This is the kind of chicken scratching that goes on in my many sketchbooks. Mostly they serve as a reminder to me of ideas. This one is kind of an early try at some kind of narrative book, in a way that it has a main story (where my one coming up this fall is a collection of individual scenes).Dialogue-
Olive- Hey Peanut, want half of my pb&j?
Peanut- I brought one with just jelly. Thanks anyway.
Maybe the peanut should've been eating oliveloaf...
And here's another try (I've since learned that rhyming isn't hip for kids books anymore. Or maybe it's just MY rhyming that's not hip. Heh.)
I'm not sure at all
how Frank Furter gets clean.
He takes all his baths
in bowls full of baked beans.
If you have any ideas on how I can improve my work, please keep them to yourselves. Maybe you could write a book of your own. Unless of course you're a powerful publishing magnate, then please drop me a line. We'll do lunch. There's a Steak 'n Shake just up the road.
Okay, that's it for now. I'll have a real image on here soon. I promise.
Noah Scalin from Another Limited Rebellion and Skull-A-Day gave Bent Objects a mention here. Thanks Noah!
14 comments:
Rhyming couplets about anthropomorphic characters having baths are so last century- now if you want kids to appreciate your rhymes they have to be *dope rhymes*.
Grip, then tip ya cup!
Ah, at first I though it was going to be a grape and a peanut enjoying sandwiches togther.
well, a grape and a peanut would have been a lot better. good catch.
I hate it when that happens.
I'll work on the dope rhymes. Or maybe just give it up.
I think your "bent objects" would make a great narrative. The one thing that I love about your work is that you give so much life to an ordinary object just by giving it some arms and legs, and putting it in the right pose.
On the other hand, would eating peanut butter make the peanut a cannibal?
Thanks Scarf Girl, and yes that would make him a cannibal. That's why he only will eat jelly sandwiches.
mmmm - olives! ;)
I like your sketches. I recognized the olive at once.
The peatnut should think twice before it eats oliveloaf. But perhaps it does not know about the fighting skills of the olive (your picture with the fighting olive and prickle "A matter of life and death (?)")
hah! Keep it to yourself. Well, you are the guy doing the work, and I am the person just sitting here reading it. So I guess you have more authority.
OOO! OOO! I would SO very much love to see you do a children's book - rhyming or not. I would need about 14 copies!
i love the frank furter rhyme!!!
thanks for making me smile during my break(while studying for finals! ah!)
I thought the olive and the peanut were having martinis with their PBJ sandwiches. (Which does sound weird.)
Just make the Olive a grape. Then you're set.
I like it ^_^
I am a fan of sketches.
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