Awesome Tattoo Ladies

Who knew that losing oneself in Buzzfeed could contribute to productivity (kind of)?

Recently found this fascinating post of Vintage photos: http://www.buzzfeed.com/maceyjforonda/17-kickass-vintage-photos-of-women-with-tattoos
I had no idea women did this so long ago! Tattoos aren't really my thing, yet I can't help but admire these gutsy ladies for lending their bodies to art.

The first pic is of Maud Wagner from 1907, which inspired me to draw this:

I wanted to focus on her face and could not presume to tackle the illustrations on her skin, but had so much fun, I might do more :)

Life Drawing = Joy

finally, some new life (drawings)!

Aubrey Beardsley

After a visit to the museum i was sucked into the usual Wikipedia spiral of links, and came across the photo of artist Aubrey Beardsley. i knew his illustrations, but not what he looked like, and this picture just begged to be drawn from :)
He reminds me of my good friend Elad - this one's for you!

Sketch Dump

So i haven't been very present in the past year, and time flies by so fast. To make up for lost time, i'll start off a year's worth of sketches. Not many, unfortunately, but it just makes 2013's resolutions easier to accomplish  :-/

Back in January my dad went on an amazing trip to Ethiopia, and after coming back his group made a book of photos from their time there. I looked through it and saw the beautiful and interesting faces of the locals, and started drawing from the photos (no tracing, just from looking at the book):