The Naked Truth

Many readers keep asking when I EVER comment about illustration or the creative field since it is mentioned in the masthead. There is much "anything else that pops into his big round head" and little "comments on the creative field".

Okay, okay, here's a bone.

I was at a meeting the other day with other illustrators who asked how I was able to create illustrations that are uniquely Yang. How is such an identifiable "voice" created?

The answer is easy: I don't know ANY OTHER WAY to draw. Even when I purposely try to copy others, it looks like Yang. I try to copy Picasso, it comes out Yang. I try to copy Botticelli, another Yang appears. Have me copy any artist. It will turn out Yang. Since the only thing I can create is Yang, I try to create "Yangs" THAT DO NOT SUCK.

Can we now talk about what I really want?

Great.

Readers seemed VERY CURIOUS what I meant about the inevitability of seeing naked modern dancers. Here's an example:

Abby once asked me to come with her while she shot video for a dance company during dress rehearsals. One dancer in the company looked like a young Sofia Loren IF LOREN WAS BETTER LOOKING.


Yeah, something like her. David Seymour/Magnum

After the first piece, the dancers suddenly TOOK OFF THEIR CLOTHES to change into another costume. Since Abby is a dancer, she had no reaction. Since I am not, I was in TOTAL SHOCK. "Sophia" saw my stunned expression. She smiled and turned towards me so I could have a better "view", then turned back to dress. I immediately told Abby that dress rehearsals "rock".

This is why the Yang iPhoto library has impenetrable security measures. If you remember, for every potential picture of dancers in a state of undress, there are multiple disturbing pictures of ME. Our library has over 5000 pictures. There might be ONE picture of "Sophia". However, there are hundreds of random pictures of ME as a deterrent. My medical friends have explained that accidentally viewing an undressed Yang is similar to suffering a CONCUSSION. Professional athletes retire after less than ten concussions. An uninvited viewer of Yangblog photos could suffer HUNDREDS of concussions. Even if they persisted, they would have runny oatmeal for brains by the time they got "lucky."

If you will excuse me, I need to grab my camera.

I think I will shoot pictures of my passwords written on my body.

Who needs a firewall?