My Earliest Gems

My mom used to bind up stacks of scratch paper with these neat metal clip things, and make doodle pads for me. By some miracle- they still remain! You won't find more than 2 baby pictures of me, but we have like 70 of my childhood drawings. I don't know when to estimate the date or year that these were done. If the movie that I mention in a moment came out in 1988 and was out on VHS for me to watch in 1989 or 90 then I'll estimate I was approximately 6 when I drew these. I'd like to see drawings of other 6 year olds and see how these compare. I'll be shamed if they're way better, haha. I sure talked myself up in the first post and I'll have to take my foot out of my mouth!

Apparently I'd been watching a lot of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Jessica Rabbit was such a babe, and I knew it. Her sex appeal isn't really coming through here ... haha.

A mama bird warming up a whole bunch of eggs.

When I saw this for the first time in a while, I was pretty impressed with myself for dealing with that whole background. Nowadays you could never get my lazy butt to willingly draw a ton of spectators in the back. Look how that one girls braid is so long it almost touchs the ice, haha :)

I think this is a cute little drawing. I wonder if I was confusing mermaids with ballerinas because of her tiny little bustier top there ;) This drawing pretty much proves I've loved ballet since weeelll before I ever went and tried it (for the first time in COLLEGE!). Love it love it.

This is another impressive drawing because I went all out and developed the background(/foreground) like I would barely be willing to do today. I get paralyzed by the thought of and need for reference, reference, reference. Blech.

Anyways, my faaavorite part of this drawing is that I had to EXTEND THE GROUND up on the right side, to fit a chair! haha! Nothing can stop me from what I want, huh?

Also, is that a sewing machine on the desk/dresser? Foreshadowing. ;)

I'm not even sure if this is by me because it just seems a little different. But I remember thinking that "obviously" the sky had a beginning and an end- thus the line up top, separating the sky from everything else, with the stars moon and... space shuttle!? Awesome.

I also love my spelling, if it is indeed mine.

This drawing is just hilarious when I think, "Maybe at a very young age I was already aware of how I would be constrained to POLITICAL CORRECTness in my future illustration career..." Hahah. I mean, neither of these girls are Asian or black or anything, but I was getting there, I'm sure. ;) Anyways, as a side note- when I was little I was obsessed with pregnancy and "baby bumps" and I'm surprised if I didn't draw more pregnant ladies somewhere.