July 8, 2024
Finishing up our Old Vaquero Sayings booklet project down at Cattletrack. The designer, Brent Bond, requested I do a finish on this little capper idea:
Daily Sketchbook Whip Out:
"Adios Muchachos!"
Did this tighter preliminary version last night, but still not satisfied with it.
Daily Bad Scratchboard Whip Out:
"Adios Muchachos!"
I say "bad scratchboard" because I bought a whole boatload of Essdee Scratchboard, at one time the pre-eminent scratchboard makers in the world, and someone either bought them out and trashed the product, or they went off a cliff because it is not even "scratch-able." In the slightest! So bad.
In the meantime, here are a couple more sketches trying to capture that fluid, horseback arc.
Then, this morning, I landed here.
"Hasta, Baby!"
Decent. But I almost threw in the towel and then I thought to myself, "What would Edmundo do?" And, so, I whipped this out.
"Hasta La Vista, Shady!"
Of course, Edmundo is the late, great Ed Mell and I naturally tried to channel his bravado and simplicity.
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
—Leonardo da Vinci
The final version is super, but your sketches just sing!!!
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