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Monday Artday: the brothers grimm 2008-09-10 23:32:52 The challenge this week on Monday
Artday is illustrate a story from “The Brothers Grimm”.
Through talks with peasants and visits to small villages, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected some of the most gruesome, frightening and disturbing stories and published them in several volumes for children. Originally published in the early nineteenth century, these stories were watered [...]
from my sketchbook: butterfly mcqueen 2008-09-08 22:15:58 Thelma McQueen was born in Tampa, Florida in 1911. She trained as a dancer and took her stage name from the “Butterfly Dance” after performing it in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She never liked the name “Thelma” and legally changed her name to “Butterfly”.
Although she appeared in an uncredited role in 1939’s [...] Read more:sketchbook
IF: clutter 2008-09-06 20:34:05 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “clutter
”.
Sylvia Frumkin was the pseudonym given to Maxine Mason, the subject of the 1982 book “Is There No Place On Earth For Me?”by Susan Sheehan. Maxine was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The content of her speech revealed what was going on in her cluttered mind.
There’s no such thing as [...]
Monday Artday: paris 2008-09-04 20:19:25 The challenge word this week on Monday
Artday is “paris”.
On July 3, 1971, The Doors’ Jim Morrison died of a heroin overdose in the bathtub of his Paris apartment, essentially ending Robby Krieger’s career.
IF: memories 2008-08-31 01:24:48 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “memories
”.
This weekend is Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer. I was prompted to think of all of the things I experienced this past summer. While not necessarily the best memory of the summer, the most unusual occurred on Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial beginning of summer.
Remember [...]
SFG: black 2008-08-30 17:34:56 The current challenge word at sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “black”.
In the middle nineteenth century, Jack Black (no, not THAT Jack Black) served as rat-catcher and mole destroyer by appointment of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. That meant he was the head vermin exterminator, but he was a bit of a showman, too.
Henry Mayhew, founder of British humor magazine [...]
from my sketchbook: diane arbus 2008-08-27 21:23:55 Diane Nemerov was born in New York City into a wealthy Jewish family. Her parents were fur merchants. Her older brother, Howard, served as United States Poet Laureate in 1963 and again in 1988.
When she was 14, she met and fell in love with Allan Arbus, a photgrapher who would later abandon photography for an [...] Read more:sketchbook
Monday Artday: beatrix potter 2008-08-27 20:38:39 The challenge at Monday
Artday this week is “illustrate a Beatrix Potter story”.
Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. She was educated at home by a succession of governesses, and had little opportunity to mix with other children. Even her younger brother was rarely at home. He was sent to boarding school, leaving Beatrix [...]
IF: packed 2008-09-30 21:39:07 The challenge this week on illustrationfriday.com is “packed”.
Moving day at Castle Frankenstein.
Monday Artday: prehistoric humans 2008-09-27 20:26:22 The challenge on Monday
Artday this week is “prehistoric humans
”.
The first automotive trade show, circa 10,000,000 years BC.
SFG: yummy 2008-09-24 23:07:49 The sugarfrostedgoodness.com current challenge is “yummy”.
For this uncharacteristically cheerful illustration, I took my inspiration from Dr. Seuss.
Here’s my original story of “Mister McBaker O’Frosting Moran”
Mister McBaker O’Frosting Moran
Baked one thousand cakes and used only one pan
He concocted pink cupcakes
And yellow and blue
But he used just on
IF: clique 2008-09-22 21:43:32 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “clique”.
no clique would have them, so they made their own.
Monday Artday: music group part 2 2008-09-21 17:36:00 The challenge this week on Monday
Artday is “music group”. This is the second of two illustrations for this topic.
Sparks are the greatest band that you have never heard of. Their career has spanned five decades. They have released twenty-one albums. They have played sold-out shows all over the world. And you’ve never heard of [...]
Monday Artday: music group 2008-09-18 23:37:02 The challenge this week on Monday
Artday is “music group”.
I remember it well. It was late one night in 1974. I was in the bedroom I shared with my brother. As usual, his clock radio was tuned to WFIL-AM. Typical for a top 40 AM radio station in 1974, the air was filled with the [...]
IF: island 2008-09-15 22:21:47 The illustrationfriday.com challange word this week is “island”.
The song “Zombie Jamboree” began life as “Jumbie Jamberee”, a calypso song written by Winston O’Conner. Winston performed under the name Lord Intruder in the early 1950s. In 1953, Lord Intruder released the song as the B-side to his recording of “Disaster With Police”. The Kingst
Monday Artday: robot 2008-10-18 18:18:38 The Monday
Artday challenge word this week is “robot”.
