Thing 1 & Thing 2: We have a sock.
Thing 1: Socks need something
Thing 2: Something we’re missing
*Boot appears; Things smile*
Thanks to Emily and Andrew for inspiring this comic.
Thing 1 & Thing 2: We have a sock.
Thing 1: Socks need something
Thing 2: Something we’re missing
*Boot appears; Things smile*
Thanks to Emily and Andrew for inspiring this comic.
*Thing 1 wears sock on head; Thing 2 smiles; Boot laughs*
I was almost ready to export to photo library when sketchbook crashed. Crashed so hard it randomly deleted FOUR layers – leaving me with the original scratchy sketch and the most recent layer I had created. What did that layer contain? The coloring for the sole of the boot. All else was gone. So I had to redraw and recolor and poooo!
Yep I’m gonna find me a new app.
As an added extra, given you were kind enough to stick around and listen to me rant, here’s the original sketch.
Someone asked me to write something for them. Something nice about someone else. My brain wanted to do all the things, and wanted to go down all the rabbit holes at once. So I let the Things write a letter for me. They’re much smarter than me and have a way of getting to the essence of things without worrying too much. it took a few goes to boil things down to their essence, but I got there.
And now I have written a second letter. This letter is for you and this letter is for me.
I started writing it, and then I started to worry – maybe they should be writing ‘dear people’ or ‘dear entities’ … I didn’t like the idea of anyone missing out. But I didn’t want to lose specific things and I wanted to keep an open space for writing more letters later. And most of us are storyteller/writers in one way or the other. If you relate to the struggle of ideas and articulating/thinking them – then you can most certainly be a writer (unless you don’t feel like having that label because you feel it draws attention away from labels you like better – like artist, poet, storyteller, philosopher, scientist, community builder or…).
Transcript:
Dear Writer,
We like you
you have ideas
bigger than your words
bigger than your body
ideas so big that sometimes
it feels like no ideas
because they are too big
to see
You are a good writer
You do thinkey things
and listeney things
and word things
you cry for words and characters
and ideas
you are a good writer
and we like you
from -> The Things
Bunson Hoppydew sits in a boot.
Bunson Hoppydew, upside down with his head in a boot.
Bunson hiding behind a boot.
Bunson sitting on top of boot with his fluffy tail pointed towards us.
It was a good day.
First drawing using my new Hand Stylus.
Sock sits in Boot.
Sock is upside down with head in Boot.
Sock hiding behind Boot.
Sock sitting on top of Boot.
Socks have good days too.
Bunson sitting in Boot.
Bunson: This is my shoe.
Bunson and Sock stare at each other.
Sock rides into in Skate, who is doing a wheelie.
I drew this on the plane home from LA! Don’t worry, things will be in the comic tomorrow 🙂
Bunson in Boot and Sock in Skate stare at each other.
Skate aggressively stands on its toe stop and looms at Bunson.
Boot opens its mouth at Sock.
Sock gets scared and hides upside down in Skate.
Bunson Hoppydew sits in Boot.
Bunson: I am small.
Bunson looks to the right.
Bunson stares at the viewer and smiles.
Bunson: and important.
Bunson Hoppydew in Boot looks at Sock who is upside down in Rollerskate.
Bunson is upside down in Boot while Sock sits on top of Rollerskate.
Bunson sits on top of Boot while Sock does a headstand on Rollerskate.
Bunson does a headstand on Boot, while Sock sits on top of Rollerskate.
We had a good day
Bunson Hoppydew sits inside Boot.
Bunson: I am tired
Bunson’s ears dance in the air. There’s music, Sock goes Spoing.
Bunson’s ears dance even more, there’s more music. Sock goes Froom!
Bunson sits still and smiles at us. Sock sleeps draped over Boot, zzzzz.
Bunson: and happy