Drawing other people’s drawings

Last 2011 post now. Sometimes I find it fun to redraw pictures I like, and I think it might be a thing that helps you improve too. And it means you don’t have to think of an idea yourself, kind of like when you post several pictures you drew a year ago to your blog so you don’t have to do a new drawing.

The one above is the cover of Blankets by Craig Thompson. Like lots of people I love this comic book, and I also find it very relatable as I too was raised religious and later rejected it in favour of being happy.

Now here’s my redrawing of some scenes from Asterious Polyp by David Mazzucchelli. I also love this comic book, it’s gorgeous.

I actually used what I had learned from doing this drawing to draw my own doodle, below, and then this year I once again poorly recreated Mazzucchelli’s style when I did an animation for a music video by The Wedding Present.