IF: intricate
This week’s illustrationfriday.com‘s challenge word is “intricate”. Now, I need to buy a new Micron 01 pen.
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from my sketchbook: wolfman jack
In 1960, 22 year-old budding DJ Robert Smith began his career as Daddy Jules on a Newport News, Virginia station. In 1962, Smith moved to a station in Shreveport, Louisiana and became Big Smith. It was here that he first began to develop his famous alter ego Wolfman Jack. Later in ’62, Smith was recruited …
Monday Artday: mad tea party
The current challenge on Monday Artday is “mad tea party”. This could have been avoided if they would have just let Alice have a cup of tea. Just one lousy cup of tea.
IF: breezy
The challenge word this week on Illustration Friday is “breezy”. Even with the advancements in technology, pinpoint accuracy in monitoring devices and sophisticated prediction equipment, TV weathermen still don’t know what the hell they are talking about.
IMT: moon and IF: launch
The following is a transcript of a recently discovered recording of a conversation from the command module of Apollo 11 on July 19, 1969. Michael Collins: Well, here we are, heading to the moon. Man, this is cool! Neil Armstrong: It sure is, Mike. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin: Hey, Mike…. um, you missed the meeting we …
Monday Artday: portrait of the artist as an eight-year old
I was eight years old in 1969. I wore cool green and blue plaid bell-bottom pants. I watched The Brady Bunch on Friday nights. I watched The Banana Splits on Saturday mornings. I went to third grade at Watson T. Comly Elementary School. I remember being worried that my older brother might have to go to …
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Monday Artday: movie quote part 3
One more in a series of illustrations based on movie quotes, the current challenge on Monday Artday. “Drainage! Drainage, you boy. Drained dry. I’m so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw …
Monday Artday: movie quote part 2
The Monday Artday current challenge is “movie quote”. A lot of my illustrations are based on movie quotes. Here is another… “You know… for kids.” Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) in The Hudsucker Proxy
IMT: silver
The inspirational word on Inspire Me Thursday is “silver”. Long before Bob Denver, Fred Gwynne and Barry Williams were typecast in an acting role, there was Clayton Moore. Moore’s big break came in 1949, when George Trendle spotted him in “Ghost of Zorro”. As producer of the radio show and creator of “The Lone Ranger” …
IF: instinct
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “instinct”. This technologically advanced mysterious predator hunts, not by instinct, but by GPS.