Meet the ACAB girl…
I’m not really satisfied with her though, as she looks too cool, too smart, I don’t know. This one lacks humor, but she’s there now, and I’m not the one to kill a Booked Girl once she’s born!

And as a bonus, here’s a little group shot - only a fraction of the fam:

Finally done with this one. Actually it hasn’t changed much since last time… I kind of like the unfinished touch about it, the dirty arm, the empty spot…
Still I’m being impatient as always, as I’m posting these shots taken at night, with my lab light. Not the best preview you can get, plus they’re blurry, but it gives a pretty good impression of how it looks like.

Here’s a detail of the face (as you may have noticed I’m good at dropping useful information):



And a close up of the text:



(I said it was blurry!)
For the little anecdote, this text actually comes from a real party flyer…!
And I was invited. Yes I was.

Anyway, I’ll take some time one of these days to take some daylight shots… What procrastination??

[UPDATE - May 24] Well I’m not that hopeless apparently as I did take some daylight shots today :)
Here’s a way better version:

Damn I’m so hungry I could eat… well anyone. I wish my beloved night store owners weren’t so fond of their bed. Ain’t no thing though… and it doesn’t keep me from going on with these pretty girls - a good thing as they’ve been around for a while now.

[UPDATE - May 24] Here’s how they look like now - and with proper perspective:

Some details:

… I have to say I’m having much fun with that handbag… and more to come I’m sure…

… Well at least that’s what they call her apparently. You judge for yourself :)
Nothing much to say about this last one, except I really like her. She’s the first one in the series that actually looks mean. I guess I should, and maybe will work on her a bit more… but a little phone preview never hurts…

So here I am again, stuck on Pussy Drive. Sure I work on several paintings at a time, but it’s not enough to calm down the frustration, or to provide any solution to this here problem:

I started that girl at the end of last year, and somehow I just can’t get myself to finish her. There’s obviously something missing, but what? I’ve been looking at it over and over again, adding this and that, erasing it… you know the drill.
The thing is, I don’t even feel like adding anything actually. It’s like… all that black in the background is good, like something to be filled in by somebody else…
… But wait a minute… OK, that was one short and efficient psychotherapy!

Now I just have to fix her arm for a bit, tighten some loose ends, and I’m all set! Thank you, eightpussy.com :D

If I had to come up with a slogan to express my style in photography, it’d be Seek & Destroy, I think… Damn I’m so bad at taking shots! How inconvenient…

Anyway, there she is: the Barbie amongst them. She’s quite a bit pinkish, and has the advantage of looking like Sir Winston Churchill - not a small asset!

Here’s a first bad preview with reflections for your visual comfort:

And here’s a detail of the left side, maybe a bit more fair…

… but only a bit.

Drinks and Kittens

Not like I’m not working on anything else I swear, but let’s say I needed to post better shots of my Booked Girls Series as it is at the moment… They don’t have a title or real name, only pet names I give them, so don’t pay attention to that, will you? Alright, here we go:

Snotty

And a detail:

Dirty Mouth

And detail:

Stevenson Girl

(See the blue sticker on her shirt? It was made years ago by my friend Laz’ AKA Kevin Lenaerts… jussayin’)

Detail:

And Chubby

Detail:

Bonus detail with a weird cropping:

That was it. The whole series. I didn’t add the last one, as it was the subject of my, well, last post but you get the picture.

I’m also working on a new one. It looks like shit at the moment (or like a guy **, actually), but it always feels that way so no worries… Here she is:

All this being said, I’m dying to go back to painting. When that happens, I’ll know I’m finally back on tracks… Anyway, I’m off for now. Anyone who reads this or doesn’t - be well, folks…

** OK, guys in general don’t look remotely like shit obviously, I mean I’m a fan and all… expect in this kind of situation.

OK, I finally moved in, and (slowly) started working again… Here’s my first baby since I live at home:

… yup, a girl from the Booked series. Feels like a good way to go back to work: light, fast, pencil stuff etc.

Here’s a shot in context:

And in more context:

But wait a minute… did I just lovingly post a picture of my new place? Hmmm, looks like I just felt at home for the 1st time tonight :)

Struggling on the next Booked Girl… I mean, struggling! Feels like there’s something completely off about her but for some reason I don’t want to let her go…