To their credit, they did follow this up with America the Beautiful. I don’t think they were really confederates, maybe just confused.
Also, this comic reminded me that I don’t really know how to draw trees, and that freaks me out because this graphic novel I’ll soon be illustrating has TONS of trees! Oh no! I need to start drawing more. Drawing parties! Let’s have some.
Tags: comics, confederates, fireworks, independence day, south
Yes … trees! Magnificent trees! When I was younger (way younger) I thought drawing a tree was a simple matter of symmetry. Just start with the trunk, then have it branch off to two huge branches – then have both of them branch off into two large branches – then each of the large branches would have two branches … which would have their own branches. Voila … a PERFECT tree.
But then I found out that there were NO perfect trees. Each was different, shaped by so many factors. Perhaps like snowflakes, no two alike.
But best of all was a couple years ago when I heard a story of a project where they actually TRIED to grow a PERFECT tree … so they enclosed it within a dome to protect it from the wind and weather. That should be just what was needed to make a perfect tree.
Wrong.
Turns out that in order to grow properly, a tree NEEDS the wind … NEEDS the weather. Funny how creation is so ideal like that.
Then of course there is the Christmas Tree … I used to draw them with two jagged sides (like lightning bolts going opposite directions) … nice solid line at the bottom and a small square under it for the trunk. Voila … ANOTHER PERFECT TREE
I look forward to seeing your unique and unlimited variety of trees Breena! It will be fun!
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I’ll have a drawing party with you. We’ll draw trees and trees and not see the forest for them! whoo! OR! You should come up north with me some weekend and we’ll call it a research trip! there are woods up there… just not like Northern California really.
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 8:14 pm