Last friday I was hanging out with my friends John and Hope. They were helping me take photos of a piece I had just completed for my Aunt Sarah for her parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary (pictures to be posted soon). I had taken the entire day off from work in order to do that and once we were done with the photo shot I had an entire day free from corporate hell! We went to go shopping at the Freehold Raceway Mall and indulge in the wonders of the Cheesecake Factory (John's first time btw).
Somewhere during our dining, Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventure's of Flapjack came up and how we all LOVED this show. Really, if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. John mentioned he was surprised that I hadn't painted something from the show yet. I agreed. So I corrected that.
And so was born "Candied Island". This depicts the three main characters, Captain Knuckles (pronounced Ka-nuckles), Flapjack, and Bubby. Knuckles and Flapjack are adventurers. They live inside Bubby's mouth, love candy, and dream of finding Candied Island.
I worked on this all Friday night, some of Saturday during an anime marathon I was hosting (where Ian scolded me to stop painting and pay attention to the conclusion of Gurren Laagan), and then finished it on Sunday night. And the entire time I was painting all I wanted was cotton candy.
So this painting, I definitely owe thanks to John for. Without him, this may never have been created.