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in india last month a pregnant bengal tiger was chased up a palm tree by terrified villagers. she was rescued (after being tranquilised), treated for injuries, and released into a tiger preserve. i saw a photo of her at the moment of her release. she was in a cage on a boat, and the door of the cage opened over the side of the boat, which was in shallow water (a foot or two). the boat was loaded down with people, and the door was opened. she leaped, swam to the shore, and made for the sanctuary of the forest. Thank you, tiger rescuers.

The Beale Building in Boston, aka the Grain Exchange. reputed to be stuffed with lawyers.

Can you find the hidden rainbow?

Musical Chairs: a little bitty movie about multiple variations on a theme!.

This is a Flash movie....sorry, you'll need flash player software. fortunately, it's free to download. let me know if you have any problems. and now, please enjoy....."Musical Chairs"
(beta version!)

I got a lot of my sound effects from these folks: Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects They say "Download the music and sound effects you need for your multimedia project today at Partners In Rhyme." I say THANKS! When I'm selling animation, I'll buy your stuff!

In Which I learn how to draw tuckpointing tools

Something Must be Going Around

Bratwurst Bob's first Road Trip! click the picture to go to the game:

My Theory of the Origin of Black Holes
(designed specially for Illustration Friday's theme of "theory")

Happy Valentine's Day!

Back to Bed

Achoo!

CHOOSE!

Spring is Coming!

May goes vector....

Help me!


BIG THANKS to my brother Warren Wilson and my Mom Johanna Kowitz for buying me a NEW GRAPHICS TABLET!!!! This is the first cartoon done entirely digitally, so it's a little rough, but what a fun toy!!!!

and yes, please do yourself the favor of getting up just before dawn to see Jupiter and Venus, our neighbors, getting together in the south-eastern horizon. you have only a couple days, go!

"Cat in a Blanket" for Illustration Friday

The Highwayman

A Green Park: Post Office Square in Boston

At a time like this, when all is ice and snow, I like to remember the warm green of Post Office Park and all the um...people....taking their lunch break outside.

Red Sox Family
I'd like to offer this to Illustration Friday's team for the subject of "stitch." I'm never entirely comfortable using an "old" illo that perfectly suits the theme, so you'd think I'd be happy to use this one which is so fresh it's not even quite done. I did it yesterday for a client, and until I had to do a Red Sox shirt, i never noticed that there is a baseball behind the socks. Those stitches....so it's a fairly literal interpretation of the theme. What can I say. Happy Drawing, Everyone!
-Genevieve

GENEVIEVE SHAPIRO, PET CARTOONIST, ESQ., AT LARGE and AT YOUR SERVICE.
Genevieve Shapiro | sixoneseven-970-0133 | i n f o @genevievecartoons dot com|

So I went egosurfing to see how my PR department is doing, and I found a lot of really talented Genevieves out there in webworld. One's a ballet dancer, one is a surfer-model , one has a truly kickass hairdo. When I grow up I want to have their talents. But the one Genevieve I REALLY took a shine to, was this one. What the world needs now is naps, sweet naps.
So I'm revamping my art image/business. I had a meeting with my web designer (me) and my PR campaign manager (me) and we are gradually overhauling the website. My business manager (me) thinks we need to make the "business side" of the site more prominent, which means developing better payment options. My paypal representative (me) suggested we put "donate" buttons on the site so that the varaible costs of custom artwork can all be resolved with a single payment, instead of lots of specifically tailored buttons (one mug, $15.25, one Tshirt $24.99, one card $2.99, one photo retouch, $18.99). We all agreed to try that out. Then I talked to my photographer (me) about getting some new photos of me and my "merchandise" but she said we'd have to have a Photoshop expert (me) prep them for the web. I had to cut short the teleconference, because my sales rep (me) told me we were out of business cards and could I have the printer (me) make some more. My chef (me) catered a working lunch, while my secretary (me) took care of mail and banking stuff, and as for me? Well I have to get to work on a commission that just came in. Looks like I'm the only one left to do it.

And because you probably need a hug, here's one from me. ****