Hey baby, have you got a second? ONE SECOND, pretty please? - original art - and a call to actionsteemCreated with Sketch.

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I am trying to help @winstonwolfe gather the Steemian troops so he can complete a site-wide collaboration for a pretty cool video in the works. We're looking for approximately 80-90 more 1-second videos.

He's even called out @dan and @ned to participate.

Which I think is completely appropriate because if it's a site-wide community collaboration, I'd say they are a big part of the community - wouldn't you say so?

Hey you two - if you're reading this... I know you're busy taking over the world but hopefully this little lady will entice you to jump in and play.

Wait... Enticing Ned and Dan to do what???

ANSWER: A one-second video!
Read @winstonwolfe's post calling out Dan & Ned.

On his post he even shared a 6-second sample of what he's trying to do:


Dude, I totally gotta know who's swinging on that pole!


Get your video ideas here

I'm also at the helm of @collabornation and issued several daily challenges to get our video counts up!

Day 3 & 4 Challenges: KIDS & PETS

It's okay if you're camera shy! Video record something else! The point is to participate.


Back to the art

Yeah, this post might have a slight identity crisis. LOL

I started off with a pencil sketch

Then started to trace and fill with marker

I wanted to play a little so I had her sticking out her tongue and put a little heart-shaped mole on her neck. After I scanned her, I wanted to see what she would look like in grayscale.

I think I like the splash of red

What's your opinion?


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You're wondering who's swinging on that pole - I think it's @beanz

That would have been my first guess since she's tiny and could probably do that without bringing the house down. LOL I know she did a video submission. Way to go @beanz! ;)

RS and UV for you. Hope it helps fill some gaps in this video project.

1/ I got my content video submission into him on a post the other day about it - I sent him one of my activist ones from one of my YT channels.

2/ I am not artsy as you know but the splash of red amidst everything else really stands out.

Thank you @barrydutton - hopefully @winstonwolfe will have enough material to finish the project. I checked with him this afternoon and he said he needed about 80 more clips to complete it so any and all help to spread the word is appreciated. :)

I got the strong sense in his posting the other day without saying it -- he needed more so that is why I have been resteeming posts on it ( now you are resteemed, you cannot complain about my feed lol) -- so I was glad to help.

I was not going to be submitting one - but again, it felt like he needed more for the project so I did.

You will get to see me in a hockey jersey from my hometown Jr. A club, the rink is about 3 mins from my house by car -- We won the National Championship in #Canadastan again 2 yrs ago.

Beautiful work my friend @ meritj99 I agree with you, the second version is the best one that has the touch of red. Congratulations

I'm leaning toward the red too. But now that I have it scanned, I can actually replace her tongue with a cigarette and try to add smoke. That would be kind of neat. Thank you as always for supporting my posts @jlufer. You are a good friend.

Awesome ! I also love the addition of red on her lips ! Great job ! Also I cant seem to add my badges to my post side by side , do you know how I do that on my tablet ? So im not useing them , it just doesnt look good and takes up too much space on the bottom ! Thanks , steem on ! 😉👍

I'll have to take a look at the syntax I sent you for your signature and see if there's an easy way to incorporate them. Can you post which badges you want to include here?

Its ok thanks ! I got my son to actually line up 3 of them on his computer, then he emailed me the photo , i have it in my files now ,all i have to do is add it like i add yours ! Pretty cool ! I just need to wait till i hit reputation 64 + , lol! Thats a badge i had him add so i dont need to do it later ! Thanks again ! Steem on ! 👍😉

definitely the second version, mere -- it's classic - the splash of red draws your eye into the picture :)

I'm feeling a bit compelled to get her in Photoshop and replace her tongue with a cigarette and maybe superimpose some smoke. hmm...

in my experience of creating art, afterthoughts are lethal. Hemingway once wrote 60 endings to a story, but ended up leaving it as it was. There's wisdom there.

you can always ask chessmonster....yeah, I'd do that.

True that! And I consider Hemingway pretty smart. I'm putting her to bed. :)
Wait 'til you see the other one I just drew up. It's actually going to be incorporated into a photo that was posted by @everlove for collaborative purposes. It's actually quite pretty in its simplicity.

note how many times I wrote "actually"? It may be time for bed. LOL

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Now that's talent! And I see your friends with @jlufer, I just love him, he's a sweetie! I think I'm following him around tonight unintentionally, haha!

@jlufer is so amazing and sweet and engaged and loves Steemit and the people in it. Honestly, it took me a while to warm up to him because sometimes it takes me 3x as long to read his posts. English is a second language for him and I'm an Aspie so, if something doesn't read right, my brain repeats it like a broken record trying to compute. But he is worth the effort and the time. :D

Yes I know! He's wonderful! He was so worried about hurting my feelings because he called me sir, which is a completely honest mistake since I have several videos of my brother on my page, on top of which when I did the post about meme-ing I used my Uncle in a couple of them, including the main picture-my uncle loves silliness so I sent it to him-but poor jlufer, when I said I was a she, even though I made sure to add a bunch of haha's and say it wasn't his fault he was so worried about it. Adorable.

oh my gosh. I still get called "DUDE" even with a profile picture - which is kind of funny and an inside joke because hubby tells me I have balls that CLANK. hahahaaaa.
I have to wonder if it's a cultural thing. With my Korean relatives they must have a "good face". No faux pas allowed or you become an embarrassment yadda yadda yadda. I have a feeling it's very similar in Hispanic cultures.

Balls that clank, oh my god I almost snorted my coffee out of my nose!! You do not look like a dude, but I've known people who think it's cool to call everyone dude, it's not a gender thing it's an Ashton Kutcher thing...haha!
That makes sense. He's been very dedicated to me ever since, liking all of my posts, making amends I think. Cute.

I don't know what's happening but I keep missing your posts....DIS organized or ? Is that Vivian? I like the red lips...keeps her looking edgy and sharp.

Also I have been noticing that I am not hitting my slider bar correctly...I think I have upvoted then notice the blue button isn't there...I've been doing that since I got this dumb thing. So sorry....so very very sorry.

I hate the vote slider. I think it's completely inappropriate for anyone under orca status. LOL
And there's been a glitch in the system so people have been disappearing off of follow lists. I thought it was just the numbers in the header but no - people have been unintentionally dropped. I'm certain you'll rediscover more people. Come to think of it... @johnjgeddes stopped showing up on my feed. hmmm... time to investigate.

I know...I'm missing all kinds of people and I feel bad about it. And yes, that slider is way above my pay grade :)