http://blog.marshotelonline.com feel better, josh pincus Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:15:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twenty-three year-old Debbie Boostrom auditioned, alongside hundreds of anxious and hopeful young ladies, to become the coveted 25th Anniversary Playboy Playmate. Debbie was unsuccessful, but a little over a year later, she was presented in the magazine as Miss August 1981. In the following months, she appeared in several Playboy videos and participated ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/02/05/from-my-sketchbook-debbie-boostrom/ This week's Illustration Friday challenge word is "suspense". Alfred Hitchcock - Hollywood's master of suspense. He was a technical innovator, a masterful storyteller and a visionary director. In his career, that spanned six decades, he never won an Oscar (aside from an honorary and conciliatory lifetime achievement award). http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/02/04/if-suspense/ The new challenge word on the Monday Artday illustration blog is "rain". Let the stormy clouds chase Ev'ryone from the place Come on with the rain I've a smile on my face http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/02/04/monday-artday-rain/ After a long, long hiatus, the illustration showcase website Monday Artday is back with a vengeance! The first challenge, in nearly seven months, is "daily chores". He didn't mind the "Fee-ing" and the "Fi-ing" and the "Foe-ing" and the "Fum-ing", but the Beanstalk Giant couldn't stand grinding the bones to make his ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/31/monday-artday-daily-chores/ Alexa Kenin began acting as a child, landing her first role opposite Academy Award-winning actor Jason Robards in the 1972 TV movie The House Without a Christmas Tree. She appeared in several more TV productions, including five Afterschool Specials. The 80s brought Alexa her big-screen debut in the Tatum O'Neal-Kristy MacNichol ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/30/from-my-sketchbook-alexa-kenin/ This week's Illustration Friday word is "forward". When my parents gave me my first box of crayons and a blank drawing pad, they had no idea I would turn it into a career. I majored in art in high school and attended a vocational art school after spending a year in ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/29/if-forward/ Teenage aspiring dancer Beryl Heischuber answered a casting call ad and landed a role in the 1928 production of Vanities  at the Earl Carroll Broadway theatre. Using the more accessible (and more pronounceable) name "Wallace", Beryl appeared amid dozens of other young dancers billed under the umbrella title "the most ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/26/from-my-sketchbook-beryl-wallace/ Tsutomu Yamaguchi worked as a draftsman designing oil tankers for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki. Japanese industry was suffering as a result of World War II. Resources and materials grew more and more difficult to come by. Tsutomu, like many Japanese, felt Japan should have never started a war. He ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/25/from-my-sketchbook-tsutomu-yamaguchi/ This week's Illustration Friday challenge word is "twirl". For as long as he could remember, Tommy Lasorda, the longest tenured employee with the Dodgers organization, including twenty years as team manager, loved baseball. Growing up in a poor family in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Tommy could never afford to attend to a real ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/22/if-twirl/ Tom Forman was a prolific "triple threat" in the early days of Hollywood. He was an actor in over 50 films beginning in 1913. He wrote seven screenplays and he was a sought-after director, calling the shots on over twenty-seven films. He directed top stars of the day including Lon ... http://blog.marshotelonline.com/2012/01/16/from-my-sketchbook-tom-forman/