SFG: chocolate

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 …

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SFG: dead presidents

This week’s challenge on Sugar Frosted Goodness is “dead presidents“. Although my favorite dead president is William Henry Harrison, depicting Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was, visually, much more exciting. It was a giant, ill-conceived conspiracy that eventually ended with John Wilkes Booth being tracked down and shot by Union soldiers…and Lincoln appearing on the five-dollar bill. …

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SFG: red

The challenge at sugar frosted goodness is “red“. I did a traditional (traditional for me, anyway) drawing for “red” for illustrationfriday.com a while ago (you can see it HERE), so I thought this would be a good opportunity to try something different. I hand-drew the black only, in my sketchbook, and then scanned the drawing …

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SFG: television

The weekly challenge over at sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “television” Who hasn’t heard these words in their lifetime… “Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale/A tale of a fateful trip…” ? Sure, everyone claims they “hate it“, they think it’s “stupid“… but everyone has seen at least one episode. Everyone instantly recognizes the theme song. …

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