Sunday, September 19, 2010

illustration friday (acrobat)


Let's just say I was feeling silly. The cow was shot into space from a circus cannon (can you tell?). What started out as a traditional etegami turned into a collage that couldn't decide between being a purple-cow parody or a cow-jumped-over-the-moon parody.

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  1. LOL, just as long as you are not seeing pink elephants!
    Thanks for visiting my blog and your good wishes, I am back on deck again and I have treated myself to your cat etegami on Etsy for my belated Birthday gift to myself, Yay!

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  2. I'm so glad to hear you're back on your feet. I just received word about the transaction and I'm thrilled to bits that you are the new owner of Catnap!! :D

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  3. Wow, how cute! Do you have any more? Moooo!

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  4. @cowlady, do you like cute? I'm not so good at drawing cute, but I'm finding that cows are hard to turn into serious etegami. Will post a few more tomorrow.

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  5. Cute is okay, but as I'd like to hang a few at the Moooo! Bar, I have to be careful that it doesn't start looking like a kindergarten room! Would you find inspiration from some cow haiku? Like a haibun with cow haiku from Issa? See his cowllection at http://ow.ly/2Gm8h I will buy a series of 3--whatever you come up with. Omakaseshimasu!

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  6. "I'd rather see than be one" - though this purple cow is having fun :). I haven't heard of etegami before, but it sounds interesting - another form of combined words and picture (to sketchbooks and comics).

    Great use of line and wash, and I think leaving the background white makes the composition work even better!

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  7. The details of the moon is beautiful! And I rather like silliness, especially if it includes a purple cow! I was already humming "cow-jumped-over-the-moon" the minute I got a look at this etagami :D

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  8. This is all fun! I like going totally silly sometimes.

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  9. Her expression suggests that this trip over the moon wasn't totally expected! Fun, and that's a beautiful moon.

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  10. I love this purple cow. He looks like he's having so much fun flying.

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