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1. Illustration Friday - Jump

By: Paula Mills, on 4/28/2012
Blog: Paula Mills (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I haven't posted an image for Illustration Friday for quite a while now but this illustration of mine fitted the theme so nicely I thought. Ink drawing with colour work done in Photoshop.

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2. What is a leap year?

By: Nicola, on 2/29/2012
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Today, 29 February 2012, is a ‘leap day’. To understand more about the leap phenomenon, and the significance of 29 February in history, we turn to The Oxford Companion to the Year: an exploration of calendar customs and time-reckoning.

29 February

Leap Day. In the modern form of the calendar, which dispenses with the Roman names of days, this is leap day, inserted every four years to make up the difference between the common year of 365 days and the solar year; by happy accident the sequence of leap years inherited from the Romans coincides with years AD divisible by 4. Since the true difference is some eleven minutes less than six hours, Pope Gregory XIII ordered in 1582 that leap day should be omitted when the year was divisible by 100 but not by 400; the years affected, in those countries that accepted the reform (which Great Britain did not till 1752), were 1700, 1800, and 1900. There was a 29 February again in 2000, but will not be in 2100.

Persons born on 29 February are humorously said to have a birthday only once in four years; on that basis Rossini, who was born on 29 February 1792, would have waited till 1804 for his second birthday, since 1800 was a common year. In practice, however, they have birthdays in common years on the 28^th. By the legal rule noted under the 22^nd, anyone born on either 29 February or 1 March 1948 in England (though not Scotland) came of age on 28 February 1969; but since the Act that abolished that rule also reduced the age of majority, persons born on 29 February 1952 came of age on 28 February 1970, but those born the next day not till 1 March.

Western saints such as Oswald of Worcester who died on 29 February used to be culted on that day in leap year and 28 February in common years; this was a last relic of the Roman reckoning, which made the last day of February pridi Kalendas Martias in either case. By contrast, the Orthodox church, which uses the forward count, celebrates John Cassian on 29 February in leap year and not at all in common years, reputedly as punishment for being last to arrive when the saints came to ask Christ for work. In Mytilene this is the shirkers’ feast, and Cassian holds the keys of idleness.

An old Scotswoman in the nineteenth century, asked by a small boy why this day occurred only once in four years, consulted the ‘funtin-heid’, her Bible, which fell open at Job 3: 3, ‘Let the day perish wherein I was born’, and deduced that Job had been born on 29 February; the Lord had not altogether abolished that day, but done what he could for his servant by suppressing it three years out of four. That was mere fancy, but we read in a near-contemporary that in the second century AD the Athenians gratified the multimillionaire Herodes Atticus – or rather yielded to his unrestrained emotionalism and much-resented power – by removing from the calendar the day on which his daughter died.

29^th February
A day added to the year,
laconic or luminous.
The extra day can be seen
and touched, like any other.
Its hours are not difficult to count,
the weather varies but is weather,
no alien manifestation.
Lovers who marry on this day
have the usual eggshell hearts,
the lewdness of fish.
Children born on this day
are as fierce as any others.
Those who die on this day
must find new ways of being,
and on this day
singing still builds
the upstairs room of the sky.
This is the day
the year keeps for herself
but offers to you,
her breath fo

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3. Use of Gregorian calendar begins

By: Lauren, on 10/14/2011
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This Day in World History - In Roman times, Julius Caesar instituted a calendar reform based on a solar year of 365 and one-quarter days. To accommodate the quarter day, the Julian calendar added an extra day to every fourth year, creating leap years. Unfortunately, a solar year is really a few minutes shorter than 365 days and 6 hours. The Julian calendar’s overestimate meant that over the course of a century, more or less, the beginning of each of the four seasons moved back a day. By the late 1500s, the spring equinox fell on March 11, rather than around March 21.

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4. Ypulse Jobs: Comedy Central, Global Kids & More

By: Anastasia Goodstein, on 6/11/2010
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Today we bring you our weekly sampler of the cool youth media and marketing gigs. If your company has an open position in the youth media or marketing space, we encourage you to join the Ypulse LinkedIn group, if you haven't yet, and post ... Read the rest of this post

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5. Leap!

By: karen lee, on 2/27/2008
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Really so much more of a fall than a leap. From My Half Day, Sylvan Dell Publishing 2008
Karen Lee / Karen's News

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6. IF : Leap in a pile

By: Laurel Gaylord, on 2/29/2008
Blog: studio lolo (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I just finished this illustration to go with a poem a friend wrote to submit to Highlights magazine. How could I not post it this week? I'm actually going to get to the studio at some point today or tomorrow to paint something else for this word. Still, I wanted to share this one...especially for my good pal Ms. Froggie!

