YSaC, Vol. 992: Here in the Twilight ….

2011 May 17

In keeping with the “art” theme from yesterday, here’s an opportunity to be the proud owner of …. this:

custom “Twilight” artwork – $10


Have you ever wanted your own one-of-a-kind piece of custom Twilight art?! Well look no further because I specialize in making Twilight inspired artwork. Just tell me which characters and your favorite and I’ll get to work!!! But don’t ask me to paint Jacob because I wont do it! TEAM EDWARD!!!! And the best part is that I’ll never charge you more than $10! I’m in it for my love of art and all things Twilight. Not the money. Check out my work bellow!!!

Give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx
I don’t check my email very often because I’m so busy with all my Twilight art orders!!

I will freely admit that I can’t draw at all. Whenever I try to draw something, it comes out looking like this … so the fact that this is vaguely recognizable as people is a tremendous improvement over anything I can do.

That said, and with the further caveat that I have not read or seen any of the Twilight series, I didn’t realize that Bella and (I’m assuming) Edward were grumpy, angular creatures that look like they’re from Picasso’s little known Monochrome, Drunk and Angry period. Isn’t Edward supposed to be sparkly, or something? To me, this just looks like Bella and Edward are whispering mean things to each other about someone sitting to my right. Or maybe they’re talking about ME! Maybe they’re laughing at my comically realistically sized head, and my hilariously non-protruding cheekbones and pointlessly symmetrical eyes. Damn you, Twilight art, stop mocking me!

Thanks, Amy!

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  1. 2011 May 17
    Jen permalink

    *Desperately optimistic Jen*
    What excellent communication skills for an eight-year old!!!

    *Cynic Jen (aka Jen)*
    Peddling your kid’s M&M science fair projects is one thing, but a not-quite-fridge-worthy portrait assignment? That is a step down, lady. At least with the M&M one the buyer got candy and some bright colours. I was on board with that. Mmm, colours…

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  2. 2011 May 17
    Dan permalink

    When drmk showed me this, she asked me if I caught the song reference in the title. “Nope,” I said.

    “It’s from the song, ‘Twilight Zone'”

    “Oh,” I asked, “The one by Golden Earring?”

    “No, not that one.”

    “The one by 2 Unlimited that every marching band in the world plays, and no one knows the name of?”

    “No, not that one.”

    “The original Rod Serling TV Show theme?”

    “No, but you’re getting warmer”

    “OK, I give up.”

    “It’s this one.

    (after listening to song)”WHY are you aware of this song?”

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    • 2011 May 17
      dan permalink

      Wait, why did I just have to moderate my own post?

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      • 2011 May 17

        I think it was your massive number of links.

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        • 2011 May 17

          That, or they’re on to you!

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      • 2011 May 17
        Windrose permalink

        *whistling nonchalantly, sets the moderation level back to normal*

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    • 2011 May 17
      LurkRealClose permalink

      Very Awesome, Mr. Ostrumu!

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    • 2011 May 17

      Oh dear. I knew I recognized that lyric fragment from somewhere but couldn’t quite place it. I knew it wasn’t Golden Earring or 2Unlimited. I had to click your link to find out. I don’t think I hear that song since … well, since it was still relatively new. For some reason, my dad, who was a jazz musician (trumpet), had a brief period in the late 70s where he got into some disco. Bee Gees, Rose Royce, Claudia Barry, and … Manhattan Transfer. (I suppose it was a progression of his other tastes in the 70s, which included soft pop artists like The Carpenters and Carly Simon.) It was with disco that he brought about my musical awakening by buying me my first 45 RPM 7″ single: Tragedy by the Bee Gees. It wasn’t until the early 80s that I started developing my own taste in music and realized I really didn’t like disco at all despite my newfound tastes leaning to electronic, synthpop and some rock.

      But yeah… this song was one of the ones he bought on a 7″ single back in the day. For himself, no less, though I’m sure I listened to it a few times too.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Camille permalink

      Possibly my least-favorite Manhattan Transfer song ever, but I will admit to having it on my iPod.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      I love the Captain EO-meets-General Zod costumes there.

