While sitting on the front porch, a Mom pushing a stroller and her 2 small sons walked by. The one older boy said to his brother
"There's the Halloween house!"
The younger boy answered in that kid way of whispering that's not whispering but talking in a deeper voice but he thinks he's whispering
"Yea , I think thats the scary guy who gives out the candy?"
The Mom smiled and waved at me knowing I was hearing this. The older boy said
"You were so scared of him"
"You were too" said the little boy and turned to his Mom "We're going to this house again on Halloween right?"
"Yes" she said. The two boys ran ahead of their Mom down the street. The Mom then said to me...
"They could not stop talking about your house last year!"
That makes me happy. I can't wait to get started decorating this year.
The reality of reality TV: Season 2
Well, now that the thrill of this week's cartoon contest is over, it's back to regular blogging.
Yesterday, I went to the beach. The second season of a "reality" show I worked on last season and I'm working on again started filming.
The show this week had a "pirate"esque theme with a map leading to a romantic picnic on the beach in Malibu. The highlight was finding a buried treasure chest. For the picnic setting, I tried to make it romantic with fun pirate touches without getting too crazy with the theme. Sort of a small comfortable spot a shipwrecked pirate interior decorator might create waiting for rescue.
The location really added to it. Funny thing is, it may look secluded on camera but 50 feet on either side are numerous people enjoying a day at the beach.
Yesterday, I went to the beach. The second season of a "reality" show I worked on last season and I'm working on again started filming.
The show this week had a "pirate"esque theme with a map leading to a romantic picnic on the beach in Malibu. The highlight was finding a buried treasure chest. For the picnic setting, I tried to make it romantic with fun pirate touches without getting too crazy with the theme. Sort of a small comfortable spot a shipwrecked pirate interior decorator might create waiting for rescue.
The location really added to it. Funny thing is, it may look secluded on camera but 50 feet on either side are numerous people enjoying a day at the beach.
AND THE WINNER IS...
Congratulations PETE WHITEHEAD! Combining votes posted as comments and ones e-mailed to me, Pete won by a landslide with 3 votes ahead of all the rest. Brian Pepper (1) and Kirk Scott (4) tied for second place. Stef Gerard (5) , Mary Engels (6) and Chris Sullivan (9) tied for third place.
Thanks again to all who entered and thanks to those who played along in voting. This was fun!
Cartoon Contest VOTE
All the entries are in. Time to vote! Anyone reading can vote (you did not have to enter) Pick at least 2 entries, no more, no less. Then post your choices as a "comment" or you can e-mail them to me (dcldesigns@aol.com). The polls will stay open until Friday midnight PST. I'll announce the winner Saturday 8/18
Thanks everyone who entered and good luck! Here's the cartoon again followed by all the choices.
1) "You may look better, but you sure don't smell better."
2) Rex's first day of Tran-species modification training:
"A couple of up front rules: 1) tongue stays in the mouth. 2) Nose stays out of other peoples crotches, 3) everything stinky isn't a food group, and most important of all, 4) even though you CAN, you shouldn't lick the nether regions, ever."
3) Pussy Whipped
"And you're still wondering why a canine was never "King of the Jungle?"
4) Marcellus Washington, as a cat...
"The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride ****ing with you. **** pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps. "
5) Grover contemplates why his owners just didn't get another cat if they were going to dress him up as one.
"It's simply amazing what Vickie can knit up with my hairballs!"
6) As Waldo tried on his new back-to-school outfit...
"...your tail doesn't match."
7) Getting the cat's fantasy all wrong...
"...but it was supposed to be like Princess Leia in a gold bikini, not gold fur..."
8) At first, Waldo tried to be friends with the cat...
"...you want to chase me...you want to eat me...you can't catch me..."
9) "Nice costume dog, now which one of us gets to maul that freakin magician ROY?"
Thanks everyone who entered and good luck! Here's the cartoon again followed by all the choices.
1) "You may look better, but you sure don't smell better."
2) Rex's first day of Tran-species modification training:
"A couple of up front rules: 1) tongue stays in the mouth. 2) Nose stays out of other peoples crotches, 3) everything stinky isn't a food group, and most important of all, 4) even though you CAN, you shouldn't lick the nether regions, ever."
3) Pussy Whipped
"And you're still wondering why a canine was never "King of the Jungle?"
4) Marcellus Washington, as a cat...
"The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride ****ing with you. **** pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps. "
5) Grover contemplates why his owners just didn't get another cat if they were going to dress him up as one.
"It's simply amazing what Vickie can knit up with my hairballs!"
6) As Waldo tried on his new back-to-school outfit...
"...your tail doesn't match."
7) Getting the cat's fantasy all wrong...
"...but it was supposed to be like Princess Leia in a gold bikini, not gold fur..."
8) At first, Waldo tried to be friends with the cat...
"...you want to chase me...you want to eat me...you can't catch me..."
