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Las Vegas Chronicles: He Fell Asleep By The Pool

Pinkround

Public pools usually aren't my thing, but it was a pleasant late afternoon in Vegas and I thought sitting by the hotel's ridiculous Disneyland fantasy pool would be relaxing. After about 15 minutes of meditative bliss, I became aware of a shadow hovering over me and cracked open an eye to surveil the situation. Lo and behold, it was a Speedo-wearing round fleshy pink man about to sit down across from me. I noticed he fell asleep after about 10 minutes, so I took advantage of the situation and sketched him. Medium: Conte crayon on paper while at pool, acrylic and gouache back at the studio, a little digital color added after scanning.

November 20, 2008 in Las Vegas Chronicles |

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Wow! Bill O'Rielly wears a speedo?

Posted by: Vern | November 21, 2008 at 04:46 AM

What was up with his thigh? I have always hated speedos and buttfloss.

Posted by: Sweet Subversion | November 21, 2008 at 01:50 PM

That's his knee. I know, hard to see, but he had his leg spread with his knee bent and he was all compact and round so it looks a little strange.

xoxo
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Posted by: 14 | November 21, 2008 at 02:01 PM

I love the variety of color selections you use to depict skin.

Posted by: Trillian | November 21, 2008 at 08:28 PM

That's one of the the saddest, lumpiest looking speedo I've seen. Not that there's really ever a fabulous speedo. Okay, I'm sure one exists hypothetically. Let's get some scientists on this, and some funding. Come on, people!

Cheers,
Kai, Amusement Ninja

Posted by: Kai | November 22, 2008 at 11:01 AM

Ok, his knee is hiding under his calf ....

Posted by: Sweet Subversion | November 22, 2008 at 02:05 PM

or something like that. Honestly, I think I was more focused on his skin color and face and thus, ignored making his knee look right.

xoxo
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Posted by: 14 | November 22, 2008 at 05:08 PM

i love the swirl around his belly button.
and your blog, in fact

Posted by: jeanne waltz | November 23, 2008 at 09:18 AM

I am mesmerized by those nipples. I can't stop staring at them. Is that wrong?

Posted by: Sue | December 03, 2008 at 11:34 AM

I'm impressed with your ability to sketch lumpy sleeping people, since they don't make clean (or human) shapes a lot of the time. this reminds me of a deflated balloon.

Posted by: javelin | January 28, 2009 at 02:27 PM

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