The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “cowboy“. William Frederick Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Cody got his nickname, “Buffalo Bill”, for supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad …
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “the zoo“. Upon seeing the word “zoo”, my first thought was an old joke. A guy works at the circus for ten years. His job is following the elephants around, sweeping up their shit. All day, every day, for ten years, all this guy does, is sweep …
The weekly challenge word on sugar frosted goodness is “transportation“. In this quick illustration, I thought of a 1950s vision of the world of transportation, circa 1987.
The extended challenge on Monday Artday is “draw your favorite Monday Artday contributing artist“. I drew me. (created entirely in Photoshop….again.)
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “superstition“. Stevland Hardaway Judkins (his name was later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) born prematurely in Saginaw, Michigan to Lula Mae Hardaway on May 13, 1950. It is thought that he received excessive oxygen in his incubator which led to retinopathy of prematurity, a destructive ocular disorder affecting …
The challenge word this week on sugar frosted goodness is “flight“. Can’t keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I
In the 1930s, Hollywood placed many actresses on the “goddess” pedestal. There was Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Betty Grable, Jean Harlow, Lana Turner and many others. There were other actresses, appearing in hundreds of movies, who never achieved “goddess” status. Clara Blandick falls into this category. Clara was born in 1876 on a ship, captained …
The challenge word this week on illustration friday is “scale“. The Sound of Music portrayed the life of Maria Kutschera, a young woman studying in a Roman Catholic sisterhood, and her relationship with widower Georg Ritter von Trapp and as governess to his children. Details of the history of the von Trapp family were altered …
The challenge at sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “signs“. I was looking for a story to illustrate “a sign from God“. The story of Miriam was told to me by this guy, and it goes like this… Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron. Her name means either “wished for child”, “bitter” or “rebellious”, but …
The weekly challenge word on Monday Artday is “hygiene” Mysophobia is a term used to describe a pathological fear of contact with dirt to avoid contamination and germs. Someone who has such a fear is often referred to as a “mysophobe”. The term was introduced by William A. Hammond in 1879, when describing a case …
