I’ve wanted to do a series of portraits for a long time. I thought about mugshots but couldn’t find any good ones. Then I found The Smoking Gun and Mugshots.com, and then I saw Karin Jurick’s series of 100 portraits, 4″x4″ in oil, all of mugshots. Sorta burst my bubble. But I had the idea a long time ago, just didn’t have the gumption to get up and fucking do it. I’m a total lazy ass. I inherited it. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.

I have been having fun looking at all the mugshots and sketching them. I haven’t posted all of them, but not knowing who they are takes a lot of pressure off the likeness. And nobody really cares but me. Yes, these last couple are in regular ball point pen on regular steno notebook, spiral-bound paper. No, I don’t draw underneath, I just start. I almost always start at the brow/hairline area. I don’t know why, so don’t ask. Well, you can ask but I’ll just shove something rude in your ask-hole.

mugshot portrait series

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