The Ebay auction for the Pink Dinosaur Sketchbook and the two custom Fairy Tails ends tonight at 8:00 PM EST! If you're interested, click the link and place a bid. Good luck!
EDIT: The Sketchbook itself has been sold. The Fairy Tails are still up!
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Little Pink Dinosaurs for You and Me.
I did it? I actually did it!
I just filled a sketchbook for Art Evolved's Pink Dinosaur Project, which ran through the month of October. You can see all the images I created in this Flickr set.
I'm so proud and touched by my fellow Art Evolved-ers. So far this project has been a real life Crowning Moment of Heartwarming (the second one in a month for us!) Having hit 182 pink creatures of the Ornithodiran* persuasion by Halloween, Peter Bond announced that we'll keep the effort going until this coming Wednesday (November 10). So draw your favorite dinosaur, paint the sucker pink, and send it in please!
You could even go crazy like I did and try to create a three-dimensional pink dinosaur...
That's where these lovely ladies fit in. These are former Fairy Tails. Fairy Tails were an unusual toy line that appeared in the wake of My Little Pony circa 1987. Unlike most toys of the era meant to ride the Pony wave, Fairy Tails were made by Hasbro themselves. This may be the main reason why they are often mistakenly thought of as a part of the My Little Pony line, rather than a different toy line entirely.
These little doves had long hair that you could comb and style growing from their tails and heads. They also had symbols painted on to help identify them -- just like My Little Ponies do. And they came with perches to sit on. Their feet were designed like little clamps, and you were supposed to have them perch on your fingers as you styled their hair. That's one for the great annals of badly-thought-out toy designs. The fact that actually clamping one of these birds to your finger hurts like hell may be the main reason why this toy line failed.
Another, more obvious possible reason is the fact that birds with hair = freaky.
These two Fairy Tails lost their head-hair, had their tails cut, and had other flaws. I had no luck auctioning them off on eBay, so I decided, since they were pretty pinkish to start with, to have a go at customizing them.
I learned very quickly why you almost never see anyone customize "Fairy Tails"...
Nonetheless, these two turned out better than I expected. I am deeply indebted to this tutorial and I enjoy finally seeing Fairy Tails with actual feathers. These two will be auctioned for charity probably around the same time as the Pink Dinosaur Sketchbook. I plan on putting everything up on eBay possibly the weekend after next, so look out for an announcement.
In the meantime, shirts! And different shirts! And hats! And somewhat less successful hats!
* - There's a good vocabulary word to add to your daily usage. It literally means "birdlike neck" and includes all dinosaurs biologically defined as such -- AND Pterosaurs. See how useful that is?
I just filled a sketchbook for Art Evolved's Pink Dinosaur Project, which ran through the month of October. You can see all the images I created in this Flickr set.
I'm so proud and touched by my fellow Art Evolved-ers. So far this project has been a real life Crowning Moment of Heartwarming (the second one in a month for us!) Having hit 182 pink creatures of the Ornithodiran* persuasion by Halloween, Peter Bond announced that we'll keep the effort going until this coming Wednesday (November 10). So draw your favorite dinosaur, paint the sucker pink, and send it in please!
You could even go crazy like I did and try to create a three-dimensional pink dinosaur...
That's where these lovely ladies fit in. These are former Fairy Tails. Fairy Tails were an unusual toy line that appeared in the wake of My Little Pony circa 1987. Unlike most toys of the era meant to ride the Pony wave, Fairy Tails were made by Hasbro themselves. This may be the main reason why they are often mistakenly thought of as a part of the My Little Pony line, rather than a different toy line entirely.
These little doves had long hair that you could comb and style growing from their tails and heads. They also had symbols painted on to help identify them -- just like My Little Ponies do. And they came with perches to sit on. Their feet were designed like little clamps, and you were supposed to have them perch on your fingers as you styled their hair. That's one for the great annals of badly-thought-out toy designs. The fact that actually clamping one of these birds to your finger hurts like hell may be the main reason why this toy line failed.
Another, more obvious possible reason is the fact that birds with hair = freaky.
These two Fairy Tails lost their head-hair, had their tails cut, and had other flaws. I had no luck auctioning them off on eBay, so I decided, since they were pretty pinkish to start with, to have a go at customizing them.
I learned very quickly why you almost never see anyone customize "Fairy Tails"...
Nonetheless, these two turned out better than I expected. I am deeply indebted to this tutorial and I enjoy finally seeing Fairy Tails with actual feathers. These two will be auctioned for charity probably around the same time as the Pink Dinosaur Sketchbook. I plan on putting everything up on eBay possibly the weekend after next, so look out for an announcement.
In the meantime, shirts! And different shirts! And hats! And somewhat less successful hats!
* - There's a good vocabulary word to add to your daily usage. It literally means "birdlike neck" and includes all dinosaurs biologically defined as such -- AND Pterosaurs. See how useful that is?
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Make your website carbon neutral!
It only takes a few minutes. Head over to this website (linking to the English-language version; the project is based in Germany), follow the instructions, and they will plant a tree in Plumas National Forest. Go add your website to the list and spread the love around.
Monday, October 4, 2010
The Pink Dinosaur Project and a Self-Imposed Challenge
By now you know about the Pink Dinosaur Project, Art Evolved's massive cancer research charity fundraiser. All you have to do to support the project is draw a pink dinosaur and send it in to artevolved(at)gmail(dot)com. And if you are under the delusion that you can't draw, you may donate directly here.
I've had this project on my mind for several days now.
I've also had this little Artist and Craftsman Supply watercolor sketchpad for a long time. I decided it was time to do something special with it. It's not very big, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to do my first themed Sketchbook.
Here's the book in the middle of modification...
And here she is after modification. Dealing with the spiral binding itself wasn't as hard as I expected -- except for those tiny holes.
So what's my goal here? I want to draw one pink dinosaur per day. I'm not stopping until the book is full. Full of pastel-colored archosaurian goodness.
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Sketch Pink Dinosaur of the Day!
I've had this project on my mind for several days now.
I've also had this little Artist and Craftsman Supply watercolor sketchpad for a long time. I decided it was time to do something special with it. It's not very big, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to do my first themed Sketchbook.
Here's the book in the middle of modification...
And here she is after modification. Dealing with the spiral binding itself wasn't as hard as I expected -- except for those tiny holes.
So what's my goal here? I want to draw one pink dinosaur per day. I'm not stopping until the book is full. Full of pastel-colored archosaurian goodness.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Urgent Ripple Head's Up
My art cards have been posted for sale on Ripple! I've seen Ripple cards go fast, so I knew I had to post this immediately. There are three of them, so good luck!
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