As another notebook nears saturation, I scanned some drawings I’ve made in it over the past couple months. The notebook is a Moleskine knockoff, its thin pages reveal traces of the opposite sides. Some of the drawings are of real people I observed, others are from memory or imagination.

I don’t know what prompted this drawing. I think I challenged myself to make a black person. The gun just kind of drew itself. I kept it in for contrast to the suit. I titled this, “Nice black gentleman with gun.”

Another from the imagination. This reminds me a bit of my father. I am not sure what the headgear is. It kind of looks like a captain’s hat. I titled this, “Captain Dad.”

This was from memory of Chicago’s new mayor, Emmanuel Rahm.

I don’t know who this is. I think he is materialistic and Metropolitan. I titled it “Rich Weak Man.”

Here are a couple performers from a comedy open mic. I don’t know their names.

Here’s a raw sketch, quite abstract in its incompleteness.. Normally I don’t draw the ‘big name’ comedians. But I like the essence of this.. call it “Lebo.”