What I Drew Sunday, March 29th - Top 3

Of the 32 suggestions pitches for last Sunday’s “Disney Day” edition of What Shall I Draw Today?, 19 were actually Disney themed. In this. In this context, I do classify Muppets as under the Disney umbrella along side of Pixar, but I don’t include Marvel or Star Wars. That’s just under 60%. I can’t speculate whether the other 40% represents people who had no regard for Disney ideas, or strategize that I might get to their non-Disney suggestions in the days leading unto the next WSIDT in April, or that “Disney Day” just didn’t register with them.

Here are the top 3 liked pieces from Sunday:

#1 - Ariel and Eric as MJ and Spider-Man: suggestion by @chrispy2143

This “Spider-Man” “Little Mermaid” mashup received the most likes, no contest. As such, it is an indicator that I no good at picking the winners in these things. For this session, I pegged this one as #3 with my #1 and #2 picks not making the top-3.

It always helps with a mashup to choose a pose or composition that’s typical or iconic to the theme which does a lot of the work. With Spider-Man and Mary Jane, it was either this scene from the 2002 movie, or #2 when Peter Parker first meets MJ in the comics, or #3 the wedding cover from the comics. Clearly, it had to be the kiss.

The next consideration with a mashup like this is to keep enough of Ariel and Eric, that they look like Ariel and Eric. This is a tougher task, because both Ariel and MJ are red-heads, and then Eric is up-side-down. Facial likenesses have heightened importance when both characters are entirely costumed, with maybe only Ariel’s hair as a “Little Mermaid” look.

Except…

… I replaced the spider symbol on Eric’s chest with a silhouette of Sebastian. That then makes him Spider-Hermit-Crab-Man! And no one on Instagram made mention of it.


#2 - Jessica Rabbit as Tinker Bell: suggestion by John Coy

Another of 4 mashups drawn on Sunday, Jessica Rabbit as Tinker Bell, is a simple costume swap. Still, I thought she should strike a snarky Tinker Bell pose.

The top-knot hair style throws off Jessica’s recognizability. So, getting the face right becomes that much more important. Consider that if Jessica were a blonde, then then results could very well be a stylized “grown-up” Tinker Bell.


#3 - Stay Home Oswald: suggestion by Chiemi Kaneko

Tapping into the issue of these days (which is the COVID-19 self-quarantine to those of you reading this in the future), a lot of folks on social media have already been making light of the situation with comments about being bored.

“Oswald at home” doing at home things does nothing the communicate the underlying “quarantine” idea. Neither would a hyperbolic “trapped at home” composition, which I then thematically used for the March Hare.

Deciding on a bored Oswald on his cel phone isn’t the solution in itself. What pushes the idea over is the text bubble with the right text. As proof, cover the text bubble and ask, “what’s happening here?”

I haven’t drawn a lot of Oswald. So I guess his ears aren’t particularly floppy, like, say Goofy’s.



 
Of the 10 pieces drawn, 6 were done on the larger 18cm sheets with 4 on the collector-card-size 9cm. This is curious, in that I usually try to draw more on the smaller format as a strategy to complete more pieces in the day. What I think skewed things was the decisions to draw the two single character pieces of Jessica Rabbit and “Hula” Belle larger than on 9cm in order to capture more details on full-figure compositions.

Here are the rest of the 9 drawn on Sunday:

Rapunzel and Eugene at Disneyland
Suggestion by @lokoteibex

Kim Possible as Black Widow and Ron Stoppable as Captain America
Suggestion by @rod_j_sloan

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy dressed up as Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen
Suggestion by @benmcdermott93

Hula girl Belle
Suggestion by @akascooby

Ariel with the Sorcerer Mickey hat
Suggestion by @elijones94

Pepper Ann
Suggestion by @mannysmyname

March Hare
Suggestion by @cindyhendersonliotta

All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my next comic convention showing, which, honestly, I don’t know will happen this year.

The next WSIDT session is scheduled for Sunday, April, 26th.

Thank you to everyone who pitched their fun drawing suggestions. Thank you for following my blog and/or Instagram (@monstergram7) and/or Monster Enterprises Facebook page. Thank you for liking.

All: Black ink and color pencil.

“Ariel & Eric” and “Jessica Tinker Bell” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)
“Oswald“  on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)

Working from Home

With COVID-19 impacting the world, the Walt Disney Company quickly cycled through allowing, encouraging, facilitating and then up to nearly mandatory making work-from-home policies for its employees. With the Products group being “entertainment-industry-adjacent,“ my Disney department quickly took up the opportunity and Friday March 13 we all began the WFH life. 

Following the social media trend of artist’s sharing snapshots of their home work spaces, here is mine. 

It’s a mess. 

If you’d like to spend a few minutes of your day as a minimal escape from the world’s concerns, then you can play this game of find these 20 things. The prize is giving yourself a socially distancing pat on your own back. 

Let me know in the comments how long it takes you to spot all 20.

1. 1)  Painting easel
   
2. 2)  Box of sketchbooks
   
3. 3)  Grey water tub for painting (with 2-paint brushes in the rim holes)
   
4. 4)  Box of Ziploc® bags
   
5. 5)  Stack of paper pads
   
6. 6)  Superman
   
7. 7)  Small, white electric personal fan
   
8. 8)  Bottle of Elmer’s® Glue All
   
9. 9)  Black/ dark grey fishing tackle case (for art supplies)
   
10. 10)  Wooden folding chair
    
11. 11)  Pickle jar
    
12. 12)  Supergirl
    
13. 13)  3 metal rulers of different sizes
    
14. 14)  Mickey Mouse alarm clock.
    
15. 15)  Black manual pencil sharpener
    
16. 16)  2 heavy duty moving boxes that have been cut down to half size
    
17. 17)  Collected lanyardsof different colors (but mostly are black)
    
18. 18)  Digital picture frame
    
19. 19)  White clip-on light
    
20. 20)  Pack of 9-volt batteries
    

There are plenty more thing in the picture, but the task of visually identifying them is thwarted by the picture resolution and/or, like many of the boxes, have little or no distinguishing features. For example, I can see the paper shredder, but there’s not enough of it visible from this angle for anyone else to make it out, although with those clues, I’m sure many of you can propose an educated guess or two.

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

What Shall I Draw March 29?

The March edition of the 8-hours session of drawing other folks’ suggestions that I call “What Shall I Draw Today?” is proceeding as planned. And it’s a Disney Day! Less as planned is the cancellation of WonderCon, Anaheim, where I was to have a booth and where original Disney sketches tend to sell well because Anaheim, CA is the home of Disneyland Resort and surrounded by Disney-philes. So, the WSIDT suggestion box will be emptied to make room for your fresh, new drawing ideas.

What Shall I Draw Today?

Sunday, March 29th, 2020

Eastern Daylight Time:  12pm noon - 8pm

Pacific Daylight Time:  9am - 5pm

Pitch your suggestions at any of the following social media spot where you find the prompting image above. While you are welcomed to suggest just about anything and drawing subjects, for consideration on WSIDT Sunday, I will be selecting Disney-themed suggestions.

Blog:  monotonae.blogspot.com (right here in the comments)

Instagram:  @monstergram7

Facebook:  /Monster Enterprises

Click on the WSIDT tab above for FAQs.

Chip 'n' Dale meet Trader Sam
Black ink and color pencil on Bristol Board.
6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)