Ankshuss Waykoff

Feeling anxious and full of self doubt, (more than usual,) this past week. So thought maybe I’d monster it up and attempt to rhyme myself out of it. Kinda worked… oh, and it’s October, so, you know…

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Pandemic Pan

I made another silly poem.

Pandemic Blues

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I made a silly poem.

Grace, thy name is Ignatz

This kitty-ballerina image (which is a redraw), came to mind a few years ago while staring at my kitty, Ignatz’s feets. I studied admiringly, Iggy’s pristeen white fur and pink toes, bringing to mind the white tights and pink shoes of a prima ballerina. That along with an almost preternatural grace she’s been known to exhibit, while padding, almost toe dancing across the fireplace mantle. She lithely slinks along this 3 inch wide path, past tons of chachkis and photos, with nary an item being knocked over.

The girl’s got mad grace-skills!

Of course, when I have to rescue a terrified, de-tailed lizard from under our bed, one of many she proudly trots into the house, the ballerina image dissipates rapidly. –Sigh.

Click to get better look at Iggy’s feets!

Voice

The Illustration Friday word of the week is “voice.” So I decided to redraw yet another oldie. I better get off my duff and come up with some new ideas I suppose, eh?

SkADaMo 2013 Day 22

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So, I seem to be continuing on a bedtime theme here. It’s wishful thinking, no doubt. This chilly weather puts me in a mood to kick off my cloven sheep slippers and curl up in bed with a good book.

Ah, but I have sketches to catch up on! Missed another two days. Oh for shame! But wait, that’s right, there are no rules. No harm done!

Anyhoo, stop on over here and let’s see how the other SkADaMo participants have been doing.

HoHoDooDa Day 20

You better watch out!

You better not swim!

Don’t splash up and down.

Or stick out your limb.

Santa Jaws is coming to town!

Ok, now it’s time to swing by Marion and Laura‘s blogs to check out their HoHoDooDa doodles!

advent calendar – day 19

IF: drifting

SHEEP SLEEP (or Counting Peeps)

Sheila Sheepington-Fleecewater,
found it hard to sleep well.

So she sipped a bit of sweet water, 
while she counted people.

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The Illustration Friday theme lends itself to quite a few images this week. However, what immediately comes to my mind is the trouble “drifting” off to sleep insomnia often gives me, as my alter-ego Sheila demonstrates above. (Plus, I wanted another excuse to draw sheep shoes.)

contagious

 

I might not be the brightest kid

I know I’m not courageous

but that awful bird and swine thing,

is really quite contagious

I think I might have caught it,

so I need to ask some things.

Will my nose get long and piglike,

and my shoulders sprout out wings?

I guess I shouldn’t worry,

and make a big tadoo,

because all that would happen

the same day that swine flu.

WHEN SWINE FLU

I might not be the brightest kid,
I know I’m not courageous,
but that awful bird and swine thing,
is really quite contagious!

I think I might have caught it,
so I need to ask some things.
Will my nose become all piglike,
and my shoulders sprout out wings?

I guess I shouldn’t worry,
and make a big to-do,
because those things would happen,
the same day that “swine flu”.

– Linda Silvestri

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This week’s Illustration Friday prompt is (oddly (0;) “Contagious.”

theater

THE SINGER

She sings for the crowd,
and feels very proud
of a voice that can shatter glass.

But rather than cheers,
the crowd plugs their ears,
she sounds like she’s full of hot gas.

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The Illustration Friday theme this week is “Theater” and I had big plans for it. But as luck would have it, once again the tempest fugit-ed and… sigh… you know… another repost.

poise, thy name is Ignatz

ODE TO IGNATZ (Iggy)

With snowy white fur,
and a deafening purr,
her toes are like a pink pearl erasers.

My Ignatz is shy,
but you cannot deny,
she’s the great lizard hunter and chaser.

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This kitty-ballerina image came to mind a last year while staring at my kitty, Iggy’s feets. I studied admiringly, her pristeen white fur and pink toes, bringing to mind the white tights and pink shoes of a prima ballerina. That along with an almost preternatural grace she’s been known to exhibit, while padding, almost toe dancing across the fireplace mantle. She lithely slinks along this 3 inch wide path, past tons of chachkis and photos, with nary an item being knocked over.

The girl’s got mad grace-skills!

Of course, when I have to rescue a terrified, de-tailed lizard from under our bed, one of many she proudly trots into the house, the ballerina image dissipates rapidly. –Sigh.

Click to get better look at Iggy’s feets!

Hey! This might be my very first post to Illustration Friday… on Friday!!!! WeeEeeeEEE! Ok, ok, I know, it’s because this is a repost. But I think you’ll agree it’s a good fit for “Poise” and I did punch up the rhyme and reworded the whole thing a bit. That counts, right?

instinct

Fortunately for jazz lovers everywhere, Maynard (the hottest clarinet player this side of the pond), decided to ignore his animal instinct and follow instead, his bliss.

I’m very excited to announce that my Catpid won second place at the Anti-Valentines Day contest over at Dabbled! I waited until the last minute to enter but it paid off. 

If you get a chance hop on over to Dabbled and check it out. There’s always something fun going on over there.

climbing

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A little bit of a stretch, but that little dude had to have climbed up there to be hanging from the ceiling… right?

Alright, well, now that we got that cleared up, I’d like to say, yes, yes, I reposted yet again. I mean… is anyone else having a hard time getting back into the creative swing? Jeepers!

contained

Talk about containment, eh? Get it? Heh heh… sigh…

Once again I find myself in dire need of intense mojo resuscitation…
… and it’s not pretty! So, yes, I’m late to the party aaaaaand reposting yet again.

It happens.

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Also, I just wanted to take a moment to thank the wonderful, talented, beautiful Laurel of Studio Lolo, my buddy, for the fantasmigorical print she sent me ( I was lucky enough to win her giveaway last month!) I was able to pick which of her pieces I wanted and I chose “Raven’s Gift”, one of my favorites and as it turns out, one of hers as well!

I need to find just the perfect home for it on my wall!

If you haven’t yet you really need to stop by and see all the wonders
that are Studio Lolo!

RAVEN’S GIFT by Laurel Gaylord