I’m alight at my desk

My proximity to my desk directly correlates with how much I can accomplish. (<– maybe that should be the image’s text.) This is an image I changed to black and white. I like how this version looks more finished than the initial pen and colored pencil drawing (below). What do you think?

I didn’t add text to this image because everything I thought of seemed forced and too concise to be honest or meaningful. I figured the lines of the drawing can “speak for themselves” (and then I sat a while and pondered such an expression and whether or not I could find another way to put it).

9 responses to “I’m alight at my desk”

dratn

August 12, 2012 at 2:05 am

First, thanks for visiting (and following) my humble blog. I like your style of drawing very much, it looks so free. And can I just say that the “People in Household Items” series is brilliant. I sympathise with the Refrigerator one very much because I live in a hot climate…
donaldflake

August 12, 2012 at 6:41 am

I agree – the b/w drawing is better – makes the mind fill the gaps. I also think of quirky ideas like your own and I don’t worry about the quality of the drawing. I’m hoping to start putting my ideas on a seperate blog from my more ‘serious’ artwork. Keep up the drawings Lorna
Erica Preo

August 12, 2012 at 7:08 am

Both are great, but black and white is the winner in my book!
lornayespeace

August 12, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Cool! Thank you for the feedback!
lornayespeace

August 12, 2012 at 2:21 pm

Thank you for the feedback! I see what you mean. Break a leg with your art blog!
Zoya

August 13, 2012 at 1:05 am

I prefer the simplicity of the black and white one – love how there is no details in the desk, but one can still tell what it is and I think without desk drawers the focus is much more on the human-lamp (no distractions)
lornayespeace

August 14, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Cool! Thank you for such a thoughtful response!
emilyrosestudios

August 14, 2012 at 5:26 pm

I prefer the black and white, but then I’m a sucker for b&w, so there you go. I love the way that everything just melds together in the b&w; no distinction between desk and wall/ceiling. lovely!
emilyrosestudios

August 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm

mmm, I also get a neat illusion of height with the b&w, like the desk just keeps going up…. kind of creepy, but in a good way (a sort of Neil Gaiman way, if you know what I mean)