Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Columbo Contemplates His Lost Keys

My submission to the group sketchblog I'm a part of: Columbo!  Gotta admit: I don't know much about this guy other than a few episodes I watched on a little RCA TV with one of those UHF/VHF dials and rabbit ears at my Grandma's. I'd prolly like it, the character is interesting visually, but, you know how these things go....

Brush pen, with some PS toning. I left the scanned sketchbook rings in homage to the whole P.I. thing. It might be cheesy, though....


Original sketch is 8" x 10" Brush pen on paper. Can be part of your collection if you're a lover of 70's detective stories starring dumpy, dirty old heroes. Drop me a line if you want it.

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

Perfectly captured our frumpy hero, nice work. I spent a month drawing columbo from TV last summer to really get inside his head. I think I did. Take a look if you have the inkling

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