When I learn to draw something, I tend to draw them everywhere. In middle school I drew camels on everything notebooks, folders, the bottom of my sneakers, white boards, my arm, and anywhere else. At first the camels that I drew were extremely cartoony with big googly eye and very cloud-like tuffs of hair, but now I guess you would say they are a more refined cartoon.
The first time I ever encountered a camel was the summer before my first year of high school. My family took a vacation to Eastern Europe, one stop being Ephesus, Turkey. After exploring the ancient ruins of the city of Ephesus, my father and I came upon a massive camel standing on the side of the road with a sign stating that you could ride it for the price of one euro. After a moment of begging I gave the stout turkish man, I suppose the camel's owner, a euro and I promptly hopped up the latter to saddle the beautiful creature. Once upon the camel's hump, I realized that I quite high up and I may have started to panic because I imagined the camel breaking loose from its rope and galloping off into the desert and I was forced to go with it. Well, that was the first time I had even seen a camel in person and it was quite the memorable experience, enjoy the picture!
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| don't i just look thrilled! |
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