Illustration Friday - "Simple" #2

This project is finished (scroll down to see pics!) THANK YOU EVERYONE who participated, YOU GUYS ROCK. This is one of the most ridiculous drawings I've ever done - and I love it. A lot of you forced me to draw things I'd never drawn before (dachshund, cameo pendant, garlic, marble, milk, decay, safety pin,...) You're all an inspriation. Thanks again! :D

I need 30 different people to request 30 simple things for me to draw on this paper.

This is an experiment of sorts...I am going to do a project similar to this for charity, and this will be a test run. If you could help me out that would be great. Add a comment & leave a simple one-word request for something you want me to draw here. The first 30 requests will be incorporated together in this 2.5" x 3.5" space. I'll update this post and add Work In Progress pics as the requests come in. I'll draw this in a simple manner - just pencil & ink, no color, & little detail. Thanks for playing, please keep your requests G-rated :)

First 5 requests (thank you!): ORANGE, DECAY, DAISY, PANDA, & MARBLE
I drew a panda balancing on a marble while holding a decaying orange with a daisy growing out of it! Sorry the marble looks kind of funky

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Next 5 requests: A LEAF, STAMP, Mt. FUJI, MILK, & A HEART
Now the panda has a heart tattoo on the back of his neck, and he's rolling up Mt Fuji on his marble. In the foreground is a tiny leaf standing in front of a milk carton that has "Grade B" Milk in it (hey, it's more fun than Grade A Milk!) The milk carton has a 1cent stamp on it, perhaps this sour milk was mailed to Mt Fuji...hmmmm..

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Thank you for the requests, 20 more to go! :)

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Next 5 requests: HUMMINGBIRD, DACHSHUND, PIN, FEATHER, & A CANDLE.
Ok I realized (duh) that the panda's body should've been white so I used white ink to fix him. I added a hummingbird drinking out of the top of Mt Fuji, and a dachsund on the ground holding a feather in his mouth. On the left is a big candle with a safety pin stuck in it. Keep the requests coming!

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Next 5 requests: BIRTHDAY CAKE, LIZARD, BALLOON, CAMEO PENDANT, & STAR.
As if the panda didn't look silly enough, he now has a birthday cake on his head. I added a sneaky lizard on the candle, he's stealing a cameo pendant that the dachshund should probably be guarding... And there's now a ballon with a star on it (not fully inflated) tied to the safety pin. Thanks for all the new requests - I just need 10 more now!

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10 More Requests to go!

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Next 5 requests: FOREST, BEETLE, STRAWBERRY, LOVE, UMBRELLA.
There's now a big beetle laying on top of the balloon, and he's cooking a strawberry over the candle's flame. The beetle's back foot is resting on an umbrella stuck in the decaying orange. The balloon's string has a tag attached to it that says "Love", and that stuff in the lower background is supposed to be a forest.... thanks guys for the requests! Just a few more and I'm done :)

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Last 5 requests: FISH, HAND, GARLIC, BANANA, & WINDOW.
Alrighty now...I added a fish swimming in the background, and one of his back fins is a hand hodling a banana. The fish looks a little confused..maybe he's wondering why he has garlic on his back, or why there's a window in the beetle's body.... This project is now finished....well...I might add color..but I think that's it. THANKS EVERYONE :D

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I was originally going to leave this drawing black & white...but could not resist adding color....(the color is unfinished)