A few days ago Journalista posted a link (via Boing Boing) to an artist who has drawn his mother’s entire high school yearbook. It reminded me that I used to do the same exercise, though not nearly as ambitious or as well-drawn as John Martz’s project. I used to dig up my old yearbooks every time I found myself falling into the trap of drawing the same kind of face over and over again. I’ve been having a slightly different problem recently, but returning to this practice has been helpful in getting me over that hurdle.