Monday Artday: getting ready

The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “getting ready”. …for Opening Day! I have mentioned before. I love baseball. I love watching baseball. I love going to baseball games. There are some things I don’t like about baseball (namely Brett Myers), but overall, I love it. I have been a Phillies season ticket holder …

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SFG: joy 1

The challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “joy”. This is the first of two illustrations for the topic. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Greater Manchester. The band consisted of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences, …

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Monday Artday: favorite book

The Monday Artday challenge this week is “favorite book”. I actually did an illustration for my favorite book a while ago. My favorite book is “The Emperors of Chocolate” by Joel Glenn Brenner. The illustration I did was for the word “chocolate”. For this challenge, I chose a book that is easily the most affecting …

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Monday Artday: half beast

This week’s Monday Artday challenge is an unusual one ― “half beast“. Somewhere between Bigfoot and werewolves is the legend of the wendigo. The wendigo is a figure appearing in Algonquian Indian mythology. In remote forest areas, sometimes groups of travellers, hunters or campers were cut off from the rest of their party by the …

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