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posted by garth bruner at 9:55 PM
Humorous illustrator, designer, toy designer. I blame my sweet wife and children for keeping me a kid at heart. See my work at http://www.artofgarth.com
19 Comments:
lovely illo
How true. Being in front of such a large audience takes a lot of guts. Great illustration.
great illustration. brave child.
Thanks for the nice comments everyone.
Yes, personal experience, however, I was never brave enough to do a solo as illustrated.
My son went through that, but with an evil twist; the rock band that preceeded him had used explitives in their song and were forcibly removed from the stage amidst a roar of protests and twittering from the audience. As the curtain rose on my son, standing alone and in a blinding spotlight, (he had been backstage and had no idea what had gone on before him) he thought all the commotion in the theatre was somehow because of him. Confused, he swallowed hard and played his classical violin piece flawlessly, and received a standing ovation when he finished. It was a brave and humbling thing to see, and he's been a hero of mine ever since.
I love this. People often don't think about how much strength kids have. The perspective in the illo is great too.
I love it as a thought of strength. Even more by personal experience. My daughter played a Haydn concert, accompanied on piano, with a big lump of grief in her throat, on her mother's funeral, last january. She was 13 years than. I was sooooo proud of her, she was able to do that.
Yes, I agree and those lights were always so hot. great job. Cheers!
Oh...he looks so alone but so steadfast up there! Great job!
You are so correct about the amount of strength requried to do that. You did a great job capturing his strength of facing the crowd alone.
Goodness - I 'performed' from the age of two and it didn't matter how many times repeated this feat .. it was always scary! Builds strength and pays off as an adult though :) You have captured the feeling well in your illustration!
Love this...also as a former pianoteacher I think you've reflected the impact of being on stage and the strength to play very well!
I love the perspective! Great color. Great Illo!
I LOVE this pitcure SO MUTCH!
That boy is REALLY REALLY GOOD! Great illo!
You are the BEST drawer in the world!
I like it because that boy has STRENGTH!
That last comment was posted by one of my biggest fans, my 7 year old son.
Fun picture, good idea!
Great interpretation.
love the way you use the light
Nice work
This is cool. You portrayed it nicely. I agree with your son's post here, too ;)
Hey Garth! I almost missed this one this week. Nice job! Once I played did a puppet show in grade school of two puppets (one on each hand) singing both parts to Hall and Oats' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin". Fortunately when I did that it was age appropriate and I was hiding behind the table.
Of course later, in the 7th grade I was in an "air band" lip synching to "Rock this Town" by The Stray Cats. That was a bit more intimidating.
Ah, memories!
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