IF: red
“Shift yer cargo, dearie, show ’em your larboard side!” “We wants the redhead! We wants the redhead!”
“Shift yer cargo, dearie, show ’em your larboard side!” “We wants the redhead! We wants the redhead!”
I have been actively participating and contributing to Illustration Friday for over seven years. In that time, I have never missed a week. I’ve been on vacation or otherwise out of town, but I still managed to post an original illustration within the timeframe. Lately, Illustration Friday has been a little uninspiring. I don’t know …
You want thingamabobs? I got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want more.
I took my inspiration from the cover of this week’s New Yorker magazine. The cover illustration depicts a nationally recognized couple celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision that portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) withholding federal benefits from same-sex marriages are unconstitutional. DOMA was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. Although the …
I don’t believe there is such a thing as a “guilty pleasure.” I think if you like something, you like it and you should enjoy it and not be embarrassed by the fact that you enjoy it. I am proud to say that I am the owner of the Frankie and Annette “Beach Party” DVD …
Fred MacMurray was one of the biggest stars in the heyday of Hollywood. He worked with top directors, like Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges. He starred alongside the top stars of the day, like Barbara Stanwyck, Humphrey Bogart and seven films opposite Claudette Colbert. In the late 1950s, Fred’s career was given a shot in …
When it comes to horror in films, there is one true master. You’re probably thinking of names like Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter or David Cronenberg. Some might even throw in the name of Italian director Dario Argento, whose beautiful on-screen depictions of blood-and-guts slayings have been compared to fine art paintings. But the real master of …
Nothing. Not a single flake of snow. It was only a little overcast, but probably because it was nearing 4:30 and it was just getting dark. But, there was absolutely no sign of the potentially-devastating monster storm that we saw reported on The Weather Channel and on local Orlando news broadcasts. When I’m stuck in …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “myth”. Walt Disney. Artist. Animator. Innovator. Visionary. In 1928, Walt produced Steamboat Willie, the first synchronized sound cartoon. The cartoon introduced the world to a little character named Mickey Mouse. Walt would go on to create the first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Feature-length cartoons were unheard of at the time. Walt was …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “new”. New Years Eve 1986 was the most memorable New Year’s Eve for me — and nothing spectacular even happened. It was better than the New Year’s Eve when I got stupid drunk and discovered true meaning in Side Two of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. It was better than …