Beloved Bobo

Our Beloved Bobo, She Passed the Rainbow Bridge

Wikitainment: where the audience is the author.

mail art by Mim Scalin
A couple of ramblings about the image above:

1. We could fulfill requests with collage sketches in addition to the hand drawn variety.
2. It's great to get real, live mail delivered in the physical world.
3. Did you ever play "Tag" as a child?

So, tell us in the comments section below if you are interested in receiving collage sketches. I'll go forth and recruit some collage artists and add them to the roster of contributors.

In the 2.0 version of sketch-it we are contemplating additional services. One service being considered is "Go Postal" where you the customer can request a sketch on a post card, add a message and we'll mail it to that special someone. This will obviously cost more than a dollar.

I've got a side project called TAG it's like the child's game but it's been updated a bit. I mailed a disposable CVS video camera to Mica Scalin with a simple set of rules. Mica was instructed to record five minutes of video on the camera and then send it to someone else. The person she "Tagged" was her mother Mim Scalin. Then her mother recorded an additional five minutes.

Mim then shipped the camera to FRIPS in Belgium who also gets five minutes of record time on the camera. Mim sent me a handmade piece of mail art (above) to let me know taht FRIPS, the next person, had been tagged. Who knows where it's going next. That's up to FRIPS. Kind of like a digital message in a bottle.

The fifth person who gets the camera is instructed to return the camera to me in Minneapolis. Then I'll download the video and post it online. I can't wait to see what everyone has contributed.

I've got another one of those CVS cameras and I'd love to send it to you. Let me know if you are interested.

Tags:

• Wikitainment
• interactive
• video
• mineral
• post_card
• rant
• Awed_Job

Ahoy!

My name is Morgan and I'm a new contributing artist here at Sketch-It under the screen name of SoulChoice. I'm hyped-up about making sketches for this site and look forward to your requests. In the near future, I'll have a website. To know more about me, see my Blog profile on Sketch-It.

Cheers,
Morgan

Odd Couple

Hey Guys :]

im back with another request fullfilled, once again for the lovely Marilyn. the request was for a refridgerator to be chained to an ol'fashioned bishop's crook.

have fun thinking of a caption to go with this one!

German S.

Hoop Princess

Take it to the hoop Princess!

Tags:

• sketch
• paint
• paper
• mineral
• ball
• crown
• request
• Awed_Job

Must be 3:30

Ms.Hollie Goldman requested a sketch of Guy pictured wearing tie, button down shirt, sitting in corner cubicle, messy desk , answering phone. Voice on phone is asking "Is your refrigerator running?" sketch name= "Must be 3:30"

Here's what I came up with

Hope you enjoy it!

Sky Bunny

Look!

Up in the sky!

It's Sky Bunny!

Tags:

• sketch
• pen
• paper
• animal
• person
• request
• Awed_Job

Couple on a boat...

The concept: A one minute sketch for a dollar.

The reality: About 3 and a half minutes...

Looks like I gotta speed up

Another overdue one...

I was asked to sketch this cute little girl... so, um, I did :) Man, that thumbnail looks choppy... make sure you click on it and view it at %100.

Long overdue "Jelly" sketches...

I was asked to create 3 logos for Jelly... one in a comic style, one pop art and a noir style. I spent a little more time on these than normal because I took soooo long to fill the request (I have an excuse... really). Anyway, the "comic" style ended up having a very pop art feel anyway so I think that's sort of interchangeable, the "pop" style turned out to be, well, a blob of jelly on the word "Jelly" and I interpreted the "noir" style in an art deco/diner sign style. I'm a little heartbroken over that one... I actually rendered it digitally like the other two but when I created the one with the blob of jelly I accidentally saved over the noir one... which was done in black, white and sepia tones. Oh well... for the pay I wasn't about to recreate it LOL... Anyway, I hope Amit likes 'em

Tags:

• sketch
• pencil
• pen
• vector
• mineral
• request
• Brian_Massey
• Amit_Gupta

Big Brother!

Ms.Rankin requested a sketch of her grandson holding his little brother for the first time! Here's what the ball-point penned:

Enjoy!

Mr.Pope

Mr.Pope requested a Sketch-It Sketch of the photo referenced here:

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Here's the result:

Hope you like it!

Sing Sing Struggle

In 1893 two murders escaped from Sing Sing via boat. they were later to be found by the hudson river, dead as door knobs.. a bullet in each head. nobody ever figured out who shot who or why.

for our dear Marilyn

German S.

For Alberto

Alberto Benbunan wanted a sketch of the following image:
http://www.benbunan.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/anayalberto-thai.jpg

I hope they're both happy with it!

