Tag: illustration
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Vigilante Justice
“Say your prayers, varmint… dead rabbits tell no tales.” -Yosemite Sam I went out on a limb here and chose the word Vigilante for the simple reason that I wanted to illustrate a cartoon vigilante-type man. That being said, any logical or meaningful commentary will be hard to come by. I’m still learning (playing with)…
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Anatomy of an Umpire
My thoughts for this post hit me immediately when I was browsing through the U words. The choice: Umpire. Now… I realize that the girl in my illustration looks more like a referee than an umpire, but that was intentional. The difference is a lot like “you say tomayto” and “I say tomahto.” No matter…
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Tantrum
-Also Known as Throwing a Wobbly- I did a complete 180 on this one. Initially, I was going to do an illustration of a Treasure Chest. My chosen ‘T’ word at the time was Thesaurus. It was a happy idea. The chest was full of words and jewels (which I may use later)… and my…
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Me and My Shadow(s)
So… my S word today is Shadow. I thought of the idea for this image after creating the laughing girl in my post… The Best Medicine. So, when S rolled around, I had to do it. I looked into Jung’s idea on the shadow – as it refers to “the unconscious aspects of the personality…
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Shhh…
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” -Confucius I’ve started at least 3 illustrations before this, just for this particular post in my Blogging through the Alphabet Series… the letter Q… and the word that I’ve chosen which is… Quiet. I thought of this one while lying in bed last night, and it was…
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M is for Music
M was an easy letter. Normally I look around a bit before I decide on the word, but what better M word is there than Music? Music expresses feelings and tells stories. I remember when I was into my drinking / love addiction roller coaster days… I’d play sad music… and I was always sad.…