Here's the poem by my friend, Richard Robins.

Some frogs are green.

Some frogs are brown.

Some are skinny,

Some are round.

Some are big with

bulging eyes,

While others are a

miniature size.

For Illustration Friday's prompt : Leap

acrylic and colored pencil on Canson pastel paper

See other Leap post here!

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Catalina said, on 3/2/2008 2:32:00 AM

haha the little blue one is very cute!

Ella said, on 3/2/2008 8:53:00 AM

Good thing they help each other and it's not about the 'last frog standing' :-).

Tony LaRocca said, on 3/2/2008 10:49:00 AM

I hope one of them doesn't have to go to the bathroom...

rizal said, on 3/2/2008 11:56:00 AM

Great work. Love the frogs' expressions. Great too they are helping each other to the top. hihi. :)

imwithsully said, on 3/2/2008 12:00:00 PM

ha! ha! I would not want to be the head on the bottom of that pile. how in the heck did you think of that. Did you have a pile up once? Hope you didn't have to kiss any of them!

van dyke said, on 3/2/2008 3:20:00 PM

Hmmm...a pile of frogs on top of one's head. I like that they presumably leapt to get there. I am enjoying the one frog helping the other up. Good job.

Sandra said, on 3/2/2008 6:28:00 PM

This is just wonderful. Your frogs are very expressive. Thank you for the good wishes for my daughter.

rebecca woodward said, on 3/2/2008 7:35:00 PM

Oh my!... what a nice work of art and so charming for this theme. You have such talent!!!

SENTA said, on 3/2/2008 8:55:00 PM

Very cute!

Amy said, on 3/3/2008 9:20:00 AM

Haha, I love the subject, and I especially like the dangling frog. :)

Michael said, on 3/3/2008 10:38:00 AM

Thanks for visiting!

Great texture in your work. Fantastic concept...

Bee said, on 3/3/2008 11:03:00 AM

This is great! Love all the different frogs and their colourings. Although I think I would feel a bit uneasy (as your character does) with all this going on on my head!

atomicvelvetsigh said, on 3/3/2008 12:28:00 PM

this is a wonderful illo! i luv the concept and how you rendered it beautifully..

btw i like the new header so much!

Ammon said, on 3/3/2008 1:32:00 PM

Great image. I like how the frogs are interacting.

princesstomato said, on 3/3/2008 1:38:00 PM

FROG PILE! hehehe
terrific painting, sweetie!

teri

DesigningFairy said, on 3/3/2008 2:27:00 PM

frog heads! very fun.

JO said, on 3/3/2008 5:00:00 PM

Your illo is so perfect for the poem, love this.

Dharma Designs said, on 3/3/2008 8:36:00 PM

I LOVE the frogs - and the poem!

Jules said, on 3/4/2008 5:56:00 PM

This is so precious! It almost makes the thought of having a frog on my head bearable LOL.

AscenderRisesAbove said, on 3/5/2008 9:56:00 AM

very cute. i wonder if they would hold still long enough to be heaped upon each other

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Janice said, on 3/5/2008 7:39:00 PM

this is great... love the cropped human face as well.

Dot said, on 3/5/2008 9:53:00 PM

great frogs! very nice take on the theme.

lil kim said, on 3/7/2008 2:31:00 AM

very cute - love all the frogs and their expressions. I like the one riding piggy back (or is it froggy back?)

RyanLoghry said, on 3/7/2008 7:35:00 AM

Wow, terrific frogs, and that's a great story too. Nice work.

Laurel Neustadter said, on 3/9/2008 7:58:00 AM

This is so cute! You must have great drawing skills - I am sure those frogs didn't pose for you!

marianne said, on 3/24/2008 3:21:00 PM

I love frogs! This is a beautiful illutration!

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7. Illustration Friday: Leap

By: Valerie Walsh, on 2/29/2008
Blog: ValGal Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Five o' clock, Leap, greeting card, illustration, Illustration Friday, greeting card, Leap, Five o' clock, Add a tag

My submission for Illustration Friday's "Leap" is from one of my Marisol Greeting Cards and it stems from my having worked in an office when I was younger. It takes a leap to live as an artist and believe in yourself.

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Tracy said, on 3/1/2008 10:50:00 AM

Wonderful idea! I love this :) Too bad I don't have enough confidence and know-how to take such a big leap of faith! Great illo, Val!

Alicia Padrón said, on 3/1/2008 11:05:00 AM

Awesome!!! It has a very surrealist feel to it too. Great!

Emila Yusof said, on 3/1/2008 1:38:00 PM

Stunning! I totally agree with you! Takes a lot of courage to be on the outside!

