Wordless Wednesday: For the Archives...MOSTLY Wordless

Again, just for posterity.

Remember our favorite Marine Recruit?  Well, due to the Bloggerfest frivolity at Bear Lake + 4 more days of frolicking with a few friends in Utah + some much needed recovery time from the whole excursion, I didn't get a letter out to him the week before last.  (I know, I'm soooo not in the running for pen-pal of the year this year!)

Therefore, I just had to make up for it with a little something extra.

Here's the inspiration:

George Coghill has got some GREAT Marine illustrations.  I just love them all!

Here's my modified outcome (on the envelope this time, so he's a bit cropped):

I'm swooning over the salute.  That might just be my favorite part!

Thanks for watchin'...

Not a Toot on the Horn

I just needed to document something.

Sent a note to a friend's kid who's currently at boot camp.
Got a wild hair, and decided to sketch him a little picture.

Now, know that he's a Marine Recruit, so I mean c'mon!
No amount of Strawberry Shortcake sketches will suffice.
This sketch needed to be incredibly macho.

At a loss for any great cartoony ideas in my own head,
I traveled to Google Images for some inspiration.

Instead, I got just. what. I. needed.

Again this is for documentation purposes only.  I usually
keep a copy of what I draw if I can help it.  A lot of these little
things wind up in a fat file in my filing cabinet for when I really
need 'em.  Why or when would I really need them?
Well, I like to remind myself that I can do things, and that
I do have talents.  Helps when I'm feeling low to remember
what I've tackled.

So below is the inspiration, followed by the finished product.

Looking at 'em together, I can see that I missed the
blood-shot in the eyes.  And mine's a little skinnier.
But all in all, I'm kind of a big fan of my bulldog!  ;)
(Psshaww!  Who needs a spiffy, round United Marine Corps border anyhow?  Not this girl.)

Thanks for bearing with me.
Now you can go back to your regularly-scheduled lives!