Yeah, I know, sorry. That is part of the magic of that intersection, though, those names! Plus that store Karikter (or however they spell it these days) is there, though they’re not as exciting to me as they used to be.
How do you even approach a subject like this? It’s a wonderful drawing, accurate but fluid … I would have a nervous breakdown concentrating on those details, even in depicting them via artistic shorthand.
Well, I live in a pretty much constant state of nervous breakdown.
It’s not nearly as accurate as you may think it is. A lot of things are “wrong” relative to the actual buildings—not on purpose, just cause I screw up a lot. But as long as it all pulls together in the end, who cares! It’s not like architects and engineers will have to work off of my rendering.
But as to your basic question, E-J, I start in one spot and just draw out from there. I try to pick a scale and placement that will result in a good composition, but it’s kind of a crapshoot. As much as I attempt to predict, I never know for sure how much of a scene will fit on the page. Sometimes things I was really looking forward to drawing just don’t make it into the frame.
Thanks for that insight, Jason. I have never enjoyed drawing buildings because there is always something utterly misobserved in my drawing, no matter how hard I imagine I’ve been looking – and I think it simply means I’m not looking analytically enough. It’s straight line phobia!
lovely, though I was a little disappointed not to find an imagined meeting between the Queen and the Purple One.
— Sabnis Bear 02/17/2008 #
Sabnis, you’re awesome! I had the same image when I read the heading on my Google reader and I’m from NYC.
Good job, per usual, Jason!
— Olivia Lane 02/17/2008 #
Yeah, I know, sorry. That is part of the magic of that intersection, though, those names! Plus that store Karikter (or however they spell it these days) is there, though they’re not as exciting to me as they used to be.
— Jason Das 02/17/2008 #
This is 2 funny, just like Sabinis and Olivia…I ventured 2 this page with a similar image in mind!
Nice!
— Jill 02/17/2008 #
Maybe I’ll do Crosby and Prince next …
(thanks for liking, all!)
— Jason Das 02/17/2008 #
How do you even approach a subject like this? It’s a wonderful drawing, accurate but fluid … I would have a nervous breakdown concentrating on those details, even in depicting them via artistic shorthand.
— E-J 02/17/2008 #
Well, I live in a pretty much constant state of nervous breakdown.
It’s not nearly as accurate as you may think it is. A lot of things are “wrong” relative to the actual buildings—not on purpose, just cause I screw up a lot. But as long as it all pulls together in the end, who cares! It’s not like architects and engineers will have to work off of my rendering.
But as to your basic question, E-J, I start in one spot and just draw out from there. I try to pick a scale and placement that will result in a good composition, but it’s kind of a crapshoot. As much as I attempt to predict, I never know for sure how much of a scene will fit on the page. Sometimes things I was really looking forward to drawing just don’t make it into the frame.
— Jason Das 02/17/2008 #
Great cityscape!
— Casey 02/18/2008 #
Thanks for that insight, Jason. I have never enjoyed drawing buildings because there is always something utterly misobserved in my drawing, no matter how hard I imagine I’ve been looking – and I think it simply means I’m not looking analytically enough. It’s straight line phobia!
— E-J 02/19/2008 #