I’m still working hard at fulfilling rewards for backers of my Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo Project. Here is a portrait I painted for an especially generous backer.
There are still 4 days left to contribute to my project. A portrait like this can be yours for a $250 contribution.
Congratulations to Ed Rogers for winning the May Caption Contest. A free t-shirt will be heading his way. For the June Caption Contest, I figured a Father’s Day illustration was in order. My father found this one to be somewhat off-putting when I first gave it to him 13 years ago, and I can understand why…
OK, everyone, this should be another drawing where the caption practically writes itself. Dig in! Remember to get your friends to “Like” your caption, because the caption with the most “likes” by the end of the month will win a free Donkeyshines T-shirt. While they’re at it, make sure your friends “like” the Donkeyshine Facebook Page as well. Best of luck to all the caption contest participants. I look forward to reading the crazy shit you come up with.
There are still 9 days left for the Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo project, but I’m beginning to work on some of the more ambitious and time-consuming backer perks. Here is a portrait of a backer’s dog I did in acrylic paint on an 11″ x 14″ board for a $250 contribution:
Given that many of the perks I’m offering for the Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo project are pieces of original art, I have decided to start working on them now instead of waiting until the project ends. I thought it might be fun to share these here on the Donkeyblog as they are completed. This is what a $5 contribution earned one anonymous donor:
These drawings are 8.5″ x 11″ and are shipped flat in a manilla envelope so they arrive to you in pristine condition, ready for matting and/or framing. Or refrigerator display.
Congrats to Mathew Biondolillo for winning the April caption contest with “And that’s when Jake realized that Sally was not only the bustiest, but also the most violent six year old he’d ever stolen cake from.” Nice caption-writing, Mat. For May’s contest, I thought it would be appropriate to use an illustration that was originally a Mother’s Day Card. In case you were wondering, yes I actually did give this card to my own mother. And no, nobody ever bought one of these back when I was selling them.
I know this isn’t my best work, technically speaking, but come on! There’s a kid shitting in a fish tank! OK, folks, let’s see some captions. This one should be easy…
As usual, the caption with the most “likes” by the last day of the month wins a free Donkeyshines T-Shirt. Spread the word, vote, get your friends to vote for your caption.
Today, I received a letter from my 3-yr-old nephew in San Jose. He asked if I could please make him a drawing of a blue marker with a blue cap. I think I did a pretty good job:
I hadn’t done a watercolor painting in a while, so this was pretty fun. I need to get back in painting shape, since I’m offering watercolor portraits as one of the perks for contributions to my Dodo Phoenix Indiegogo project.
It’s a little late, but I’m finally posting the birthday card my wife made for me this year. It features our cat Leela cooking up something in the kitchen, only to find my wife’s gorilla Koko playing the the batter.
Some of you might recognize this composition. That is because it is a parody of the Valentine’s Day Card I made a few months ago:
If you want you can see details of this earlier post Anyway, as you can see, my wife cleverly reversed the roles of the animals in her version. Nicely done, I say. As always.
Congrats to Ethan Clarke for winning the first ever Donkeyshines caption contest! Now it’s time for the second ever Donkeyshines caption contest. The same rules apply this month- you can enter as many captions as you want, and you can vote for as many as you want. At the end of the month, the caption with the most votes will be declared the winner and the writer of said caption will be able to choose their prize from any t-shirt that we have in stock . Since it is my sister’s b-day month, I figured I’d post another old birthday card for which captions can be posted about. This one is somewhat violent:
OK all! Start with the captions already! And remember to vote! The winner will once again be the caption with the most votes by the last day of April!
Recently, I’ve been looking at some of my old greeting card illustrations and I can’t believe how preposterous some of them are. Some of them are so old that you wouldn’t even recognize the drawing style as something I would have done. Anyway, I thought it would be fun if I had a little contest for Donkeyshines fans to see who can come up with the best caption for some of these wacky drawings. The winner will receive a FREE Donkeyshines t-shirt, any one of their choosing. Have a look at the illustration below and see what you come up with. You can submit as many captions as you like, and you can vote for as many as you like. Get your friends to come and vote, etc. The winner will be determined by whichever comment has the most “Likes” by the 11:59PM of the last day of the month. Being that March is my birthday month, I thought it would be appropriate if the first caption contest would be for one of my birthday card illustrations:
OK, so what do you have to say about this one?
