Breaking Bad’s Walter White, blue Sharpie on banner paper, 14″ tall x 29″ wide
This is one of my drawings from exhibiting at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013. It features Breaking Bad’s Walter White sitting in a warehouse surrounded by bricks of cash. The drawing is blue Sharpie on banner paper, 14″ tall x 29″ wide. The drawing took about five hours to complete, because of all of the dark areas.
I chose the blue Sharpie for this drawing to echo the series’ famous “blue meth.” I think it would have looked equally good in green1 or yellow.2 This one of my wider drawings – very nearly to the edge of each side of the sheet of paper, which is fairly difficult to do. Since this drawing was started at the top left corner3 I couldn’t have been positive it would have finished within the left edge of the paper. You can also see a dark spot at the bottom left where the pen soaked into the drawing for a bit before I picked up the pen. Depending upon the drawing, I actually like this effect.
Since this drawing was posted on the fence at Maker Faire 2013, rolled up, archived, unrolled, transported to Maker Faire 2014 where it was displayed again, you can see a little wrinkling of the paper at the edges.