      80’s fashion: Cocaine is a helluva drug.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Ziaheart permalink

      Heh! I didn’t catch it the first time around, but I got it as soon as I got to “It’s from the song, ‘Twilight Zone’”. My dad has one of their CDs that I’ve absconded with numerous times (and I’ve apparently given it back I can’t find it in my CD rack. I hope I gave it back, rather than lost it), mostly for Java Jive, Operator, and Boy from New York City, which I’ve had to perform for vocal jazz back in highschool. Good memories.

      Also, I didn’t realize that Bella and Edward looked grumpy until Llamanun (BBUH) pointed it out. I knew something was off about the way they looked in the cover of the book (my brother got it for me for one Christmas and I’ve never opened the thing), but I could never put my finger on it. Now I know.

      Anyway, at least the artist knows not to charge more than $10 for the crap. Though I’d say that’s still exorbitant, for both the skill level Sparkette (I’m assuming that the artist is female)’s at and for the subject matter.

      Still, I don’t doubt Sparkette when she says that she’s too busy with all her Twilight commissions. There are a lot of people on teh tubez who’ll pay for any shit people put up.

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    • 2011 May 17

      We don’t play that song.

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      • 2011 May 17

        Unfortunately, for a while after HS graduation, I had to hang out with a bunch of girls who fancied themselves singers. Since they, (And I, on further reflection) were baked pretty much 24/7, it made them sing better, I guess. The best part was when they booked themselves as an act at a local watering hole and forgot to spark them grass clippings prior, and were booed offstage during the first song: The unforgettably horrible “Boy from New York City”. Thanks to you both, now I have to find some Norwegian Death Metal to get that taste out of my ears.

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  3. 2011 May 17

    So, Sparkles is doing it for “the love”, but that love goes at ten bucks a pop? I have to admit, that’s a lot cheaper than what I’m normally quoted…

    And everyone should have a work bellow. Mine would be “THIS JOB SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!”

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    • 2011 May 17
      LimeLolly permalink

      My work bellow? TO THE PAIN!!!!

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      • 2011 May 17

        My work bellow:

        PUDDING NOT ON FIRE!

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      • 2011 May 17

        I’d like to use SCREW YOU! but that would probably become my out-of-work bellow very quickly.

        I have become rather fond of FOR PONY!

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        • 2011 May 17

          I settle for the simple AAAARRRRGGG! followed by banging my head on the desk top.

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      • 2011 May 17
        funky monkey permalink

        My work bellow: “They can take my smoke breaks But They Can’t Take My Fweeeeeeeedom!”

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        • 2011 May 17
          Windrose permalink

          We can’t bellow. I go around muttering, “I love my job. I love my job.” And singing, “The lunatics have taken over the asylumn.”

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    • 2011 May 17
      Ziaheart permalink

      haha I didn’t even catch that!

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    • 2011 May 17

      My work bellow shall from this day forth be:

      EULAAAAALIAAAA!!!!

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    • 2011 May 18
      TelcaCat permalink

      Mine is:

      NO!!! For the millionth time you cannot DO that!!!!

      I’m thinking of having this printed on t-shirts. Or cards to hand to people when they ask for the nth time. Or shot glasses. That would be a fun drinking game – every time someone asks me a stupid question to which the answer is as above, I take a shot. Man, I would be wasted before 9 a.m. everyday.

      *edited to add – apparently, I do not understand XHTML. I will do more research.

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  4. 2011 May 17

    I don’t check my email very often because I’m so busy with all my Twilight art orders!!

    Yes, and when I look at a car that’s been on the lot since last September, the salesman tells me that I have to buy it right away because he’s had eight calls about it that morning.

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    • 2011 May 17

      He has had 8 calls that morning. 5 were from his wife, two from people interested in other cars, and one was trying to order a pizza.

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      • 2011 May 17
        Meredith permalink

        And then there were the ones from people asking when he was going to move that F* eyesore of a car out of the lot.

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  5. 2011 May 17
    LurkRealClose permalink

    Sparky is seriously trying to sell fan art on CL?

    Now, I understand there is a fine line between fandom and reality, and an even finer line between CL and reality, but really? (I mean, “OMG Like Fr SRS LOL?”)

    Because I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of free Twilight fan art on the internet.

