Shuffled iPod playlist = New Series?

Still recovering from the feel-good epidemic that raged across our country earlier this week, I have found another very specific (and somewhat selfish) reason to celebrate the New Year: I HAVE INTERNET POWERS AGAIN! AND ACCESS TO A SCANNER! A little geekish sure, but it was killing me to not be able to post any new work or do any digital jazzamatazz. That obstacle overcome for now, I can start posting some work from my shuffle playlist-inspired series of illustrations. It'll be a fun excuse to draw the people that make me tap my toes and nod my head on those long daily commutes, and since my iTunes library is kind of all over, I don't expect to get bored anytime soon.

Update 4/23/09: Derrick got bored with this series and moved on to something else.

Kaki King

This quickly turned into one of those painstaking "I really like drawing hair!" drawings. I'm gonna add some coats of Photoshop paint to the piece and post the finished work in a follow-up. I say that a lot, but I mean it this time, baby. Promise.