Monday, February 16, 2009

Silence


If I had a picture of a cricket I would post it now. Imagine the sound of crickets, you know, like when things get so quite that is all you can hear. Well, I got encouragement to keep posting and I did but now I have several posts with no reactions at all. I know, I should post and not worry about it, but I NEED feedback. (The picture is a detail from a small scroll I did, it is a grasshopper not a cricket but it's the closest I have.)
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    I just commented on nearly everything! i will eat your cricket. Stir fried to perfection he shall taste like Delicious langostinos! NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

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  2. Ryan MercerFebruary 17, 2009 at 6:11 AM

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  3. Ryan MercerFebruary 17, 2009 at 6:12 AM

    Some of my art, that has things in common with your art

    Yes, mine is a mantis and yours is a grasshopper... but arthropods they are.


    http://ryanmercer.com/images/arthropods/mantis1.JPG

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  4. Jon WestcotFebruary 22, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    Tristan:

    This little grasshopper/cricket guy is really neat. It reminds me so much of the cricket that was in an animated show that I remember only vaguely. I believe it was a Chuck Jones-produced story, and it involved a cricket who, instead of merely chirping, plays beautiful music. I seem to remember him playing in a corner newsstand (which I suspect have long since vanished from even the sprawling metropolii), and then later going to live with an Oriental man who housed him in a beautiful castle-like cage. It was probably made some 35 years ago, which is likely why I only remember it in dribs and drabs, but I do remember the look of the cricket, and you've captured it nicely... even if that wasn't your original intent! ;)

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

    Jon

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  5. Tristan AlexanderFebruary 22, 2009 at 11:52 PM

    Jon, this is from a scroll I did for the SCA based on a manuscript page and it had the "smiling" grasshopper in it. This is a detail obviously and I used it cause I didn't have a cricket picture. Oh, and the time is 11:52

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  6. Tristan AlexanderFebruary 22, 2009 at 11:52 PM

    Oh, and I remember that cartoon too.

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  7. Jon WestcotFebruary 23, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    Tristan:

    I was right. It WAS a Chuck Jones cartoon, from 1973, entitled "The Cricket in Times Square." God bless IMDb!

    Here's the link:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069927/

    Check out the cover image for the DVD; you'll see a remarkable resemblance to your grasshopper. ;)

    Your friend,

    Jon

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