Draw-A-Catfish Competition:

(Update: I'm still taking in late entries, so email me your drawing at blue.dead.flower.girl@gmail.com and/or vote for your favorite drawing here in the comment section below!)

Alright here we have the entries so far… and I will continue to update as new entries keep coming in throughout the coming weeks:

(See previous post to participate)

These were sent in by two friends – one claims that the other cheated her style! Well I don’t think so – she clearly tried to make it her own by making a sad face and putting up the caption “Why so serious”

 Good work and keep ‘em coming you guys! I wanna see more catfish drawings!

Ok so now I have been inspired to draw my own red catfish! 

I don’t have words to describe this interesting artwork – but thanks anyway for the drawing bud! 

Aah we now have an authentic catfish – complete with sexy moustache! 

Awww.. now this is creative! I love it! Detective Mittens to the rescue!

Va-va-vooom! A kitty mermaid!

Sending in my own version of a Cat-eel!

Finally some technology! A cute winking kitty-fish doodled on cell phone 

Now this here is a beaut! Classic drawing! Love it!

More like - ugly duckling with measles!

Hahaha creativity coming though like an advertisement:

Keep sending-in the good stuff people!...

Update: Got some more entries ! Yayy!!

Even though there was a really long gap - but I'm still grateful you guys sent me more pictures! :) Check out this rendition - pen and marker designing! 

Awwww! This is one cute catfish equation! 

Announcement:

Alright people it’s that time of year – I am now hosting a Draw-A-Catfish competition!

Winner gets … uh... to see his/her entry alongside all the other entries on my blog and can show off that how much better they are at drawing a catfish than everyone else!!

So get out your pen/pencil/stylus/finger or whatever you have around you ready – scribble me a catfish and take a pic of it and send it here: blue.dead.flower.girl@gmail.com

There are no deadlines and the only rules are that the submission should be original and creative! 

Describing Happiness

If I had to describe happiness I’d say it’s like this tiny inflated soap bubble in the pit of your stomach – just as fragile – but it’s the temporary feeling of fullness and lightness that the bubble provides is what makes it so special.

The larger the happiness the stronger will be your bubble. There will be times when your happiness will be so great that the strong little bubble will give you the feeling as if you have been lifted off your feet and floating in mid-air!

Coming back to reality is just as quick as the pop of the bubble. One minute it’s there and then as soon as realization hits – pop – it’s gone. 

So I wish all of you out there a bubble filled day!

*dang why am I being so mushy?

The schizophrenic chair again!

I can’t seem to get that schizophrenic chair out of mind … its giving me nightmares now! 

Fear

When I was a kid I didn’t know what fear looked like. I always thought it was something like being shy. I was never really scared of anything. I loved climbing trees, sitting on ledges and chasing after stray animals. I knew what being scared was .. it was the feeling you got when you spilled milk on the table and were trying to clean up the mess before your mom returned to the kitchen!

But fear didn’t enter my vocabulary till I was 4 years old.  

The day I figured out what fear really looks like:

It was an ordinary day and I was travelling in the car with my family. We had stopped to pick up a few things on the way home and I decided to wait in the car with my dad and brother. After a while my dad sent my brother to the store across the street to get a loaf of bread.

While he was crossing, a car came out of nowhere and started speeding towards my brother. And he had his back towards it and could not see the car.

My father got up to shout to my brother but before he could do anything the car just sped away - missing my brother by inches.

My brother probably didn’t even realize how close he had been and was completely calm. While the look of terror on my dad’s face is something I will never forget.

Feeling scared is common but actually seeing it for the first time on someone else’s face was very different.

I know that this is not a thrilling story and I have seen much more and much worse things in my life but that was the day I realized that I did not want to ever see that look on my dad’s face again. If I could help it I’d do everything possible to make sure that he wasn’t fearful for us ever again.