Santa Claus cartoon vector. HO HO HO! #christmas #illustrationfriday
Illustration Friday : crunchy
Illustration Friday : crunchy
Chris Clover
mbreitweiser
Skottie Young
diablo2003
Luis Diaz
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I watched Rudolph on tv tonight. Felt like doing a quick winter drawing.
How to Make a Price Book Photo Credit: KSquier This article was included in the Festival of Frugality #164. My Two Dollars posted a story last week on what your grocery store may not be telling you. I thought it was an interesting topic and wanted to explore price books to help people become aware of possible...
Free College Money Part 4: Searching for Scholarships NOT JUST FOR HONOR STUDENTS In Free College Money Part 3 of this five-part series, college grants were defined as âa gift of moneyâ¦not a reward that you have to pay back or compete forâ¦â Unlike grants, you do have to compete to win scholarships and they are awarded based...
Cybercrime: How online crooks put us all at risk By Ryan Blitstein - San Jose Mercury News Somewhere in St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, a tiny startup has struck Internet gold. Its dozen-odd employees are barely old enough to recall the demise of the Soviet Union, but industry analysts believe they're raking in well over $100 million a...
The Everything Guide To Writing Children's Books: From Cultivating an Idea to Finding the Right Publisher All You Need to Launch a Successful Career (Everything Series) (Paperback) Surefire techniques to help you top the bestseller list! Whether you?re already published or just an aspiring writer with a dream, the children?s book publishing industry can be one of the toughest to crack. The Everything® Guide to Writing Children?s Books is the perfect handbook if you?re looking to...
The Everything Guide To Writing Children's Books: From Cultivating an Idea to Finding the Right Publisher All You Need to Launch a Successful Career (Everything Series) (Paperback) Surefire techniques to help you top the bestseller list! Whether you?re already published or just an aspiring writer with a dream, the children?s book publishing industry can be one of the toughest to crack. The Everything® Guide to Writing Children?s Books is the perfect handbook if you?re looking to...
Glenn Beck: Don't follow herd on the economy Another sunny day in northern NM.....still plenty of snow to ski in...but there are signs that a new season is upon us. We all know, that even if there were no signs that spring is coming, spring will still come right? So why is everyone so surprised that financial cycles...
7 Cost-Cutting and Safer Alternative Household Tips These are some ways we save money without sacrificing the management or enjoyment of our home: Clean with Rubbing Alcohol Our favorite cleaner is isopropyl, which looks pretty in clear spray bottles around the house. It is not perfumed, does not leave toxic residue like other cleaners, and costs only...
Fix it or Replace it When you Can't Get By When it comes to major household appliances, they are a large investment that is needed to function. Major brands of refrigerators can cost thousands, and unless you never eat in or have anything that is refrigerated, then you need a refrigerator. When a household appliance does break down, then you...
Collingwood Music Festival summer concert series Quartetto Gelato 11 July We couldn't have a 10th anniversary celebration without Quartetto Gelato! Their ever-evolving repertoire, performed with amazing virtuosity and presented with humour and joy, charms audiences everywhere they perform. Classical in training ? eclectic by design ? Quartetto Gelato thrills audiences with music that...
Book Review: Becoming Vegan. Book review courtesy of Melinda Wieck at EcoBrain.com, who makes it possible for publishers to get the green word out in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner. BECOMING VEGAN is an remarkable dietary reference book written in a very readable style by two dietitians, Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina....
Book Review: Upside Living in a Downside Economy As the economy continues to struggle we hear many 'experts' with their own ideas on why we are where we are and what we need to do to make it through these tough times. About a month ago, I received a review copy of a book written by Mike...
Book Review: Wisdom & Wealth I visited our local Christian bookstore last weekend primarily to to pickup a copy of Larry Burkett's Debt Free Living, as I had sold my previous copy accidentally in our most recent yard sale. As usual though, I can't help but spend time looking at other books and checking...
Choosing the Best Coin Collecting Books If you are into coin collecting, then it should be true that you are also into coin collecting books. If you are a coin collector, then having the right coin collecting books is going to be a basic requirement, because you need to have basic data on the coins that...
Stem cells could be the secret reason why breast is best Breast milk, long revered for the nutritional advantages it gives a newborn, could be just as vital in terms of infant development, a leading scientist will claim this week. Up to three different types of stem cells have been discovered in breast milk, according to revolutionary new research. Dr Mark...
