Rhapsodies

For today’s sketch I drew from Shawshank Redemption. This one was a challenge. After being indecisive of what to draw from it, without cribbing the posters. Ultimately I went with the side story about senior prisoner Brooks Hatlen and his pet crow, Jake.

While Brooks story in the movie is ultimately tragic this scene in the lunch room gives us a small ray of hope. Shawshank prison may be so terrible that there’s maggots in the food. At least you can use them to feed a baby bird.

I think this would have worked better if I’d zoomed back a bit so that it was more of a scene in the crowd. Ah well. Live and learn.