IF: fast

This week’s challenge word on Illustration Friday is “fast”. It all happened so fast. In September 1949, Howard Unruh walked methodically through his Camden, New Jersey neighborhood, and murdered thirteen people in just under twenty minutes. Unruh is considered the first single-episode mass murderer in U.S. history. Unruh was a decorated hero in World War II. …

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IF: frozen

This week’s word on Illustration Friday is “frozen”. Ted Williams was one of the greatest players in the history of professional baseball. Despite his career being interrupted twice for military service, he was a two-time MVP and a seventeen time All-Star. He was the last player with a single season batting average above .400. Nicknamed …

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IF: germs

This week’s challenge on Illustration Friday is “germs”. Howard Hughes was an innovative aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee used Hughes as the inspiration for playboy Tony Stark, the alter-ego of Iron Man. Hughes also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder …

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IF: pattern 1

The current challenge on the Illustration Friday website is “pattern”. ” I thought if only we could take this play pattern and three dimensionalize it, we would have something very special. “ — — Ruth Handler In 1945, Elliot Handler and Harold “Matt” Matson founded a small toy company. They called their new venture “Mattel” by combining part …

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IF: strong

This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “strong”. “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” — Ronald Reagan On a recent trip to Walt Disney World, my wife and I witnessed something we found very unsettling. To alleviate the effects of the central Florida humidity, …

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