Thursday, December 4, 2008

IF - Balloon

Illustration Fridays topic this week is "balloon". I wasn't going to do a picture. But then I learned that a friend had passed away on Monday after fighting lung cancer and this came into my head. Betty was a good friend of my wife's family. My kids grew up calling her "Grandma Betty". We will miss her, but like the balloon, I know she was going up.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

very nice ilo...
very sad story.

jazzlamb said...

Amazing.I love how you took it forward as an inspiration for this.
very unusual.may her soul rest in peace.

Dot said...

I love the stark contrasts in this. nice job.

Manasi Parikh said...

hey..really beautiful :)

kathy hare said...

a beautiful illustration and thought.. sorry for your loss.

The Annotated Barbarian said...

That is a powerful image -- the hope of the balloons ascent, and the sadness of those watching it go.