My friend Natalie recently found me on facebook.com, it was great seeing her and catching up on what's been going on in her world over the last few years. She's got a nephew that looks so neat. He looks like a little elf child and I really wanted to draw him, I'm hoping that she'll not mind. This is what I came up with. I wanted to have his shirt and the background a really vibrant red and sort of run into each other, then have lots of interesting elements running all over the picture. I had an idea laying in bed when I couldn't sleep of a way to differentiate between the shirt and background, add a circle pattern to each but vary the size. That way they would be separate but interestingly the same, hopefully. I really really like how that turned out. I wanted to keep the little boy's face really smooth and white, I love the idea of having something simple and clean next to something messy and vibrant, the juxtaposition is interesting. And I think that's all I'll write for now. I've got a cat sleeping on my hand and he looks so comfy that I'll stop jiggling him.
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I love it. Luke will love seeing himself as art. Can't wait to hear what he thinks.
Nataile! Yay, glad you like! I'll be excited to hear what Luke thinks (sorry, I originally called him Vern, that's what I thought I'd read). I originally had butterflies in the background, red and black ones, but I'm glad I took them out. I bet he'd not like that. :)
I showed it to Luke and said, "Do you know who this is?" He said, "me." Then he crinkled up his nose and laughed a nervous laugh. Really cool pic Kara. We've put it up as our desktop background and we will wait and see if Joey notices.
Hi Sabrina and Luke, I'm glad you guys this drawing. I like Luke's reaction. Luke, you're a great kid! I can tell! :) How fun to have my drawing as your desktop image. Sabrina, how are you? Your kids are so cute. You look great too I must add! I hope Joey enjoys the picture too. :)
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