I can’t tell if this drawing by Tom Fluharty makes me laugh because it’s so funny, or because I’m so happy that human beings are still capable of drawing like this.
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| Ace Frehley, guitarist from the group Kiss |
Look at the marvelous assortment of talents that combine to create this image of a saggy, jowly, dissolute rocker. Fluharty even makes those sunglasses sag:
Fluharty devised his own patented technique for scratching sharp highlights in his blue pencil series of drawings. He used that technique effectively here to draw scraggly hairs on the top of the head. It contributes to the character, but note that Fluharty resists the temptation to overdo it with too many individual hairs; he selectively isolates one long greasy hair scratched across the middle of that dark lens (high contrast) to give those wilted sunglasses additional prominence.
Also, without Fluharty’s understanding of anatomy, those exaggerated rolls of flab melting down Frehley’s face wouldn’t look nearly so believable.
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| Pudgy fingers like turkey drumsticks, wearing oversized jewelry, reinforce our impression of aged debauchery. |
A thrusting pelvis comes across more comical than dangerous when paired with a pot belly… that moth eaten costume that was once cool… Fluharty doesn’t miss a trick. He is a great storyteller with a pencil.
