Day 3743: Clouds and a king crowned.

 

 

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Artist Transforms Fluffy Clouds Into Playful Cartoon Characters Every Day

  

Every day, Chris Judge shares photos of clouds that he has transformed into playful characters. This ongoing project, aptly titled A Daily Cloud, started during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when Judge was spending more time in the yard with his family. He shared some of these illustrations on his social media and was pleasantly surprised by the feedback he received. Since then, the whimsical idea has continued to grow, sharing “happy cloud art” in people's feeds every day. 

From toothy crocodiles to sleeping bears, Judge reimagines fluffy clouds as a variety of quirky characters. While sometimes the shapes are more obvious, others require him to think outside the box—finding faces where most wouldn't think to even look. Keeping the style minimal is also key, as Judge doesn't want his doodles to cover too much of the actual cloud. “I try to draw as few lines as possible and let the shape of the cloud itself do the heavy lifting,” he tells My Modern Met. While in the beginning, Judge supplied most of the photos, he now receives numerous submissions from his followers, meaning the inspiration for art is neverending. “If it's a nice cloudy day, I take lots and lots of photos throughout the day on either my iPhone or my Canon M6 Mark ii,” he says. “Every afternoon, I choose a photo of my own or one that someone has submitted that I think will work well and then I import it into Procreate.” From there, Judge lets the image dictate his drawing, the next addition to his collection. 

 

Thanks to the success of his series, Judge has a book coming out next year called Cloud Babies. You can now pre-order the book on Bookshop. Scroll down for more cloud illustrations right now and follow A Daily Cloud on Instagram for even more.

He draws cartoon faces onto photographs of clouds, and reveals the people, bears, crocodiles, dogs, and other creatures “hiding” in the clouds.

           

 

Here's a cloud for you, what do you see?

 

 

Football player gives homecoming king crown to a more deserving student

Parks Finney, suffered a tramautic brain injury at birth, was crowned homecoming king.

English teacher, Amy Finney applauded when senior James Verpaele was crowned homecoming king. Moments later, Finney was in tears as she watched Verpaele, 17, present her developmentally disabled 19-year-old son, Parks, with the crown and sash. 

Parks, a student at Merritt Island High School in Florida, was born with Periventricular Leukomalacia, or PVL, his mother said. PVL is a birth injury caused by lack of oxygen or blood flow to the brain. The condition affects Parks’ cognitive abilities and speech, but it hasn’t stopped him from managing the softball and track and field teams. “Parks comes to all the games and most practices and cheers us on. He’s a supporter of all the athletics,” Verpaele, a varsity football player, TODAY. “We call him the Mayor because he knows everyone. He’ll stop and ask, ‘Do you need anything?’ ‘How are you doing?’

 

James Verpaele handed his sash and crown over to Parks Finney.

Parks was initially confused when he saw Verpaele walking towards him.  “He thought I was coming to give him a high-five or a fist bump,” Verpaele recalled. “And then I was like, ‘No, Parks, you’re coming with me,’” and I brought him onto the field.” That’s when Parks’ face started to light up, Verpaele said.

“I’m watching all of this unfold and the tears just start falling,” Finney said. “My whole family were crying. Parks’ smile was huge and the crowd was chanting his name.”

Park Finney posed with his friend James Verpaele

Parks celebrated that night with a milkshake at Steak n Shake. His crown and sash are now prominently displayed his bedroom. He told TODAY it makes him “happy.” Finney praised the student body at Merritt Island High School for embracing her child.

 

 

 

 

 

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