Courtesy of my very thoughtful, creative D.I.Y. sister, Amelia I got a most wonderful surprise gift this Christmas. Believe me, no one wanted to have their secret santa gift opened after Amy's. This was just really amazing.
One thing I know now is that my family and friends have skills!
It was really cool to see you all express yourselves in my favorite medium!
Please feel free to comment on people's drawings and skills .
Thanks Amy!!! It was a very touching unexpected moment. I will treasure this!
Thanks everyone for your more than kind words and your creative splurges!
I hope to see more of your creative endeavors!
-Ian
CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW THEM LARGER :)
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| Cover: Amy decided to use a piece of Skye and Tara's artwork which came out by accident as the cover. Amy said she liked the title of a book and just put my name instead. |
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| Inside Cover: The secret |
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| Page 1: Ganim Dude, where did these skills from and how did you do this? Ganim is the friend that I have known before kindergarten. Thanks, man. |
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| Page 2: Dad Just to set the record straight I very lightly tag my dad in the gut not the face during our epic mock battles. One of my main goals in life is making my dad laugh. I get my sense of off key humor from him. Thanks, Dad. |
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| Page 3: Grace is my cousin. She credits me with helping her how to dive. The honor was mine! Thanks, Grace this is so beautiful! |
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| Page 4: Joachim This has so many inside jokes it's crazy. There is a lot of depth here which reflects our relationship! Thanks bro! Love the dynamic lettering! |
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| Page 5: Pepe & JJ Pedro told the story and Joaquin drew it. Look out Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster! Thanks guys! (Tito Ganim, you need to take a look closely. you are part of his story!) |
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| Page 6: Skye & Tara Great coherent linear story! Your directorial skills showin! Is this watercolor? Very nice! This was such a great time, we miss you guys already! |
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| Page 7: Jay Ok, Jay, you better stop goofing off and get back to cartooning. Frickkin awesome! Thanks, man! |
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| Page 8: Megan Nice work! Watercolor? I am glad that my sister's request makes you practice what we preach ;) Is that you Karl and Megan at the bottom? Lol! |
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| Page 9: Chris E. p1 Hey Chris, cool story. Do remember which movie this one was? Yes we are pretty geeky! Its' in the blood! |
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| Page 10: Chris E. p2 |
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| Page 11: Chris E. p3 Thanks Chris for the words and the memories that you seem to remember quite vividly! Must be the writer in you! Wish you the best as well!
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| Page 13: Karl This rocks, Karl. I remember this day. So glad to in someway be part of this blessed union. Thanks for giving me a place to stay while I was in transition. Your 3 dimensional perspective is pretty good! Geez, look at the well chosen POV angles. Very deep, man. After you are done with Grouponmics perhaps movie director is next. |
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| Page 14: Joey Ok, cuz, where the who-ha did this come from? This was the surprise left hook...geez keep it up. I want to see more!!! And what are we going to do that Lost is over? Let's start our own business! |
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| Page 15: Joanne Thanks, cupid. This is so awesome. The second panel is cartoon genius. Did you draw that by instinct? The cropping is so right! You should keep a blog like this! Thanks so much for all you have done for us! |
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| Page 16: Josh |
Love the perspective in the middle panel! Very Jack Kirbyish!
How did you do the colored drawings? They are pretty good. Have you been practicing?
Love the logical labeling
and our illogical coincidental idiosyncrasies. What's SFC?
Let's karaoke again soon!
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| Page 17: Claire Thanks, cuz! This is very sweet. I love how the first 2 panels are connected. You are such a strange, girl. It's obvious we are related. Lol! |
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| Page 18: Mike & Katie Thanks, Mike! You guys inspire me with your writings! I hope that is going well. You are the best world builder I know! That is one INTENSE final panel! Who drew this? You or Katie? Could be the start of another artist...Thanks!! |
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| Page 19: PP &JJ Thanks again Pedro and Joaquin! Honey, you need to read this! Lol! |
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| Page 20: Amy & Hui Soo Nice rendering of moments. You have a talent for getting out of the box! I love and will treasure this gift. Thank you! |
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| Page 21: Sung Ryen Hey, who is this? This is fantastic! We should work together. Friggin lovely. |
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| Page 22: Eric & Yukiko Thanks bro! Now it's you rule court! Yukiko, nice style! I love the rendering of James and Bruce! They look like them. |
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| Page 23: Everson Lemon! Fire Truck, fire truck, I want to ride on a fire truck! Love, Toto. |
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| Page 24: Lisa & Roger Thanks Lisa and Roger and Everson! You still got the portrait skills that I remember from WHS! |
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| Page 25:Mom Thanks, Ma! This is deep. Thanks for getting me out of that piece of hell and helping me survive it! Things are getting better all the time, much thanks to you. |
:) You draw comics and I'll color them.
ReplyDeleteI love you! Merry Christmas!
This was SO much fun! I love your sister's idea! I made mine using watercolor pencils. The three at the bottom are Jay, Joanne and me!
ReplyDelete:) More great memories to be made soon!!
It was great to everyone's imagination's at work. Even though I haven't met some of your friends and family members yet, I could picture these memories and impressions of you as if I experienced it myself (for example, the swimming panels or the karaoke). I was blown away by Mike and Katie's....Master of Inspiration? SPOT ON!! That is you dude!
ReplyDeleteAnd Sung Ryen's single image was simply powerful. I like how it was ONE moment, one fateful moment, this momentous event woven by heartfelt pen strokes. I was really moved.
This totally rocked! What an amazing turn out of pages. I was floored by everyone's creativity! Just goes to show how much you inspire us all, Ian.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys!!! You guys are awesome. I am unworthy!
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