I ♥ My Mommy

Many were the times when I returned home with scratched knees and other childhood 'injuries' that only a kiss from my mommy could fix. And there's still no one who can comfort me like my mother does when I get a boo boo, although they tend to be more of the emotional kind these days. (I rarely fall down anymore ;))

This piece is the counter part of my I ♥ My Daddy illustration from a few posts back.

I ♥ my daddy

Yup, I sure do :)

Over here in my part of the world, father's day is coming up. Like everything in Belgium, we like to keep things complicated and diverse. So while the greater part of the country celebrates father's day in June, the Antwerp area celebrates father's day on the the 19th of March. Antwerp chose that day, way back when, because that date marks the feast of Saint Joseph, one of the more famous dads in history ;) While the rest of the country quickly adopted the June date which is held as father's day by most of the world I think, the greater Antwerp area stuck to their guns and are still honouring their fathers in March. So will I :D

Remember how nice it was to fall asleep on your dad's capable arm when you were little? Ah, sweet bliss.

The Death March

Every year in August Bornem (the little town where I live in Belgium) is overrun by thousands of people from all over the world coming to compete in "The Death March". It's a 100 km long trek (I think that's about 62 miles for those of you who are wondering), starting at 9 pm on a Friday, giving the contestants 24 hours and the entire night to complete the course. It's not a race, the objective is not to get in first, getting over the finish line in itself is quite an acomplishment. Every contestant who crosses said finish line gets a diploma to commemorate the ordeal. The organisation of the march figured that they wanted a new design for the diplomas and organised a competition.

I decided that this year I would try my hand at both the design competition as the Death March itself. My design didn't make it, now let's hope that on August 12th I do. :)

Duet

I've had this one finished for about a week or two and have been holding out for a prompt on Illustration Friday that would fit. I guess 'Duet' could work, there are two characters after all :)

Now, I'm not glorifying TV or anything, and I'm certainly not saying kids should watch it more. But what I was going for here are very fond memories I have of watching certain movies for the first time. For the longest time it seems, I had to go to bed anytime anything remotely cool seemed to be on. But at a certain point I was deemed old enough to see what all the fuss was about. The first time I saw an Indiana Jones film, the Star wars trilogy, a James Bond flick, you name it! A whole new world was suddenly available to me. Without exception, every single one of these was watched together with my dad (my mom's not that big on fantasy/action movies :)) who seemed to guide me through this jungle of Hollywood classics.

I drew the kid character as a boy instead of a girl because I tend to draw mostly female characters (I guess it comes from being one myself :)). So I decided on an all male piece.

Be sure to click this one to see the bigger size, the thumbnail really doesn't show that much.