Regarding yesterday's post and my managing editor stereotype from days gone by, I got this feedback from a certain 90-year-old mentor of mine about the ink-stained-wretch scratchboard:
"In your otherwise correct depiction of the gruff, grizzled, green eye-shaded editor, where's the stogie and the pint?"
—DD the Wordsmith
Oh, you mean this?
Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:
"The Stogie & The Pint"
Actually, on the first pass, I had half of it right:
"El Cid With Stogie"
I had some good art reference from past illustrations including the famous Norman Rockwell painting of a green-visored make-up man applying lipstick to Gary Cooper.
Daily Whip Out Sketches:
"A Green-Visored-Cigar-Chomping Dude"
Which begs the question, "Why a 'green' visor?" What is the significance of the green? What is it supposed to be accomplishing?
Well, speaking of headgear, I also dig those old school hats popular on women around the turn of the Twentieth Century:
Daily Whip Out: "Sharlot Hall Stylin'"
I also need to do some more research on that broach, because I want it to shine.
Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:
"Starry Starry Broach"
"I can't believe I forgot to go to the gym today. That's seven years in a row now."
—Old Vaquero Saying
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