In an effort to steer away from a proliferation of cuteness, Monday Artday offers “Giant Japanese Monsters” as this week’s challenge. In 1954, Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima portrayed Godzilla (known as “Gojira” in Japan). He eventually played Godzilla twelve times (more than any other actor) until 1972, when he retired the character, although he continued to …
The challenge word this week on Monday Artday is “sleep”. Sleep… Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death….
The challenge at Monday Artday this week is “tropical jungle”. Ladies and gentlemen. May I have your attention please? Due to circumstances beyond our control…the Jungle Cruise WILL be operating for the rest of the evening…Thank you. Watch your step as you enter the boat. If you’re entering from the back, come up to the …
The challenge word this week on Monday Artday is “war”. Ashton Kutcher on “punk’d“, the missing December 7, 1941 episode: “Dude, we are totally going to set up Admiral Husband Kimmel and Lt. General Walter Short. These two dudes are the two senior military commanders in Hawaii. Our accomplices are President Franklin Roosevelt, the US …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “dinosaur”. J Mascis formed the short-lived hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow and Scott Helland in the early 1980s. He started out on drums, but moved to guitar when he went on to found Dinosaur Jr. with bassist Barlow and drummer Emmett Jefferson ‘Patrick’ Murphy (aka …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “Willy Wonka”. “Wangdoodle!” “Hornswoggler!” “Snozzwanger!” “Rotten Vermicious Knid!” “candy ass!”
The challenge word at Monday Artday this week is “pirates”. John Rackam, also known as Calico Jack because of his preference for wearing brightly-colored patchwork pants, was a moderately successful pirate. Rather than attacking plump rich targets, Rackam preferred using a small sloop to attack local merchants and fishing vessels. He is most famous for …
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “thirst”. I love old jokes and this week’s challenge word made me think of a great old joke. A guy is crawling through the desert, crying for water. “Water! Water!” he cries. He sees a figure ahead in the desert and he crawls towards it. It’s a man. …
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “illustrate the comic book hero, Wonder Woman, in your style.” This is the second of two illustrations for this challenge. “hmmmm, I guess I’ll wear the Wonder Woman costume…..again.”
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “illustrate the comic book hero, Wonder Woman, in your style.” What if, in 1941, Diana Prince didn’t go to the United States when she left Paradise Island? What if she ended up in a Muslim country?
