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.
The sugarfrostedgoodness.com current challenge is “yummy”. For this uncharacteristically cheerful illustration, I took my inspiration from Dr. Seuss. Here’s my original story of “Mister McBaker O’Frosting Moran” Mister McBaker O’Frosting Moran Baked one thousand cakes and used only one pan He concocted pink cupcakes And yellow and blue But he used just one pan Not …
The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “clique”. no clique would have them, so they made their own.
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is music group. This is the second of two illustrations for this topic. Sparks are the greatest band that you have never heard of. Their career has spanned five decades. They have released twenty-one albums. They have played sold-out shows all over the world. And you’ve never heard …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “music group”. I remember it well. It was late one night in 1974. I was in the bedroom I shared with my brother. As usual, his clock radio was tuned to WFIL-AM. Typical for a top 40 AM radio station in 1974, the air was filled with …
