The new Illustration Friday suggestion for inspiration is “popularity”. “Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette – the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.” — John Tyler, Tenth President of the United States John Tyler knew of what he spoke, as popularity certainly …
On December 7, 2009 at 12:30 am, Josh Powell packed up his two young sons and set out for an impromptu camping trip in a remote area near the family’s Salt Lake City home. Susan Powell, Josh’s 28-year-old wife and mother of the boys, was still asleep in bed. Josh returned home with the boys …
For eleven years, Rusty Hamer traded barbs with showbiz heavyweight Danny Thomas on the popular sitcom Make Room For Daddy. Most often, Rusty got bigger laughs than his veteran co-star. For a kid, his comedic timing was impeccable and rivaled that of actors with many times his experience. Shooting had to be halted quite often …
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 in some of Hugh Hefner’s …
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).
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
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 bread.
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 teen camp film Little …
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 the retail world and realizing that I was better suited for …
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 beautiful girls in the world”. …
