the list of 9 for july 18, 2003:
THE NINE GOOFIEST DRAWINGS OF JIM MORRISON ON THE WEB
I took Art throughout high school, and one thing I noticed, year after year, was that there wouldalways be some goober - male or female - who would draw a portrait of The Doors' Jim Morrison asone of their class assignments. A couple of months ago, while I was searching for a photo ofMorrison online, I quickly discovered what happened to all those drawings: More than 30 yearsafter his death, the Internet has become a treasure trove of tacky Morrison portraits, many ofthem fairly well-crafted (essentially traced photos of the preening young narcissist, often withpsychedelic colors swirling about) but some of them so hilariously bad that I just had to showcasethem here for your amusement. The singer's death at 27 saved the world from watching him grow baldand fat; however, it did not save us from this:
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#1. An artiste in France starts us off with this humble image of Morrison on abad hair day, with Shannen Doherty-like eyes. Jim looks very sleepy.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#2. This Hungarian artist envisions the Lizard King as a petulant, 8-year-old girl. Orperhaps an elf.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#3. Jim starts nodding off again in what appears to be a rough sketch made of him whilehe was watching television.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#4. Mr. Mojo Risin - from the grave! This artist is perhaps imagining Morrison in aNight of the Living Dead remake. Don't let him eat your brain!
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#5. Here Jim seems to be turning into some sort of bird.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#6. Another variation on the same photograph, the drugs seem to be kicking in asMorrison's face melts into a cartoonish pucker, half of his hair blowing off into the wind whilethe other half forms a vaguely Farrah Fawcett-esque wave.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#7. This artist made damn sure that nobody was gonna steal his art off the Web withouthis name - and copyright! - included. Fine by me. Here Jim, in his famous Christ pose, lookslike he was either slugged in the face with a bag of rocks or is getting over the mumps.
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#8. A very confused airbrusher seems to have mixed up his rock and roll icons. Oram I the only one who thinks this is Elvis Presley in a Morrison wig? Not to mention the widestneck in the world. (Note the seams: this was painted onto a denim jacket.)
- PORTRAIT OF JIM#9. Finally, I leave you with this unique stereogram of Morrison, two drawings that, ifyou stare at it and cross your eyes, form a 3D image of what looks more like Chevy Chase with amop on his head.
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