We all know how much I love works of art/writing/music based on Bobby, because I believe that, as he himself was an artist, he would be very touched by them. And of course I enjoy art myself, so there's that.
Anyone remember Morgan of the super amazing screenshots on Pinterest? I featured them several months ago, or at least posted a link so you all could check them out. Anyway, she has presented us with two cartoon drawings of Bobby that are quite excellent! Here they are:
The first is entitled Spa Day, and is a drawing of herself and Bobby as a young man, having fun.
She has also rendered a likeness of Bobby at nineteen, which she pointed out, is her current age:
I think she has done a beautiful job cartooning Bobby's features and capturing his quirky handsomeness. The eyebrows are GREAT! I also like how she rendered his slender build very accurately in the first one.
Loose Guidelines for me posting your stuff... or a link to your stuff:
If anyone else ever has some tribute art or writing you'd like me to share on my blog, please contact me! I can't absolutely promise I will post everything anyone wants me to, as I do reserve the right to decline if I feel something doesn't match the tone of this blog or is disrespectful in any way. I'm never going to post nude pictures, pictures that don't actually resemble Bobby whatsoever (not dissing anyone's work! I'm sure Bobby would have appreciated the effort, just I have to draw the line somewhere), or are controversial in some way.
With writing, I'll probably just post a link to your story instead of paste it in here. It can be a little dicey to get people to read fictional stories based around Bobby's life, as some people don't think that should be done. I myself have written one, however, and personally feel that respectful fiction in which you give plenty of disclaimers reminding people it IS just a story is an acceptable and moving way to honor him. But again, no pornographic literature, and I don't expect writing to be perfect but I do ask that it at least be moderately correct with grammar and spelling -- not typos all over the place -- and sentence structure. LORD! SENTENCE STRUCTURE! That's truly my one big bug when it comes to amateur writing. And it needs to feature Bobby prominently and be largely about him, not be about something else and Bobby makes a supporting appearance.
One other thing: let's not do anything featuring Bobby's children. They are still alive and just trying to live quiet lives I think, and they may feel objectified by their names being mentioned in any Bobby-related artwork or writing. I actually need to go myself and take their names out of my story, speaking of, because I have since felt that that shouldn't be done.
So let's give Morgan a hand for what she did here, and encourage her to continue pursuing her amazing talent!
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