Saturday, October 9, 2010

223 - "Marilyn At The Bat"


Since the baseball playoffs are on, it's easy to find inspiration for my drawings from bases, bats and balls.  Today, I found a black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe playing ball, which I used as a pose source for this image.  There is definitely a baseball connection, she had been briefly married to Joe DiMaggio.

The photo I used as a reference for today's JSVB entry came from an Internet baseball fan site, but I wish I knew the true photo source so I could give proper credit.  Apparently, DiMaggio first became enamoured of Monroe after he saw a picture of her posing with a bat and a couple of players.  If that's the same photo, I can understand how he must have felt.