A Portrait of Slumber
This is pretty much the way I sleep. Sort of. I don’t stuff my face into the pillow quite so much, but it’s comfy. I always sleep on my stomach; have done since I was a small boy. It helps keep monsters away. I just feel too vulnerable on my back.
I did this drawing to study the way pillowy fabric surfaces bend and wrinkle when a weight is applied to them. Specifically, I was trying to see if I could capture the way it feels when my elbows and knees push into the mattress. I had no visual reference for this drawing (I’ve never tried to photograph myself sleeping,) so I’m sure that there are some differences between reality as my body represents it to my mind, and what I must actually look like when I sleep.
Nonetheless, there’s my butt.
