IF - Punchline

This weeks theme is punch line and in light of Father's Day this past Sunday, I can't help but think of a joke my dad passed on to me. Here goes...

A new recruit on Captain Hook's vessel saw an opportunity to inquire as to the Captain's many injuries one fine day.

"Captain, how did you get the peg leg?"

"Yar! That was a good one! I was wrestling with a crocodile and it chomped me leg off." responded the hooked Captain.

"I see" responded the new recruit. "How about the hook then? How did you get that?"

"That was a fine day, that! I tried to chop off that crocodile's head and instead, he bit off me hand!"

"Wow!" Said the sailor as he mopped. "But Captain sir, how did you get the eye patch? Was it because of the crocodile?"

"Nah, It was the first day I got me hook and a bird pooped in me eye!"

And of course at this point you swing your hand hook-like towards your eye for emphasis.

Enjoy!

IF - Forgotten

I've been working on a few different things at once lately. One thing that's been pushed aside and forgotten this past year is my Henri project. I won't go into too much detail, but someone asked me about him today and encouraged me to work on that project and it brought out all those exciting feelings that you get when you have a good one brewing. Idea that is. So I went home and drew this. Hopefully I'll get back on the Henri rail.

This weekend I finished up my screens for the show this fall. I'm excited! They turned out really well. I made a couple of different sizes for a couple of them just for the size difference between a onesie and a toddler. Anyway, here are a couple of tests I did at home. I really like the blocks of colour behind the print...I'm thinking that might be the way to go on the shirts...

So, I'm having problems with my scanner I think. This guy is in bright colourful bloom on my paper, but I scan it in and all of the sudden he's dull and molting. I adjusted as much as I could digitally, but there was only so much I could do without losing information. The orange wasn't even orange! I painted that in digitally...and the legs are supposed to be a bright coral colour. Anyone have any input? Is it the scanner or just that it's impossible to get those colours digitally?

IF - Baby

A friend of mine was asking me earlier this week what kind of an imaginary friend would we have in our "culture." The first thing I thought of was Pokaroo...followed by Snuffleuppagus. Unfortunately, copyright laws mean that she could draw neither for the art auction she was entering. My second thought was a saskwatch or an abominable snowman. She went with something completely different, but I wanted to carry out the image I had in my head.

While it's a bit of a stretch for the IF theme of baby, the wee girl is still someone's baby and that's my story and I'm stickin to it.