My friend, Dan, will tell you that Wittchens love Christmas. This is very true, and when I was working on ideas for December’s illustration, I came up with myriad Christmas-themed possibilities. Because I love all things Christmas-related, I was having a hard time deciding between the concepts. Luckily, procrastination helped me out again, and I found myself suddenly at the end of the month with the new year looming in less than 12 hours. So instead of a Christmas theme, I decided to reflect a little on the turn of the year and specifically on the welcoming of the new year into your life when the clock strikes midnight.
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Illustrate 2012: November
Earlier this month, I thought I was going to do something election-related. But much like last month, since I didn’t get to doing the illustration until much later, it didn’t seem timely anymore to reference the election. Over the last week, chickens seem to have been a bit of a recurring theme, as we had the opportunity to visit some friends last week who are raising chickens. We visited these friends en route to the wedding of two other friends, and at the wedding, we learned that these friends are also raising chickens. Their wedding cake toppers even featured the chickens.
Illustrate 2012: October
Earlier this month, I lost my shit over Mitt Romney’s binders full of women comment. I literally couldn’t stop laughing about it. For days. I lived off of the tumblr for several days, and I liked the Binders Full of Women Facebook page. Because, you know, that comment was hilarious. And it so completely encapsulated how out of touch with women Romney is.
So I had fully intended to make binders full of women the subject of this month’s illustration. But then a couple of weeks passed, and for as funny as the concept of binders full of women still is, it’s become a little overplayed, and then something else happened–Hurricane Sandy. I was really fortunate here in Philadelphia, as my power didn’t go out, my basement stayed dry, my neighborhood didn’t flood, and there’s no wind damage on my street (although the trees are looking a little more bare). But I have a bunch of friends in New Jersey and New York, and my heart goes out to them, as I know Sandy was far less kind to them.
Which brings me to this month’s illustration.