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    • 2011 May 17

      I’m not going to Google Twilight fan art even with SafeSearch on.

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      • 2011 May 17

        It can’t be that bad.

        :switches tabs, Googles “Twilight fan art”:

        And I was very much mistaken.

        I’m off to gouge my eyes out now.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Ghostie I just want you to know that I appreciate you takin’ one for the team from time to time.

          There’ll be an extra kibble in your bowl this week.

          You’re welcome.

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      • 2011 May 17
        CapnMac permalink

        And, I’m not sure I feel safe even typingFree Twilight FanArt” . . .

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    • 2011 May 19
      monkeypizzasonic permalink

      [fangirl (not Twilight) Corey]

      Actually, a lot of (GOOD) fanartists do do comissions for people. Actual comic book artists too. Because maybe you like their style and want to see your favorite characters drawn that way, or you want them to draw characters in funny or romantic situations.

      But usually someone will have to draw a lot of fanart and be popular enough that people will want to comission them. They’ll have a whole gallery of stuff that people can look through beforehand. And they don’t ADVERTISE ON CRAIGSLIST. Usually fanart sites or messageboards, where they’ll be more likely to find people in their fandoms.

      Or sometimes on Etsy. And then it ends up on Regresty. I distinctly remember having seen bad Twilight fanarts on there. This person is so dumb, they couldn’t even get on the right snark site!

      [/end Corey]

      [lol Twilight sucks]

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      • 2012 July 19
        SpiderFem permalink

        [corey]Deviantart is a hub for commercial fan artists as well. People will pay to, for instance, have a picture of their own self-insert character holding hands with a character from their favorite anime, or an image of the cast of a show in the chibi style. I’ve found a really well-done commissioned portrait of Severus Snape as a teenager, and some (ahem) slightly naughty cosplay photos featuring Naruto and Sasuke making out. Basically, you name it, you can pay someone to draw or render it. [/cantdraw]

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  6. 2011 May 17

    Twilight? I would have waited until “After Midnight” to take a picture of that…

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    • 2011 May 17
      LimeLolly permalink

      I guess I’m not a Twilight fan. Because I really want to send her to art class. Here’s $10, kid, go find a crayon.

      Edit: Sorry Hammy… didn’t mean to reply on yours.

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  7. 2011 May 17
    ToBScholarly permalink

    Edward looks a lot like the lead singer of The Cure.

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  8. 2011 May 17

    That’s not Twilight art! He’s not sparkling! *gets some glitter, paste, macaroni, and pom-pom balls* Let’s just fix that…

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    • 2011 May 17

      I heard somewhere that they achieved the sparkly look partially with CGI enhancements and partly with large quantities of glitter glue. I find that hilarious.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Lara permalink

      I thought that immediately Lyle. We could improve this thing immensely if we used glitter glue and macaroni to just completely obliterate the whole picture. We could call it Night on Glitter Macaroni Mountain.

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      • 2011 May 17
        funky monkey permalink

        And then hang a piece of yarn on it so we can hang it on the wall. Or it could be hung in a bedroom next to the posters of the Jonas brothers.

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        • 2011 May 17

          :ears perk up:

          Yarn?!?

          Where yarn?

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        • 2011 May 17
          funky monkey permalink

          *tosses yarn for ghostie*

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        • 2011 May 17
          CapnMac permalink

          If we hang this putative artwork in the Jonas Bros bedroom, would that kill two birds with one stone?

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        • 2011 May 17

          :pounces:

          Mine! Minemineminemineminemine!

          purrrrr

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        • 2011 May 17

          “Because you can’t be twenty, on Glitter Macaroni Mountain…”

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        • 2011 May 18
          Windrose permalink

          Capn, I must protest this violence against birds! What have the pretty creatures done to deserve stoning?

          True story, my former boss used to stop herself from using that phrase in front of me, as if it would insult me. As a result, I am now very aware of it when used. Sheesh.

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  9. 2011 May 17

    Poor Bella looks like she’s caught in a windstorm so fierce it’s causing her face to distort.

    And Edward (?)…well, he just looks morose. But, from what I understand that’s part and parcel to vampire-dom.

