tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39609628228287023512024-02-24T22:46:28.820-08:00Tiny Art DirectorMy art director is <strike>two</strike> <strike>three</strike> <strike>four</strike> five years old.
<br><b>(You might want to start at the bottom from when she was two)</b>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-80636111812018453262011-03-02T11:00:00.000-08:002011-03-02T11:00:26.266-08:00TAD's Greatest HitsIt's always bothered me that the blog, (unlike the book), goes in reverse chronological order, so I thought I'd make a (probably final) post of greatest hits:<br />
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<hr />2 years old<br />
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<b>Can I Have a Bite? Of You?</b><br />
<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304560437545334306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGp5UQKwZDWfBkrrjaUwOn4oxksEAq0vIzBVjR2uWQquC62FStqgCLX_wLJWY87GK-dYotmJgCWppQJ_lvlNT81nSMqlfussmKQw0cAhtf7f-C58UxyqZTCD_o_M0X0jsynztkU8aFrtD/s400/CanIHaveABite_300.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 383px; width: 300px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> I want you to draw me a crocodile!<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> No! Don't eat me!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<b>Dinosaur Bath</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304560234347259874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX12zdpCpHk7vQAgBKr_cMH7CAJ_9WLQiOoS1XhBGAbq2brjQVJiXX1kJ4eL3yjAKIv_8exrDGfDl_fWNu0cp5M_99gPoTAvmvXVFZrI65LSHH859ls8aupgGoCl8ciexfodtf-r-4zc1/s400/dinobath_300.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 395px; width: 300px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> I want you to draw me a dinosaur! Not a scary one! He's taking a bath.<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> I don't like him.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<hr /><b>CH and Dinosaur Mouth</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304559500879826626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPTGRrpPfxScG924I3NDa9uIgBTI5cXiYwiYvLZXNHHbxDRLkRkG4qypcWnOiGDkEfxbYFuSPfQ81BwyxnN71mdZK5E9kavxrI29vcSm-fNCYTxd70yLWhtZ5FLRFp9o3hR1YKTKXL44d/s400/dinosaur_mouth_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 257px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> CH and a mouth<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> NO!!!! CH and a mouth!!!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> I hate the mouth and the teeth.<br />
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<hr /><b>Baby Dinosaur Eating an Orange</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304559359638718450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsKHkcGFN6Z8E3aZJ1Dd_QepToi7uFFgckeSFnIf8zSPG77qyuxLaX9mxMY4FQQ5wWvXXUVbgpZKmOYC4pLQHQPeHaamD-L5gpK6IqsIXbbml0qbCUcfF0u9ruiloaqL4Z-nqmXuP_jfJ/s400/babydinoorange_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 299px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A Scary Baby Dinosaur<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> No! You color him some more! Can I put makeup on him?<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> Stop Drawing! Stop Drawing!<br />
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<hr /><b>Bone Dinosaur Eating a Baby</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304559178889231314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lNeEbeXxrnjRulu8l_gzBjQNJb5kLIFbSD0pIn7XSVviNz8cv0lZRCng93IYiQbvtKmKKxagQsYFwrh5xuQy6ZLN7xnVsmz8mful81Vja7cyzZChmScabfMdfVj2TVL8LaMm8r7KyFGA/s400/bonedino_400_.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 332px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A bone dinosaur eating a little baby<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> No! A baby <span style="font-style: italic;">dinosaur</span>!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> He's just going to be nice to that baby he's got in his mouth<br />
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<hr /><b>Poo-Poo Airplane</b><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur eating a baby, like last time<br />
<b>Artist Negotiation:</b> But you didn't like it. How about something other than a dinosaur?<br />
<b>The Brief, Revised:</b> a Poo-Poo Airplane<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Commission Declined<br />
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<hr /><b>Duck Biting Dinosaur</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304558911528437378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJCpaSxEKWuRUzAuOSoHZPGg1XnuyLEanTICV93N_y6pDL8wgF2bhrZhrSoZDyJowOeBwbTbwE3zTw31z4WQaSbmaJbmFMJnoHTVCCfY8P6U_-aD_882u073wpfeb7bmXqVm5BvFBsf5-/s400/duck_dino_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 227px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur eating a baby, like last time<br />
