It was a beautiful rainy day here in New York City. I was looking forward to reading my book (A Pale View of Hills; it’s really good) and listening to Seventeen Seconds on the train this morning, but I left the book at home by mistake. I didn’t even have a magazine. I did have my sketchbook, but I really didn’t feel like drawing. Luckily fate sat me right across from an immense and immensely slovenly Jew and a man in an orange poncho held together with duct tape holding a bible wrapped in purple velvet. I couldn’t not draw them:
In the evening I went to see Contempt, which I liked, but not as much as I was supposed to, especially compared to The King of Comedy, which I saw the night before. (One of my favorite things about New York is that you can go out to the movies all the time and never have to see any current films.) On the way home, I drew these folks:
What a great little story and I love your Jew and the man with the Bible – great observations and drawing.
— adam 03/20/2008 #
I looked through your flickr, you drawings are SUPERB, I love the urban theme. But then, I also love the Wintercolors 3, now there´s a painting that really caught my eye… Nice work!
— nina j 03/20/2008 #
i like the guy in the orange poncho! he’s awesome. i thought the purple thing was a Nintendo DS or something until I read the caption.
(I love the King of Comedy! so good.)
— amber 03/21/2008 #
Thanks, y’all!
Adam, I appreciate you singling out the stories. I’m trying to write more words to go with the pictures. We’ll see if I can keep it up.
Nina, I“m glad to hear you like the Wintercolors, too. I hope to do a bunch more of those.
Amber, King of Comedy is one of my favorites. Yes, so good.
— Jason Das 03/21/2008 #