    I’d reaaaaaaaallllllllllyyyy like to viciously rip this one…no, really I’d like to rip this art into tiny little pieces and then scatter it to the wind like the ashes of a loved one you really didn’t love so much and now YOU are the ONLY one left to do it and while it’s really gross you hold your nose, tip the urn, and then realize you’re standing downwind.

    Where was I?

    Oh yes, I’d love to snarkalicious this to death, but…sigh…

    I suspect this is a teenage girl, with hopes and delusions dreams of being an artiste and I make it a point to never crush anyone’s dreams before 8:00 a.m. CST.

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    • 2011 May 17

      Truly you do not understand ze art. Zees ees a masterwork of light versus shadow, good versus evil, cold and calculated talent versus ze free expression of a girl who is obviously tormented by ‘er love for turd-rate teen moveez wiss wooden actors and oppresive rrrromantic subplots. Observe ze distorted face which represent ‘ow she see ‘erself as twisted by zees unnatural obsession, one eye looking at Edward and one eye looking to ze observer for ‘elp. Notice ze face of Edward looking like ze serial killer mask zat represent ze way zees Twilight movie kill ‘er inner child.

      I weel geev ten euros and a baguette for zees image!

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      • 2011 May 17
        mudslicker permalink

        Thank you Bill Alexander. Is it time for me to paint the evergreens yet?

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        • 2011 May 17

          Probably, but don’t forget the MIGHTY mountains!

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      • 2011 May 17
        Bombdude permalink

        turd-rate teen moveez

        A better review of a twilight movie I have never seen…

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      • 2011 May 17
        Ziaheart permalink

        “turd-rate teen moveez”

        Am I right in suspecting that the whole accent thing was so you could use that pun?

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        • 2011 May 17

          The pun came during rather than before — I was trying to sound like a haughty French ponce — but I couldn’t resist using it when the opportunity presented itself.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Addicted Reader permalink

      I make it a point to never crush anyone’s dreams before 8:00 a.m. CST

      CJ, you’re too nice. Some dreams need to be crushed before they can take root, because if you let the start to grow, you can never fully get rid of them.

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      • 2011 May 17

        I fear this will be the kudzu of bad ideas; just when you finally think it’s gone it smothers your house.

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        • 2011 May 17

          I was thinking dandelions when she said that, but that’s probably due to the state of our front yard….

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        • 2011 May 17

          Dandelions I could deal with. If kudzu pops up it just laughs at your feeble attempts at weed control and proceeds to eat your house and car.

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        • 2011 May 17

          And then the miner bees show up…
          **shudders**

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  10. 2011 May 17

    Have you ever wanted your own one-of-a-kind piece of custom Jeffersons art?! Well look no further because I specialize in making Jeffersons-inspired artwork. Just tell me which characters and your favorite and I’ll get to work!!! But don’t ask me to paint Damon Evans because I wont do it! TEAM MIKE EVANS!!!! And the best part is that I’ll never charge you more than $10! I’m in it for my love of art and all things Sherman Hemsley. And my Thorazine prescription. Not the money.

    Give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx
    I don’t check my email very often because I’m so busy with all my Jeffersons art orders!! Also, check out my Good Times art! Dy-NO-mite!!

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    • 2011 May 17
      mudslicker permalink

      Ooh Denture Dog…I can’t believe you went there…!

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      • 2011 May 17

        If you’re referring to the Thorazine crack, that came about from a recent gallery of art by a guy named Louis Wain. He painted cats. He also had schizophrenia, yet continued to paint as the disorder progressed. There was recently posted a gallery of his artwork that shows the progression of his art as his disorder progressed, which shows how his pieces became more and more abstract as his mind deteriorated. I thought it was rather interesting.

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        • 2011 May 17
          mudslicker permalink

          Yeah, this guy made Salvador Dali look like the normal one. His cat stages appear in many Psychology 101 textbooks.

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        • 2011 May 17
          Lara permalink

          Wow. At least he offered some insight into mental health with those. They are definitely interesting but sad too.

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        • 2011 May 17
          Bombdude permalink

          I may have to buy one… They speak to me…

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        • 2011 May 17
          mudslicker permalink

          @Bd: Kind of like Son of Sam?

