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Published: 2011-11-04 05:12:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 255; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 5
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Another project from the same illustration class earlier this year. The project was about world disasters and I was very interested in bubonic plague at the time. I was also fairly obsessed with rats (They are cool as hell), so i wanted to have one in there. So in my research, I found a neat little piece of information. I guess we got an outbreak of plague in 1900 in San Francisco. So that's the time period in case you're wondering. I really like this one.My objective here was to create a sweet moment amidst the pain and horror of the plague. The focus is not really on the plague itself but on the importance of coping mechanisms for children. Something as simple as a pet can at least create some fleeting comfort and distraction from a sick kid's perpetual misery and frustration.
And also, to take the heat off of rats. Rats didn't spread the plague, fleas did. They just happened to be riding on rats ^ ^;
Watercolor, colored pencil, and pastel pencil on wood. All painting done with one tiny brush and my fingers.
Once again, a couple of you should recognize this
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I love the rat and the expression in this piece!
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Oh yeah, I must have spent 10 hours in total at petco staring at the rats over that project. I had complete rat mastery at that point XD
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Oh boy that's a lot off time staring at rats...o.O
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yeah, it was usually about a half hour at a time, but that's still a little extreme. They're fun to watch though
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That's very extreme...I can only wonder what the Pet-Co experts thought...
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oh yeah, a couple times I caught them receiving rodent shipments, and I'd stick around through the whole thing, ask questions and everything ^ ^;
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That's really funny, and if I knew you better I'd call it adorable...
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I think I'm out of faces ^ ^;
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ooo, free internet hug!
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Who said it's free? Pay up bucko!
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ugh... Fiiiiiiiine.
*pulls out wallet*
How much you want? <,<
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...What if I just wanted a hug back?
I'm not a whore!
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Oh, okay. So its like a bartering system for affection, huh? But then are all hugs equal in value? What if your hug is better than mine? Would I have to supplement it with something? Okay, here we go. Here's a hug
*hug*
three seashells, and two sparklers.
We cool?
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Hmm...Two seashells, three sparklers, and a pet rock?
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Okay, deal. I wanna hold one of the sparklers though
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Only if you use it to right an awesome message in the sky!!
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how 'bout like, "was learning cursive really necessary?" in cursive?
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I was thinking something more like "Sari is the bees knees"...But I think I very definitely like yours better.
That reminds me about when I was taking my SATs. We had to write this disclosure thing in cursive. 99% (Not including myself) of them didn't know how to write in cursive.
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oh yeah, its like, once you've got your signature down to muscle memory, you don't need to bother with cursive again. Unless you're some kind of...scribe or something. Most people are not...scribes.
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Well...I'm not a scribe...
But I write half of my school work on paper first, not on the computer...
And half of that half the time I write it in cursive...>.> <.<
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Ugh, my handwriting is abominable...And I can never remember the capitals for cursive ;-;
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I guarantee I've seen worse...
I couldn't for a long time, too.
Then I started working with a third grader learning cursive who asked me for help all the time. o.O
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ooo, but 3rd graders have an unfair advantage when it comes to bad handwriting ;o
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Yes, that they do.
But it's personally quite upsetting when a third grader asks you for help and you don't know how to help them... ;(
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Yeah, handwriting and really anything that involves motor skills or muscle memory isn't really something you can teach. You just do it in front of them and if they're sharp they'll imitate it right, sooner than later. Its like trying to teach a kid how to sing. There's no way you can describe the processes involved, but eventually they just do it on their own, intuitively.
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Very true...
I've been trying to convince myself to teach myself how to write left handed...
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ooo, that's pretty rough. I gave up on that a long time ago ^ ^;
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I haven't started it yet, but I doubt it'll actually ever happen. >.>
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It always weirds me out to watch lefthanded people write. Its like, how? How do you do that? It feels unnatural. My mom is lefty and it still gives me the creeps ;-;
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Yeah, I know right?
My brothers both lost their right pinky fingers in accidents. I really don't want that to happen to me.
I figure that if it does, I could beat it by knowing how to write. 
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Whoa! Both of em' on the same hand?? Holy crap!
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I know! Crazy right?
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Jesus Christ! That's funny, cos' my brother, my dad, and myself all broke the same collarbone on bikes ><
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Yeah, but at least we didn't lose...FINGERS ;-;
I like my fingers to be intact, thank you
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Holy crap, how long have we been talking in the comments on this picture? XD
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Yeah, I really liked that face. In the planning stages, I grinded out a cornucopia of SUPER ADORABLE FACES. I thought the final one came out really nice
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