Thumbing through an old sketchbook, or as what we would say “black book”, I came across this drawing.
When I say “old”, I’m talking around 1988 or so. During this time, I was very influenced by comic books and fantasy art. Copying what I saw in the latest issue of X-men, or whatever graphic novel I could get my hands on. Here, this is a simple pencil drawing that for me, was a great excuse to explore “cross-hatching”. This kind of detail, I think found itself into my graffiti letters during this time and later. I wanted to incorporate more futuristic elements to my graffiti art at the time.
Although in my abstract-work, I pretty much let go of all things figurative. But here, it was all about those drawing skills.