Little known to historians, the dodo were violently opposed to Darwin's theory of evolution. Their argument was that since evolution must proceed by survival of the fittest, they themselves, being flightless, ungainly, trusting, and not terribly bright, were obviously not at all the fittest, and thus, could not possibly survive the process of natural selection. Therefore, the very fact of their existence meant that somewhere, a benevolent creator had made them in his own feathered image, a perfect example of divine intervention, debunking all this nonsense about survival of the fittest.
Sadly, they got it part of it right.
Ahem. Yeah. Well, evolution is something I feel strongly about, and young-earth creationists have bludgeoned me with their pseudo-science one too many times of late. At first, I worried that I'd piss people off, and then I thought "Dude, it's art. Not doing art because you're afraid of a reaction is practically anti-art. Might as well smack the Muse and tell her to go make you a sandwich, fer cryin' out loud." So screw it. I may even do a painting. I don't usually use art as a blunt instrument for my particular philosophical axes, mind you, but I figure I earn one every now and then, and if you can't use art to explore the things you feel strongly about, what good is it?
The Victorian clothes on the dodo are undoubtedly inspired by the Alice in Wonderland version, which is my first memory of the dodo in art.
The poor dodos! *takes off hat* May they rest in peace, the critters... Haha, that looks really great though! I love the outfit on him (definitely remember the whole Alice in Wonderland bit) and that poster looks really good! In fact, I would want an actual poster like that in my room!
Heheh, I remember that guy from alice in wonderland! Sooo funny, I love that you included that idea in this sketch I think this would be awesome as a painting, it's just sooo creative and original... Omg!!...Hehehe, I just noticed the snake on the poster and it clicked as to who those two dodos are supposed to be...haha, I'm a little slow today...but that is seriously so creative and sooo funny!! Me loves it D Again, I'd love to see this as a painting!!
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We spend our days, each one of us, in looking for the secret of life. Well, the secret of life is in art.-Oscar Wilde
i don't know if you will paint this... but i love it just like this ,)
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Yes, the green jelly/ferret problem has been fixed.
(I assume it was mint, but who knows)
*closes mouth because she knows she's going to get flamed to hell and back*
Anyway, its a cute picture. ^.^
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Calm down? Be a decent, civil human being? On the internet? You speak folly.
Yeah, I know, not much incentive, but hey... it was worth a shot.
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Drinking paint thinner + posting on forums = bad, mmkay?
~amselthemes
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[link] -- cool art, and more fun than a barrel of hyenas on nitrous oxide!
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