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Little Squashby `ursulav

Traditional Art / Paintings / Fantasy

Yes. Yes, I have the fangirlitis badly. I am willing to admit that.

I wanted to do something a little more comicky with the Little Squash, but for whatever reason, he didn't seem to have any dialogue. Normally when I do something in that vein, getting the characters to shut up is the hard part, but Squash was firmly mute. I have no idea where I first saw the pictograph dialogue thing--probably from anime, everything else seems to be!--but somehow that seemed to fit. Little Squash did not want to talk, but the rebus was okay.

Here's he's chiding a plant. I suspect he's telling the plant to grow, but one could read any sort of interpretation into the exclamatory pumpkin, or none at all. The framing of the piece in white, and the title seemed like part of the image, so instead of cropping it, I left those bits on.

Anyway! 9 x 10.5, mixed media on hotpress watercolor paper, and the original is for sale, because I suspect if I keep all my squash art, I'll run out of room rapidly. Prints are also available for $10 plus shipping, drop a note or visit [link] to order.

*Squidbiscuit Sep 11, 2007

ZOMG!!!!

I thought I was the only person who used inanimate objects as a form of speech!!!! I'm not ALONE ANYMORE!!!!!!! XD

~musewithamotive Aug 19, 2007

Actually, upon first seeing it, I got an impression of surprise and disgust from him, as though he just noticed this plant and isn't at all happy that it is what it is. Perhaps he wasn't expecting this sort of plant, perhaps he doesn't want a plant here and '

UMPKINS!' is just what he comes out with when he's vexed.

~Scarecrow-Jack Jun 17, 2007

=DangerousRadical Nov 26, 2006 Hobbyist General Artist

The first words that spring to mind were "You know you DO turn into a pumpkin after midnight, don't you?!"

Like a parent to a child out late, I suspect. I don't know, the second I saw the pumpkin is the second I thought "carriage, horses, stroke of midnight". My mind tends to work in pictograms rather than words somewhat XD

I'm happy to find folks who do the odd fruit/vegetable-based artworks, I tend to find that myself and fellow fruit herder, Carnival, are usually the only two lurking about on DA. This is just a simple and perfectly adorable artwork just screaming to be framed and put on a wall.

Since we're moving out next month, getting some of your prints might not be a half bad idea for our rather barren new walls

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!LaGuillotine Sep 20, 2006

Aww, too cuteXD I love how miffed he looks even without a face

~LimeGreenSquid Jun 15, 2006

My interpretation was, "A pumpkin?!? But i wanted a girlfriend squash!"

But i guess pumpkins are a kind of squash? I can't remember how that works ...

But he reminds me of another of my pieces: a Watermelon girl named Melony.