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        • 2011 May 17
          Bombdude permalink

          Exactly like that.

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        • 2011 May 17
          mudslicker permalink

          A boy and his dog.* 🙂

          *apologies to Harlan Ellison

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        • 2011 May 17
          eeee permalink

          Thanks for that link.

          My brother is a paranoid schizophrenic, and also a very talented artist. It’s quite surprising to me to see the similarities between his style and Wain’s as their respective diseases progressed.

          My brother went from excellent purely representational work when he was quite young, to abstract and geometric designs in his early teens, before the schizophrenia manifested.

          He then got very interested in anatomical detailing, and had several job offers for illustrating medical texts and papers (before he even graduated from HS).

          About the time that his disease became unavoidably evident (i.e., we could no longer say he just had a lot of “quirks”), he shifted to fantastical, nightmarish, and vaguely continental-Indian looking work, much of which was remarkably similar to “stage 3” in the link you gave. His depictions of colorful demons ripping apart human victims used a lot of his anatomical studies.

          Now, about 25 years after we first noticed symptoms of his illness (which he’s steadfastly refused to treat, except for a few involuntary commitments), he’s switched to a cross-hatching style, with exaggerated angles and perspectives. On the rare occasions he draws faces, they all appear to be grimacing in pain, even if he describes them as being (e.g.) calm, happy, or sleeping.

          Each time he’s changed styles, he completely abandons his earlier styles, to the point that he CAN’T draw that way even if he tries, and he usually destroys everything he can find in any of his older styles. The only exception is the use of anatomical details when he went through his “gruesome” phase. If you ask him today to draw something in a style similar to what he drew ten years ago, it’ll look like a 5-year-old drew it – it’s like his brain simply can’t process it.

          I wonder if there’s any research done on this, and if this is common in schizophrenic artists, and (then) if it somehow reflects the changes and damage occurring in the brain as the disease progresses.

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        • 2011 May 17

          This right here is why I love writing this website — I get to learn things from y’all, and have an intelligent discussion about things. eeee, thanks for the really interesting comment, and I wish the best to your brother.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Ditto…and hugs to you and yours eeee

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        • 2011 May 17

          Hmm, that is interesting. I think if I were a psychologist I would want to research that.

          I, too, wish the best to you and yours, eeee.

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        • 2011 May 17

          I wish you the best for your brother and family — I find it very interesting that there were striking similarities, at least at some point. I imagine that there are shades of schizophrenia that effect individuals differently and those who suffer from it probably deal with it in their own particular ways. It almost seems like your brother’s mind shifts what it sees and how it interprets things from time to time, and yet at the same time manifests its own particular schism, like how subjects he draws and describes as happy seem to be the opposite. I think a great could be (and probably has been) learned about schizophrenia through art as an outlet for what the artist’s mind is seeing and thinking.

          It a way it kind of reminds me of Carly Fleischmann, a severely autistic young girl who learned to use the computer to communicate (albeit very slowly) and revealed a lot about autism. It’s a really moving video and makes me wonder if a schizophrenic doesn’t similarly feel trapped in a mind that doesn’t want to work properly.

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    • 2011 May 17

      Weeeezie!!

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    • 2011 May 17
      funky monkey permalink

      I would pay a lot of money for a JJ portrait.

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      • 2011 May 17
        mudslicker permalink

        I’d want one of the custodian—Nathan Bookman.

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    • 2011 May 17
      Lou Stool permalink

      I understand your love for all things Hemsley, but with the cost of crayons and construction paper these days, I’m sure that price of yours will be movin on up out of my price range.

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      • 2011 May 17

        To the East Side?

        Say it ain’t so!

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      • 2011 May 17

        Hey, I’m just trying to get a piece of the pie.

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        • 2011 May 17
          mudslicker permalink

          I like pie. And pudding.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Oooh….I like pie! And cheese!

          But, not together.

          Unless you heat it. The pie, not the cheese.

          And then only if you have ice cream to put on it.

          If not, then forget it. I’ll just take a Twinkie.

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        • 2011 May 17
          Meredith permalink

          I like turtles.

