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Friday, November 28, 2008

Balloon


Janice was often the ginny pig for her sister's crazy hair products.
The Balloon Perm promised to give limp and lifeless hair a lift! he he he he

69 comments:

yoon see said...

Wow! What a fantastic idea Vanesa:)
Certainly, she looks so much younger thanks to these magical ballons.
How ans where to get this service?

yoon see said...

Merry weekend!

INDIGENE said...

Lol! Now I know why my hair is so puffy, it gives me and others a lift...of laughter! This is so cool! What a great sense of humor!

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Teri said...

Very creative response to the prompt! Love it.

Unknown said...

hahahahaha....I love it!!! what a great idea....very clever and made me laugh too...

Hugs
Diana

Andrew W. Moir said...

You have a great style! I really like the different facial expressions you capture in your drawings. I like the line texture on this... looks like Photoshop "posterize edges"; is that even close?? Nice shading and coloring. :)

Catalina Alvarez said...

OH! I need urgently this hair product!!!!hehehehe!
Love her expression!
Happy weekend, Vanessa!
Cata

flower girl said...

Great idea and very nicely done! =)
love the colourful balloons.

Kathleen Rietz said...

Ha! Cute! I love your characters and your sense of humor.

Thnx for your sympathies surrounding my friend's passing, and my condolences go out to you also.

Kris-Tea said...

Great illo! I like the idea, ballons on hair..:)
And thank you so much for your comment!! ^^
have a wonderful weekend!

nella gatica said...

Thanks for your comment in my blog! I love your illustrations to!;)

Roberto Aceves said...

Funny, lovely drawing! :-)

Tomás Serrano said...

He, he, new hair style again... You never repeat; that´s great!.

Carli said...

what a funny idea. I should have tried that when my hair was long instead I just chopped it all off.

Kim D said...

HaHa! I love it! This is fantastic! Thanks for the comment! I too, also see that your blog is going to become easily addictive!

Sylvia Jenstad said...

very cool... love it...

ArtSparker said...

Very nice, close enough to the advice I recall in teen fashion magazines where they desperately tried to come up with something new every week. Also seems related to the high hairstyles of the French revolution...another time when thee was a lot of chaos going around.

AstridMueller said...

hi vanessa
this is super cute! reminds me of the children book 'eloise' - do you know it??

thanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog - glad i'm talking to your 'girly side' - I feel the same way haha!

have a great weekend, astrid

Catnapping said...

this is fantastic. this made me smile...made my day.

thanks.

Kendra@Creative Ambitions said...

Your characters are so much fun! What a cute concept! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Vanessa!!

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha. That's too funny. With that idea my hair could finally be big. Great work. Thanks for comments.

Owl Eng said...

love this sweet girl and her hairstyle. beautiful colours nice style!!!

Bella Sinclair said...

I think you're onto something BIG here! Everyone's going to be joining the balloon hair craze. FABulous, Vanessa! This really made me smile wide. :D

NANCY LEFKO said...

excellent and fun !! thanks for your sweet comment on my blog :)

Asja said...

oh, i love this! now i want a balloon perm, too :)!

soulbrush said...

roflol, priceless, where can i get one of these perms? hugs.

Anonymous said...

Thank you!

froggie is... said...

ok, why is it when i do that "smudgy/kohl black eye look" in real life, on my eyes, my husband says i should think of taking up a "night time profession?" that looks KILLER on her! and she doesn't look one BIT like a hooker!

awesome...LOVE this! :))

Kate said...

Oh I LOVE our work- beautiful style!!!!
Thanks for the kind comments you left at my site :-)

BlueGrass said...

Thanks for visited my blog and your comment ^_^

Very funny idea, hair with balloon. I like it. Hope you would visit my blog and give me some comments again.

mitchowl said...

Ha ha ha
Great minds think alike, huh?

You character is so fun1

Lynn Alpert said...

This is so funny Vanessa! was catching up on my blog reading this morning and this made me laugh out loud! Great illustration!

Vhrsti said...

Beautiful!

valerie walsh said...

tee-hee, really wonderful!

Pea said...

Hey wow.. what a lovely hairstyle tip.hehehe..Your art totally reflects your personality - very lively ,adorable and full of life

sketched out said...

