A year-long celebration to commemorate Elvis Presley's first professional recording on July 5, 1954, is set to take place on Independence Day weekend in Memphis and Graceland. There are people who believe that "the King" is still alive and that he planned his disappearance. So let's say that this was the case and that a very old Elvis is living in anonymity, somewhere, but makes rare appearances at nondescript venues like gas station diners to relive the good, old days.
I'm posting some of my older comics here as I catalog and tag them in prep for a print book compilation. You can find my comics for writers on Inkygirl (http://inkygirl.com), Tumblr (http://inkygirl.tumblr.com) and Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/inkyelbows/comics-for-writers-inkygirl-com)
My in-laws had an event to attend in down town St. John’s in the evening, so I went in with them and then walked the streets of St. John’s alone, with the intentions of finding some place to eat dinner, sketch, and check out the George Street Festival. No time to sketch the meal, but I [...]
In God We Trust. How do you spell that?
by Eleanor Tylbor
Perhaps he means well but somehow changing one's name to "In God We Trust" is bound to have interesting or at least humorous results. If the court allows him to do this.
Steve Kreuscher wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name. He wants to be known as "In God We Trust."
Kreuscher says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times. The 57-year-old man also says he's worried that atheists may succeed in removing the phrase "In God We Trust" from U.S. currency. He recalls that the phrase "God Reigns" was removed from the Zion city seal in 1992 after Illinois courts deemed it unconstitutional. Zion was founded as a theocracy - by a sect that believed the Earth was flat. The school bus driver and amateur artist in the northern Chicago suburb says he has filed a petition to change his name in Lake County Circuit Court.
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So let's say he is allowed to change his name to In God We Trust.
Let's say it's time for him to sign his signature.
And on we go...
I combined a bunch of steps here because I was lazy and didn't feel like getting up and scanning for each one.
I added a wash of Transparent Brown Oxide over the bricks to tone them down a bit more.
I did those 4 windows up top with the same colors as the sky, since they're reflecting sky.
I did that little narrow band on top of the roof with a combination of Olive Green and a touch of Charcoal Grey.
I did the big windows with a combination of Charcoal Grey and Payne's Grey, with a little olive and some blues worked in for some variation, although they don't really show. I don't want to show any specific reflections here, so I just went with "dark". At this size, that works well, I've learned from experience.
I keep forgetting that bit to the right. I went back in and did the windows. In the photo it looks like that part is set back just a little bit, and also like there is a glass door there. So I made it look slightly different. I'll tone down this part some later on so it sets back a little.
I also added a light wash to the roof. In the photo its really washed out, and its difficult to tell what color it really is. So I made it pale blue grey, using the palette I already have going. I'll add the "stripes" to it later, maybe with pencil.
I also put a grey wash down at the bottom to establish the sidewalk and a bit of parking lot in front. I left the area where the plants are going to be blank.
OK, back to work!!!
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On Saturday March 1st at 1:00PM, I'll be at the Eric Carle Museum, moderating a panel discussion inspired by our earlier conversation about why women don't win the Caldecott Medal as often as they might. The panelists for "Read Roger Live" will include illustrator Jane Dyer, children's-books sexpert Robie Harris, Viking publisher Regina Hayes, and critic Leonard Marcus. I know the discussion will be lively, and the museum is beautiful, so come on over.
But apparently not. Where I think listening to instead of reading a book-club selection might get you in trouble would be if another member challenged you to point out textual evidence for whatever point you were making. When the book under discussion is He's Just Not That Into You, however, maybe that problem doesn't come up.
Jon Scieszka discusses his wife's book club in the September Horn Book, saying that more often than not the book is peripheral to the discussion, which centers more on what's going on in the members' lives. What we used to call a kaffeeklatsch. And that's why guys tend to not like them. We tried one once at the Horn Book--the book was Sapphire's Push--and it was not very successful. I blame the book, though.
Looked good. Remember Ship Ahoy restaurant in Corpus Christi? I read the obits in SA and saw the owner passed away. Wasn’t that the place where they’d serve a quarter cut of iceberg lettuce on the side?
You? We get to put a face to the blog? What fun!
Jazz: After four years, too! Unfortunately,I was’t quick enough to ask her to photograph my shoe.
And I just realized that there IS a picture of you in your bio… In the immortal words of Homer Simpson: D’oh!
Jazz: Oh yeah! Well, I forgot, too, so don’t feel bad. Besides, this is one that depicts the usual “me”. : )