Monday, April 12, 2010

VARIATIONS ON A THEME

Here we see Fido in the desert, encountering a cactus that is also a fire hydrant:


And here we see Fido in the city, encountering a a fire hydrant that is also a cactus:


In the first cartoon, Fido is happy. In the second cartoon, he is not. It's all about context, Fido. And the reasonable expectations of a simpleminded animal who does a lot of traveling on business.

3 comments:

retrofuturistic said...

I like how you subtly captured Fido's emotional shift, through the use of slight, Monda Lisa type smile, and tail-wagging motion lines on the top picture, versus the more static second. This be the stuff of art.

JCD said...

THe stuff of art... the stuff of bullshit... whatever.

retrofuturistic said...

Thin line. Razor thin.