1,000,000 Giraffes.......

This young man or woman, I don't think it says, is collecting one million giraffes. Here it is in his own words.

My friend, Jørgen, doesn't believe I can collect one million giraffes by 2011. I'm gonna prove him wrong, but I need your help. You can create your giraffe(s) in any way you like, but not on a computer and no store bought objects. You must create your giraffe(s) yourself! Click here to read why. So far I've got 39.499 giraffes, so I need 960.501 more! And I have 511 days left to get them.
Let's show Jørgen how amazing the internet is.

Siksnosparnyte brought the project to our attention over on Drawspace. She asked us to join in and help him out. Here is a link to the very cool drawing that Siksnos sent in.

While I was at our Friday morning breakfast I had everybody including the waitress draw a giraffe on the menu. Then when I got home I had my teen age sons and their freinds add their own giraffes. We managed to send 21 giraffes to the project.

Check out his statistics page, it's pretty amazing. Anyone want to help this person get a million giraffes? Just go to his page and click on the green bar that says "Please send in your own giraffe!"

Framed picture....

Do you remember this one, morning fruit? It was from a photo that I took at my sons cub camp.

Well today it got framed to go to a charity art auction. They are raising funds for medicine, for an African charity. Last year I did a picture of Adeline the lady running the auction. She had the most amazing smile.



Here is today's jellyfish it was photographed by Suneko.

Shave for a cure.....

My blogging friend Wendy Prior has shaved her head to raise funds for the cure of leukemia and blood diseases. Wendy has raised over a hundred dollars. She has also told us of another way that we can help out. Watch this 45 second video from Fidelity Life and they will add $1 for every view, up to a total of $10,000. Shave for a Cure. Take a minute and go check it out. Then check out Wendy's amazing CP work on drafting film.

This is another picture from my camp weekend. I liked how the posts lined up with the tree and the tree was on the edge of nothingness. The lake is just barely visible because of the mist in the air.

You Have to Check Out TED....

Morning
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I was checking out Sue's blog, the Ancient Artist. On it she was discussing a video that she had seen. This video is on TED and is one of several hundred on this site.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

Today, TED is therefore best thought of as a global community. It's a community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all.

I watched the video that Sue was discussing and then another and then another! I am hooked, these are some of the most intelligent talks ever put in one place. You may not always agree with what is being said, but you will come away thinking.

Here is one to get you started. (this one is environmental, there are many other topics) I was impressed with her passion on her topic.

Quick drawing....

It was suggested at Let's Make Art that we should do some one hour painting/drawings or what have you to loosen up, go with the flow and trust your instincts. Stop worrying about colours and placement, just get it down on paper. So here is my quick half hour bell done in colour pencil.
The photo is from a set of bells I liked by Noblejose on Morgue files.

I sent out my first Pay it Forward drawing to Jan at Pets to Posies. I still have two openings if anyone is interested in doing a PIF. Jeanette over at Illustrated Life says she is sending hers out in the next day or two. I can't wait to see what comes in the mail!

Pay it Forward....

Bird of Prey 2
prisma colour pencil on black paper
Photo source Al Mogaver at Morgue files

A while ago I got a chance to be part of a pay it forward. Jeanette at Illustrated Life was offering a piece of her art work as a return to receiving a piece of Vivien's art at Paintings Prints and Stuff who will receive a piece of art from Tina at The Cycling Artist and so on.

Bird of Prey 3
prisma colour pencil on black paper
photo source by Bobby at Morgue Files

In the new year Jeanette will be sending me a drawing. I also want to pay it forward so I am going to offer three pieces of my art, to the first three people that ask for it. I will send it through the mail in the New Year. All I ask is that you pay it forward also. Keep the good Karma flowing.