Style ridicule or style envy ? That is the question. “Stature itself is a matter of style and rarely merit based. ” ( I said that in mid 1960’s when reviewing Vance Packard’s HIDDEN PERSUADERS).
I can’t explain it. Sometimes a gag comes to mind first and I design a sketch to fit . Other times I have a working sketch in mind and think up a gag to match. It seems some outside source is feeding them to me out of the blue. Often they come in dreams and I keep a notepad by the bed and write a word or two so I’ll have some memory of it when I get up. Rarely do I sit down and think “Now let me come up with an idea about this or that topic.” It’s a mystery. History and literature are fertile grounds from which to harvest ideas and am thankful for an education in those areas. I always drew cartoons even as a very young child but I got serious about it and kept portfolio since about 1985. I like the single frame cartoon instead of the strip. It is challenging because you have to deliver the whole idea in just one shot.
14 responses to ““Fashion Statements” by Carl D’Agostino”
Debra
June 12th, 2019 at 23:31
Oh no! You mean the animals are caught up in all this madness, too? Troubling!
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Solitaire
June 11th, 2019 at 06:09
Lol, never happy…
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 11th, 2019 at 11:45
Style ridicule or style envy ? That is the question. “Stature itself is a matter of style and rarely merit based. ” ( I said that in mid 1960’s when reviewing Vance Packard’s HIDDEN PERSUADERS).
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M.B. Henry
June 10th, 2019 at 17:53
Sounds like high school! (And adults – in a sad amount of cases haha)
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 10th, 2019 at 18:53
Yes, the teachers at my high school were like this.
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Ankur Mithal
June 10th, 2019 at 15:08
They are behaving like humans…
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 10th, 2019 at 16:53
Seems contempt is a trans species behavior.
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Maxi
June 10th, 2019 at 08:03
Jealousy in the animal kingdom?
blessings ~ maxi
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 10th, 2019 at 08:29
Cats are very persnickety about fashion.
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Elaine
June 10th, 2019 at 06:36
How do you come you come up with these ideas Carl 😃
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 10th, 2019 at 07:26
I can’t explain it. Sometimes a gag comes to mind first and I design a sketch to fit . Other times I have a working sketch in mind and think up a gag to match. It seems some outside source is feeding them to me out of the blue. Often they come in dreams and I keep a notepad by the bed and write a word or two so I’ll have some memory of it when I get up. Rarely do I sit down and think “Now let me come up with an idea about this or that topic.” It’s a mystery. History and literature are fertile grounds from which to harvest ideas and am thankful for an education in those areas. I always drew cartoons even as a very young child but I got serious about it and kept portfolio since about 1985. I like the single frame cartoon instead of the strip. It is challenging because you have to deliver the whole idea in just one shot.
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Elaine
June 10th, 2019 at 11:41
That’s so interesting, thanks and you’re right it must be harder to get the gag across in one. 😊
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Darlene
June 10th, 2019 at 03:47
Cute! I love this one. xo
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CARL R D'Agostino
June 10th, 2019 at 04:13
One reason I prefer white and pastel solids.
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