<b>Artist Negotiation:</b> How about something other than a dinosaur?<br />
<b>The Brief, Revised:</b> A duck. A duck biting a dinosaur's tail.<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> I want a goat and a piggie<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<hr /><b>Kangaroo and Giraffe</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304558743723383666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuElhncnEVImlNei9VrliEAQ1uXqPMjWu7-f-A3TL_sy2NiOpo2n5-NhJecv17koPPR2XHOKKmIW_E__skk9SxLWk4XBLQOqn5rqh04eKLxI_vduR50HhvrvQNWpQPiHkCq13EsMDC_9vl/s400/kangarooGiraffe_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 274px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A giraffe and a kangaroo fighting over an apple<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Where's the dinosaur?! Draw me a dinosaur right now Daddy!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Artists Comments:</b> After completing the project I documented the two year old art director's instructions and reaction. She took offense at this and tried to erase my notes.<br />
When I took away my eraser, she yelled "I don't like your notes!", and scribbled all over them with my pencil. She then ran to the bathroom and ran water over the piece of paper. "Look at them now Daddy!"<br />
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<hr />3 years old<br />
<hr /><b>Poo-Poo Airplane - by repeated request</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304558315726733458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS29tBAEAKyQvW0zu9lte9q0-o0nkm5q__aHKPMPTj1fRCzAPzYq64FlVL2pQlwY4uxEhX8Ut_FZ2qJqQDmkWzFtdBV4JyGirFWyynGgniaZUFcMel4oLKpzZlL8Xvz4Bj6jnmerT2Q-_/s400/poopooairplane_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 296px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> Can you just paint one poo-poo in a frame? The poo-poo is an airplane.<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Good. I want a treat.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<hr /><b>Crocodiles</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304557253919468338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZj7KZgvTWFTFZ-6qnB1yisJgyTJrxFR3IKfEKvbvWTpUyJtdyFTZ7LJzp5CC5OZeQNSXu9X3ByxTEwhePlqnpPCVciCQty_WFSivmVi0MaWOf5qwvncMk62_dXLHtDWWsYsdObDI_imr7/s400/crocodiles_450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 286px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> Crocodiles<br />
<b>Preliminary Sketch (no longer extant):</b> Upon seeing the preliminary sketch, the art director, in a rather unprofessional outburst, collapsed on the floor sobbing and screaming.<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> The back is <b>so so so bad</b> I don't even want to look at it! You always do that to the crocodile's back!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected and Destroyed<br />
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<b>Finished Version (above):</b><br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Good. The big one is me. You can be the little one.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<hr /><b>A Dinosaur Chasing Us</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304557087794184866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhuIwragnDEJ12x6wsbC8X1kxxWNCE12_yJcpszzC2YUBNSRD8jA9lsb-EVIXveXN9ebtgYY9rUZoRv266hrQja-JN33yVyBFqwvGlqReHwwxizTnWb_qcGUH9rUdkSn6-CKxIXVmZj6P/s400/dino_chasing_us_400.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 305px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur chasing us<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Where's <i>us</i>? Draw <i>us</i> on the picture! I'm going to fix him the way I like him. This is how I <i>don't</i> like him. Please, please erase him! Erase him now!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> Get those claws out of here!<br />
<b>Artist Statement:</b> The Tiny Art Director hates this more than anything I've ever done for her, with the possible exception of the <a href="http://tinyartdirector.blogspot.com/2007/12/crocodiles.html">crocodiles </a>from the other day.<br />
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<hr /><b>Ugly Eyeballs</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304555834958650370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgx99YdUvAemEqLNaS3uXgKJ9sRnXuzXy6aAb_X7bo0QSzYcD8ovSh8P9EtcdnC7d0rR8uS59N9ZMfhyphenhyphent3QhHr7m5IfMfcSyBIUf0gS_2Qzn_18WJdCJpapFmu3CW4L_ZQGZjx-6Dizaw/s400/uglyone.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 376px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur, not too scary<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> He's a ugly one! I hate those kind of dinosaurs! Where's your eraser?<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> [hits page] He has ugly eyeballs.<br />
