Sunday, December 28, 2008

IF: Clandestine - Adelia sneaks about...

The first thing one will do when looking at the Illustration Friday this week is wondering just waht is clandestine. There's a good chance you've heard of the word, you might even be leaning towards a particular direction as far as figuring it out. If you're a nerd, it kind of sounds like some sort of group that must do something (D&D style) - a clan destined for...? And you'd have to roll the dice (24 sided usually).

Maybe it's seafood related - but then that would be clamdestine...in any case something smells fishy.

And it ain't this post - I just looked it up. I could have looked at the other entries this week (which I'll do in a minute, but now that christmas is over, I have time to post something)...

clan·des·tine (kln-dstn)

ADJECTIVE:
Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. See Synonyms at secret.


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So this is a piece I did. It's Adelia sneaking away from her balloon friend. It was sort of my transition piece away from my first Adelia book (still unpublished). It was about Adelia and her red balloon - but neither Adelia nor I wanted to bog her down in trying to find a way to fit the balloon into every Adelia drawing....so she's leaving the balloon behind.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very wonderful illustration. Children do imagine their balloons with a personality. I would love to read the book about Adelia and her balloon.

Roberta said...

Very smart of her to sneak away while balloon is resting.....

Anonymous said...

Very funny!

Tarun Padmakumar said...

beautiful characters n concept!

Anonymous said...

You really are great in capturing feeling and emotion. I love looking at Adelia and anything she does.
Joanne Marzioli

 
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