#kjwright_illustration

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Here is a snippet of the Cabergame in motion! (a.k.a. “Happy Funtime Pop Balloon.” :D)

(edit - I see that the little films from Instagram don't cross-post so well - a pity!)

One of the highlights for me, from 2020, was being able to bring the Cabers to life in not only animated form and illustrated storytelling, but also in an interactive style as well!

One of the last weekly challenges of the year had the theme of “Collaboration.” I teamed up with caLLowCreation, (a delightful coder/programmer - and poet! - who streams on Twitch), who generously pitched in his Unity coding skills which we combined with my artwork/audio contributions, to make a little clicking game.

(The original inspiration for this, comes from the illustration “A Demise Most Imminent.” :) )

It is now available to play at https://callowcreation.itch.io/cabergame

Note - not quite phone-friendly just yet (although doable!), but fine on most computers and iPads. :)

🦆Also, thank you all for the support you have given me through this past year! I hope this little sandbox game provides a happy moment of distraction and balloon-popping joy. :) May you have a year of happiness from unexpected places! _ K.j. Wright, aka TheCaberworld. :)

❤️❤️❤️🦆🦆🦆🎈🎈🎈❤️❤️❤️

. . . https://www.instagram.com/p/CJnLnXRlUKI/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Star-gazing in the Caberoi culture.

Their view of the night sky is somewhat adjacent to ours, but the names are a little different.

The Shopping Trolley (or Shopping Cart, depending on your region of dialect), is located in what we know as the constellation of Canis Major.

(A handy reference guide to its location. ;) )

https://www.instagram.com/thecaberworld

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Once upon a time two young ladies encountered their Mum's best friend and discovered that she drew a personal character called The V.S.G. (Very Smaul Gitt).

One day out of the blue, I received a charming interpretation of the V.S.G. as made by the eldest!

A little while later, I sent an illustration back to say thanks.

This resulted in another heartfelt request, with illustrations from both.

This year I finally got around to making it so!

Now to send them... :D

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Precarious

- The mood of a small kitchen space. (Mine!) I do not know who was responsible for the congregation of cups and saucers, or exactly when it happened, but the stacking indicates that a Caber or two (or several!) may have been involved!

(For some reason, when this image came to mind, so too did the flip side view. :) I tried very hard to keep the stacks accurate!)

☕☕☕☕☕☕☕

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbVlE1lqV-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Stuff & Things

Not a Caber this time, but a different character of mine, The VSG (Very Smaul Gitt!). Am posting this 2013 illustration as a precursor to the next post, as both relate to clutter. ;) (It is also one of my favourites from the 2013 “100 days” challenge I took part in!)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbT3B7lbVh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Traversing the Square.

With the challenge of 5 hours to make it, this piece finally got done, with the target being a bunch of Cabers walking back and forth across the page - and some on wheels - or not-wheels as the case may be!

I enjoy the challenge of drawing all those feet and matching them to their bodies!

So yes. Cabers, traversing!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLlsUJNlnhH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A card for my Father.

He turns 70 soon, but as my parents are in Australia, I will be unable to see them. He is a musician, so I have ordered him a recording device from a local supplier over there. And I sent this card to him, to encourage him to use it when it gets there. :D

Cabers are not known for their musical abilities. But I imagine that they would get pleasure from trying. They certainly appreciate many kinds of human music!

This stringed instrument has three primary strings, with two finer strings of a higher octave pitch, flanking the outer pair. The middle string is the lowest. It is good for twiddling, twanging, strumming, plunking, and ‘wauling to. (At least, that’s what I was considering at the time. ;) )

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKyBYV1Fg3m/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Night of the Glamorous Hats. (a.k.a. The Bobbing Occasion.)

The closest thing that Caber society has to a gala event, is this Grand Occasion of stately dancing, in which elaborately decorated hats are worn, to move in an appealing fashion with the gentle bob and weave of old ‘stepping’ dances.

Traditionally their headwear is festooned with feathers, plant life, beads and/or little bells.

Some prefer to wear a single elegant plume, others believe there is no such thing as too many. The main criteria is that the hat should offer some pleasing form of movement, without risking facial injury to others.

Much as some Smalls would dearly love to wear the longer plumed fancy hats, their diminutive stature and propensity for darting about in unpredictable fashion means they are usually bestowed headgear of a more appropriate scale. . . . . .

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxz_cdFZ-q/?utm_medium=tumblr