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<hr /><b>Stupid Ugly Angry Monkey. I Hate Him</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304555468101879778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZY2oBEijMR6rxbpefFMrsfwAbaDjCvQCOihHFpkwgBcTfTRqWcW_Dv9-6daydUM6kEfjE0Lvt62Jo3Pp_q2J_7O1KRfqes4IPtjVq0CSZh64lhyWWrbWNHwFc3oKHE8gynPNvwlzIdSFd/s400/stupiduglyangrymonkey_450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 381px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A Monkey<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Stupid ugly angry monkey. I hate him.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> His tummy and his belly button and his eyebrows and his hands and his feet. And his head too.<br />
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<hr /><b>Alphaphageosaurus</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304553402727468834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-H5jx6OBYo-IpgGfpK79GVo79q7gdZ6hC1MNvfW9Ci0zt-t0bdrR_WmNZKN7JrjpP_n5Mt4fzzB-pqbaVSP5pu7dkLmbd2g6OKT-q7vKnd9vd8iut3Gl4ng8D1PuOU_NFVKJpOA8Ju5J/s400/alphaphageosaurus_450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 292px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur eating a R and an O and an S and a I and a E<br />
<b></b><b>The Critique:</b> That's not what I want. That's a Brachiosaurus. I want a T Rex. He's supposed to have the other letters in his mouth too. See look! He's only eating that one. What letter is that?<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<hr />4 years old<br />
<hr /><b>X-Ray T-Rex</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304553042132426338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiy2blqD3phh_bJxzyCu8PTLR_CsT4-4miq871EIAHwTvgm_C9gKm91YXMuoK6pz4fhipVwHJCYNfEVhAEw0VSF-OfSkHAN8x-Z-zGll35FSjSJ8V8geGRXLFbZ94pzHaXSLT0wHxJcuU/s400/xraytrex_450.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 366px; width: 400px;" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A dinosaur in a X-Ray<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> I just want to see a little mousey in his tummy<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved (after addition of mousey)<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> That's what kind of bones dogs like to chew on. Dinosaur leg bones.<br />
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<hr /><b>Collaboration: T-Rex, Superdog and Girl</b><br />
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<img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379891303065406050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsXvtEyVxrw3WcdazLGvtMiRfjLMiELapGtLmRzZM10ylhAMTkIXp94LhgG9nKi_AtZygBDg7KX0udoxtU_BDjuhsIwxV4Vwi4DHw0tP3W3YAtAMvzKytxd37bamRBepk6ZztfTvcbLFV/s400/TRexAndSuperDog.jpg" /><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> I'll show you. I'll draw it and you copy <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hN_gt7F5H8TbvQMVVUmOI2Yh6RvI0bEgZbyJnK8tXFrtM9M3wavXx9aFRlJXzSSvb5wY4IbiAiXOoOS-X0hTv-pG8NrzaFgi0v20cXld0IgL-JxUuSvs9IChieFIgAMQms5cJvKv2Ghu/s1600-h/TAD_TRex_Girl.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;">[fig. 1]</a>. It's a T-Rex trying to eat a girl.<br />
<b>The Critique (on sketch, after TAD's, no longer extant):</b> I hate that girl. You erase her and I'll draw her as I like her. I want her to be brave. She's not scared of one thing cause that's me and I'm not scared.<br />
<b></b><b>The Critique (on sketch, improved by Art Director <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBMEA_JVnKGpWuCSXWUzg2_dtcq5UrvEUS4stAnjsIwe2kwXDcGFnpamwMa8gN9WTzf-ccNTXIVtHdyXHmFH4KoPC6PZ1gZuCwY_h08ANHqatMcE3BfbVLtCs3EwDhv8no_SN1Qo799Jo/s1600-h/TRexAndSuperDog_sketch.jpg">[fig. 2]</a>):</b> I think my drawing's a little bit better than yours.<br />
<b></b><b></b><b></b><b>Comments </b><b>on collaborative painting, above</b><b>: </b>That's my bag, and that's a puppy in it. I'm not noticing the dinosaur, but the superdog [note the 3 eyes] knows what to do. She bites it on the neck and kicks it into a lava pool -- that's the volcano.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<hr /><b>Dragon and Princess</b><br />
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<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6Z35o0bLbwLWorBWwy5LEiwyWaZ-YmZ5DjQgGOmDv7sKNuZms-FpbTihAJZg3tPu99sfpfeyFBbcTGhJZNNdlW2_i_1URSQu_1zk9softW7TPhMZZRMvzH8kBgZ5pokiT-ClrdToWVGE/s1600/DragonandPrincess450.jpg" /><br />
<b>The Brief:</b> I want you to draw a dragon eating a girl.<br />
<b>The Negotiation:</b> How about if they're actually friends?<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> No, he has to have that girl is his mouth. He's not supposed to be a nice dragon. He's supposed to be a bad dragon. I want to see that girl's head pointing out of that dragon.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> He has to be biting and squishing it.Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-35799119404493695582011-01-14T15:28:00.000-08:002011-01-14T15:28:09.659-08:00Spotty's Soft Steps<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91NDa80K_L4AZ2DyHfjWCq4skhlFDzAFkW7oSTPnYZBsbrm0-2lecrcwGlRuvt1IctDpPKB9l7qfDmom493S8F7Nqy_Xq8PKHASg3jrLb4l6Ce9TUSgpYEn25VTH5Onporo2pf0wALIIj/s1600/spotty_600.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91NDa80K_L4AZ2DyHfjWCq4skhlFDzAFkW7oSTPnYZBsbrm0-2lecrcwGlRuvt1IctDpPKB9l7qfDmom493S8F7Nqy_Xq8PKHASg3jrLb4l6Ce9TUSgpYEn25VTH5Onporo2pf0wALIIj/s400/spotty_600.jpg" width="372" /></a><br />
