Monday Artday: candy
The current Monday Artday challenge is “candy”. I was always told not to take candy from strangers. But, for Christ’s sake, he’s got Charleston Chew and you just don’t see them around much.
Archive of entries posted on February 2010
DCS: gail russell
Gail Russell got an “introducing” credit in the 1944 supernatural thriller “The Uninvited” with Ray Milland, although she had made two earlier films. “The Univited”, one of the first Hollywood movies to present a ghost story in a serious manner (as opposed to comedies), made Gail an overnight star. She starred in a host of …
from my sketchbook: elvia allman
Elvia Allman had a long and productive career and, most likely, you never heard of her. Elvia made her debut on Bob Hope’s radio show in the late 1930s, portraying the man-crazy character Cobina, a parody of Cobina Wright, a society debutante of the time. Wright sued over the portrayal. The case was settled out …
from my sketchbook: the wolfman
Earlier this week, I was alerted to a contest at the website Ain’t It Cool News, from my friend steeveedee. The contest is to promote the upcoming release of “The Wolfman”, a remake of the classic Universal horror movie starring Lon Chaney Jr. The challenge is to submit an illustration of The Wolfman in any …
IF: muddy
This week Illustration Friday challenge word is “muddy”. Twenty-eight and a half inches of snow fell on Philadelphia today and it got me thinking about warmer times. On the first Saturday of June 2008, my family and I attended The Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival, an annual outdoor all-day concert. This particular show was …
from my sketchbook: the exorcist in six frames
There is a website based in the United Kingdom called Little White Lies. They are running a contest in conjunction with the release of a movie called “Kick-Ass” that is being released later this year. The contest is very simple. Theyre asking to take any film and re-imagine it in the form of a comic, …
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