the portraits and such that i’ve been doing in my sketchbooks seem to have gotten a nice response but i doubt i’d ever be asked to do something like that for the editorial illustration jobs that i think i’d like to get. and so i’m going to embark on a bunch of experiments to figure out how best to go about fully illustrating pieces in a way that i’m happy with.

it seems i relate a lot of things to music. IF’s topic is tango but i kept thinking of waltz #2 – one of my favourite songs. i can’t really think of many songs that actually employ a waltz tempo these days. either way he seemed to dance a fine line between many elements over his life time but his talent was pretty undeniable. i’m not the best of guitar players but his ability was pretty crazy – try playing angeles. elliott’s music could probably be described as sombre in general but i suppose that depends on how you’re looking at it. if you haven’t heard of him, you probably heard his stuff if you checked out good will hunting. anyway, i say his stuff is worth the listen. while you’re at it, go listen to between the bars and pitseleh. go. elliott smith in moleskine, 8×10″