<b>The Brief:</b> A Deer. He lives in the forest. He's in a clearing. The sun is bright. It's in the summertime. He's just got a new pair of antlers. The ground is wet and soft. His hooves are quiet. He waits to hear another one of his kind. Deers live in a pack. He has a spotted back. When he hears a predator he'll jump and leap. Mountain Lions strike softly and quietly.<br />
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<b>The Critique: </b>I like it because his antlers are in a funny shape and he has a blaze on his forehead.<br />
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<b>Job Status: </b> Approved<br />
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<b>Additional Comments:</b> TAD has realized that the best way to get something done right is to do it herself.Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-24296311618517747422010-08-09T07:01:00.000-07:002010-08-09T07:04:22.715-07:00TAD Original Art on Governor's IslandThe <a href="http://cmany.org/">Children's Museum of the Arts</a> has an outpost on Governor's Island where they hold summer camps, free art activities and exhibitions. "Building 20", below is currently showing their collection of children's art from around the world, as well as the original art from TAD.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJzy_a5JA7i73JkyPHVgtGFaf1rQyOp_NgTDlescKpG2_giWkrC5AFP8w5thSMNxO0CPoa3CMTTATj4BDJEmHomCfRnB1vDh17nGaVFl26LVWol1jmKt70uhWmNzk-EmsNAo4UCx1xprz/s1600/govIslandBldg20_600.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJzy_a5JA7i73JkyPHVgtGFaf1rQyOp_NgTDlescKpG2_giWkrC5AFP8w5thSMNxO0CPoa3CMTTATj4BDJEmHomCfRnB1vDh17nGaVFl26LVWol1jmKt70uhWmNzk-EmsNAo4UCx1xprz/s400/govIslandBldg20_600.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
If you're in or near New York, Governor's Island is a really fascinating place to spend a day. It's got an otherworldly feel to it, just off the tip of lower Manhattan, but completely isolated and filled with abandoned but well-maintained military buildings, including a fort. The best part though is you can rent incredibly dorky 4 person bicycle cars! (The last page of the TAD book shows us in one from a couple of years ago). <a href="http://www.govisland.com/html/home/home.shtml">More about Governor's Island here</a>.Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-57844720884554309372010-06-28T06:37:00.000-07:002011-01-14T15:23:58.740-08:00Secrets of the Tooth Fairy, REVEALED<b>The Brief: </b>I have some questions for the tooth fairy:<br />
1) People think you're small. Are you small?<br />
2) Do you wear clothes?<br />
3) What's your name?<br />
4) Are you really a fairy or just a magic <i>person</i>?<br />
That's it. Here's a drawing of me holding this note and a tooth.<br />
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6rl7tDdKsdT8Veu1IMi11JzJw5g_ShQPt4Xz6A5N2c2pmagygCJPKzupRrWZfKNEL_M2vIrFUm921vt3CqorQc7E5aknyLJs_vAx9yfr2vkhG7I3mXB-RMe6eZHy9ur2TyASV2LZ6OIw/s320/TAD_toothFairyquestions250.jpg" /><br />
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<b>The Response from the Tooth Fairy:</b><br />
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<img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBEnyVmo0t6KF5P5CmgYFl0kTapsvyGiLP6gqJ5tXAonwWeem4CYYat50LhycQmYs94GCeCadN8BK1BhL9yXLqe1pGvras_4Z66gNcG3vfxep8jWi5g1maBQfBlqjMtbpPe5i6R-lPilN/s400/toothfairy400.jpg" width="347" /><br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> I'm beginning to wonder if parents might leave these things...<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Under Review<br />
<b>The Backstory:</b> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector#%21/photo.php?pid=4553953&id=173220438434">TAD lost a tooth recently</a>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-20203669412868657262010-06-17T07:01:00.000-07:002011-01-14T15:23:58.742-08:00Ice Cream and Frenchy on the Promenade<b>The Brief:</b> A dog jumping up on me<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> I like it! I want two scoops of ice cream. No, three scoops!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> Daddy some dogs even don't have tails! They only have buttholes!<br />
<b>Artist's Note:</b> Tiny A.D. was electrified by this idea and drew 4 versions of it. Below is my favorite. This was done a while ago and is one of the pieces from the book that I hadn't posted yet:<br />
