Teacup - for REAL!
It freaks me out when my art does this. One of my first ever book dummies was named "Teacup." You may have seen some of the pen and ink drawings from it hanging around my website.
Well, there are some good reasons you'll never see the book in print. I was just starting out and fell into all those classic beginner storytelling traps. You know them: telling not showing; a wise old crow saves the day (literally in this story); etc. But I still love the art I did for this story and the color palette rocked. So imagine my skipping heart when I came across this image the other day from Cute Overload.
All I can say is Oh My God.
All you illustrators out there - you ever do this? You draw a place or thing and then come across it a few years later? Or do you ever draw a character only to see somebody who looks exactly like your drawing?
It's happened to me my whole life and it still freaks me out.
posted by Elizabeth O. Dulemba at
8:00 AM
6 Comments:
I love it! Cute!! Your illustration and the "real" thing. They say that everything starts with a thought... :) Silke
Kindy freaky, yes. And I often Adopt them. Example our rescued beagle Henry.
Your little Teacup is wonderful. So now will you redo the story with mostly pictures and fewer words?
Yup Silke - although I doubt I made this little cutie come to life - ha!
And Ginger! Hmmmm. There's an idea!
:)
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Yes! I sometimes write things and then they happen in a sort of new configuration, but I can tell it's the same thing...sounds like I am crazy, I know! - Hannah Ruth Wilde
amazing!
Oh yes, this has most certainly happened to me over the years. When I was in high school (and full of teenage angst) I used to create female comic book characters all the time. Then Jessica Alba came on the scene with the awful TV series, "Dark Angel," and even my mother was like, "Hey, she looks exactly like one of your drawings, Christina - outfit and all."
It's freaky, but I contend that we artists tap into something of a higher nature when we create. This is a natural phenomenon!
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