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Whew! This was a project. I started drawing this particular one on June 23, 2006. I worked on it a bit
every few nights (I took progress shots with my cell's camera. I'll try to get those up sometime), but ultimately
lost the drive and urge to finish it about a month later. Around December, I decided to try to finish it in time
to give to Amy for Christmas. I'd begun drawing it with the goal of filling a void in our bedroom where a 16x20 photo
from our wedding hung on one side of the room and nothing was across from it. This drawing ended up being bigger than usual
- 14x17 to be exact (which is frustrating because they don't make 14x17 frames OR 16x20 frames matted to 14x17).
As I drew it, it became more and more clear I was running out of reference and not paper, so I sought out other shots
from this scene in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (one of my favorite "edited" movies from Clean Films, and
oddly enough, the scene this photo is from is not in the version I watch),
and basically used some artistic license to fill in portions of the left and bottom of the drawing. I ended up filling
the page, only to be able to find an 11x14 mat for a 16x20 frame on Christmas Eve when I had finally
finished the picture the night before (Ironically, December 23). I gave it to Amy that night and found a place to cut the mat
wider a few days later. Anyway, the inspiration for drawing them came after watching the film again and just really feeling for
the characters. It's a great film about relationships and this has definitely quickly become one of my favorite drawings.
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