SFG: joy 1

The challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com this week is “joy”. This is the first of two illustrations for the topic. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Greater Manchester. The band consisted of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences, …

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Monday Artday: favorite book

The Monday Artday challenge this week is “favorite book”. I actually did an illustration for my favorite book a while ago. My favorite book is “The Emperors of Chocolate” by Joel Glenn Brenner. The illustration I did was for the word “chocolate”. For this challenge, I chose a book that is easily the most affecting …

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Monday Artday: half beast

This week’s Monday Artday challenge is an unusual one ― “half beast“. Somewhere between Bigfoot and werewolves is the legend of the wendigo. The wendigo is a figure appearing in Algonquian Indian mythology. In remote forest areas, sometimes groups of travellers, hunters or campers were cut off from the rest of their party by the …

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Monday Artday: hidden message

This week’s challenge at Monday Artday is “hidden message“. Harry Houdini, in addition to being one of the world’s greatest magicians, spent a portion of his life exposing fraudulent psychics and bogus clairvoyants. Houdini showed that psychics were using tricks that he, himself, used in his magic act. This practice eventually broke up his friendship …

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IF: tales and legends

The challenge from Illustration Friday this week is “tales and legends“. Beginning in early 1888, several violent attacks and brutal murders, mainly prostitutes, occurred in rapid succession in and around the Whitechapel area of London. A number of the murders featured extremely gruesome acts, such as mutilation and evisceration. Rumors that the murders were connected …

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