Saturday, March 14, 2009

Illustration Friday: Legendary


The idea of the woman who lived in the shoe is a legendary story and my submission for Illustration Friday's "Legendary " theme. This is how her shoe would look if it were plopped down in the San Fernando Valley. Possibly in a tract home setting with a spanish influence. It looks like it fit's right in!


copyright 2009 Valerie Walsh


Happy Birthday Dee Dee xoxoxoxoxo

29 comments:

Unknown said...

oh what fun!!! I love that story....wonderful work and so much fun Val!!!

Ginger*:) said...

Not only is she legendary, she has great style!

asperezas said...

impossible no to smile looking at this

:D

Tracy said...

Pretty house/shoe! It fits perfectly in with the others. :)

Bella Sinclair said...

My, the lady is stylin'! Looks like she just went shoe shopping in Madrid. Neighborhoods would be so much more fun if you designed them.

ELLA ELVIANA said...

great take on the theme, you've always found the right story for your houses. ^_^

Faruffa said...

I love this legend and love the way you illustrated it!

Edrian said...

What a stylish home! Love how it stands out from the rest. I wonder what the neighbors think? Great work!

kj said...

i agree with bella. imagine if you and an architect/builder designed a whole neighborhood?

ooooooh! imagine!

Anonymous said...

Valgal,

Love the shoehouse! And thanks for the birthday greetings! I had a great day on the slopes and had an awesome day!!!

xoxox

--dd

Roberta said...

Oooh..move over woman in the shoe.. I'd buy that house in a heartbeat! The "so many children she didn't know what to do" she can keep!
Really cute Val!

Gai said...

what a fun imagination you have. lovely work

flower girl said...

What a lovely illustration, very fun...I like to experience living in such home... :)

Ria said...

Wheee....this is so much fun! Love the idea!

Pea said...

fantastic illo..reminds me of a park where there was a big giant shoe house and we used to imagine and wish we lived in a giant shoe:)

isay said...

oh yes, it looks like it really fits right in! and i am imagining about the inside....uhmmmmmm

Eric Barclay said...

Wonderful colors-- I think it's the nicest house on the block! :-)

sophie philo said...

haha...i want to live in it! Then I could let it go with the dog, when it's raining....

Angela Matteson said...

Pretty pastel colors! I'm sure she could give the Octomom some tips!

Cathy said...

Beautiful - what I like is the way you have to do a double-take before you realise that the shoe house isn't the same as all the others! It's such a lovely, delicate piece - gorgeous!!

studio lolo said...

Do these shoes require a certain kind of "hose?"

:D

I love every single one of your houses!!

Anonymous said...

Well, if the shoe was this stylish, who would mine living in it! It's great and one of my personal favorites!

yoon see said...

I would wish to stay in this cute shoe house but it's just alegendary only....never mind, just let my mind stray into this legendary for a couple of minutes for a ponder:)

NANCY LEFKO said...

the perfect house for this prompt....and beautifully rendered !!!!

Josh (musarter) said...

Great idea for "Legendary." This piece is rendered beautifully too. Very nice work.

Amy C said...

oh I am so glad you got around to doing this in color - its a really fun and beautiful piece.

Nancy Dorsner said...

too funny! i always wondered exactly how one could live in a shoe. At what point does it cease to be a shoe and become a shoe shaped house?

thanks for stopping by my blog, too!

Unknown said...

THis is wonderful!

LDahl said...

I had to leave a comment on this one, it's so "just right"!