A Little Trivia

I am starting the trivia section a day early. How this works is every Wednesday I will post a question, riddle, optical illusion, (you get the idea) along with last weeks answer. During the week you'll be able to find the trivia post in the side bar on your right.

Also at the bottom of the trivia post will be a "cheat sheet" note that will either give a hint or lead you to where the answer can be found.

Okay , now for the fun part. This weeks trivia post is a riddle.

"A box without hinges, key or a lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid."What am I?

Cheat Sheet: This is a line from the animated movie"The Hobbit"

IF_Polar-Bear

Okay, not a great stretch of the imagination, but here it is.This is a pencil sketch that I ran through Photoshop to add the background and fur coloration. To make up for the lack of creative thinking, I am adding a comic to go along with.
I am currently in college for my associates degree in Graphic Design and Animation. Apparently the instructor for Human Relations at work choose a real hot button topic for the online forum. I hope The instructor has some objectivity. I did the original in number two pencil, took it for a long ride through Illustrator for the background and then painted it up in photoshop. Here's The original.
I'm still working on it. Have fun everybody.

Something Different

My son three year old son Xavier loves to draw, especially on walls. So to keep him on the paper we have turned a creative exercise into a game. He draws on the page, (at this point it's scribbling but wait till he gets older) and mommy finds pictures in his drawings. The above and below are inspired by some of Xavier's latest sketches.

IF_Fortune

This weeks Illustration Friday*com theme is fortune. I used to make a ton of crystal ball sketches like this when I was a teenager.Back then though the subjects inside the ball were usually lost in some forsaken forest. Chalk it up to teenage moodiness.

Story of a Bald Frog- sans illustrations

There once was a green frog named Joe.

Whose hair he just could not grow.

The situation did nothing but vex him,

Each time he saw his reflection

And soft breezes would blow.

Now, along comes a toad named Ned.

Quite ashamed of his shiny bald head.

He had tried every rub,

Every sprinkle and scrub-

Said to make one’s mane grow.

Well Joe saw Ned, and Ned saw Joe.

Then both of them said “Oh”.

They were quick to discover

From seeing each other

They both suffer the same woe.

So they set up a shop in Reeseda.

with a seamstress named Rita.

Now they sell hats and wigs

take custom made gigs.

And business hasn’t been too slow.

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green_try2
Originally uploaded by LJS Design.

I started this for a pet project I am working on and thought maybe I could try it for a second stab at green.

IF Green

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Originally uploaded by LJS Design.

I started out with colored pencils, but when I added marker to the face I got an painted texture. I am not very familiar with markers and I am trying to get used to them.
If you can spare a few tips to a green horn, please feel free to comment.
Criticism is welcomed.