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      • 2011 May 17
        funky monkey permalink

        Now I’m thinking of warm chocolate pie with slimy bright yellow melted American cheese on top of it. Dripping down the sides, mixing in with the chocolate.

        *urp*

        ew.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Three words:

          Nacho pie fountain.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Yes, those are three words.
          I fail to see how that would work though. Would you bake the cheese fountain into a pie, or puree a pie and put it in the fountain with the cheese?

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        • 2011 May 17
          mudslicker permalink

          Nacho pie blender.

          It all ends up that way anyway.

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        • 2011 May 17

          I would take the nacho cheese and the chocolate silk pie, blend until smooth and place in the fountain. Serve with tortilla chips and icecream.

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        • 2011 May 17

          Three more words:

          Willy-nilly

          Pedantic

          Extemporaneous

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        • 2011 May 17
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Feline

          Dairy

          Explosion

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        • 2011 May 17

          Unicorn

          Watermelon

          Fondue

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        • 2011 May 17

          Throat

          Warbler

          Mangrove

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  11. 2011 May 17
    mudslicker permalink

    custom “Michael Jackson” artwork – $10
    ________________________________________
    Have you ever wanted your own one-of-a-kind piece of custom Thriller art?! Well look no further because I specialize in making MJ inspired artwork. Just tell me which decade and your favorite shade of “white” and I’ll get to work!!! Here’s a tender moment between MJ and Debbie Rowe when they were truly happy. But don’t ask me to paint Jermaine because I wont do it! TEAM MICHAEL!!!! And the best part is that I’ll never charge you more than $10! I’m in it for my love of art and all things related to The Gloved One. Not the money. Check out my work bellow!!!

    Give me a call at 555-ble-jean
    I don’t check my email very often (because constantly answering the phone is so much less intrusive than checking my email at a time when I’m not creating masterpieces) because I’m so busy with all my MJ art orders!!

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  12. 2011 May 17
    Camille permalink

    Well, Sparklette is correct about one thing. It certainly is one of a kind. (Thank God.)

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  13. 2011 May 17
    Innana permalink

    Twilight Artwork:

    Have you ever wanted your own custom Twilight Mural?!!!???!!?11
    Well look no further because I specialize in making Twilight inspired artwork. Made with black chaulk on paper, cardboard, white dogs, sidewalks and walls of houses. And the best part is that I’ll never charge you more than $10, unless I’m throwing in a free house! But don’t ask me to draw reality, because I’m in it for my love of decasying in years. Not the money. Check out my work and bellow!!!

    Give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx
    I don’t check my email very often because the keyboard won’t work.

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  14. 2011 May 17
    Windrose permalink

    Now if you’ll just step this way. We have one more gallery to view, then we will return to the Snark Lounge for refreshments. On our right is the newest addition to the gallery, a stunning portrait of Edward and Bella from the Twilight movies. Notice the distorted faces, the pained expressions, and the deep hatred for life in their eyes. This artwork is unique in that the artist is untrained, yet managed to capture the best of this couple in simple black and white. You will be able to purchase gift cards with this likeness on them at the end of the tour.

    Oh dear, looks like all the other displays are closed for cleaning. Coffee slices are this way.

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  15. 2011 May 17

    Sorry folks. I got nothing.

    (I’ve probably had a good 4 hours sleep in the past 3 days. The snark tank is on E gallons.)

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  16. 2011 May 17
    Lara permalink

    Bella looks a little like she had failed plastic surgery on only one side of her face. She wanted a lift but she went to the guy who helped clean up Two Face after the burns.

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  17. 2011 May 17
    Lara permalink

    Doesn’t Edward have amazing sideburns in that picture? or something? It kind of makes me think of a werewolf…

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  18. 2011 May 17
    Windrose permalink

    CJ, please make sure the gecko has exited the box before you set up camp in there today. 8)

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 May 17

      *buuuuurrrrpppp*

      What gecko?

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      • 2011 May 17
        LimeLolly permalink

        Help! Lemme out!!

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      • 2011 May 17
        Windrose permalink

        Bad Kitty! Unswallow. Uh. Ew.

