March 20, 2013

In the Works

These are a couple of studies I did for an assignment for our upcoming Western Washington SCBWI conference. I've got a busy rest-of-the-week, so stay tuned and I will pop back on next week and explain the back story.  It's turned out to be a very fun exercise! Gotta run!
I give you...
Mr.Tiger and Mr. Rhino:


45 comments:

  1. I like 'em both, but that Rhino-Schlub is the best anthropomorphic I've seen in awhile. Cheers, Elizabeth!

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    1. Mr Rhino-Schlub :) is terribly flattered that you think so. Thanks!

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  2. Poor Mr. Rhino having to wear office attire. I can feel the wild spirit in him slowly dying. Heh...

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    1. Yeah...that office attire will do it to you every time.

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  3. Are they cousins? Looks like maybe they could be related. I like Mr Rhino’s pants (up to his armpits! LOL)

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    1. Mr Rhino thinks cousin Tiger should put some clothes on ;)

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  4. I'm very intrigued! I like these characters and I want to know their story!! Mr Rhino is ...well I'm not sure what to say..I think I've met him before!!! Possibly in a centrelink office (Australian unemployment office)!!

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    1. Mr Rhino does have that bureaucrat look to him...
      I'm glad you are intrigued, Claire.

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  5. Look forward to it...

    there looks like a whole personality in Mr. Tiger, too! (Not of the swallowed sort - 'the whole history behind the character' sort.)

    xo

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    1. Yes, Katy...that wild Mr Tiger is the focus of the story... Stay tuned!

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  6. Mr. Rhino doesn't care about your opinions - he's retiring next month.

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  7. Such a great character Mr. Rhino is starting to feel, especially with those restricting clothes! I'm curious to see the differences between the two already!

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    1. They certainly have two different approaches to life! More on this later :)

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  8. Love them! Mr. Rhino is just perfect, with his hang-y down arms and his outfit. And I love Mr. Tiger's contrapposto.

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  9. Ooh! Interesting! Can't wait to hear the back story :)

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  10. Beautiful.......looking forward to it..:)

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  11. My son and I think maybe you asked them to pose just a bit too long for you... a sense of discomfort and keeping still and being watched is lurking behind those forced polite positions....but you must admire their hugely generous spirits for doing it at all. We love them and they made us very happy this sunny morning; thank you!!
    Axxx

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    1. Annie--I am extremely happy that these two made you two happy! Thank YOU!

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  12. TIGER, tiger, burning bright
    In the forests of the night,
    What immortal hand or eye
    Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

    Well... Elizabeth seems to have framed him, although he's not very 'fearful'. Mr Rhino, on the other hand, seems to feel very haughty and feeling in need of poetic recognition!

    Can't wait to hear more.

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    1. Thanks, John. Well put. Of course, one can never go wrong with Blake :)

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  13. Oh, Mr. Rhino's outfit is killing me! Hahahahaha. These are fun characters!

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  14. Lovely sketches both of them with two strong characters. My favourite is Mr. Rhino. He seems to want to keep his nose high while feeling superior to Mr. Tiger, who looks a little off today. Those light strokes are really lovely.

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    1. Thank you, Otto. I think Mr. Rhino, with those proboscises, has no choice but to keep his head up ;)

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  15. Busy is the bomb for a starving artist. (like me) I'm only slightly simmering. Good luck!

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    1. Thanks, Sharon...
      may your simmer start boiling and then...BAM ;)

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  16. If that rhino in overalls came knocking at my door, I would buy everything he had to sell.

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  17. These are fabulous looking characters.

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  18. I was going to ask why Mr Tiger is in his fur, and Mr Rhino is in a shirt and tie. Mr Tiger looks very content, but poor Mr Rhino looks like someone whose espresso is weak and whose train was late and is having a very bad day.

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    1. Good "take" on Mr. Rhino, Rhissanna! I hope to get a post up soon with a description of the story.

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  19. Great characters! Love the see (and hear) more of them.

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