I am an art teacher, an illustrator, and a fan of you both. You can see some of my work at my website (above) but I’m really writing you about one of my hobbies, the Portrait Party.
http://www.theportraitparty.blogspot.com
It started as something fun that my family and friends did but, a few months ago, I turned the idea into a website.
Last night, I stumbled upon your, Aaron’s, interview on the Cross Hatch Dispatch in which you said that Stucky the dog was a portrait of Craig and the submarine was Blankets. I loved Stucky and was so surprised that he was based on a real person that I went back and read Spiral Bound immediately. Having read it again, I have to say that Stucky as Craig working on Blankets is probably my favorite portrait that I have seen.
Of course, I’ve also seen your, Craig’s, drawing of Aaron on your blog.
With both of your permission, I was hoping to post your portraits of each other on the Portrait Party with a little paragraph about your friendship and links to your sites.
Here are the files I would use:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/drawpartner/craigthompsonbyaaronrenier.jpg
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w229/drawpartner/aaronernierbycraigthompson.jpg
Would that be okay?
I hope so but, if it isn’t, feel very free to say so.
All the best,
Rama
I tried on a moustache recently myself! Just for a few minutes…
http://flickr.com/photos/26542262@N00/tags/moustache/
I like the dark Aaron jacket through the Orangina bottle.
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