Tuesday, April 7, 2009

A new drawing

One of my most recent drawings I've finished is a symbolic drawing. I've decided to represent my family (the siblings, anyway) with birds that parallel our personalities!
For Krista I have chosen a peacock
   Even the fact that a 'peacock' is the male version of the bird goes along with Krista... (for those of you who understand me.) Now, these birds are sought after for beauty in the vibrancy of color their feathers have and posses a certain level of self admiration, I guess I could say. 
For Charlotte I have chosen a Laughing Kookaburra.It's known to throw it's prey from tall trees in order to stun them (as a sort of game before killing them), and it's call sounds like a side-splitting laugh. That is so like Charlotte to laugh at other people's pain.
For Jay I have chosen a Tropical Parrot
There are many different kinds of tropical parrots, some of 
which are classified as 'talking.' This type is no exception. I also aimed to give this parrot an expression I believe Jay could make. "She touched my pepe, Steve."
And last, ME. Charlotte had to help me on this one. We decided on a Dodo bird
Her reasoning behind it is that people used to think that Dodos were rather stupid birds, but came to realize they were rather smart! I don't know how true that is, but they are now associated with being dumb, even though they have been extinct for over 100 years! I thought the connection fit because Dodos are short, wide, and look a little funny (maybe the looks could represent how I am inside sometimes).

4 comments:

Charlotte said...

Those are really good Steve! I like how they turned out! The one for Jay even looks like Jay!!!!

Charlotte said...

I take that back....they ALL LOOK LIKE US!!!
Yours even has that "off in space" look that you get!:)
Funny

wet watermelon said...

I agree with Steve, Steve--your renditions of all the Steves look just like Steve...and they represent us well. I like the one you picked for Charlotte-Steve. LOL

wet watermelon said...

Steve.