Tuesday, June 23, 2009

All About Anthony

One of our third grader's final projects at school entailed making a gigantic book about himself. I snapped a couple photos of my favorite of his illustrations.

This is his family: Dad, Mom, Anthony, and baby sister (who's three or four).

I like how his sister appears to have been penciled in as an afterthought, possibly by an entirely different artist. Anyway, let's take a closer look at Anthony's mom.

Wow! What a face!

Now we see Anthony's family gliding by bus through the night, I think on their way to a new apartment.

If you can, click the image to make it bigger. Note the way his mom's dental problems in the previous illustration have mysteriously transferred to his dad...and the moon.

Lastly, we have Anthony's aspirations for the future. I'm still not clear who the stubby guy on the right is, but the smiling man is a police officer.


When I asked Anthony why he wants to be a cop, I expected a typical ten year old boy response about catching bad guys. Turns out he just likes the curled mustache he saw on a TV show policeman.