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Sketch
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones, Jr.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009I drew this on Friday, but wasn’t able to get it to you until now.
Earlier this week, I saw an image of Indy which I believe to be during a scene from Last Crusade at Barnett College. I thought it would make a good challenge for a couple of reasons:
- I have no confidence in drawing human and animal figures, so this was a good image to try to sketch (not trace) to push my envelope a bit; and
- When people think of Indiana Jones, they of course envision something to the effect of this:
- So if I stick to the conventional image of this character (bull whip, fedora, leather jacket, stubble), you could identify him even if I had drawn it with crayon. With my left hand. With my eyes closed.
Well that’s no good. I wanted to push myself to actually capture the person, not their effect. So here’s the image I used:
And the result:
Not terrible, really. I think I should do more portraits, given this is my first in over a decade.





