I tried to upload all of the pictures on open lab that i did throughout the semester, but the pictures were all above the image size so I put them all in a folder. I forgot to upload them daily due to that, but there were still drawing being done through that time.
Once upon a time there was a girl not so little called red riding hood. She was from the Bronx projects. She belonged to the gang called Bloods known in the hood. She always wearing a red Cape to let her hood know she was rocking with them. One time her mom was so upset with her for her attitude red riding hood wanted to run away. Her mom tries to stop her, but she ultimately leaves the apartment. She decides to go to her boyfriend house, but he lives past the projects. She decides to head over there and calls him on the phone, but he doesn’t pick up. When she arrives to his house she notices the door open. She enters and notices her boyfriend in bed with his eyes closed. She then jumps in bed trying to wake him up and tell him about her mother when she notices he is dead. She gets out of bed frightened and the closet door opens. An enemy of the bloods, crips is waiting for her to kill her. He tries to stab her and misses. When he notices that she was well known for her fighting skills he tries to get some distance and takes out a gun and shoots her. She died. The crip member had to hurry before the police arrived. He got away.
Moral of the story
Listen to you parents
There’s a lot of dangerous people in the hood
Time is 2007
Regular dark theme
https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/little-red-riding-hood
This illustration is made by John cuneo called “The swamp”. This illustration caught my attention due to the colors and the main person being illustrated Donald Trump. There where a few illustrations of Donald Trump that were in the gallery, but this one caught my attention because it was the most different and meaningful in my opinion.
The illustration shows Donald Trump playing golf in a swamp. It is very interesting because he is around many animals that are in the swamp that look like they want to attack Donald Trump, but he is playing golf and ignoring them. This goes back to Donald trump’s campaign where he said he was going to drain the swamp. As in get rid of the people that are bad in the government. Instead he is playing golf and not doing what he said. I think the idea of him playing in the swamp and the animal’s around him shows how he doesn’t care about the swamp and luckily John cuneo didn’t care to illustrate this.
John cuneo has done many pieces for The New Yorker. When doing this piece he was trying to block the noise of people in the media. He also know when to actually illustrate something controversial and make sure no one is doing something similar or else he won’t do it. He also makes the illustration very profane and inappropriate for the magazine that they won’t be able to publish it. Just so sometimes he can stay away from the political topic. Overall the artist and the illustration was very well done and just one of the great political illistration with a story to tell.
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