ADHD

(Cubist drawing influenced by Marshall Arisman in the Lane Smith technique)

The Society (of Illustrators) had another little contest. This time, a test of our very wits. Mono a mono. No holds bars. Two illustrators go in. One comes out. Uh . . . What was I talking about? Oh yeah, The Society's 24-Hour Illustration Challenge 2005. Last night at about nine in the PM I, and a bunch of other Joes, picked a subject out of a hat. Then to further strain our endurance we picked a market out of a second hat. Then, beyond all possible belief, we were forced to pick again! Out of another hat! This time, thank the good lord, the last time, we picked a size proportion out of the final dreaded hat. The next 24 hours were spelled out for me on three tiny slips of paper.

The subject - ADHD
The market - Editorial Magazine, Slightly Liberal
The size - 6 x 13

"Wow!" I thought, "That is pretty mundane considering what I could have gotten." Imagine if I picked a children's market instead. Or even worse, a Slightly Conservative Magazine!

So you'd think that since the thing was due the next evening at nine PM I would go home right away to work. My friends, you don't know me very well do you? Don't answer out loud, that was a rhetorical question.

No, I went home to read Batman comics lent to me from a friend. (Which have disappointed me, by the way. Terrible coloring. Mediocre story) Then I went to bed. To sleep, of course. I planned on doing all the work I needed to do in the morning. After all, I had all day, right? Wrong again, stranger. I forgot that I had all day meetings for my upcoming Lacoste, France trip and work in the afternoon.

To make a long story that much longer, I somehow finished the piece and I actually like it. I was thinking of Senior Cory Pinter and the rest of his crazy family when coming up with ideas.

Moral of the story - I'm not mad a you, Cory, even though you hate my boring website.