"Emerson student Jody Steel draws on thigh, gains fame" by Christopher Muther | Globe Staff, September 20, 2013
Students, ignore everything your parents, teachers, and professors have told you and listen carefully: Doodling in class can make you a star.
At least, that is what it has done for Emerson student Jody Steel, whose remarkable drawings, usually on her right thigh, have won her buzz, hundreds of thousands of views online, and job offers.
Since starting at Emerson College in 2011, the Florida native has been using her leg as a canvas on which to produce portraits of Bryan Cranston as Walter White in “Breaking Bad,” Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, and “Don Jon” actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Celebrity crushes, favorite television shows, and an occasional cat have found their way onto her leg as she carefully draws with a Pilot Precise V5 pen during class lectures.
I use them to mark my Globes!
The delicate shadings of her work bring to mind a series of pop-culture chiaroscuro sketches. They are documented on her iPhone and then lost to the ages with the help of soap and water.
It's not lost to the ages, not with the NSA scooping up everything.
Steel posted her leg art to the website imgur.com, where it has been viewed more than half a million times. The number of views skyrocketed when the drawings were linked to Tumblr, Reddit, and 9Gag. Google search “Walter White leg drawing,” and Steel’s drawing is the top result....
That's when I removed their hand.
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