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Second week of the summer holidays and as usual the weather is patchy at best, so the kids need things to do. They had friends round today so we made some Frank cards.

My "Saturday Morning Monster" is a kid's cartoon monster that would have his own Saturday morning show between Spongebob and Ben 10 (Red, black and blue ballpoint pens)


"Spongebob Square Frank" and "Little Orphan Stein" by my daughter Jamie, age 11 (Felt tip pens and markers)



"Union Frank" and "Stitch" by Claire, age 11 (felt pens and markers)



"Robostine" by my son Gram, age 7 (Felt tip pens)


"Mr Stine" by Sam, age 9 (Pencil and felt tip pens)

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Fiona Siggins, Leigh-on-Sea, UK (Ballpoint and felt tip pen)

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Lauren O'Neill (Messmaker), Baton Rouge, USA (image transfer, watercolours and cotton thread)

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It's been almost a week since the postman has dropped a monster through the letterbox but it's been worth the wait.

"The Reluctant Bride" by Lorien Shaw, Port Townsend, USA (pen and ink, Copic marker, Gel)
www.lorienshaw.net/atc.htm

Top Five Monsters So Far

I'd be interested to know which are your favourite portraits so far. Leave your top five in the comments on this post, numbered 1 to 5 and at the end of the week I'll tally up the results and announce the top five. I'll put all the names of people who leave comments in a hat and send out an envelope of Franks to the winner as an incentive to get voting.

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Three from TS Rogers, Hamden, USA
www.teaessare.blogspot.com
www.teaessare.com

The first two are illustrations that are printed on card, the third was drawn on the back of the envelope in ballpoint pen.

"Frankenstein's Monster's Monster"


"Shelley's Monster"

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David Lee Ingersoll, Seattle, USA (markers)
http://skook.blogspot.com/

Big thanks to David for going a step further and sending in a whole family of monsters, really gorgeous work.

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Trinity Irby (age 8), Wyandotte, USA (pencil and crayon)
Daughter of Diane Irby www.goodmourningglory.com



"Frankenstitch" by Dracenea Nyx, Holland, USA (regular floss, glow in the dark floss for the eyes and Aida cloth)
http://rabidreflections.blogspot.com

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"Frank - The Golden Years" by Kelly Marie Wilson, Toronto, Canada (pen on paper)
www.sweetheroic.com

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"Frankie Frankenstein" by David Barneda, Sherman Oaks, USA
http://www.barneda.com/

David is a renowned children's book illustrator and has been kind enough to send me 100 copies of his portrait which have been professionally printed as trading cards. I am going to make these available to anybody that sends in a portrait.If you have submitted a portrait already and would like to receive a card please sent me a stamped addressed envelope and I will post one back. If you are submitting a portrait and would like one, please enclose a SASE with your entry. Unfortunately if you live outside Europe and would like one I must ask you to sent the addressed envelope with a dollar bill to cover postage costs.

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Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Isle Of Wight, UK (pen on printed colour)
warwickjohnsoncadwell.blogspot.com

Hot Pants

Here's an art doll I made for a swap over at ATCSforall.com. I thought I'd share him seeing as he's a cross-dressing bird/angel/Frank monster in silver hot pants.
He's made from photos and anatomical drawings that I remixed in Photoshop and then cut out and hand coloured with pencils.

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"Frankintext" by Chocolategirl64 (created using the last paragraph of the Frankenstein novel in Adobe Illustrator)

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"Frankenfreak" by Nancy Galamos, Somewhere in California, USA (pen)

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Kati Barrett, Eureka, USA (pen and marker)

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Here is the last pair of portraits from the students at Chana High School in California, thanks again to them all for their sterling work.

"Primitive Plus" by Alan Stofleth (acrylics and pens)


Franken-stitch" by Mariana Chubbuck (acrylics)

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The penultimate couple from Chana High School.

"Javier" drawn by Robbie Weaver and painted by Mariana Chubbuck (acrylics)


Carly Enzler (acrylics)

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Two more portraits by Chana High School students.

"Frankenstein in the Dark" by Richard Martinez (hand cut adhesive backed vinyl on black card)


"Frankenstein" by Mariana Chubbuck (acrylics)

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Both portraits by students from Chana High School in Auburn, California, USA

"Young Frankenstein" by Annie DeKruse (acrylic paint)


No details for this one (coloured pencil)

This pencil drawing is on the reverse side

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I got an envelope full of portraits today which I'm going to drip feed you, two a day for the next five days.
They come from Craig Stephens, an artist and art teacher at Chana High School in Auburn, California. The first portrait is by Craig, the other nine are by students that he told about "A Patchwork Of Flesh". Some of the cards did not have much or any information on the back so there are not names for all of the artists, also I have made informed guesses about the media used. If any of the students involved drop by, feel free to leave your details in the comments and I will update.
This is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to receive when I set the project up, so a big thanks to Craig and his students, a very talented bunch with some very original takes on the monster .
Don't miss the rest of these portraits over the coming days.

Craig Stephens (acrylics and ink on board)
http://craigstephensart.com/
http://creepydrawings.blogspot.com/



Ashley Whaley (acrylics on board)