Ok, that's what I've been needing for my limp, flyaway hair! Hook me up!

Clever, original idea for IF, and, of course, in your fantastic illo style!

Paola Zakimi said...

I love came here an look your work, always you make me smile, love love your illos!

Heather said...

What a creative take on the subject. It's wonderful.

steve said...

Ahhh, problem solved! Nicely done!!!

Unknown said...

This is tooo cute!!

LuLu Mypinkturtle said...

Bonjour Vanessa! You crack me up! I wanna be just like you too when I am big! I think we should trade place for a couple of days! LOOOOVE your perm girl, love all your illustrations, so energetic and alive and ... JUST GREAT ! Have a wonderful week! LuLu

Bumpkin Hill said...

oh that is such a funny drawing, fabulous :) Catherine and the Bumpkin Bears x

Raluca said...

oh,what a great idea!!!Love it!!!
:))))))))))))!!

get zapped said...

LOL! Oh, so playful. You have such a way with expressions! Thanks for the chuckle.

Bobo said...

Aha! New invention for balloons! Great idea, another fun loving piece!

Natura said...

How fun idea! I like your characters a lot.

Thank you for commenting on my blog :)

Edrian said...

Now, there's a hairdo that would turn some heads! Fantastic!

aimee said...

you have such a great sense of humor... i always love to see how you'll interpret the word of the week! love it :)

Joyce Ann Martin said...

Lovely lines and colors, and a fun idea to boot! :) Thanks so much for your kind words too!

Anonymous said...

Ohhh Vanessa, this is so beautiful - and sweet and funny - and gave me such a big smile, like your art and words always very much do.

Thank you so much too for your beautiful words of comfort - they soothed and rocked me - and I send winter hugs across the seas to you in a flying balloon...

I'm so sorry too for the loss of your dear friend - and send my love and warmest thoughts and wishes and a little song about autumn and winter and friendships and the wonder of life.

Take very good and big care of yourself - with love and dancing feathers, linda xx

Tessa said...

I'm off to buy me some balloons right now! Just brilliant - as always!

Anthony VanArsdale said...

You have such wonderful work, Vanessa... and this piece is particularly funny LOL

Great illustrations!!!

Peter Breese said...

My goodness, I should set that up for my daughters hair! She would love that... for probably 5 minutes and then her 2 year old instincts would take over!

I am impressed that you posted an IF on the day of the IF! Bravo. I just posted... guess I'm going to continue to be days behind the mighty Ooh La La production machine :). Wonderful stuff as always my friend.

Amy C said...

utterly adorable - my hair could do with some help like this today!

Lisa M Griffin said...

Again, such a priceless expression... and what a thoughtful sister. =)

Anna Nadler said...

Great idea! No need for bobby pins or rollers! Awesome illo!

knallbeige said...

hehe this is very funny, good work!

Anish Daolagupu said...

nice stuff again... :)

i'll ask my sister to try this out... she has the worst hair... :P

jazzlamb said...

ha!this is funny!
lovely loverly style.

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Edrian said...

I just had to come back and say that I am kicking myself for missing you in NY! I just realized you are a hop away!
Well, maybe next time!

Kimmi said...

Cute! I'm thinkin I'm gonna try this on my hair....hehehe

Kimberly

Marian Fortunati said...

Your drawings are so full of life and energy!! I love them. Even the story of your friend who passed away was uplifted because of the beautiful way you portrayed her.
I'm glad I dropped by.

Anonymous said...

Oh Vanessa this is so fun! :)

Tarun Padmakumar said...

really nice style. like ur work alot!

Dot said...

This is fabulous! I love her expression and the overall whimsical feel of the piece!

Michael G. O’Connell said...

my… aren't you the popular grils!!!

And so you should be… with such a lovely illo this week…

Kay Aker said...

Insanely inventive! Clever, clever, clever! Love the way you did the hair!

Eric Barclay said...

Just realized I forgot to tell you how awesome this illustration is. I just love the 'broken' lines and colors, and the character has so much personality. It's always such a treat visiting your blog.

Lisa Rivas said...

So wonderful and precious :) LOL :) giggles :)