I try very hard to keep my politics separate from my work but a friend of mine brought this doll he modified to look like Mitt Romney and I just had to share it. This was done on the spot with my Laptop’s built in camera so it’s very lo-res but he’s bound to post a better version of it very soon. Enjoy. 
Today we’re back to yet another version of Queen‘s Bohemian Rhapsody this time done by Austrian brass ensemble Mnozil Brass. This one’s a lot of fun. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/hBLm747tyn0
Today’s sketch is another from the Louvre’s Roman sculpture collection this one is part of a relief of “Showing the Reading of Auguries and Declaration of Sacred Vows” from the 1st quarter of the first century. It shows the emperor, senators and a priest of the god Jupiter watching the sacrifice of a bull (I’ll show a sketch of that part later) and await to hear whether the gods approve of a planned war mission
Just thought I’d share a quick warm up sketch I did about an hour ago. Today’s background listening has been Carpe Jugulum which is the first appearance of the noble clan of Igor in the Discworld Series. So I thought I’d take a crack at them.
Today’s Rhapsody is the Trumpet Rhapsody by Maynard Ferguson .
http://youtu.be/dk5N6NH-4×4
I just heard that Maurice Sendak passed away today. Obviously I grew up reading everything by him, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Really Rosie, the Little Bear series… everything. As I grew up I studied him as one of the great American Illustrators and took perverse glee in discovering just how controversial several of his books, which I took completely for granted growing up. He was an inspiration to me and many other young artists. (In fact one of my small frustrations in college was being too late to hear him speak at RISD. The line to get in was incredible)
It was wonderful to see him on Colbert Nation last month and sad to realize that it would be a swan song.
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| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak Pt. 2 | ||||
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