<img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5DZ3sHRWTdUsryn_kBbhDQ_HOMNniqfaFK0HK7ZO0k7ecsMCXolwA1uBdQc_RtoHT5R-pRYKIXMlzKzO8QVYPy6njSmHPsieVggS27Zg6WCEQ6h6EGleoMDacTXF_U9KJaO8XIC1q6ir/s1600/TADIceCreamDogJumpingUp200.jpg" width="200" />Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-46531189388302147682010-06-14T08:29:00.000-07:002011-01-14T15:23:58.743-08:00More Silly Dinosaurs<b>The Brief:</b> More Silly Dinosaurs<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> Does pterodactyls has feathers? I don't think so. Mine is the best. I'm a bit more talented. And I've been practicing. <br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected. Art director to use her own piece, below <br />
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<img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeTkQ426RoGLhgdpkWO4xeSMVdpPdC4O08GiWDlrOwRgYcMQLypgtJd3liiBc-8az_VHuy58D3C5Oe3_UyptDlYsND4JcXnLs2NYWL71B7ZHmAvY8dItHvZNhZyC4gmk4d4s0KvDjT-AI/s400/tad_brachs400.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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<b>Artist's Note: </b> I donated the original Silly Dinosaurs to the school auction so TAD asked me to make a replacement, but I agree hers is quite good. Those are brachiosauruses, of course, but they also have blowholes like whales.<br />
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<b>update</b>: see the comments below - apparently TAD didn't make up those blow holes herself -- scientists did!Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-79353302575027504902010-06-08T06:06:00.000-07:002010-06-14T08:30:36.411-07:00Contest and Article at NeatoramaCheck out my article "<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2010/06/07/at-the-met-with-the-tiny-art-director/">At the Met with the Tiny Art Director</a>" at <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/07/tiny-art-director-book-and-contest/">Neatorama</a> and enter our father's day contest while you're there: You can be the art director and tell me what to draw! best 5 entries get signed copies of <i>Tiny Art Director: A Toddler and her Vision</i>. The grand prize is the original art of the winning entry - spread the word and enter!<br />
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And just for fun here's a piece I just finished that might get critiqued soon...:<br />
[EDIT -- see above for post!]Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-61634276769686416102010-06-01T07:41:00.000-07:002010-06-01T07:41:49.482-07:00Our Natural Habitat<b>Extras</b><br />
When we were putting the book together we weren't sure of the exact page count so I put together a few extras to have in reserve. Here is one I liked that didn't make it in:<br />
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<b>Our Natural Habitat</b> <br />
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The American Museum of Natural History is where we come for inspiration, and where the Art Director explains the difference between Crocodiles and Caimans, T-Rexes and Allosauruses, and wonders why they have a stupid Apatosaurus instead of a Brachiosaurus.Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-68098081906559583762010-05-24T11:21:00.000-07:002010-05-24T11:21:40.595-07:00Proto TAD: The Bottle Fairy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDYJxUzK85o31fqgMqan_gwzAESyxQzSnncG_l6aXDeGD0ar1GN1jPs6_nCzNLUPEWBjPXbZvJ5JPAfYxS7um2AbMfJGzTYVXI-7_k2rKrw0ZQaOOLpcksKeFbRPTe2NF9NATMixOTpE/s1600/BottleFairy600.jpg"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDYJxUzK85o31fqgMqan_gwzAESyxQzSnncG_l6aXDeGD0ar1GN1jPs6_nCzNLUPEWBjPXbZvJ5JPAfYxS7um2AbMfJGzTYVXI-7_k2rKrw0ZQaOOLpcksKeFbRPTe2NF9NATMixOTpE/s400/BottleFairy600.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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I've unearthed one of the inspirations for the Tiny Art Director project. When she was <br />
just a little over two years old the Proto-T.A.D. was waking us up every night for <br />
weeks demanding “MORE BOTTLE!” At 3:00am we complied to avoid hours of screaming.<br />
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Finally we told her that the bottle fairy was coming to take her bottles away and give them to new babies who need them. <br />
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“I’m going to be very mad at her when she comes,” she told us.<br />
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The Bottle Fairy did come and left this calling card, a toy parasauralophus and a brand new sippy cup. She loved the dinosaur and didn’t even mind the sippy cup which pretty much solved all of our sleep problems. She hated the drawing.<br />
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And she didn’t even know that I drew it!Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-12803396131301783432010-05-17T07:25:00.000-07:002011-01-14T15:23:58.744-08:00Sneaking Away<b>The Brief:</b> A Brachiosaurus sneaking away from a T-Rex<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> Brachiosauruses don't have spikes! I like how you made his teeth yellow - because do dinosaurs brush their teeth? I don't think so! I think you should do some of her babies sneaking away too. <br />
