I know I need to learn more pop-culture references for my Improv classes, but I never knew I’d need them for figure drawing. I went to a drink-and-draw in Brooklyn, and my coworker decided that the 60-something male model resembled Ganondorf from the Legend of Zelda, and we should all draw him as such. Thanks, Google Images!

A view of the bar at Fishmarket Restaurant near South Street Seaport.

One great thing about having the parents in town is that I find a lot more opportunities to draw on restaurant tables. At dinner tonight, there was an older man in a powder blue suit downing bourbon and receiving occasional accolades from passersby, as if he were a celebrity. Maybe he was just well-known in the neighborhood.

This is two separate sketches colliding; he didn’t really have glassware on his head. But give him time.

Admittedly not my greatest sketch of Dad, but this plastic table covering wasn’t the greatest surface to apply ink to. Once I saw it was just pooling I decided to smear it around.

The steak and fries were awesome, by the way.

Quick iPad sketch of my dad in his natural habitat, falling asleep in front of the TV!