9) "Nice costume dog, now which one of us gets to maul that freakin magician ROY?"
YOU WRITE THE CARTOON CONTEST!
THE RULES:
- Create your own funny words for the blank spaces in the above cartoon. It's OK to just have a caption or just a word balloon. You don't HAVE to add both. But you are limited to that, the dog can't say anything! You can enter as many idea's as you want and the contest is open to all, so tell a friend.
The WINNER gets "bragging rights", the cartoon re done with their words and a caricature or cartoon featuring you by me! It will be a simple one but full color! I can't offer hours of time spent creating a portrait to go over your mantle, but I'll send you a high res file of it. Don't worry if we never met, you can send me a photo if you win.
- Submit your ideas as a "comment". Just click on the word "comments" at the bottom of this post.
- Any anonymous comments will be disqualified. You must leave your name (or a nickname) with an E-MAIL address (at least in the body of the comment) so I can identify and contact you if you win! Your E-MAIL will be confidential and not be posted (unless you want it to be)
- Deadline for entry is Monday 8/13 at midnight PST, so you have plenty of time to think about it and add another entry if you get inspired.
- All entries will not be posted till Tuesday 8/14 for everyone to vote on (you don't have to enter to vote). Details on voting will be spelled out then. So if you don't see your entry in the "comment" box, don't think I didn't get it. I'll e-mail you that I got it (another reason to add your e-mail address).
- Adult and "toilet" humor is OK, but my Mom reads this blog so try to keep it PG-13 rated. Anything crude just to be crude and not clever or funny will be censored.
That's all, I think it's pretty simple but feel free to e-mail me (dcldesigns@aol.com) or leave a comment if you have questions. Remember...Monday midnight PST is the deadline and check back Tuesday to vote!
a YOU WRITE THE CARTOON CONTEST is coming!
Tomorrow... Thursday, I'll be having a "you write the cartoon contest"! The winner will get their very own cartoon/caricature drawn by me! Here's how it works, I'm going to post a cartoon with an empty word balloon and/or caption box. You leave your funny dialogue as a comment to the post. Then readers will vote. So check in tomorrow. COMPLETE CONTEST RULES will be posted then!
Damian
Well, I had so much fun drawing Norman Bates today, I went straight into doodling up another horror movie character. I imagine Damian from THE OMEN had private tutoring after his first "show and tell" day in school.
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Norman
I watched PSYCHO III on TV last night. I'd not seen it in years. Not as bad as I remember it being, but not much better either. It gave me inspiration for a quick "artistic" workout today.
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HMMMMM.
Having a new dog in the house makes me aware of odd things, as in...
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Saturday Morning Videos
Yes, more Indiana Jones stuff. I should just make this blog a complete Speilberg/Lucas fan site. Here are some moments of Indiana Jones nostalgia covering 25 years. To bring it full circle, I've added a video from Comic Con this year of Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) being announced as a retuning character (if you haven't seen it, it's a fun one)...
Star Wars Saga - The 5 year old Special Edition
This is an addition to my Two Monsters post earlier this week. My niece Devin was over to visit a few days ago (babysitting while her parents were busy). I love any time spent with her. My workshop (as Devin calls it) is fun for her because of the toy decor. Star Wars toys are the main theme. She wanted to play with my collection again. I wrote about her first Star Wars toy play time last month as one of life's little jokes. Click on the previous purple words to read those posts. This week's visit was almost the same.
Devin climbed on the couch reaching for characters in a new adventure...
Before she destroyed my entire display, I thought I'd be clever this go round. I asked if she would help me clean and re arrange the toys (they needed it). She loved the idea.
Devin sat with feather duster at the ready. Everything went great. Starting with my RETURN OF THE JEDI shelf, I would hand her a figure to clean as she asked about the character. I was soon giving her them in order of appearance in the movie, telling the story.
It was a lot of fun until we got halfway into the tale. She got confused over Princess Leia and Luke being siblings and Darth Vader their Father (if you don't know what I'm talking about, please re watch the movies). I over explained the story to Devin. I started taking toys from other shelves trying to help her make sense of it all. She was into hearing it but I was now going backwards. Every action figure was being used to tell the saga. The clever idea backfired. I was wrecking my entire toy display myself ! I summed it all up telling her Princess Leia won in the end. It made her happy. We then focused on putting stuff back on the shelf. I tried telling her where it all went. She didn't listen and did her own thing.
I've argued with network execs over designs. I've stood toe to toe with well known designers debating ideas. I've fired assists who don't listen to me. No experience has come close to working with Devin. She listened to me but countered every time saying...
"Wait, I have an idea. Let me just do this."
I'd set something up, she'd take it apart and re do it. I've quit jobs before being so micro managed...she was lucky I still had to feed her lunch and be there when her parents came to pick her up. Otherwise I would of had a dramatic blow up and stormed out!
She wore me down and I gave up, letting her go at it. I stepped back to watch. She took long pauses thinking her ideas out. It must of had meaning. I guess she was telling her version of the story. Here is...