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<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> I want to do a version! <br />
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Here's my version (that's the tip of the guy sneaking off's tail)Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-9102888698415878772010-05-06T08:58:00.000-07:002010-05-06T16:27:46.711-07:00Tiny Film Critic: Barbie Mariposa<b>Presenting a new feature - the Tiny Film Critic </b><br />
<b>The Film:</b> Barbie Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friends<br />
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<b>The Review:</b> Babiest movie ever? Babier than Dora? Barbie Mariposa.<br />
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It crushed the brain out of my head! <br />
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It was about these stupid little fairies who think they're strong enough to go into the cave and all the others have to stay back and they're trying to save the queen from the stupid little fairy named Hannah who tries to give her a poison in her mouth.<br />
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And then it comes like this: So. Mariposa found the thing that would make the Queen better but stupid little Hannah pulled the petals off the flower and then she only got a little of the smell and even <i>it</i> made her better!<br />
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<b>Film Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<b>Additional Comments:</b> Can we rent Barbie Fairytopia now?Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-60233025390654382502010-04-27T10:59:00.000-07:002010-04-27T10:59:36.034-07:00A Herd of Moose and Some Other Cold Animals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8boU0ecTTWo3sdlOcFxV4wqSv8t3adCdLqcryZRk6DwiAyklblgX1tZP5YbAC4HPfEWZ5HO9qS3vKv3GFGQ18iQmyq2pXgW8vLkNTJWS-9kLTvWYRUsfTn2NRt-tvgc_Ekf_k_1jE4_GI/s1600/herdOfMooseAndOtherColdAnimals800.jpg"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8boU0ecTTWo3sdlOcFxV4wqSv8t3adCdLqcryZRk6DwiAyklblgX1tZP5YbAC4HPfEWZ5HO9qS3vKv3GFGQ18iQmyq2pXgW8vLkNTJWS-9kLTvWYRUsfTn2NRt-tvgc_Ekf_k_1jE4_GI/s400/herdOfMooseAndOtherColdAnimals800.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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<b>The Brief: </b>A Herd of Moose (on spec)<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> I'm not really a moose fan. I'm really like a deer and elk fan. but I do like the bunnies. Dadda, can you please get started drawing an elk?<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> RejectedBill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-36943574834099065672010-04-23T07:38:00.000-07:002010-04-23T07:44:48.581-07:00A Crash of Rhinos<b>The Brief:</b> Like last time, but with rhinos<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> Uh, why'd you do all rhinos? Why did you do their legs so skinny? What are those little wings? What, actually, do they eat -- like, what is their prey? What?!? They eat plants?!?<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Rejected<br />
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<b>Additional Comments:</b> Why do you like birdys on them?Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-26633263904146855432010-04-15T06:37:00.000-07:002010-04-15T06:37:12.230-07:00The Plains<b>The Brief:</b> Some animals in Africa<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b><br />
"You already showed me it. Why didn't you keep the rhino in?"<br />
"Because I didn't like the rhino."<br />
"I want the Rhino!"<br />
"Aside from the Rhino, what do you think?"<br />
"All I care about is the Rhino."<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> RejectedBill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-75349735915539842702010-04-09T08:07:00.000-07:002010-04-09T15:49:21.878-07:00AAARRR-F!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EjCKte9H8WRxDJjLPHjyUUUJFT1B3j-xVUVUEE7BUpcrOcWfQyuffJZxUuZirXKnpNQFW64YeE0DQQ2J9l78jQBAW2AdO8evUVFbfsIQ0HptRGCGjiDXKqDHJXHKtD3uctbUd_K8JtnI/s1600/piratepuppyfinal600.jpg"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfGR9EUtAZhRIBHV2l6wzn81ZN5CTcYEt6W_A3HW6XIqI0_8apMZxotdOGNWdHrGMd2iKtmcffm07HY9yI6j68-jdws87XpGCjA_AvZTliTo3UWvIXjSLXQCqCeLmemOyBqQOMae0pgAK/s400/piratepuppyfinal.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<b>The Brief</b> (From <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector">Facebook contest</a> winner Kelsey Quiring): A pirate puppy on a pirate ship. And he caught a colorful fish in the ocean. And there's lots of blood.<br />
