with Kristin very kindly enduring sunlight in her eyes because we were losing day fast and there were limited ways that she could sit which would allow me to see her well. The one she did of me was later on at a bar in Castro, I think The Mix, ’cause she’s an awesome friend and doesn’t mind always going to gay bars with me. Not that she doesn’t get plenty of women coming after her when we do. Considering that it’s the Castro, it’s actually pretty impressive how many women there are interested in her. Kristin’s just got like that. Yep. Even though you might not know it from this picture, because it’s not a very flattering one. This style of drawing I’ve been trying to develop probably looks more flattering on guys than on girls, since I like to draw all the details and shapes and shadows in people’s faces, and pretty girls aren’t supposed to have that, I guess. Kristin claimed she liked the picture, though, and she said the same thing the last time I drew her, too:

although maybe she was just being polite. Most people have said they’ve liked it when I’ve drawn them, but then again I’ve also got some reactions decidedly in the other end of the spectrum, so I guess people don’t always feel the need to be polite. Then yet again, most of the ones with the really unexcited reactions were guys with ego issues and with whom I had somewhat complicated relationships that might have biased their taste in those instances, but I could go on about those stories in a whole other post some time.