Devin's Star Wars Saga Special Edition
Attack of the Clones - Padme and Anakin stop off at Cloud City for gas on the road to rescue Obi Wan on Geonosis. They visit the carbon freeze chamber. "Look I'm frozen! Take my picture." Padme loved tourist photo ops...
Return of the Jedi - Jabba's dancing girls had cramped dressing rooms under the main stage...
Star Wars (A New Hope) - Luke met a crazy old wizard named Dr. Brown at the cantina on Tatooine. He had a time machine. Luke brought his Mom back to the future. He confronted Vader..."Turn the Death Star off man or I'll cut her, I'll do it... I will! I've got no memory of my mother so I don't care! It's not impossible, I've cut womp rats from my t-16 back home!"
Return of the Jedi - Jabba hated "Stairway to Heaven" and warned all the bands that played in his palace that he would drop a rock on their heads if he ever heard it.
At the end of the day, the RETURN OF THE JEDI toy shelf was bare with most of the action figures scattered on the desk, coffee table, floor, outside and places yet found.
Toy collection + little kid = playtime.
As it should be.
Devin climbed on the couch reaching for characters in a new adventure...
Before she destroyed my entire display, I thought I'd be clever this go round. I asked if she would help me clean and re arrange the toys (they needed it). She loved the idea.
Devin sat with feather duster at the ready. Everything went great. Starting with my RETURN OF THE JEDI shelf, I would hand her a figure to clean as she asked about the character. I was soon giving her them in order of appearance in the movie, telling the story.
It was a lot of fun until we got halfway into the tale. She got confused over Princess Leia and Luke being siblings and Darth Vader their Father (if you don't know what I'm talking about, please re watch the movies). I over explained the story to Devin. I started taking toys from other shelves trying to help her make sense of it all. She was into hearing it but I was now going backwards. Every action figure was being used to tell the saga. The clever idea backfired. I was wrecking my entire toy display myself ! I summed it all up telling her Princess Leia won in the end. It made her happy. We then focused on putting stuff back on the shelf. I tried telling her where it all went. She didn't listen and did her own thing.
I've argued with network execs over designs. I've stood toe to toe with well known designers debating ideas. I've fired assists who don't listen to me. No experience has come close to working with Devin. She listened to me but countered every time saying...
"Wait, I have an idea. Let me just do this."
I'd set something up, she'd take it apart and re do it. I've quit jobs before being so micro managed...she was lucky I still had to feed her lunch and be there when her parents came to pick her up. Otherwise I would of had a dramatic blow up and stormed out!
She wore me down and I gave up, letting her go at it. I stepped back to watch. She took long pauses thinking her ideas out. It must of had meaning. I guess she was telling her version of the story. Here is...
Devin's Star Wars Saga Special Edition
Attack of the Clones - Padme and Anakin stop off at Cloud City for gas on the road to rescue Obi Wan on Geonosis. They visit the carbon freeze chamber. "Look I'm frozen! Take my picture." Padme loved tourist photo ops...
Return of the Jedi - Jabba's dancing girls had cramped dressing rooms under the main stage...
Star Wars (A New Hope) - Luke met a crazy old wizard named Dr. Brown at the cantina on Tatooine. He had a time machine. Luke brought his Mom back to the future. He confronted Vader..."Turn the Death Star off man or I'll cut her, I'll do it... I will! I've got no memory of my mother so I don't care! It's not impossible, I've cut womp rats from my t-16 back home!"
Return of the Jedi - Jabba hated "Stairway to Heaven" and warned all the bands that played in his palace that he would drop a rock on their heads if he ever heard it.
At the end of the day, the RETURN OF THE JEDI toy shelf was bare with most of the action figures scattered on the desk, coffee table, floor, outside and places yet found.
Toy collection + little kid = playtime.
As it should be.
Summer Bugs
As August begins, more bugs have come out to play and often invade our home. I want to be nice to all the creatures on earth, but giving flies and spiders stern lectures asking them to leave does not work. My frustration has found an outlet drawing these below, it's a work in progress...
Top 10 Reasons to go to COMIC CON next year
10... slave Leia
9... slave Leia
8... slave Leia
7... slave Leia
6... slave Leia
5... slave Leia
4... slave Leia
3... slave Leia
2... slave Leia
1... the odds are good the Fiancee will never come with me
HELLOOOOOOOO, MISS PLANET ALDERAN!
Disclaimer: This post is for entertainment purpose only. Dave Lowe would never find any strange woman in a "slave Leia" costume attractive. There is no woman more attractive than a wholesome girl from Baltimore who reads books and has cats...lots of books and lots of cats. Dave Lowe is blind to any woman who was not educated early to be a lady at the Bryn Mawr School. "Slave Leia" costumes are attempts by women to gain quick and easy attention from people. It's so sad they don't realize their mind should be the most attractive part of them.
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