Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - "Art"

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This week's theme for the Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt is something near and dear to oldest daughter's heart as it is ART. It also made it pretty easy for me to find pictures as she has most of her artwork posted over on her DeviantArt account so all I had to do was copy and paste. For once I didn't have to go scrambling around trying to find something!

First, meet the artist: this is Amanda in one of her "Revenge" modes. "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" was the second album by her favorite band, My Chemical Romance (of which no doubt regular readers of this blog are more than familiar!). Apparently Amanda is not alone in liking to dress up like the lead singer of the band as I have come across many, many "Gerards" on the Internet. Ah well, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I'm sure that Gerard is quite flattered by all the attention lavished on him by adoring fans.

Speaking of Gerard, this first piece of artwork is a pen and ink drawing of the man himself, also in "Revenge" mode. The lyrics are from the song "To the End" which is based on the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner.

This next picture is one of Amanda's crayon drawings entitled "Once Upon a Toaster" and is of Gerard's brother, Mikey, bass player for My Chem. Apparently Mikey has somehow become associated with toasters (I remain happily clueless as to why) so Amanda thought she would draw him sitting on top of a toaster holding one of his beloved cups of coffee.

This is another crayon drawing, entitled "The Patient". It is drawn in Chibi style which originated in Japan but has become very popular in Western fandom. Found mostly in anime and manga, chibi are typically known to be super-cute, have large puppy-dog eyes, and often a mischievous personality. This one definitely fits those parameters!

Another crayon drawing done in chibi style of Snoh, a character that Amanda created on her own and one of which she has drawings in several other styles and poses in her DeviantArt gallery. Snoh is carrying Kappu (Japanese for cup and another character that Amanda uses frequently) filled with coffee - one of Amanda's very favorite beverages, especially if it's iced!

One more crayon chibi is of Amanda's alter-ego in the DeviantArt world known as Art Munkey or Mandy. You'll notice she's also holding the requisite cup of coffee and looking quite happy about it! I believe I've seen this very look on her face many times!

Last but not least is a drawing of Bob Bryar, drummer of MCR, which was done using a computer mouse. This drawing became the basis of my Peace Globe that you see over on my sidebar and which will be flying prominently this coming Wednesday as my entry for my Wordless Wednesday post.

Wednesday, June 6th, will be the second Blog Blast for Peace when bloggers across the globe will be displaying their Peace Globes as well as blogging about the theme Dona Nobis Pacem - Latin for Give Us Peace. It's not too late to make plans to join us and if you don't have a Peace Globe yet, just click here where Mimi Lenox explains how easy it is to design and post one of your own.

It might just be the most important piece (peace?) of art you create all year!

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt Participants

1. Melli 2. Gabrielle 3. sassy mom 4. Samantah & Tigger 5. Rach 6. And Miles To Go... 7. Crazy Working Mom 8. Lisa Renee 9. jmb 10. letha 11. Suwan 12. Callie Ann 13. maiylah 14. hanneng 15. pat 16. Amazing Gracie 17. jenn in holland 18. Lynn 19. Pastormac\'s Ann

20. superkimbo 21. eija 22. Mousey 23. radioactive 24. night owl 25. Gewels 26. empress bee (of the high sea) 27. Write From Karen 28. Hootin\' Anni 29. Carol 30. Jenny A. 31. A. 32. Vash 33. Dragonheart 34. The Simple Times In Life 35. tray 36. Hummie 37. Mitey Mite 38. SargeCharlie

39. dirkey 40. Drew 41. lissa 42. Patricia 43. crookedeyebrow 44. amy 45. JHS 46. Gran (Angela) 47. Barbara H. 48. Socccer Mom in Denial 49. incog & nito 50. Chen 51. Teena in Toronto 52. YTSL 53. Liz 54. fruit basket

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