JFlah's Blunders

Illustration Friday's Topic was "Whiskers" Unfortunately, the first thing that popped in my head was "cat" but a LOT of people think "cat" when you say that word so... yeah, did the next best thing...

This is my favorite "new" Christmas song this year and I wanted to share. I hope you enjoy it too.

First thing that came to mind was a speedy snail for Illustration Friday's topic, Zoom. I sketched then digitally colored it in Photoshop.

I found this screen capture of Erik Johansson working digital magic on PSDtuts+ while I was doing some research for a project. It's so creative I had to share.

  My sister sent me an article this afternoon that got me riled up again. It is so hard to reconcile facts in my mind. I mean, we’re living in a time where this "democratic" government is forcing people to do the things that go contrary to what they believe and in my mind (and in the minds of a great many others) that isn't the "freedom" that this country was built upon. I'm speaking specifically about the government mandating that tax payers have to fund abortions whether or not they personally support it; and businesses being told that they have to do the same or face huge fines...    I’m telling you, you may as well call Obama “Hitler” or “Stalin” cause he’s leading this country in that direction as fast as he possibly can. That's what Hitler did when he was in power. To shut down businesses that didn't step in line with what the leaders wanted them to - they just passed regulations that put those companies out of business - stupid s...

Ok, so I'm having some post-election day blues. I'm really disappointed in the election results - as I'm sure anyone who has read anything I have to say about the current dictator in office can imagine. I was thinking it's like I want to go to a land like OZ - a place with lots of bright colors and a kindly man behind the curtain and a cool horse of many colors. Sure OZ has its problems, but it's so much better than the reality of "home" right now. Today I was able to continue working on a tract for the children's minister. It's another 10.7.3.1 thing, but this time it's got some optical illusions in it. Have any of you heard of a zoetrope ? If you haven't heard of one, and you've seen any animation at all, you have seen one. They're usually made where they have a large cylinder that has small slits in the sides around the circumference so that you can turn the wheel and see inside while it spins. On the inside walls of the cylin...

Thankfully I voted early. From what I hear, there are long waits to get into the voters booth today. I pray that every registered voter will cast their vote and that (God willing) the dictator will be overthrown. I had heard about this before, but someone was speaking about it on the radio yesterday - making it clear who Obama was. They were talking about one of Obama's first executive orders once he got into office. He personally revoked several orders and started sending U.S. money to Mexico to fund abortions. That's Obama - consistently putting action behind what he believes in - murdering innocents in the name of money and power. ( Here's the official executive order And, here's a list of all of the 141 executive orders he's pushed forward during his term at this point). With the new health care bill stating that employers (and tax payers) will be forced (regardless of their convictions) to fund abortions... Everyone knew who he was before he got into off...

Beautiful sketch I saw on etsy - click image to visit artist's site. I took a "real" vacation this year. I went to Atlanta. While I was there I visited the Margaret Mitchel museum. The tour guide was so knowledgeable about the author of Gone with the Wind (and kindly answered each of my questions) so I found that I wanted to re-watch the movie. I know it's a classic, but it's not one I have ever liked. I saw it while I was a teenager and remember not liking it then - I just couldn't remember the specifics of why I felt that way about it. After watching it again, I remembered. I dislike every one of the characters (save Mrs. Ashley, Scarlet's selfless friend - though, no one I know is that kind and selfless so that character seemed a little plastic to me). Scarlet was more heartless than I remember her being. She was the epitome of selfishness in everything she did. Even Mr. Ashley didn't glow in this, though he seemed more respectable than Mr. Butl...