I wasn't set to do an Illustration Friday submission this week. The site's theme of sticky had me thinking of a couple of ideas, but I didn't follow up. Then – as it is often prone to do – inspiration came crawling across the floor and up my leg, this time in the form of a woodtick. Ticks can be sticky things (or stick-y, in a truer sense of the word), but fortunately this bloodsucker didn't get the opportunity. Instead, it earned a date with the department scanner at its highest power of magnification, and immortality not in the literal sense (that I made certain) – but rather as the centerpiece of this quick digital concoction. So bear with me in that no illustration ever took place to build this; instead, try to view it as a form of performance art – and a fast bit of summer fun.
Those less squeamish can click here for a closer look at a scanned wood tick. The rainbow effect on both images was a happy accident; but that's what you get when you don't stay still while being scanned at a bazillion DPI.
7 comments:
FantasTICK idea!!! Ok the pun sucked...What a great idea and love how the whole process came about.
EEK! ICKY!
Great post though.
love
brilliant!
Ha, great take on the theme! Very nice wordplay. =)
Excellent solution for "sticky". Very unique. :-)
Took me way longer than usual to "get" the pun. Hm. How big are they really? Glad you offed him AND co-opted his evil iridescence. Hmm. maybe he was a she... Terrific.
You're a clever fellow! It seems that the stars were aligned right for you to come up with a really perfect, punny entry. It's kind of like a text message for the outdoors-person:> I have to admit that the closeup of the tick really grossed me out...we're in Lyme disease country here, so they freak me out when i find one in the house. Yuck!
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