I had a long commute to work today as a passenger. I was tired of the radio, and watching other cars, go by. I looked in my handbag to see what I could find, so that I wouldn’t fall asleep! I’m not usually my best with sleep lines on my face from odd head positions while napping with no pillow.
Rummaging through my big tote bag yielded a Christmas catalog, a six-inch ruler, scissors, a couple of pieces of watercolor paper, my KOI pocket field sketch box with water brush, a glue stick, micro-pen, and a graphite pencil. I knew today was the only time I was going to have a small chunk of time to do an illustration for the prompt for Illustration Friday, the word for this week is “hatch”.
Honestly, with the holidays around the corner, and everywhere you look you see festive houses, streets and stores, the festivity has a way of imprinting itself on your mind! And the IF prompt, for me anyway, only flashed pictures of eggs, hatchback cars and spring.
So here it is, an illustration for “Hatch”!
I hope that everyone’s creativity and ideas hatch into some wonderful real life scenarios for 2010.
Peace to you all.
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December 15th, 2009 at 2:59 am
Ha, ha, ha… I lke the idea and his face.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:55 am
hahahah Very cute and funny idea!!! Love the little Christmas hat!!
December 15th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Cute and Very Christmassy :). I didnt think of hatchback cars…
December 15th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Brilliant! I love it - love the colour and expression. Great work
December 15th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Love your story behind the painting, Indigene! Wonderful work!
December 15th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I love that. Thank you!! And yeah, I agree, not at my best with crease marks from no-pillow-odd-sleeping positions either. Love you!! Thank you for inspiring me today.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Very clever!! We can tell that you are looking forward to a brand new year. (Though in these parts one can’t ride the bus with scissors!)
December 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Fun idea for the season:)
December 15th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I can see you are welcoming the New year with lots of ideas. Happy Holiday!
December 15th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Chirp Chirp! Merry Christmas! Oh, Indigene, he’s adorable! I sure wish babies would hatch this way. It would make delivery a little easier, no?
You sure made GREAT use of commuting time.
December 15th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Shows the wonder and joy of Christmas !
December 16th, 2009 at 4:56 am
Great work!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:55 am
What a cool illustration!
You sure do carry a lot of stuff around with you.
If I carried all of that, I wouldn’t have room for my hand grenades and Uzi. I do have a couple of mirco pens, though.
Happy holiday, whichever one you celebrate this year!
JPiC
December 16th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
very nice, so bright and cheerful, it made me smile
December 16th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Great idea - this is so cute! Love his expression and the hat. Can’t believe you did it on the go!
December 16th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Brilliant idea! Love the juxtaposition!
December 16th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Your idea is so cool, love the mixed media!
December 17th, 2009 at 1:45 am
What a funny little drawing. I like curious expression on the little elf’s face which is a mix of indignity, confusion and alertness. I can imagine the caption being ‘Wake me up at Easter.”
December 17th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Good idea!!
marry christmas to you 
December 17th, 2009 at 3:46 am
A little baby Santa in the egg. Interesting idea and good work.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:58 am
That’s multi-tasking! Great work!
December 17th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Wow - That’s amazing that you can work in transit and hatch something lovely! Bravo indeed. Truly inspiring.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
wow! you carry all that stuff in your tote! Sign of a true artist. It’s amazing what you’ve created while on the run!
December 17th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I look at him as the New Years baby! I’m all for hatching a new year, aren’t you?
Great one Indigene!
xo
December 17th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
This is too cute! It’s hard doing the Illustration Friday when that’s the day that I’m spent after working all week. My energy levels are so low that I can hardly pick up a pencil, much less, paint brushes.
I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend, and that your Holiday Season is just as fantastic as you are!
December 18th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Wow, you did this while traveling on a car?! I would usually get a major headache just by reading a few lines from a newspaper… bravo! And thanks for stopping by my blog, your comment was really kind. (^_^)
December 18th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
christmas baby! nice.
December 20th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Great illustration!
December 27th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Very cute. Amazing that you had everything you needed in your bag–way to be prepared!
December 27th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Did you actually make this in the car?? Smooth roads you’ve got over there.
Cute idea! And congrats on the featured art, looks very spiritual - also loved to see your description of your art for the profession artist-blog. …you should post a photo of that bag of yours; got it at the same place as Ms Poppins? 
December 31st, 2009 at 6:02 am
Happy New Year Indigene!