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It starts with a blank piece of paper,
a lot of different pencils.
That's all I knew as a kid growing up,
is just one pencil.
You know, just doodling all through school
at the bowling alley.
I was watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon,
and I started drawing them.
Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop.
You know, as you get older,
you know, your priorities change.
I stopped drawing for about 14, 15 years,
and then just picked it up about six, seven years ago.
That's how I spend my time.
I was like, let me challenge myself,
and let me see if I can draw something now
as I get older, since I have more patience,
and I know a little bit more than I used to.
I'll show the difference between the one I did
in high school and then the next one.
5,220 days apart.
After I did the first baseball one,
it just blew up, as you can see here.
Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Hertz,
Go Eagles, of course, Tiger Woods,
The Goat, Brady, and I did a picture of Harper.
Harper, if you see this, please sign it, right around here.
Just love watching the Philadelphia Phillies.
Great team, I've been watching them
since I was a little kid.
I think this is the year.
Everybody's, you know, connecting
and running on all cylinders.
I can see improvement where I could use it,
but yet again, how much more time
do I want to spend on something?
It's a fine line between, you know,
finishing and moving on to the next one.
Over time, about over 20 hours it takes to do one of them.
I grid the paper and then I call it out,
mapping it, you know, getting all the hard lines in
and then I'll start shading.
That's what you try to do as an artist,
is capture that little something else.
Few hours a day, some days are longer.
This is not working right now.
I got hurt at work last year
and I'm still kind of dealing with that.
I lose track of time.
Once I put it in the frame, it's like,
I'm done with it, I'm not gonna touch it.
This is probably maybe a third of what I actually have done.
Everything else has been sold.
Hopefully this takes off.
You know, you're supposed to love what you do,
you know, and then you won't think you're working.
Pencil and paper is pretty much as basic as it comes,
so hopefully the boys can keep on perfecting their basics.
And who knows, hopefully, oh, look at that.
I know what this year, they have too good of a team.
Go Philz!