What I'm Thankful to Have To all my American readers, by the time this column goes up, you've probably had your fill of turkey, stuffing, assorted vegetables, cranberry sauce, and of course, pumpkin pie. I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving, filled with family, food and the other simple pleasures of life. To celebrate...
Best ProjectWonderful Alternative - Make money with Adgitize Recent growth in Internet advertising, We can (Bloggers) make more money with New Ad networks. ProjectWonderful is the world's First Cost Per Day (CPD) based adverting system that allows advertisers to bid the ad place by popularity of the blog or website. Bloggers/Publishers can make more money using this ProjectWonderful...
Hardgainer Manifesto /caption] Over at the Hardgainer Manifesto (full disclosure: I own, run, and manage the site), I'm selling a special report I wrote specifically to give the hardgainer all he or she needs to know to finally start putting on weight and building muscle. The report is brief, only costs $20,...
Book Review: Becoming Vegan. Book review courtesy of Melinda Wieck at EcoBrain.com, who makes it possible for publishers to get the green word out in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner. BECOMING VEGAN is an remarkable dietary reference book written in a very readable style by two dietitians, Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina....
Book Review: Upside Living in a Downside Economy As the economy continues to struggle we hear many 'experts' with their own ideas on why we are where we are and what we need to do to make it through these tough times. About a month ago, I received a review copy of a book written by Mike...
Book Review: Wisdom & Wealth I visited our local Christian bookstore last weekend primarily to to pickup a copy of Larry Burkett's Debt Free Living, as I had sold my previous copy accidentally in our most recent yard sale. As usual though, I can't help but spend time looking at other books and checking...
Choosing the Best Coin Collecting Books If you are into coin collecting, then it should be true that you are also into coin collecting books. If you are a coin collector, then having the right coin collecting books is going to be a basic requirement, because you need to have basic data on the coins that...
Stem cells could be the secret reason why breast is best Breast milk, long revered for the nutritional advantages it gives a newborn, could be just as vital in terms of infant development, a leading scientist will claim this week. Up to three different types of stem cells have been discovered in breast milk, according to revolutionary new research. Dr Mark...
What I'm Thankful to Have To all my American readers, by the time this column goes up, you've probably had your fill of turkey, stuffing, assorted vegetables, cranberry sauce, and of course, pumpkin pie. I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving, filled with family, food and the other simple pleasures of life. To celebrate...
Best ProjectWonderful Alternative - Make money with Adgitize Recent growth in Internet advertising, We can (Bloggers) make more money with New Ad networks. ProjectWonderful is the world's First Cost Per Day (CPD) based adverting system that allows advertisers to bid the ad place by popularity of the blog or website. Bloggers/Publishers can make more money using this ProjectWonderful...
Hardgainer Manifesto /caption] Over at the Hardgainer Manifesto (full disclosure: I own, run, and manage the site), I'm selling a special report I wrote specifically to give the hardgainer all he or she needs to know to finally start putting on weight and building muscle. The report is brief, only costs $20,...
Each week, there are some new cartoons on toonpool.com that I just don’t get. Sometimes it’s because I don’t speak the artist’s language – I have, for example, always wondered what the cartoons by Indian artist Kaak are about. Other times it’s because I don’t know about the events the cartoon is referring to. Happens all the time with Barbeefish’s cartoons on right-wing American topics. The third category is just plain mysterious.
Last week, as every week, there were some new mysterious cartoons. I think this one by Portos is a good example for the I-don’t-understand-a-word category. The I-could-understand-it-if-I-knew-anything-about-your-culture category is being adequately represented by new member Mohamed Alafia, whom I will introduce below. Then, there are some cartoons that I think I should be understanding but I don’t: one in German, one in English, and two without any dialogue. There’s one that uses clear symbolism but makes your brain hurt if you try to think about it. And there are at least two that havecrossed the line to surrealism (one, two)
Introducing…
Mohamed Alafia’s cartoons are sporadically mysterious. Sometimes this is due to my ignorance of Moroccan topics (here & here) and a little research does help. At other times it’s due to my ignorance of Moroccan topics but even Wikipedia is clueless. Who is that Ponky guy? One cartoon, however, remains mysterious even though the captions are pretty clear. Anyway, Alafia’s style is interesting to look at – especially when he does these scribbly outlines in what might be ink, adds another layer of paler and broader ink scribbles and then puts in blotches of color on his computer (e.g. here). I’ve never quite seen anything like this before (...)
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/searching-for-value-in-ludicrous-ideas/
An article in the New York Times, on "Searching for Value in Ludicrous