Friday, February 25, 2005

illustration friday topic: sorrow
please click on the thumbnails for a bigger view.

drown your sorrows

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my mac-ey mac is at the apple computer hospital. it had been overheating and the fan would constantly run even when doing simple tasks like 'net browsing. so i took it in and they are going to replace the logic board. i'm so lucky it's still under warranty.

which got me thinking that i probably should invest in the extended applecare protection. a friend's friend bought the applecare and right before the 3 year warranty wore off his g3 ibook fizzled and apple gave him a brand-spanking new g4 ibook! what a deal.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I always said that I wasn't smart enough for art.

Are you equating sorrow with being tied down?

bianca said...

this is my fave of your illo submissions to date, because it feels the most emotive -- so sad and lonely, those little bubble-bags. i actually like the left thumbnail as is -- even if i don't see the rocks i still get the feeling of the bubbles being tied down, and the little squid on the left implies the image is underwater. good job happy-d!

Myae said...

I really like the picture~
sasuga aneki

mati rose said...

i love this. completely translates sorrow. thanks for liking my collage, too.

Ellie said...

Excellent conceptualization. I wish I could be less literal. I like both.

papunella said...

the picture turned out wonderful. I wonder what will happen to drownd sorrows. Will the lift surprisingly and overwhelm it's owner, will they burst and make the sea even more salty? Whatever, the idea frightens me a bit. Nontheless this happens all the time, doesn't it. A very sorrowful expression of sorrow.

Kim's Suitcase said...

i feel the sorrow with this in my whole body it is wonderfully effective illustration

happyd said...

danke everybody! so nice :) sniff, sniff.

now if only you guys were all art directors and editors~

happyd said...

OH! and well sorrow if suffocating and yes i guess being tied down.

although i did imagine people whispering their sorrows into these bubbles and sinking them away ...