My friend the Art Major

My friend and former co-worker Lora Hall will be graduating this Saturday. She was an art major. Her senior thesis art project involved a series of paintings of Buzz and Lora. Here's a sample entitled "The day we discovered October":


The paintings chronicle "A Day in the Life" of Buzz and Lora on the moon. They wake up, eat breakfast, pick flowers, get the mail, and other daily things. I saw the opening night of the exhibit last Monday. It was interesting to see the thought put behind the works. Lora also made cloth dolls of Buzz and Lora, with images printed on the front through silkscreen. I bought a pair of the dolls from her for $20 (an awesome deal, given that she was asking $60 a pair from the general public). I decided to make my own rendition of Buzz and Lora on the moon as a graduation present for Lora. Here it is:



I'm happy with it, for the most part--it's the first time I've tried something other than the typical 3/4 just standing there pose I do with most people I draw. I mean, I've got two action poses here, and one of them is from the back! I'd like to think I'm improving. I hope to post shots of the dolls soon.