Art Part 3 (Jay's Earlier Drawings)

I remember Spider- Man being my favorite superhero from an early age. He was my first Halloween costume when I was about 5 years old. As an adult, I can appreciate his story with him being misunderstood, unappreciated, poor, picked on, overlooked, etc. I also like his sense of humor. I really like how this drawing came out.

This was a drawing I did of a logo of a cartoon I used to watch. After drawing it in pencil, I used a black marker to further define it. It was not quick or easy to put all that marker in and around those letters, but I thought it came out great in the end!

I drew this because I felt it encapsulated being a voracious and formidable rebounder on the basketball court, which I am happy to say I became. I loved rebounding and I felt like I was flying for a second or two when I soared to ensnare errant shots. All my time in the weight room really helped when combined with my reflexes, coordination, and instincts. On the actual paper I wrote "The Art of Rebounding" as a caption beneath the drawing.

I drew this Charlotte Hornets logo as a young teenager. Over 20 years later I colored it in (as seen in Art Part 2)

From a technical standpoint, I feel this is probably the best overall drawing I ever did (when considering all aspects from shading to detail to shape recreation, etc.) I was around 20 when I drew it. I was a big Michael Jordan fan then. That faded as I grew and came to admire more humble and selfless players like Steve Nash and Kawhi Leonard but my technical appreciation of the artwork endured.

Michael Jai White as Al Simmons in the movie Spawn. This is one of my favorite action films ever. It has a good message. I wrote more about this below beneath my other Spawn film drawing.

I drew this character from a video game I played when I was young. I thought for some reason that I'd be able to draw him really well and indeed I was very happy with the finished art.

I spent more time on this drawing of my favorite bodybuilder (as a teen) Paul Dillet than I spent on any other ever. This took me like 200 hours. I broke it up and did it in sections over months. So much shading!!! So much pencil! Can you believe that background is all dark hard pushed pencil?! Obviously as a youngster I was captivated by bodybuilding.

I drew this "Musclehedz" cartoon during my tenure as an aspiring bodybuilder.

This is an unfinished bust/portrait I drew of Paul Dillet. The light of the photo made the pencil shine a lot in this picture.

I drew and colored this as a mandatory assignment for an art class that I took with Dr. Burton Wasserman at Rowan University. It's of an abstract portrait of Andy Warhol that hung in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I had to visit the museum, select an artwork featured there, draw and color it, and analyze it using what we learned from the course. It's in plastic in one of my art books that snaps shut (as can be seen on the right).

I drew this portrait as a teen of teen Kobe Bryant announcing he was going directly from highschool to the NBA in 1996. I was a fan of his when he first came in the league but that faded over time. However, I still like how the drawing came out.

This is a comic book style version animation I drew of NBA marvel Shawn Kemp 

I drew this picture of Michael Jai White as Al Simmons from the movie Spawn. I loved the movie and when I was asked in my early 20's which movie best described my life, I chose Spawn, because I could relate to having been through hell and coming back full of vengeance and having to deal with that. I detailed this on my "Tha Call of Tha Wild" album that I recorded in my early 20's under the artist name "Tha Mad Dog."

I used to like football and thought this drawing of Napolean Kaufman came out excellent. 

I thought this drawing I did as a young teen of Garfield came out well.

This is a cartoon I drew of Chris Webber when I was very young and he played for the Golden State Warriors.

I drew this logo of TNT from the 90's because I loved that channel back then when it was the only way to really see the sensational Shawn Kemp at the time.

 Shawn Kemp of the Seattle Supersonics was one of my favorite players ever. I loved how this cartoon of him came out.

I drew this so hard with the pencil that it wrinkled the paper a little bit. I loved the Sonics green & yellow colors in the 90s.