This week’s word on illustrationfriday.com is “momentum” Pete Townshend, of the Who, became known for his eccentric stage style during the band’s early days, often interrupting concerts with lengthy introductions of songs, swinging his right arm against the guitar strings in his signature windmill-style, often smashing guitars on stage, and often repeatedly throwing his guitars …
The challenge for this week at sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “tattoo” Thanks again to this guy for his inspiration.
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “what’s for dinner?” I heard a strange noise. What was it? It was… screaming. Some kind of screaming, like a child’s voice. What did you do? I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to. …
The word at illustrationfriday.com this week is “alphabets“. This just about covers the animal kingdom alphabet. I gratefully acknowledge this guy for his concept. I was going in a totally different direction.
I did another portrait swap, although I think this will be my last. This one was with a very talented artist from Indiana named Kim. Check out her work at her blog HERE. Kim did a beautiful drawing of me in her sketchbook. She sent me a link to her flickr album and let me …
This is a story of an innocent portrait swap gone horribly wrong. It started with this portrait I did of Jeannette…. and then (as heard in countless 70s exploitation movies) “some bad shit went down…..” I received this email on August 17 from someone I’ll refer to as “biteyourowntail”: From: biteyourowntail To: joshpincusiscrying@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, …
The word this week on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “bugs” My inspiration for this drawing actually came from…me! When I was in art school (many years ago), I did a series of illustrations for a cocktail recipe book. I selected four mixed drinks, each accompanied by an illustration. I did “Grasshopper” as one of them…. and now, …
The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “free”. no puppies for me…..
The extended challenge currently on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “chocolate” One of my favorite books is “The Emperors of Chocolate” by Joel Glenn Brenner. Ms. Brenner’s book reads like a cold war novel. It is brimming with intrigue, double-crossing, espionage, technology and, best of all, chocolate. Ms. Brenner chronicles the rivalry between eccentric Milton S. Hershey and …
The challenge this week at illustration friday is “visitors” My family and I just returned from a week-long vacation at Disneyland in California. After going to Walt Disney World in Florida for eleven different trips, we have switched to Disneyland for the past four summers. The biggest difference between the two theme parks is Disneyland …
