the smoking caterpillar

July 23, 2007 in art by mike | 16 comments

i don’t usually post the work i do for… well, work, but i kinda like the way this one came out.

i was assigned to draw the hookah smoking caterpillar for a drug course at the school i work at. other than that i pretty much had free reign to do what i want. if i ever had the opportunity to draw illustrations for an alice in wonderland book, i’d take it before the queen of hearts could yell, “off with her head!”

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Keath on July 23, 2007 at 3:15 pm

Very cool! I love the fog effect on the ground.

Add me to the list who’d do Alice illustrations any day. I love that story.

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Tony C. on July 23, 2007 at 8:05 pm

Beautiful! I am always wary of everyone’s renditions of the “Alice” characters, but this certainly passes the test. I would love to see a whole book in your style.

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kei on July 24, 2007 at 10:20 pm

fab work! very inspirational!

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laura williams on July 25, 2007 at 1:22 am

Really great! I agree that it would be a treat to see your version of the Alice in Wonderland tale.

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bryan b. on July 25, 2007 at 4:46 am

Nice. Love Alice in particular.

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mike on July 26, 2007 at 1:41 pm

keath- thanks, dude! i almost read you comic on your blog but stopped when i saw spoiler alert. i gotta wait three years to find out the end!

tony- whew! thanks tony!

kei- you got some fab work on your blog too. :)

laura- very cute comics you have! love the potter scribbles.

bryan- yeah, she’s more fun to draw then caterpillars. i sketched her out quicker than anything on there and i’m afraid it shows.

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bruna on July 26, 2007 at 6:39 pm

I keep imagining what you might come up if the theme was Neverland… (subliminar sugestion entering your brain riiiiight nooow…) great art Mike! b.

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kei on July 27, 2007 at 8:42 am

thanks 4 coming by my blog, im glad u liked. again i’d like to say, great work!

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Amanda Grazini on July 28, 2007 at 6:57 pm

Gorgeous Mike!

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mike on July 30, 2007 at 1:32 pm

bruna- oooo! now i’m hoping for a peter pan assignment… faeries, mermaids, pirates- so many possibilities!

kei- thanks again!

amanda- :D

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ali on July 31, 2007 at 5:56 pm

that is fantastic! absolutely the coolest! :) i LOVE alice in wonderland!! and i’d LOVE to see your take on Peter Pan!! woohoo!!

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megan on August 1, 2007 at 4:05 am

I love this, Mike! The caterpillar’s expression is great.

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mike on August 1, 2007 at 5:47 pm

thanks ali and megan. :D

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Kent Culotta on August 7, 2007 at 2:23 am

Hey Mike,

This is absolutely gorgeous. I am so jealous. Wow!!

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LopesCa on August 15, 2007 at 5:24 pm

I love Alice :)

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leon on November 22, 2008 at 11:46 am

best smoking caterpillar there is on the net!

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