Same Place, Different Collaborator

Had my usual Friday night meet at the Cock N' Bull Bar. One difference though: Every other night I've been drawing with my friend Richard Gagnon. Well, this evening, Rick was visiting his family off in Saguenay, Quebec, so I was with his and my friend Marr, who had met with us during the last two Fridays. Marr enjoyed the process of collaboration, and the flexing of drawing muscles, so he and I kept the weekly tradition going.

Where Rick is a finisher, Marr is a storyteller, with an amusingly morbid imagination. He saw the insulin needles of one of our friends at the bar, and came up with the scene of the guy injecting himself, above. I continued it across the centrefold to add a horrified, but fascinated, girlfriend. Also, I got to do a lot of the finishing, this time.

Below, it's Marr doing the inks, also choosing the subject. I had drawn a woman's face on the page (of a brand new sketchbook, by the way!), and Marr put her into this scene. I had the idea of adding the other arm, belonging to Harry, I suppose.



The last drawing is by Marr alone. This character is wearing my sweater and scarf. Not my smile, however. Since these were both done in my book, I've taken them home, and might add some lights and darks later. At the moment, they're as the original artist left them.



I'm looking forward to Rick coming back, of course, but working with another imagination is a fun new experience. In every collaboration, you never know what's going to end up on the page.