Artistic challenge

substitute · 06-15-2007, 12:29 PM

OK, so I've got an important birthday coming up. Not mine - someone else's. And I figured since they're one of these people who has everything already, and is extraordinarily picky and stuff with music, clothes etc, and since the way I know him is such that it'd just be indefensibly lame to get him some kind of voucher, I thought something original is called for.

I thought I'd give him a cartoon, custom drawn, that'd suit his sense of humour, frame it nicely y'know? Only my artistic skills don't tend to cover cartoony stuff, so here's what I have in mind:

You've got a typical looking Anglican church hall interior. View of a bunch of pensioners and a token younger person sitting round a table, with a homemade and rather lame banner saying "PCC JUBILEE PLANNING COMMITTEE" somewhere behind them. At the head of the table is a vicar, tall and slim but with a slight paunch, balding, glasses, toothy, and he's standing up and holding aloft a voodoo doll of an old lady (one of the ones sitting at the table), brandishing a huge and evil looking pin with a look of insane fury on his face as he's about to stab the pin into the doll. The pensioners are looking aghast at him and the caption below reads "FATHER STEPHEN'S SECRET PAST AS A VOODOO WITCH DOCTOR WAS OUTED WHEN HE HEARD HIS 1000TH 'WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY'"

Or if you can think of a better way of putting it, feel free.

Can anyone help?

rivercrow · 06-15-2007, 09:44 PM

Jeez, I hope you find someone to draw it--great idea!

substitute · 06-16-2007, 11:40 AM

No, everyone's really lame lol haven't found anyone yet!

May just have to attempt it myself, but I'm not really good at cartoon style.

Entropy · 06-16-2007, 03:42 PM

Hm. I suppose I could give it a shot. :]

When is his/her birthday? (Just to get an idea of how much time I'd have to complete it).

substitute · 06-16-2007, 03:57 PM

The birthday's the 28th June - thank you!

Entropy · 06-16-2007, 04:03 PM

No problem. :]

Langrenus · 06-16-2007, 04:05 PM

Don't bother, Entropy. Here's what you're looking for:

You'd be surprised to know that this actually took less than 5 minutes to produce

Entropy · 06-16-2007, 04:21 PM

Lovely.
Nice work on the caption especially...

rivercrow · 06-16-2007, 04:25 PM

Ooooh--Etch-a-Sketch art!

substitute · 06-16-2007, 05:44 PM

Hahahahahahah! Oh man, I love it!!

Sadly, he won't. I need something more... well... less... naive? Hahaha...

But I'm gonna keep that one as a desktop for a while, cos I fuckin' love it!

06-15-2007, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
substitute Closet ENTJ Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Europe Posts: 4,471	Artistic challenge OK, so I've got an important birthday coming up. Not mine - someone else's. And I figured since they're one of these people who has everything already, and is extraordinarily picky and stuff with music, clothes etc, and since the way I know him is such that it'd just be indefensibly lame to get him some kind of voucher, I thought something original is called for. I thought I'd give him a cartoon, custom drawn, that'd suit his sense of humour, frame it nicely y'know? Only my artistic skills don't tend to cover cartoony stuff, so here's what I have in mind: You've got a typical looking Anglican church hall interior. View of a bunch of pensioners and a token younger person sitting round a table, with a homemade and rather lame banner saying "PCC JUBILEE PLANNING COMMITTEE" somewhere behind them. At the head of the table is a vicar, tall and slim but with a slight paunch, balding, glasses, toothy, and he's standing up and holding aloft a voodoo doll of an old lady (one of the ones sitting at the table), brandishing a huge and evil looking pin with a look of insane fury on his face as he's about to stab the pin into the doll. The pensioners are looking aghast at him and the caption below reads "FATHER STEPHEN'S SECRET PAST AS A VOODOO WITCH DOCTOR WAS OUTED WHEN HE HEARD HIS 1000TH 'WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY'" Or if you can think of a better way of putting it, feel free. Can anyone help? __________________ Ils se démerdent, les mecs: trop bon, trop con..................................MY BLOG! And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

06-15-2007, 09:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
rivercrow shoshaku jushaku Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: Where ever I can annoy management Posts: 1,551	Jeez, I hope you find someone to draw it--great idea! __________________ Who rises in the morning, looks in the mirror and says, "I think I will do something stupid today?" -- James Hollis If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein Whaling is illegal in Oklahoma.

06-16-2007, 11:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
substitute Closet ENTJ Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Europe Posts: 4,471	No, everyone's really lame lol haven't found anyone yet! May just have to attempt it myself, but I'm not really good at cartoon style. __________________ Ils se démerdent, les mecs: trop bon, trop con..................................MY BLOG! And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

06-16-2007, 03:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
substitute Closet ENTJ Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Europe Posts: 4,471	The birthday's the 28th June - thank you! __________________ Ils se démerdent, les mecs: trop bon, trop con..................................MY BLOG! And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

06-16-2007, 04:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
rivercrow shoshaku jushaku Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: Where ever I can annoy management Posts: 1,551	Ooooh--Etch-a-Sketch art! __________________ Who rises in the morning, looks in the mirror and says, "I think I will do something stupid today?" -- James Hollis If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein Whaling is illegal in Oklahoma.

06-16-2007, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Entropy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: XNTP Location: Somewhere above the equator. Posts: 55	Hm. I suppose I could give it a shot. :] When is his/her birthday? (Just to get an idea of how much time I'd have to complete it).

06-16-2007, 04:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Entropy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: XNTP Location: Somewhere above the equator. Posts: 55	No problem. :]

06-16-2007, 04:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Entropy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: XNTP Location: Somewhere above the equator. Posts: 55	Lovely. Nice work on the caption especially...

06-16-2007, 05:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
substitute Closet ENTJ Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Europe Posts: 4,471	Hahahahahahah! Oh man, I love it!! Sadly, he won't. I need something more... well... less... naive? Hahaha... But I'm gonna keep that one as a desktop for a while, cos I fuckin' love it! __________________ Ils se démerdent, les mecs: trop bon, trop con..................................MY BLOG! And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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