Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Tourists.............sigh.......Love em......Hate em......


love em or hate em, they are the life blood of a street artist's industry.... yep, Im talking about those annoying pointing TOURISTS who gawk and point and haggle, and walk right by your stand to buy a billion dollar trinket that your neighbor is selling. I love them. I Hate them. i have "millions" of these pics in my sketchbooks scattered throughout my house. I saw this one about to be thrown into the trash ( as a gesture drawing) and decided to develop it more. Glad i did.

..........and yeah....... they really are that dumb to keep their wallet in their back pocket....in New York.......

1 comment:

Everybody's gotta be in a Gang said...

I know what you mean, Elgin. I rely on tourists in Central Park when I'm doing caricatures; they're my best customers, and I really do like meeting people from all over the world and hearing their stories. HOWEVER, when I'm walking quickly from the subway to my area in the Park and tourists are slowly walking around looking confused or gawking at the tall buildings or just stopping in the middle of the street without warning- that's frustrating.
Nice drawing, btw.