In the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, the origins of the character are rather gruesome. Originally, he was an ordinary man named Nick Chopper. Nick made his living chopping down trees in the forests of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the East cast a spell on [...]
from my sketchbook: Phillies postseason 2008-10-16 20:40:15 With The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies headed to their first World Series in fifteen years, I can only think of my father. My father died the day The Phillies won the 1993 National League pennant. This would be the Phillies’ first trip to the World Series since their loss to The Baltimore Orioles ten years earlier. [...] Read more:sketchbook
SFG: scary 2008-10-14 22:25:21 The current challenge on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “scary”.
Paul Goresh was a New Jersey college student and amateur photographer. He met John Lennon on two occasions by posing as a VCR repairman. He hung around outside of The Dakota with his camera hoping to get some pictures of Lennon. Paul was just a fan, but Lennon thought he [...]
IF: strings (part 2) 2008-10-12 14:28:53 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “strings
”. This is the second of two illustrations I did for the subject. The first can be seen HERE.
I found two great (and unrelated) quotes for “strings”, so I decided to illustrate both.
“Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should [...]
IF: strings 2008-10-11 22:30:12 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “strings
”.
“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
— Aldous Huxley
This is the first of two illustrations for this topic. HERE is the second.
Monday Artday: mad scientist 2008-10-10 21:47:24 The challenge this week on Monday
Artday is “mad scientist
”.
No doubt Nikola Tesla was a brilliant man. He was one of the world’s greatest electrical engineers. Aside from his work on electromagnetism and electromechanical engineering, Tesla contributed to the establishment of robotics, remote control, radar and computer science, and to the expansion of ballistics, nuclear [...]
IF: sugary 2008-10-06 22:12:02 The illustrationfriday.com challenge word this week is “sugary”.
This could be a companion piece to my illustration for “yummy”.
Here’s my original Tale of Swirly von Swirly deCocoa McDuff
Swirly von Swirly deCocoa McDuff
Made candy and gumdrops and sugary stuff
He mixed up ten pounds of peppermint sweets
And coconut tangerine crispy rice treats
Tray after tray of pe
Monday Artday: schoolhouse rock 2008-10-02 23:04:11 The Monday
Artday challenge this week is “Schoolhouse Rock”.
From its 1973 debut, wedged between episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Schoolhouse Rock taught grammar, math and history to youngsters nationwide. Schoolhouse Rock’s quirky animation, psychedelic images and catchy tunes made learning easy and the lesson stuck with kids. Even into high school, kids were humming [...
Monday Artday: speed 2008-11-09 20:24:22 The Monday
Artday challenge word this week is “speed”.
Neil Simon’s 1965 play (and subsequent 1968 film) “The Odd Couple” told the story of Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. Oscar is a New York City sports writer and a horrible slob. His recently-divorced friend, Felix, has been kicked out of his home. Oscar invites Felix to [...]
from my sketchbook: hope? 2008-11-07 21:57:27 Everyone on this earth has felt some kind of unsubstantiated prejudice. At some point in their lives, everyone —the cashier at Target, Michael Douglas, the woman who takes your picture for your new driver’s license, The Pope— dislikes someone for a stupid reason. If you say “Oh no. Not me.”, then you’re prejudice and a [...] Read more:sketchbook
from my sketchbook: james whale 2008-11-06 22:06:11 James Whale didn’t care what people in Hollywood thought of him. Whale was openly gay in 1930s Hollywood, at time when gay actors and actresses had to hide their sexual orientation at a risk of jeopardizing their careers. He was an innovative director. Universal Pictures owed its stellar success in the 1930s much in part [...] Read more:sketchbook
from my sketchbook: irene gibbons 2008-11-03 20:51:10 Irene Gibbons was an Oscar-nominated costume designer in Hollywood for thirty years. She took over from Adrian at MGM, and went on to establish her own company, Irene, Inc. She was known only as “Irene” in her screen credits.
Doris Day wrote in her 1975 autobiography that she got to know Irene quite well. One night after [...] Read more:sketchbook
IF: vacant 2008-11-01 14:26:45 The challenge word this week on illustrationfriday.com is “vacant”.
“Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.”
— Louis XIV
IF: repair 2008-10-28 20:34:59 The illustrationfriday.com challenge this week is “repair”.
This guy is one of the coolest guys I know. And I’ve known him for a very long time. Twenty-one years, as a matter of fact.
He began to read at three. He recognized Beatles songs and sang Grateful Dead songs at four. He began to master Hebrew by second [...]
SFG: nice 2008-10-25 23:25:42 The challenge word on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “nice”.
Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd. He provided the musical direction and psychedelic influence in the band’s early work. He recorded two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo releases before mental illness and heavy drug use put him into a self-imposed seclusion lasting more than [...]
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