My submission for Illustration Friday's "vacant" is this vacant haunted house. I made both of these little illustrations for a traveling journal called 29,000 ducks a few years ago. It was started by Bek from Australia and she was inspired by a cargo of 29,000 ducks that were lost to sea. Some wonderful art was created by several artists and I received it during October so part of my pages are devoted to the ducks arriving in Los Angeles and their adventures here. They visited a vacant haunted house and went trick or treating by the beach. This is what it is like to Trick or Treat in LA :)Then I sent the journal to Italy. The book made it's way back to CA but I am unclear on what happened to it... It probably got ship wrecked and is floating out at sea. Have a safe and fun Halloween!copyright 2006 Valerie Walsh
Cute and appropriate for the day!
ReplyDeleteThey are both very cute Valerie!
ReplyDeleteI love the top one! It's funny how the two ducks are looking at each other like asking "should we go in?"Hee, hee.. cute!
I'm agog with the illustrations and the 'shipwreck' sound track. Have a good one!
ReplyDeletePerfect for the prompt and for Halloween!
ReplyDeleteMy week would be vacant without your wonderful posts. Always appropriate and you never miss a week. Love. Bad Dog
ReplyDeleteHalloween fun! I like the blue color and style of his vacant haunted house..................boooooooo wha ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteYour background music is really making me scared.....that Ihave to go to bed now Valerie.
Happy Halloween, too!
I clearly remember the "great float" but also do not know what became of the ducks. Some may have turned up on the Jersey shore a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI loved your illustrations. If not for the ghosties surrounding the wonderful little house, I would pack up and move right in.
I clearly remember the "great float" but also do not know what became of the ducks. Some may have turned up on the Jersey shore a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI loved your illustrations. If not for the ghosties surrounding the wonderful little house, I would pack up and move right in.
even your scary homes are happy homes!
ReplyDeleteI knew you would have something wonderful!
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So cute, not scary at all.
ReplyDeleteLove illustration as usual.
Loving your sweet, soft and tender colours here:)
Have a Merry weekend counting down Christmas!!!
adorable images....
ReplyDeleteI like how your haunted Halloween house isn't so spooky :) but fun and friendly AND adorable!
ReplyDeleteGreat colors and a welcome change in mood from scary Halloween images. Wonderful!
ReplyDeletehee, hee okay I have to admit I have the HH album! (my kitten doesn't like it, she's a scaredy-cat.) But wait, the house ISN'T vacant, I distinctly see Norman Bates' cat in the window!
ReplyDeletebrilliant illustration and great commentary.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, i just knew you'd do a vacant house, cute too!
ReplyDeleteNice, I LOVE the ducks!
ReplyDeleteAnd the cat is cute in the window.
What an amazing talent.
ReplyDeleteI love this. At least, I don't have to worry about breaking the priceless antiques. I can't believe something like this - perhaps the mermaid's got the book. I am sorry but this influenced my story somehow, the haunted house, I tried to describe it in my story (the two observers) but this illustration says it all.
Fantastic! This is a lovely haunted house - can that be? :) I loved the story and then the audio!!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a fun Halloween!
this is wonderful Val!!! love it and all the Halloween inspired art...
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day!!!
Hugs
Diana
so cute. I love that little duck dressed up as a ghost
ReplyDeletegreat work as usual… you are so inspoirational
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea for a "vacant" theme.. =D
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Love the ducks.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that Disney Haunted recording used to scare the heck out of me when I was a little kid! I had a teacher bring it to class and I remember being so terrified.
love the combo of the 'vacant' theme and the halloween house! nice job, as always..
ReplyDeleteHow can this be a haunted, creepy house, with those cute ducks in the front yard. =) Fun house as always. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful style, colour & composition:)
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss these? They are happy scary things.
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