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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Pretend


Charlie's pretending to be Kato from the "Green Hornet" often got him into lots of trouble.
he he he.
It's all fun and games until someone loses and eye!
have great week everyone.

41 comments:

Kelly Medina said...

haha, very cute illustration. Great expression. :)

Michelle Henninger said...

Take that lamp! Hiyah!! Very cute!

ArtSparker said...

Fun execution of a familiar childhood moment (at least, it was a frequent occurrence for me).

Also, I've always liked that rather mordant saying.

Meridth McKean Gimbel said...

You're warm squishy notes really make my day, and are undeserved... but I'll take them because I'm greedy like that ;)

I definitely feel like you and I are on the same wavelength. It's nice that there are those with a sense of humor out there... and a sense of incredible style. (Fingers pointing your way!!)

Love this piece as always, and I have to say that I love your furniture embellishments. Have you taken a History of Architecture/Furniture class or are you just astute like that?

INDIGENE said...

It took me a full minute to stop laughing...! lol! I adore this, I couldn't lift my leg over a footstool now! Great illustration...lol :)

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parisa mahmoudi said...

:)))Lovely kid,so adorable!

...although,whenever that you want to come our house just call before that I gathering all of the furniture! ;)))

Anonymous said...

heheheh! nice one! great style.

flower girl said...

Oh adorable!! so lovely illustration. love it =)

holli said...

I think he have a great time! I wish to be Kato :)
BTW: love the top!

Asja said...

Charlie is awesome! Sca a fun a charming illo!

Tessa said...

Brings an immediate smile! Your style is so vibrant, so full of life and laughter. Love it!

Vicki Smith said...

Very cute and funny illustration!!!!!!!!

Pea said...

sooo cute ! beautiful expression on his face !

aimee said...

oh yeah! this is brilliant! pretending gets me into trouble a lot, too! :)

Roberta said...

I can just see his mom on the next page running to catch that lamp.
He's a cutie...Love your new banner too!

Anonymous said...

Growing up in a house with 3 brothers, this is a very familiar sight, ha ha!! Thanks for bringing back fond memories ;) Your illo is beautiful as usual!

yoon see said...

It's a great piece of pretend, just reminds me of my childhood play with my siblings.
I used to pretend be the smart & wise one, sometime bullying them in a creative way....and the war begun:(

FAVREAU said...

Great idea - I like it!

Kelley said...

Vanessa, just wanted to say thank you for the comments on my blog - and I especially like this piece and what you're doing with your blog. I love this guy's expression.

NANCY LEFKO said...

very, very cute !!!

Peter Breese said...

Oye vaye, that was our home last night. Our daughter was full of energy!

Wonderful image.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful illustration again. How do you do it? Love the motion, and as always, the color. Awesome!

Anish Daolagupu said...

this reminds me of my cousin brother who had started learning taekwondo... he was really excited too... one day while having a pretend fight with his brother and he gave a flying kick... missed his brother and hit the cupboard... there was a gaping hole in the cupboard... i dunno how he did that he was quite small... guess the cupboard must've been old...

nice illustration by the way... :)

get zapped said...

Simply adorable, and quite funn, too :) Thank you for sharing your lovely illos.

Sandra_peinture said...

Kun fu fighting. Very great and funny ! And i love your style.

Bella Sinclair said...

That's no lamp. That's the evil villain in disguise. Or maybe a tipsy villain, hence the lampshade. Good thing I was there to save you, mom. You could have been a goner!

Hey, his shirt has a similar design to yours in your header. Any significance?

Bobo said...

Haha! He's completely in his imaginary world!
Nice work, very expressive and lively illustration!

Connie said...

Shows the joy that pretending can bring! And it occurs to me that pretending and creating are linked.

jennifer said...

I can imagine that he just got finished terrorizing the couches and coffee table and now its onto the lamp tables.
You really inspire me. You always have at least one new post every week. I hope I can be like you when I grow up.

kathy hare said...

another wonderful illustration! lovely work Vanessa.. :)

Annika said...

This is so expressive! Great great illo.

Michael G. O’Connell said...

i'm sure that sidekicks do much more pretending than the feature superheroes although anyone who runs around in their underwear has got to live in some other place…

fashion fucsia said...

Funny and cute!!

ELLA ELVIANA said...

he he, so cute! nice movement and colors, right expression too.

Dragana Savkov - Bajić said...

Your characters are always so expressive! Also cute! And your illustrations are funny, charming, happy and beautiful! Always! :)

Unknown said...

Such a cute illustration! Thank you for visiting my blog as well. I really appreciated the kind comment.

COBOL said...

great illustration, playing superheroes was also very popular with me and my friend

Dot said...

hehe, really fun.. reminds me of my 3 yr old!

Kay Aker said...

Action packed and adorable!

Kimmi said...

I'm loving the expression (heheeee)

Kimberly

Esploratore said...

I like it!
Your blog is very nice
Compliments!
Ciao