In case there are any of you out there who have not thoroughly explored this website yet, I just wanted to point out that we will be hosting auctions for various original illustrations by yours truly (that’s me, Robbi) (see right sidebar for link to ebay auction). I suppose we could also auction some of Matthew’s masterpieces, but we’re not sure they would draw in any bidders. For example, we were going to post Matthew’s Surly Giraffe drawing instead of mine, but someone suggested it might not even reach the minimum bid of $15. I wonder if you agree…?
Actually, the truth of the matter is, I find Matthew’s drawings so endearing that I can’t part with them. They somehow perfectly reflect the way that he sees the world, as is evidenced in his equally odd (endearing!) writing style. I suppose this is what the general population calls “blinded by love.”
At any rate, the real point of the auction is to let me draw whatever I feel like on any given day. Because I have good streaks and bad streaks, it should, in theory, get me drawing on a regular basis, giving me, hopefully, more good days than bad days as time progresses. Also, when I do illustrations for jobs, I tend to tighten up and have a hard time capturing the loose messiness that I like. So, selfishly, this whole auction idea is all about me ME ME. I’m hoping it will do me good. But at the very least, it will give you all something different to look at every week or so. And because I really don’t want all these things piling up in the already congested barn (paper is remarkably big and heavy, and I’ve heard that babies only grow to demand more and more room), selling them seemed like a good way to go. I’m delighted to see that Surly Giraffe is drawing some interest – I liked him enough that if he didn’t sell, I wasn’t going to be disappointed.
To give you a preview of what’s coming next, here’s Matthew’s rendition of the next auction, “Big Man on a Little Motorcycle”:
Except, imagine that I drew it instead.
If any of you out there want to fight me for Matthew’s original drawings, bring it. I can promise you, it won’t be nearly as civilized as an ebay auction.
Not that it has anything directly related to the post above, but did you guys know that the e-mail links for both of you on the “Contact Us” page are borked? It appears that you’re using some sort of Javascript based e-mail address encryption but the decryption code appears to have gone into the wrong place and so the links really do nothing :)
I did go through the Javascript, decrypted the e-mails and mailed you guys regarding something but I’m not absolutely certain that the decryption was a 100% correct since I did it in about 10 minutes. So if you’d contact me, I’d appreciate it very much.
And nope, this isn’t spam :)
Hey Fahim –
thanks! I think it’s fixed, but I’ll drop you a line.
Yep, it’s fixed now. And thanks for the e-mail :)
I think the drawings are endearing, too, Robbi – I can see why you might want to hang onto them. It’s got a certain faux-juvenile artistic quality to it, and I don’t mean that in a demeaning way. A different kind of escape to which those of us who similarly aren’t quite as adept at rendering images in ink can relate! :)
GS –
but are you ready to FIGHT ME for them?
I didn’t think so. At the moment, I’ve got lots of extra weight to throw around.