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 …
The current word on illustrationfriday.com is “captain” There were many captains to choose from…..Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Walker, Billy Joel’s Captain Jack, Captain Morgan, Captain Kidd, Captain and Tennille, Captains Pierce and McIntyre, Captains Courageous, Captain Janks, Captain Amazing, Captain America, Captain Kirk, Captain Marvel… But I picked my favorite.
The adventures of Station 51 and Rampart Emergency Hospital were chronicled between 1972 and 1977 on the NBC-TV show “Emergency!” The show was a Jack Webb (of “Dragnet” fame) production. It starred Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe as firefighters Gage and DeSoto. It also starred Julie London, a popular singer in the 1950s and the former …
The word at illustrationfriday.com this week is “missing“…. …. as in “link“.
This week’s word over at illustrationfriday.com is “moon” Paper Moon is a classic, if not underrated, American movie, It was directed by Peter Bogdonovich, fresh off the acclaim of The Last Picture Show. The film starred the hottest actor of the time, Ryan O’Neal as con-man/bible salesman Moses Pray and his then 9-year old daughter, Tatum as wayward Addie …
Illustrationfriday.com poses the challenge word of “poem” this week. When I was very young, I had a huge book of poetry. It contained famous poems like Paul Revere’s Ride and Hiawatha and Casey at the Bat. It also had many poems by Ogden Nash, a great American poet. Nash wrote humorous poems filled with puns. …
This week’s word on illustrationfriday.com is “discovery”. I guess I’m going to take on every fairy tale ever written, one at a time. I already did “Little Red Riding Hood“. Discovery plays a big part in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
The word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “geeky“. If you are offended, well, I guess it applies to you. If you are not offended, it probably still applies to you. If you are about to call me on your iPhone to yell at me, I think that says it all.
This week’s word on illustrationfriday.com is “twist“. The quintessential twist-ending Twilight Zone is “To Serve Man“. This episode has been parodied and referenced in countless movies and TV shows. It is so typical of Twilight Zone, that I thought it fitting to honor it as the subject of this week’s drawing for Illustration Friday. Leave me a …
This week’s word at illustrationfriday.com is “camouflage“. I love Stan Ridgway! He is one of the most talented and underrated singer-songwriters in modern music. One-time leader of L.A. new-wave band Wall of Voodoo, Stan’s solo career has spanned twenty years and still continues. In 1986, he released his first solo album, The Big Heat. This …