<b>The Critique</b> (From TAD as usual): Well I was wondering, why did he catch a butterfly fish? Why didn't he catch a goldfish? You should draw it like: blood streaming down the butterfly fish. Where's the blood? I want there to be a bit more blood. I want there to be like blood streaming down and dripping.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
<b>Artist's Request:</b> Please keep your feet off the painting.<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> How's the pirate going to get that alligator off the ship? Probably stick his hook right through his heart. I hope the puppy wins. Can you draw some more blood streaming down? Please?Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-57173917563738593862010-03-29T06:37:00.000-07:002010-06-26T07:06:04.961-07:00Guest Artist: Lunch Bag Art<a href="http://lunchbagart.tumblr.com/">Lunchbagart </a>draws awesome pictures on his kids' lunchbags. He bravely took a commission from TAD:<br />
<b>The Brief:</b> A pug puppy being fed a bottle<br />
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See what she said here: <a href="http://lunchbagart.tumblr.com/post/480887023/tiny-art-director-has-a-book-out-if-you-havent">http://lunchbagart.tumblr.com</a>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-17279999904788944272010-03-25T06:27:00.000-07:002010-03-25T06:28:20.759-07:00Buried Up In Fire<b>The Brief:</b> A dragon blowing fire all over<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> Whoa! that's awesome! I like the way he's so mad - and I think you should draw his claws sticking out of the fire. He'll still be really buried up in fire.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<b>Artist's Notes:</b>Thanks to Mark at <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/24/tiny-art-director-a-1.html">boingboing</a> for posting about TAD! Also the contest winners have been announced at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector">TAD FB Page</a> - as a result I'll be painting a pirate puppy!Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-76905248149684650252010-03-22T11:03:00.000-07:002010-03-22T11:03:47.948-07:00Contest - you be the art director!Best 5 briefs get signed copies of the book. Best one gets painted and you get the original art! Post your brief at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector">http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector</a> or via twitter to @tinyartdirector #tadcontest .there's already a lot of good ones!<br />
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Also just sent this and 3 other pieces to the <a href="http://upstateartistsguild.org/">UAG</a> gallery for their Context show opening April 2nd - If you're in Albany,NY, check it out!Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-92176031516627689542010-03-19T07:56:00.000-07:002010-03-19T08:03:40.324-07:00InterviewMy interview on the Chronicle Books Blog - I talk about a visit to the Met Museum, and an upcoming Tiny Film Critic piece we have planned:<br />
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http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/?p=4628</a>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-27215330743985524842010-03-17T09:24:00.000-07:002010-03-17T09:24:29.925-07:00Stuffed Metallic Diner Vinyl Rocketship<a href="http://www.billzeman.com/bz/vinyl.html"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGde_Y6rr6dRPoicYNGk9t4H9N8ahyphenhyphendtAPZ1uIgiySJKRo3GtWCwhlZ31_Gr76Uy0NpZ6zxULRtGPEWyCsmCQFEhhCw8TvA1MO-MJTVlEzBRzHhlNFvt7KsOMDbah5redPYzjvqj1fIfO/s400/DSC_0053.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />
<b>The Brief:</b> A Stuffed Rocket (On Spec - I did this for myself, of course)<br />
<b>The Critique:</b> Zooooom!!! Rocket Blast!!!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved (She loves it!)<br />
<b>Additional Comments:</b> Dadda, you better put this up high where I can't reach it<br />
<b>Artist's Comments:</b> More pictures here:<a href="http://www.billzeman.com/bz/vinyl.html">http://www.billzeman.com/bz/vinyl.html</a>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-41723714711197307422010-03-10T06:43:00.000-08:002010-03-10T09:06:23.895-08:00Tiny T-Rex<b>The Brief:</b> I don't even want a drawing. Do whatever you want.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglziiB48KrpNYSxOc-nIWiv3RXN0JaunlhYEk6VWbmMH6BhXXO705fwuIBwrkUBfFhtnON0pMlK_yzpagmhiLT9OV79h4rFIVg4whx-0m-yZh8QTSqIncsEDo4pf6HRT_aAFBPIh1aMapZ/s320/tinytrex_250.jpg" /><br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> Now that's what I like -- That guy! He has such tiny hands! Let's pretend another dinosaur is fighting with him and he's scaring it!<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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</b>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-4270282026710259412010-03-03T07:02:00.000-08:002011-01-14T15:23:58.745-08:00Flying Chital - A Collaboration<b>The Brief:</b> Flying Chital<br />
