Journal one

I am a basketball player who also draws. Therefore, a drawing of Kobe Bryant playing basketball represents my athletic side and my creative nature. Although my talents do not compare to that of Kobe’s, I am working on becoming a better all around player. The resemblance between the drawing and the real person is the first thing that catches my eye when I look at this picture. It’s amazing how the artist captured Kobe’s physical features from his long pointy nose to his high cheek bones.

In this picture, it is obvious that Kobe is going up for a dunk. Notice how the artist captures Kobe’s movements and acrobatic position. It gives those who don’t know Kobe what type of player he is. Not in a sense of personality but rather his playing style; an over the top, agile, and athletic player. I observe the way that Kobe and other great players play and try to mimic some of their playing styles. However, I play closest to the style of Kobe’s. However as stated earlier, I am no where near as great as him.

As far as drawing, I also tend to draw my characters in motion. However, as the artist did with the portrait of Kobe in the backdrop, I like to draw a portrait of my characters standing still as well. On the contrary, I usually draw the two separately. I draw the characters in a still motion as my way of an introduction. Their motions give the audience a little insight about the character.

I retrieved this picture on Google’s image search. However the secondary source of the picture is www.streetball.com