        Adores: 6
        • 2011 May 17

          :hands Windy box of tiny band-aids and gecko skin grafts:

          Adores: 6
  19. 2011 May 17
    Lara permalink

    What an innovative composition! I can’t imagine where Sparky got it (http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/twilight_uk_dvd.jpg)

    Adores: 5
    • 2011 May 17
      Bombdude permalink

      *Looks at “art”. Looks at CD cover picture. back at art. back at picture. Art… Picture…*

      Nope… No way… Not gonna do it… Wouldn’t be prudent…

      Adores: 4
  20. 2011 May 17
    Meredith permalink

    When Robert Smith wed Ann Coulter, they said it would never work. But look at those two crazy kids. Can’t you just see the love in their eyes?

    Adores: 5
    • 2011 May 17
      mudslicker permalink

      Ann looks drop-dead as usual.

      Adores: 3
    • 2011 May 17

      Yeah, but it isn’t an easy marriage. Ann is a nag, and Rob keeps asking, “Why can’t I be you?”

      Adores: 2
  21. 2011 May 17
    Bavec permalink

    At least she won’t do any drawings of Jacob, the fuzzy shirtless indian boy.

    Sparkette’s got standards.

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 May 17

      The only reason to watch the movies is for the shirtless Native American eye-candy.

      Adores: 7
      • 2011 May 17

        Oooh…storytime!!

        Taco’s snoozing in the corner on top of a pile of Legos (looks might un-comfy but whatever), so you’re safe ghostie.

        I used to take my care to chain-store mechanic – Pep Boys to be exact – on a regular, and I do mean regular basis.

        Yellow Car was always coming up with new, and impressively expensive, ways to break.

        Anywho…one day I go in there for what I swore would be the LAST time to fix the old bucket o’ bolts, when I saw him.

        OMG

        He was over six feet tall of scrumptious Iroquois delish. His hair was waist-length and blue-black. His eyes were so brown they were nearly black and his skin! It looked like the bronze of the legendary gods.

        I don’t remember his name, but when his magnificently chiseled features set on me I couldn’t remember mine either.

        He said, “Can I help you?”

        “Humphersnerl du hasenpfarer?” I replied as my knees suddenly turned to jelly.

        He smiled and his teeth were perfect, straight and white.

        I felt beads of sweat break out on my forehead and I laughed nervously.

        “Do you need a repair on your car?”

        “Heh. Heh…yeah, probably.” I replied and immediately wished I could run and hide.

        Eventually he took the repair order from me and asked if I’d be leaving the car or waiting on it. As we were dirt poor in those days, this was the only car we had.

        It was the only time I can remember being delighted at having to sit in the waiting area for my car to be fixed, and was really disappointed when it was ready.

        A few months later, I went in the store to buy something. We had since purchased a new(er) car and hadn’t had any mechanical failures (dammit!) so I hadn’t seen the Indian god in a while. I looked around the service area and then asked what had happened to the tall Iroquois fellow.

        “Oh he left a few months ago, ” the new manager said, “went to New York to model.”

        Since then I look for him in ads and commercials. I thought I caught a glimpse of him (as an extra) in “Dances With Wolves” but I’m not sure.

        /end storytime

        Adores: 7
        • 2011 May 17
          funky monkey permalink

          Need a cig? (passes CJ a Marlboro)

          Adores: 3
        • 2011 May 17

          *Wipes the drool and stuck legos off his face*

          Wah I miss?

          Adores: 6
  22. 2011 May 17

    I’m tempted to buy one of these drawings. If only so I can take a video of me burning it and sell the DVDs for $10 each.

    It isn’t about the money either, it’s about the love of fire.

    Adores: 12
    • 2011 May 17
      mudslicker permalink

      I’d call that video Fahrenheit 121.

      Either that or the answer is 42.

      Adores: 2
    • 2011 May 17

      “PUDDING NOT ON FIRE! But this drawing will be!”

      FWOOSH

      Adores: 8
  23. 2011 May 17
    Bianchi Sound permalink

    Is this artwork haunted? Because I only want it if it’s haunted.

    Adores: 2
    • 2011 May 17
      LimeLolly permalink

      The dolly says to ask the stuffed bird of prey.

      Adores: 2
    • 2011 May 17
      Addicted Reader permalink

      Buy it, and you’ll be haunted by regret.