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<b>Artist's Note:</b> Chital are apparently a kind of deer. These ones fly.<br />
This is a new kind of collaboration for us - I scanned in her drawing, let her color it in photoshop and then put my background on it (it's also the background for the <a href="http://twitter.com/TinyArtDirector">TAD twitter feed</a>).<br />
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<b>The Critique: </b>I asked her what words we should add -- meaning what we should say about it on the blog:<br />
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"I don't think we should put words on it. It's my picture and I get to take care of it and decide if there should be words."<br />
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"No, I mean what do you think about the picture? The words are just for the computer - not on the picture itself."<br />
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"Oh. Ok... I didn't want there to be volcanoes. I just wanted there to be snow mountains. So Dadda can you please erase the volcanoes and I'm going to see how it looks with the lava gone and the smoke gone?"<br />
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<b>Job Status:</b> Approved anywayBill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-68755057772600199922010-02-23T11:06:00.000-08:002010-12-13T09:24:19.298-08:00The Keep<b>The Brief:</b> A Bad Dragon<br />
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<b>The Critique:</b> What's he going to do to that castle? I think he's going to eat the princess. Is he mean? I think he should be mean. I think the princess is stuck in there for her whole life and then the dragon family came and went swimming in the lake and got eaten by crocodiles.<br />
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<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<b>Artist's Note:</b> I have books! All the pre-orders ordered from me are in the mail - more info here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector">http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector</a>Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-14429681237448841602010-02-12T06:42:00.000-08:002010-03-02T08:19:10.647-08:00Lone Lion<b>The Brief:</b> A Lion<br />
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<b>The Critique</b> (on the inked version, above, after some fussing with details by the artist): You showed me that a million times! I think it's awesome, but I don't want to see it again. I don't like all of that ink. So take all that black away except the black of the out-lions... Hey - out-lions of the lion! <br />
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<b>Additional Comments:</b> You're not supposed to color in with black. That's what my teacher says. You're doing art the wrong way. Hey, talking about ink can I try using ink? Please please please?<br />
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<b>The Critique</b> (on the colored version, above): Whoa! That, my friend, is awesome! ... I've been wondering: why does this side have 3 whiskers and this side have 2 whiskers?<br />
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<b>Job Status:</b> Approved<br />
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<b>Artist Notes:</b> Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TinyArtDirector">facebook page</a> about the different versions of this! If you haven't checked out the facebook page or the <a href="http://twitter.com/tinyartdirector">twitter feed</a> yet, you should - there is stuff there including upcoming contests that won't be here!Bill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3960962822828702351.post-3756031629932303972010-02-05T08:28:00.000-08:002010-03-02T08:22:16.168-08:00A Lion of Lions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOITPnvWaMHhfxwekskeh87c-f18ywdKVMoGsYMJydcbgOYz730QMV2B1Kd9uQNo5DbXLkNztHzjhI56gkKiHlXJenFyJTvZ5pGTlDpCq-IrK8MERnQwmVFHWs8bGL5DE__EVS6TFBDwWO/s1600-h/lionOfLions600.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCbj3PAr6vRKopeh3vzAAfKVnOSAEj9XEwjybyojVSdCdWgR1ueiUPq1i3THP7CFhvpdcf8bcugK8WbDSND8NnXaZBGhRru0yjjJXHVROZ-o0_agojs3zLycZyKF_jReyFKI0X9nXcI-m/s320/lionOfLions350.jpg" /></a><br />
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<b>The Brief:</b> A Line of Lions...It's the same word! Line and Lion! Hey, how about you draw one of their prey, like a dead antelope that they want to eat?<br />
<b>The Attempted Assistance:</b> Hey, want me to do the horns for you? And they bit her, so I'm going to make a little hole of blood. Can I do that at the end?<br />
<b>The Critique (of completed work): </b> Coool - but you didn't do the little blood spot... What about lion cubs? I want you to do it with the lion cubs. And the mother right next to them. Why did you do it all boys? I wanted you to do some mothers.<br />
<b>Job Status:</b> ApprovedBill Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04886959392532689552noreply@blogger.com4