American History in markers on a postcard (Delivered by Art)

I was hoping to post several different posts before doing another "Delivered by Art" post, but that did not happen.  You might also notice that the stamps on this postcard have not been cancelled, and that is because the postcard has not yet been mailed.  I don't expect to get this postcard back...ever, because it is a gift, but why not preserve it digitally before it gets thrown into the US Postal system.

I googled an image of Frederick Douglass for this postcard.  I liked his hair in this photo.  Actually, he has pretty great hair in every image ever taken of him.  So I magnified the image in my web browser, took out my markers and started laying down lines.  Started with a very light gray.  I have been using it almost  like a pencil in that I am laying down guidelines.  They are faint and won't show up heavily later, and I kind of like the jumping right to markers and not trying to do several pencil sketches first, constantly refining it.  I don't like trying to replicate the image exactly, so I took some liberties.  Overall, I liked how it came out.  Maybe I will do a whole series of sketches on Douglass.  Great hair on that guy.  The whole abolition thing was pretty great, too, but that hair.  Wow.

Markers and ink on Canson brand watercolor postcard

Here is the back.

I stand by my comments on brilliant men and crazy hair.  James Brown would be another example.  Yahoo Serious is a glaring exception, however.