Irene Gibbons was an Oscar-nominated costume designer in Hollywood for thirty years. She took over from Adrian at MGM, and went on to establish her own company, Irene, Inc. She was known only as “Irene” in her screen credits. Doris Day wrote in her 1975 autobiography that she got to know Irene quite well. One …
The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “vacant”. “Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.” Louis XIV
The illustrationfriday.com challenge this week is “repair”. This guy is one of the coolest guys I know. And I’ve known him for a very long time. Twenty-one years, as a matter of fact. He began to read at three. He recognized Beatles songs and sang Grateful Dead songs at four. He began to master Hebrew …
The challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “nice”. Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd. He provided the musical direction and psychedelic influence in the band’s early work. He recorded two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo releases before mental illness and heavy drug use put him into a self-imposed seclusion lasting more …
This week’s challenge word on Monday Artday is “zombies”. A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou. One origin of the word “zombie” is “jumbie”, the West Indian term for “ghost”. Another is “nzambi”, the Kongo word meaning “spirit of a dead person.” According …
The illustrationfriday.com challange this week is “late”. Roger was about to become “the late” Roger.
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 …
