The Monday Artday challenge word this week is “robot”. In the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, the origins of the character are rather gruesome. Originally, he was an ordinary man named Nick Chopper. Nick made his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the East cast a spell …
With The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies headed to their first World Series in fifteen years, I can only think of my father. My father died the day The Phillies won the 1993 National League pennant. This would be the Phillies’ first trip to the World Series since their loss to The Baltimore Orioles ten years earlier. …
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The current challenge on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “scary”. Paul Goresh was a New Jersey college student and amateur photographer. He met John Lennon on two occasions by posing as a VCR repairman. He hung around outside of The Dakota with his camera hoping to get some pictures of Lennon. Paul was just a fan, but Lennon …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “strings”. This is the second of two illustrations I did for the subject. The first can be seen HERE. I found two great (and unrelated) quotes for “strings”, so I decided to illustrate both. “Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “strings”. “All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.” Aldous Huxley This is the first of two illustrations for this topic. HERE is the second.
No doubt Nikola Tesla was a brilliant man. He was one of the world’s greatest electrical engineers. Aside from his work on electromagnetism and electromechanical engineering, Tesla contributed to the establishment of robotics, remote control, radar and computer science, and to the expansion of ballistics, nuclear physics, and theoretical physics. In 1943, the Supreme Court …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “sugary”. This could be a companion piece to my illustration for “yummy”. Here’s my original Tale of Swirly von Swirly deCocoa McDuff Swirly von Swirly deCocoa McDuff Made candy and gumdrops and sugary stuff He mixed up ten pounds of peppermint sweets And coconut tangerine crispy rice treats …
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “Schoolhouse Rock”. From its 1973 debut, wedged between episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Schoolhouse Rock taught grammar, math and history to youngsters nationwide. Schoolhouse Rock’s quirky animation, psychedelic images and catchy tunes made learning easy and the lesson stuck with kids. Even into high school, kids were …
The challenge this week on illustrationfriday.com is “packed”. Moving day at Castle Frankenstein.
The challenge on Monday Artday this week is “prehistoric humans”. The first automotive trade show, circa 10,000,000 years BC.
