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Submitted: July 25, 2007
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Bugsy Hornbill didn't just patronize the speakeasy, he owned the joint. He was the type of guy who always had a wink and a smile... *if* he was happy. And if Bugsy wadn't happy, ain't no one was happy.

If hard-pressed, I could give this some esoteric meaning - like "it represents man's encroachment upon nature and the ensuing distress of the African Ground Hornbill." But really, I just wanted to draw a hornbill in a hat.

Media: Pastel on paper
Size: 18x24"
Prints: Available
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LOL at your comments on this one!! :laughing: I love the detail in this, around all his ridges and crinkles--and the colors are fabulous! And he would be a formidable speak-easy owner, wouldn't you say...? ;) :laughing: Great "fun" piece!

FF

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"Hear me, Baby? Hold together..." Han Solo, ANH
Thanks so much! He was fun to create, but he's so big and he was my first pastel... he frustrated me the whole time. ;)

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CrashOctopus Blog: An Ode to Art and Beer -> [link]
Your FIRST pastel?! :faint: Gawd, the quality!! I am so envious right this minute! ;) :D He really is wonderful, even if he did give you fits! ;)

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"Hear me, Baby? Hold together..." Han Solo, ANH
Aw, thanks! It helped that it was so big. Dull pastel sticks are only forgiving on a very large scale. :D

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Meg Lyman Illustration -> [link]
CrashOctopus Blog: An Ode to Art and Beer -> [link]
Oh that is just awesome....

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
:D

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Meg Lyman Illustration -> [link]
CrashOctopus Blog: An Ode to Art and Beer -> [link]
Great job on this, I love the concept and you executed it really well! It's about as realistic you can get given the fact that it features a hornbill in a hat. :)

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Thank you!

Are you implying that hornbills don't run around the African plains dressed like this? :O ;P

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Meg Lyman Illustration -> [link]
CrashOctopus Blog: An Ode to Art and Beer -> [link]
My pleasure. :)

Of course they don't! Everyone knows that hornbills are fictitious creatures, dreamed up by the French government as a scapegoat for the cake shortage of 1872.
If anything, they'd wear berets.

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Clicking this link will give you superpowers*.

*May just be a very sneaky way to make you look at my page. But probably not.

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