Technically the last of my 29 Faces posts (but also including 30-32!), these art cards were made for a “My Weird Family” swap at illustratedatcs.com.
Cheryl the Ocularist and Billie Blue
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Strangers never believe cute cousin Cheryl when she tells them she makes artificial eyeballs for a living (mostly for medical use but sometimes for special effects in movies). The rest of us are well-aware of her lifelong fascination with eyeballs. One year when she was in high school we all got fish eyeballs for Valentine’s Day, sculpted out of Fimo.
Billie Blue is a mortuary makeup artist. She tried doing makeup for tv but she didn’t like to talk to people very much, so this was the perfect solution. However, after working in the mortuary for several years she stopped talking completely. One family rumor is that she speaks telepathically with her dead clients.
The Strange Twins, Kimmie and Carla Strange
Each 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics, fine liners, white gel pen
Most people did not believe Kimmie and Carla were twins. At least not with the same father. Many comments were made regarding the postman, the milkman, and the local mechanic. All those theories charitably(?) assumed the husband was responsible for half of the set.
The truth, as their mother confessed later in a haze of Patrón, is that the UPS man was Kimmie’s father (indicated by the nose, the glasses, and the deadpan wit), and their much older child’s biology tutor was Carla’s father ( as evidenced by the lips, the skin tone, and her fascination with insects).
Not too many process pics – but a few! Thanks for dropping in!
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they all have such personality!! great work:-)
Very cool!
Each lady has personality to spare! Fun!
LOVED your narratives on each of the ladies. They are all special and very interesting.
I love Billie Blue and I love the little stories that go with each of them. So funny :-) Congrats on finishing the challenge! It was great to come here and see the faces that come out of your imagination. Is it possible to follow you with Bloglovin’?
I’m not sure! But I have gotten visitors from there, so probably yes? (I’ll try to figure it out.) :)
How do you think up these people? It’s as fun to read the descriptions as to see their portraits.
This is an interesting set of portraits……having them on “wood panels” gives almost a 3d effect. Is that a big roach on the side…….a disconcerting element certainly adds to the interest!
The twins, with the accompanying story, crack me up! The glasses and the insect were the eyecatchers for me! Good job, Cindy!
They’re really great!!! As for bloglovin, the only thing someone needs to do is to put your blog’s address on the search blogs bubble and choose your blog. That’s all!!!! And that’s how I see everything you do!!!! Have a great week!!!
Great to see the naratives back, they made me laugh! Love the idea of the frames inside the picture and not on the edges as I would normally do. As always great characters. Well done as well for completing the 29 faces challenge.
Thank you so much for this series! :-)
Your ladies & their stories are unending so when will all be either short stories or a very interesting book!!?? Love, Mom
fun faces and good stories. keep the stories coming..