I’m super busy working on a whole bunch of paintings at the moment (I’ll share them soon), but it has come to my attention that I seem to have trouble making boys look like boys. I’ve tried all sorts of things; short hair, flattening out their cheekbones, fuzzier eyebrows, squarer jawline, and there’s even a bit of man-nipple showing in the punk one! But each time they still lack that chromosome and are mistaken for ladies. The only failsafe is adding facial hair.
Don’t feel bad if you’ve mistaken my lads for gals, you’re not the only one. When I described these fellas as boys, Mr You was shocked. “They’re not boys, they’re hot lesbians!”
Go figure.
Apparently I can’t draw boys, but I’ve got the minorities all worked out. Next on the drawing board are transvestites, transsexuals and drag queens! Stay tuned...
(…and with the keywords in this post I can sit back an watch my google search hits skyrocket)
7 comments:
oh nonsense! you drew my boys perfectly.
uh-oh...maybe my boys look like girls.
you crack me up. your boys rock.
I love your style. They remind me of a nicer Gorey. Don't change it. They are fantastic.
I never noticed that before... I still think they look like boys, go figure.
I had an art teacher once tell me I needed to give my fellas 'larger packages' because they looked like girls... hmmmm, okay then.
I think your boys look great, but I always feel the same way about the boys I draw. I have a male friend whose women always look like men, though. He did a portrait of me as a pixie once, and I looked like a drag queen with enormous arms. Great drawing, just not feminine. I figured it was maybe just tough to draw the opposite sex. Who knows? I like your stuff either way.
oh i hear you. my boys usually look androgynous at best. hehe. i love mr. you's comment! hehe!
girly boys- hot lesbians.. either way, i love them. you do it just right.
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