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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Whisper



This week's prompt at Illustration Friday is "whisper".  Hmmm... how to illustrate a whisper?

The word conjures images of mouth-to-ear action.  In fact, when I went to see what the prompt was, there were already many mouth-to-ear submissions.  All nicely done, of course, but I'm too much of a non-conformist to jump on that wagon.

The word also suggests images of intimacy.  Hmmm...  this is a pretty PG-13 blog, so nope.

I decided to to the mouth-to-ear whisper after all, just from the opposite end of things.  Non-conformity lives.
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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ya know. I tend to always say the same thing about your pics, and I'm running out of ways to say "I love this!" But I must tell you, when I saw this drawing, my first reaction was that this was your best yet. Not just because you did a fantastic job of drawing it, but because the feelings it conjures up went straight to my heart. So sweet! I love the view point. I love that you can tell what they're doing without actually seeing it. I love it.
Long live non-conformity! :)

agg79 said...

Ditto what shadowrun said. I have really loved your sketches and haven't seen a bad one yet. I may be slightly biased but I think you captured the intent of the prompt without relying upon the standard mouth-to-ear shot. Great way to fight da man and rail against conformity.

Guano said...

Like! It still relays a sense of intimacy, just like the whisper itself.

lotta joy said...

Fantastic drawing!! And seriously, us non-conformists invented the phrase "thinking out of the box". I immediately knew that at the top of the drawing was a little boy, his hands placed on either side of his mouth, while he whispered to the taller person.

Abby said...

And I'm running out of ways to say, "Aw, thanks!"

Abby said...

Thanks! Be as biased as you like, I can take it.

Abby said...

Good :) that's what I was shootin' for.

Abby said...

You know it Ljoy, keep fighting the good fight.

meleah rebeccah said...

You drew that? Wow. You have some REAL talent!

terri said...

You have SUCH creativity in you! I love this. You've drawn just a small piece of a bigger picture that I can clearly see in my mind.

Anonymous said...

lovely! and a phantastic idea!

Coreopsis said...

Very interesting take on this, and wonderful wonderful drawing. It leaves a lot to the imagination, while being solidly THERE. Nice!

Anonymous said...

What a terrific, original perspective on the topic, "whisper". Your image conveys more than most while never revealing the actually focus of the exchange...super!