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Published: 2006-04-14 08:05:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 5760; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 40
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A portrait of Frank Zappa, hand-drawn in ink and digitally painted.Related content
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Happy Birthday Frank Zappa...
Deviations from the norm by stevenbeattie Frank Zappa by Crocodile-Chocolate
Mr. Zappa by ClaypoolForPresident Frank Zappa 2 by hagop2404 Frank Zappa 2 by JSaurer Zappa by Entropician Zappa by ralphenstein
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I may not know art, but I know what I like.
This is just spectacular. It captures his attitude so very well.
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The old Hagstrom guitar add from the 60's. Nice job.
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Your kung fu is good!
Thanks for the fave!
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wow i really liek the outlines on that picture, really, i do
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The pleasure is all mine
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He'll never be forgotten.
Glad you like it. Thanks!
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Nice, but Frank Zappa hated 12-String Guitars..
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I did not know that!
The original image is from a black and white photo on an advert for Hagstrom guitars.
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And started in to whippin' on my favorite baby seal
With a lead filled snowshoe!
That got me just about as evil as an eskimo boy can be
So I bent down and I reached down and I scooped down
And I gathered up a generous heap of the deadly
(Yellow Snow!)
The deadly yellow snow from right there where the huskies go
Where upon I proceeded to take that mitten full
Of the deadly yellow snow crystals
And rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion
Hitherto unknown to by people in this area but destined
To take the place of the mudshark in your mythology
Here it goes now, the circular motion...
Rub it!
And then in a fit of anger I pounced!
And I pounced again!
Great Googly Moogly!
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The muffin man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the utility muffin
Research kitchen... reaching for an oversized chrome spoon he gathers an
Intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants and brushing his scapular aside
Procceds to dump these inside of his shirt...
He turns to us and speaks:
Some people like cupcakes better. I for one care less for them!
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing
Anointment utensil he poots forths a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin of his own design.
Later he says:
Some people... some people like cupcakes exclusively, while myself, I say
There is naught nor ought there be nothing so exalted on the face of gods grey
Earth as that prince of foods... the muffin!
Thanks for your comment!
Great googly moogly indeed!
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thought he was a man, but he was a muffin!
he hung around till he found that he did'nt know nuthin'!
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Awesome, and believable. Is this based off of a picture somewhere or was this your idea?
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Thank you! Yes, it's based on a black and white photo I found on the internet. I think it was a poster advertising something.
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I'm gonna comment on this again because it is so fantastic and I am really obsessed with Zappa right now.
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Cheers! Zappa is pretty damn awesome. Have you seen his Halloween show dvd?
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It's well worth tracking down
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Why thank you very much
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Cheers mate! I appreciate your kind words
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Frank Zappa was pretty much the most awesome musician ever.
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it
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like it? I love it!
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wowsa! love his expression lol, and the range of colours sets it off nicely! amazing dude!
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Everything would be neat... but where are the other 6 strings gone? 
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Yeah I noticed that too. On a 12 string, there are 6 pairs of strings almost touching. I could have drawn a line down the middle of each string, but I was drawing them freehand (I consider the use of a ruler cheating), and I found it hard enough keeping them evenly spaced as it was. You're very observant 
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No, I'm just annoying
(I consider the use of a ruler cheating) - 
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Wow dude that kicks ASS! Amazing, well done!
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