Drawing Detail
This is my drawing of bassist Leland Sklar and is part of my "Obscure Personality Portrait Series" depicting influential and interesting people many may have never heard of.
Through the years I'd seen Leland (and his unmistakable beard) appear playing bass on quite a few live performance DVDs from a wide variety of big name performers. At the time I'd always wonder who is that guy and what's his story. So after a bit of research I finally found his name and was shocked to see the list of his 2000+ albums upon which he's appeared. It's a phenomenal list of albums and performers! Here's a partial List:
America • Clint Black • Laura Branigan • Regina Belle • Stephen Bishop • Clint Black • Suzy Bogguss • Sarah Brightman • Jackson Browne • Peabo Bryson • Jimmy Buffett • Steve Camp • Glen Campbell • Eric Carmen • Kim Carnes • David Cassidy • Steven Curtis Chapman • Ray Charles • Joe Cocker • Leonard Cohen • Phil Collins • Rita Coolidge • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young • Neil Diamond • Dion • Thomas Dolby • The Doors • Donovan • Chris Eaton • England Dan & JohnFord Cooley • Art Garfunkel • Vince Gill • Amy Grant • Arlo Guthrie • Sammy Hagar • Merle Haggard • Hall & Oates • Faith Hill • Don Henley • Engelbert Humperdinck • Julio Iglesias • Wynonna Judd • Carole King • Kris Kristofferson • Lisa Loeb • Lyle Lovett • Manhattan Transfer • Ricky Martin • Richard Marx • Reba McEntire • Roger McGuinn • Bette Midler • Graham Nash • Aaron Neville • Randy Newman • Olivia Newton-John • The Oak Ridge Boys • Twila Paris • Dolly Parton • Bernadette Peters • Bonnie Raitt • Helen Ready • LeAnn Rimes • Lee Ritenour • Linda Ronstadt • Diana Ross • David Sanborn • Leo Sayer • Neil Sedaka • Vonda Shepard • Carly Simon • Ricky Skaggs • Michael W. Smith • Rod Stewart • Stephen Stills • George Strait • Barbra Streisand • Donna Summer • James Taylor • Livingston Taylor • Terence Trent d'Arby • Tanya Tucker • Wilson Phillips • Lee Ann Womack • Trisha Yearwood • Warren Zevon
Art Specs: Hand-drawn portrait on marker paper using Sharpie and copic pens. Illustrator CS3 for typesetting. Photoshop for clean-up and gray fills/strokes and final composite.
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