I was born in the 80's. I've watched too much TV.
Anyway, I was very surprised and delighted to see that my topic was chosen for Illustration Friday this week. Too bad the word I submitted was Clear. For the last few weeks IF has had themes related to translucency (Ghost, Wind, and Smoke), so as a sort of joke I entered a bunch of topics that mean clear. Like crystal, translucent, see-through and limpid (yeah, I used a thesaurus).
Couldn't Penelope have picked my word when it was Peas? Oh well! My website hits are way up, and I got to draw my first portrait of Ben Stein! Here's a link to one of the Clear Eyes commercials, via YouTube.com.
32 comments:
Funny stuff. Like your style (really like how you did your portrait(?) that appears in the thumbnail).
Excellent! Great drawing and imaginative concept.
great looking portrait
Very cool! I can actually hear him :)
your portraits keep getting better and better, i approve! 100%
Another excellent portrait, nice job.
Super creative blog. Congrats on getting an idea through to them finally!
I don't know the tv show you're talking about (maybe it never made it Down Under). But that's a lovely portrait - very vivid.
Very funny and very clever. Great drawing by the way.
aww... i heart senor stein - awesome sketch.
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The cultural reference is lost on me too (another Aussie) but your drawing style is beautiful. I love your blog too... lots of great touches!
hey, I really like your sketches/illustrations. Your strokes, they seemed to be drawn with very confident hands. The characters in your potraits, they are very 'alive'.
great sketches, jeannette!!
Terrific, Ben Stein is so, well, Steiney. I always thought it was funny that he promoted a product that is 90% used by stoners. Great portrait, you captured the ironic humor in his face. Peas would have been a fun word to illustrate.
Funny to scroll down and see a dead-on rendering of BEN STEIN! (If you say his name out-loud, which I do hourly, you have to say it in your most nasal/monotone voice.)
And thanks for the link to the Clear Eyes commercial. I love the show and tell capacity to link anywhere, don't you?
haha that is awesome
very nice portrait - really captures the personality
Even I don't know who the Ben Stein is, I still can feel the essence of your drawing! All compliments!
i wonder who posted that last comment and deleted it????? anyone? oh well. RAWR!!!!!
p.s. it was me!
I was going to say, 'hey, boy that sure looks like Ben Stein', and then I read on, and saw that, oh, it IS Ben Stein! Really nice likeness, and great take on the topic!
This is great...all your work i s great. I need some of your mojo to rub off on me!!
I recognized Ben Stein immediately even before I read your text. I saw Ben at a Starbucks in Malibu! I like your illustration, and I like Ben, he's a great writer. He's had some awesome stuff to read on the 'net.
jeje, this make me laugh, very good! and brilliant drawing :)
great work!
great work! love your beautiful sketches!
Your drawings are really beautiful! Like your line.
Haha- hey I was thinking the same thing about the see-through topics. But I'm thinking they are chosen based on a preference for certain letters--i.e., most of the topics since I found IllFri have begun with "S"(11x's?) and "C"(7x's?).
Anyway- very cool portrait of Ben!
great likeness, your portraits have a lot of charactor!
Ha ha ha! Thank you for enlightening me as to who Ben Stein is. He has a great deadpan manner.
Ben is a riot. Not a fan of his politics but love his humor! :-)
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