      Adores: 1
  24. 2011 May 17
    Ragan permalink

    Does this remind anyone else of the drawings in Napoleon Dynamite?

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 May 17
      funky monkey permalink

      Yes. It makes my lips, er, eyes hurt real bad.

      Adores: 3
    • 2011 May 17
      Meredith permalink

      Who the HELL is she asking to prom with this???? Does Tarzan go to her school?

      Adores: 4
      • 2011 May 17
        funky monkey permalink

        I know. Edward looks like he gets his hair cut at the Cuttin’ Coral.

        Adores: 2
  25. 2011 May 17
    eeee permalink

    Edward looks like what would happen if Christopher Walken mated with the Geico gecko.

    (Sorry: for Christopher Walken it has to be “mated.” I admire the hell out of the guy’s work but… definitely “mated.”)

    ETA: Or if Lord Voldemort mated with either Christopher Walken or the Geico Gecko. Any of those combinations would work.

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 May 17
      LimeLolly permalink

      That…. would explain sooo much.

      Adores: 5
      • 2011 May 17
        Meredith permalink

        You don’t remember that night, Lolly? I heard Absinthe, LSD, and a squirrel suit were involved. Not saying it’s so…that’s just what I heard.

        Adores: 5
        • 2011 May 17

          From the video on YouTube I would say it was a chinchilla suit, not a squirrel suit.

          Adores: 3
        • 2011 May 17
          LimeLolly permalink

          All I know is that I still haven’t recovered my money.

          Adores: 2
  26. 2011 May 17
    Addicted Reader permalink

    +1 to Sparkette for no way overpricing the “artwork.”

    -100 for thinking it’s worth selling.

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 May 17

      It’s a good thing you aren’t in it for the money there, Sparkette; ’cause you certainly won’t be making any.

      Adores: 1
  27. 2011 May 17

    It’s 2 pm mdt, and nobody’s made the obvious Twilight-in-quotes crack? You know, because of the unnecessary quotations, so it doesn’t really mean Twilight, because if you look at the picture it’s not actually Twilight? I mean, I’ve been going through today’s comments for the last 5 hours (you know, between work on the Project That Ate My Soul at work) to make sure nobody else said it before I did! Ooops, I meant: I’ve been “going” through today’s “comments” for the last “5” hours to make sure “nobody” else said it before “I” “did”. 😀

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 May 17

      ARRRGGGGHHHHH!

      “*TACOSPLODEY!*”

      Adores: 1
    • 2011 May 17
      Addicted Reader permalink

      [corey] Isn’t that more proper since it’s the name of a book/movie, and Sparkette doesn’t know to underline? [/corey]

      Adores: 2
    • 2011 May 17
      funky monkey permalink

      Aaaahhhhh, so this isn’t actually Twilight art, it’s “Twilight” art. I get it.

      So this is actually 10 times the picture it could have been. Why is Sparky only charging $10 a pop? This is freakin’ PRICELESS! It’s the most amazing representation of a pile of poo that I have ever seen! That’s the best lookin’ mound of moneuwer EVER!

      Adores: 2
  28. 2011 May 17
    Yutolia permalink

    “And the best part is that I’ll never charge you more than $10! I’m in it for my love of art and all things Twilight. Not the money. Check out my work bellow!!!”

    Wow! The best part for me is that I’ll never pay more than $0 for this thing! In fact, you may need to pay me to take it!

    Adores: 3
  29. 2011 May 17
    Windrose permalink

    Awesome awesome awesome! I love the new style sheet! WE HAVE A TIME STAMP NOW! Praise the Llama-nun and Ostrimu and all their wonderous works! BBUT!

    Edit: it all went away. whimper. I must be hallucinating. Again.

    Adores: 5
    • 2011 May 18
      LimeLolly permalink

      *sidles up to Windy*

      You have extra to share? I’ll give you this picture I drew of two flies for a share of whatever you have…. but I don’t draw bees. Team Fly all the way!

      Adores: 2
  30. 2011 May 18
    Windrose permalink

    Okay, my dear CJ, Punchity punch punch!

    G’Night, Forks!

    Adores: 2

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