Lois said, on 3/1/2008 4:55:00 PM

I'm so glad you are not working there anymore! Cute idea with the gift certificate for one hour in it.

Ellen Byrne said, on 3/1/2008 6:18:00 PM

AMEN!

andi butler said, on 3/1/2008 11:00:00 PM

absolutely beautiful, Val! While I'm not surprised, I'm always impressed with every illustration you create! Still want to live in one of the housed you've painted! Take care!

a : )

Tony LaRocca said, on 3/2/2008 10:48:00 AM

Give one to your boss so everyone gets to go home early!

tusen said, on 3/2/2008 5:08:00 PM

Great concept! I'm sure every office could use it :)

bog_art said, on 3/2/2008 8:57:00 PM

I totally understand you.. I am the kind of person who really likes to go out if the day is nice.. the times I have been working in an office I feel like I am in a cage like your draw..
PS: Wow.. I didn't know that salty technique that you used in your last post.. :D

isay said, on 3/3/2008 1:55:00 AM

great take of the topic!

Ursula Shaw said, on 3/3/2008 10:22:00 AM

Wonderful! Love the certificate that goes with it.

Gillian said, on 3/3/2008 10:49:00 AM

It certainly is a leap and I bet you're glad you took it.
Great styling on this - I love that cage.

princesstomato said, on 3/3/2008 11:26:00 AM

val, this is brilliant :)

we are so lucky to be able to do what we love, aren't we!!! :)

teri

Jan said, on 3/3/2008 12:21:00 PM

Thank you. For this illustration.

doodlestreet said, on 3/3/2008 7:45:00 PM

How perfect it is a bird cage and we stretch our wings as artist so we can see if we can fly on our own.

Hey, where do I get one fo those little 'get out of JAIL free' cards!! Hhahha...not that I'm sayin' work is like jail...okay, maybe I am. OH NO!

J. E. Morris said, on 3/3/2008 8:02:00 PM

What a great concept. Love the feet flying out of the picture. There are time that I wished my boss had given me a get-out-of-work-free card!

sketched out said, on 3/4/2008 1:09:00 PM

Super clever and oh so true! It's so encouraging to see someone become successful after taking that leap.

Thanks, I needed that.

Janice said, on 3/5/2008 7:43:00 PM

Lovely idea... and aint it great to be free! (so to speak)

Dot said, on 3/5/2008 9:50:00 PM

your stuff is always so interesting!

studio lolo said, on 3/6/2008 12:13:00 AM

You're preachin' to the choir sister! Great job and concept, and hurray for you for making it on the 'outside!' Wonderful illo Val;)

Kstyles said, on 3/6/2008 8:28:00 AM

Great take on the theme Valerie.

atomicvelvetsigh said, on 3/6/2008 8:41:00 AM

brilliant and beautiful! now that's a leap i need to take as well i guess.. (see im still doubting)

im so buried at work i almost couldnt hop thru all my fave artists at IF.. and more.. not able to draw and paint as much as i would like to..

lil kim said, on 3/7/2008 2:41:00 AM

heheh. so THAT's why the caged bird sings!

johanna said, on 3/10/2008 11:02:00 AM

so true. i took this leap recently too. it's a bit scary sometimes but i'm happy with my decision. i love your illustration, valerie! :)

imwithsully said, on 3/11/2008 7:15:00 PM

Great minds think alike. I just posted a birdcage illo this morning before I saw this one. Cool work!

M. Patrizio said, on 3/14/2008 4:44:00 PM

I love it too!

suana said, on 3/15/2008 9:13:00 PM

You have a beautiful way of depicting situations and little adorable spaces!

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8. Leap

By: rbaird, on 2/29/2008
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9. Leap

By: Mary Uhles, on 3/1/2008
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By Mary Reaves Uhles
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10. Leap for Spring!

By: Deb Johnson, on 3/6/2008
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Decided to add a little more to the earlier picture and do it for IF's theme "Leap".

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11. leap

By: Richard Cardona, on 3/6/2008
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look before you leap. or don't.

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12. Leap - and the new contest...

By: Dot, on 3/6/2008
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I did this for Illustration Friday this week...
Also, this is the logo for this month's April Fool contest. The Anti-Valentines day contest was well received, but there were alot more crafty entries than illustrations, so I'm hoping my artist friends will be more in evidence with this one!

Sketched in pencil (long work meeting!), scanned, colored in photoshop.

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13. Children's Book Illustration-Fantastic Reference Page

By: Amy C. Moreno, on 4/21/2007
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Here's a fantastic link about Children's Book Illustration. There are many excellent links as well, such as the Mazza Museum (I am planning on getting up there sometime!)

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