Vanessa

Apollo decided on a sketch of his friend Vanessa and sent along a link: http://www.frozentruth.com/media/2006content/vanessa210406.jpg

Hope they are both happy with it!

Outdoor Wedding

For Chris.

Tags:

• sketch
• pen
• paper
• animal
• person
• request
• Awed_Job

Ready... aaaaand... ACTION!

Ms.Dorato sent in this request:


"We are doing an article about film production in Greenwich Village. We do a film shoot report card which is on our web site at www.gvba.org soI would like to incorporate both those ideas in a sketch...maybe a camera and a report card???? Maybe a cameraman holding up a report card????"

A quick jaunt to the site, checked the report card... googled a camera, and quickly sketched this:

Britany the dog

Michele requested this sketch of her little pooch! Here's the quick pen sketch:

Hope you enjoy it!

Cozy

Hi :]

This is a sketch for Christina and all her wonderful animal friends. they are sharing a serene moment on the porch.

Hope you enjoy!
German S.

Tags:

• sketch
• vector
• animal
• person
• cat
• dog
• request
• German_Shible

Twenty-One Sensational Soccer players

*blows off smoking ballpoint pen*

Phew! Carin Van Kuijk requested me to draw a whopping 21 sketches of "3 adults 18 kids, each on seperated sketches holding the Fifa world cup soccer trophy." She had a link with all the photos to reference from of coaches and players in different poses (smiling, running, etc.) From those references I did my best to make them each holding trophy! The following are the products of this request:






















These were done in the order that they were in on the reference page. I hope you enjoy them!

Barcelona Mirage

"My reflection in a Barcelona window."

With many more artists here on sketch-it, you, the patron are able to request more sketches and receive them in a timely manner. I, the creator of sketch-it, am sketching less and administrating more. That kind of bums me out. I started this whole experiment so that I'd draw more.

One of the good things about being the person who hands out the request assignments to the artists is that when a real juicy request comes in, I get first dibs. When I saw the image that Caitlin wanted a sketch of, I jumped at the chance to sketch it.

It took me back to an ink wash I attempted back in college (shown right). I was inspired by the work of Richard Estes. He's a super-realist painter from Chicago. His most famous painting is of three old-style phone booths gleaming in the sun. He also painted confectioner shops. The play of light and shadow revealed and occluded details behind the store window and the things outside.

It's harder to recreate than one would think.

How about accomplishing it as part of a sketch-it? It took me 9 minutes and 5 seconds. Not bad. I had grander plans. Perhaps I will do a longer version. Such is my prerogative. Come back later and look for it.

Tags:

• sketch
• pen
• paper
• animal
• person
• request
• Awed_Job

Italian Jew--beautiful, classy, but sad and trapped in the Pacific Northwest. She is looking forward to Easter.

The above title was the request from Aaron Klemm. It was accompanied by a link (www.whatever.com/CristiRusso.png) which did not work, so I took my best shot.

I'll break it down for y'all:

Italian [sportscar] Jew [Star of David] --beautiful, classy [Evening Gown] but sad [Tear Drops] and trapped in the Pacific Northwest [Redwoods - Bigfoot]. She is looking forward to Easter [Basket of Eggs].

Maybe I took this one too literally? ;)

Chatting About The Weather

I loved the chance to work on Rob's request of two homeless people sitting and chatting! It was a lot of fun to do. I sketched it with a Sharpie marker and did a quick coloring job in Photoshop. Enjoy!!

Portrait of Christian Fenner

Here's a portrait of Christian Fenner. I would've liked to have spent a few more minutes on it then I did because he was wearing a pretty slick pin-stripped suit. Enjoy!!

Apollo

Apollo requested this photo (CLICK FOR PHOTO) To be translated into a quick sketch. Using the... ballpoint pen (handy little buggers), I sketched this:

Hope you dig it!

Three-fer Thursday!

Joshua Gardner sent in three pictures and three dollars! Starving musician? I think not ;) Here are your sketches in all their glory.

Sketches for Mr.Lefton

Here are a few sketches Mr.Lefton requested. This first is "Photo of my parents and brother on my wedding Day.", using this photo for reference:
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Here's my sketch:

This sketch took a little longer than a minute (trying to sketch 4 people in 60 seconds is pretty hard), so I did take a little longer.

He also requested a sketch of "Photo of my Grandmother Rosa, and her daughter Sarah. To celebrate Rosa's 80th Birthday."
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Again using the ballpoint pen, I quickly sketched this out:


Hope you enjoy them!