IF: bicycle
The Illustration Friday challenge this week is “bicycle”. “When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.” Emo Phillips
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from my sketchbook: karyn kupcinet
Karyn Kupcinet, the daughter of popular Chicago columnist Irv Kupcinet, was a young and aspiring actress. She was given access to producers thorough her father’s connections. Using the name “Tammy Windsor”, she landed a small role in the campy Roger Corman original Little Shop of Horrors. In 1961, she was offered a small role in …
IF: journey
Passover — the holiest day on the Jewish calendar after Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shavuot, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah …..um, where was I ? Oh, yeah. Passover. Passover recounts the story of the ancient Israelites’ long journey out of slavery and oppression by Egypt and the Pharaoh. The Jews were enslaved and ordered …
Monday Artday: pixar (part 2)
The Monday Artday illustration websites challenge this week is Pixar as in the Disney subsidiary. This is illustration number two for this challenge. It’s Sheriff Woody and his new best friend, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
Monday Artday: pixar (part 1)
The Monday Artday illustration website’s challenge this week is “Pixar”… as in the Disney subsidiary. James P. Sullivan and his best pal, Mike Wazowski.
IF: bottled
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “bottled”. “Now, Jeannie, we gotta get you bottled up. Dr. Bellows will be here any minute!” (I would have completed this illustration over the weekend, but I was otherwise occupied HERE.)
from my sketchbook: klaus nomi
He would have you believe that he landed on this planet from some far off galaxy, but in reality, Klaus Nomi was born in Germany (on planet Earth) in 1944. In his youth, he worked as an usher at the Deutsche Oper in West Berlin where he’d entertain the other ushers and the maintenance staff …
IF: duet
Jeanne Deckers was a nun in the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Waterloo, Belgium. She wrote, sang and performed her own songs, which were so well received that the monastery decided to let her record an album, which visitors to the monastery would be able to purchase. In 1963, Jeanne (who chose the name Sister Luc …
Monday Artday: peter pan
The current challenge on the Monday Artday illustration website is “Peter Pan”. Now you understand why Peter Pan bitched so much about not wanting to grow up.
from my sketchbook: joseph kearns
Character actor Joseph Kearns began his career in the heyday of radio in the unlikely role of a pipe organ player. He soon was performing regularly on radio programs like I Married Joan, December Bride, Burns and Allen, Sam Spade and many others. He was the mysterious announcer “The Man in Black” on the radio …