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Minnie “Boom-Boom” Mahoony was the world’s greatest juggling, sword – swallowing, tight – rope – walking, daredevil of the 1890s. She was also known to wrestle gators and climb skyscrapers. Rumor had it that she studied under Houdini, learned martial arts in Peking, and worked as a spy for the U.S. government. While flying biplanes in WWI, she disappeared somewhere over the Bermuda Triangle.
30 minute ink drawing, 5 hours color in PhotoShop.
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Oh, a happy little mouse wedding! The size of rice to a mouse would be like humans pelting newlyweds with bars of soap, but this little couple seems too happy to care. You can see all the nineteen-fifties Little Golden Books influences here, especially from Mary Blair. And that’s the way I like it. Click it for a better look. 6 hours coloring in PhotoShop.
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I took the plunge and jumped on into gouache paint. Gouache (gwash) is an opaque watercolor that’s been used by artists for centuries but in the 20th century it’s more associated with animation and children’s artists like Mary Blair. The colors fade a bit when dry, light colors are darker, dark colors are lighter, and you can achive interesting textures with brushes and sponges. The result is a more “retro” color palette, great for that 1950s kind of feel. This is my first painting in gouache. Not a big deal but I can see really getting into this. It’s easy to use and since this took about an hour and PhotoShop takes at least twice as long (with my present skill level), I think I’ll try to use it more.
I did this painting for the Drawn Mona Lisa meme which there is now a flickr group for. Enjoy! XOXO
My wonderful friend Zari has tagged me with the “My Favourite 25 Movies” meme. Ack! I have to pick 25? That’s hard since I have so many favorites and they keep changing. But I’ll give it a shot…
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01: Sunset Boulevard 02: North by Northwest 03: The Usual Suspects 04: Wizard of Oz 05: Blue Velvet 06: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 07: Casablanca 08: Breakfast At Tiffany’s 09: Singing in the Rain 10: Spirited Away 11: Ghost in the Shell 12: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 13: Fight Club |
14: Blade Runner 15: The Quiet Man 16: Treasure of the Sierra Madre 17: Amelie 18: Charade 19: Apocalypse Now 20: The Matrix 21: Raiders of the Lost Ark 22: 2001: A Space Odyssey 23: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly 24: Pan’s Labyrinth 25: Seven Samurai Bonus: Kill Bill 1 & 2 |
Whew! I know as soon as I post this list I’ll want to change it. Sunset Blvd. and North by Northwest are always my favorites but everything else moves around on the list. I like all of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, Akira Kurasawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, John Ford, Billy Wilder… man, I could go on and on. I love musicals, action movies, kung fu movies, sci-fi, westerns, anime, etc. The Searchers, Forbidden Planet, King Kong, Wings of Desire, Akira, Ratatouille, LOTR, the Bourne movies… Too many!
So now I need to pass this on… My good buddy and one of my favorite illustrators, David Sones, is my first choice. Because he’s a good target for this meme, Josh Pincus is next. And lastly I’ll get Chickengirl, Jannie Ho, because she’s AWESOME! Woo-hoo! …All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.
I posted the card I made for Brian at Monday Artday and the whole thing just snowballed. There were Artist Trading Cards posted there before but the gang there at the time just decided they all wanted to trade when I posted mine. Bearuh, who runs the site, made it an assignment for one week and then she started a Monday Artday ATC site. ATC is really fun, but you gotta have time for it. I’ve already traded dozens! The picture on the left is a few of mine, on the right are cards I’ve received. To see them all, as I make them and receive them, check out my own Art Exchange site (there’s postcards too).
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Little David’s momentum was not slowed by the rocket’s complete lack of momentum. Er… anybody got a quarter?
For Illustration Friday’s Momentum theme. 20 minute ink drawing, 3 hours color in PhotoShop.
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Hey, kids! Let’s all learn the Pirate Alphabet! It’s only 3 letters… AYE! ARRRRRRR! and OOOOOOH!!! Learn the Pirate Alphabet and you can communicate with any pirate in the world! ARRRR!
