Wednesday, May 7, 2008

MYSTERIES OF THE ORIENT




I DON'T SMOKE MYSELF AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE GROSS BUT I THINK IT'S WEIRD WHEN PEOPLE GET ALL UP IN ARMS ABOUT SMOKING ON TV AND IN MOVIES. I MEAN, IT LOOKS REAAALLLY COOL PEOPLE! THINK HOW AWESOME IT WAS WHEN BOGEY WOULD HELP BACALL LIGHT UP HER CIGGIE. WE ALL KNEW THAT KATHERINE HEPBURN WAS BETTER THEN EVERYONE ELSE IN HER MOVIES BECAUSE SHE SMOKED AND THEY DIDN'T. IT WAS A SIGN THAT U WERE SOPHISTICATED. LUCY SMOKED, ETHYL DID NOT.

I SAW A OLD POSTER ON THE WALL IN CHINATOWN THE OTHER DAY OF A ASIAN GIRL SMOKING AND LOOKING HAPPY AND PROUD. SO I RE-DREW HER TO LOOK KIND'A EVIL AND SINISTER.THE GREEN SOME HELPS MAKE HER LOOK SICK OR TOXIC. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT CONTROLLED SMOKING THAT LENDS AN AIR OF MYSTERY TO YOU. WE HAVE ALL THOSE OLD NOIR FILMS TO THANK FOR
THAT.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD, WATERCOLOR ON VELUM, PHOTOSHOP

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