Pillsbury Daliboy

 So, last night as I was falling asleep, I had this...vision, an image that became stuck in my head. I giggled at the absurdity of it and promised myself that I would sketch it up today. Then, I thought of that Seinfeld episode where he had that idea for a funny bit after watching a tv show. "Flaming piles of Magma" or some such thing. My image was of Salvador Dali as the Pillsbury Doughboy. Why? I have no friggin' idea. But, it made me chuckle. So, in the dark I sketched my idea, so I wouldn't forget.

It looks like a face with glasses. But no! Those 'glasses' are actually that Catalan mustache, with one side much bigger than the other. If fact, what looks to be the top of a head, is actually a swooping mustache. What appears to be a chin, is in fact, my loose, very loose interpretation of the doughboy's body. Wow. It's a good thing that I remembered, because if I had not, this sketch would not have helped me at all.

Here's more of what I had in mind. I replaced the chef's hat of the doughboy with the loaf of bread that Dali famously adorned for a photo op. 

Hilarious.

Inktober 2025, Day One: Mustache

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ink in sketchbook

So, it's Inktober again. I'm not sure just how committed I'll be this year, the same as lately. I have stuff to do, dammit. Plus, some of the word prompts...

But, I take it as a challenge, to not only come up with a decent image, but to make it Octobery, spooky, halloweenish.

Today's word prompt is 'mustache.' So, a creepy, Salvador Dali skull, with the appropriate stylish and waxed facial accoutrements.

 

Triptych History: The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition

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ink on bristol

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This here drawing was done during my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano and The Illustration Dept. This was the second series that we worked on involving odd, little known and interesting moments in history. I always liked reading about Salvador Dali's deep sea diver antics during his lecture at the Surrealist Exhibition early in his career, so chose that for this drawing's topic. 

 

Yves Tanguy Sketch

 

I've been super busy as of late and will have much to show, hopefully soon. In the meantime, I couldn't resist doing a sketch of my 2nd favorite surrealist, Yves Tanguy. Dali, owed a lot of his early ideas to this guy, this Tanguy. His wife, Kay Sage, was quite a surrealist painter, as well. Maybe better. Further examinations of her works are a definite must. 

Inktober Day 22: Expensive

While I was in Florida these past few days I did manage to do my Inktober sketches at the hotel and airport each day, so I will play catch up with what I've done. This day's word prompt was 'expensive.' Since i was at the Salvador Dali Museum on this day, I chose to depict the time when Dali sold his signature to be made as a stamp to be put on prints. One of his friends came up with the anagram Avida Dollars. Hence, expensive.

Dali Exhumed

After hearing the news that Salvador Dali's corpse will soon be exhumed to test for a possible dna match for someone claiming to be his daughter, I wondered just what the body of the surrealist would look like these days. I imagined extended limbs on crutches, with ants (since he was so obsessed with them and genitalia) and complete with an indestructible mustache. 

Maybe he should have been on fire, as well. I don't know.

And had drawers in his chest...

A Dali/Benton Sky

May all your skies be Salvador Dali skies and all your clouds be Thomas Hart Benton clouds.