#100 of 100 Elephants: Stick Elephant

The last one! I went simplistic with this one. Upon reflection, this was an incredible creative exercise. Not only did I push myself, I realize now that I can push myself farther. It was frustrating. It was liberating. It was great to allow myself to explore with out serious consequences. I would highly recommend doing this to push your creativity.

Starting in the fall, 100 logos.

#99 of 100 Elephants: Dragon

One more day left of the 100 Elephants. Here is the Elephant Dragon.

#98 of 100 Elephants: Backhoe

One morning I was working on a wood service project with my church. One of the congregation members had their backhoe to help with moving big logs. As I looked at it I saw an elephant. I was seeing elephants in everything.

#97 of 100 Elephants: Platybelodon

This is a variation of the prehistoric elephant, platybelodon.

#96 of 100 Elephants: High Fashion

#96 is playing with the trunks again and adding a whole lot glam and hair.

#95 of 100 Elephants: Snow Elephant

This began with the question, “how would you make a traditional snowman look like an elephant?”

#94 of 100 Elephants: Lamp

This was another creative breakthrough. I was stuck. Was almost done. With all the elephants that had come before and all my thinking I came to this solution. I love the simplicity of the idea. Now it seems rather obvious.

I just realized he has no bow tie.

#93 of 100 Elephants: The Wizard

It took me 93 elephants to realize that the tusks can go side ways. It is small, but exciting.

This one has also been sold.

#92 of 100 Elephants: Genie

I really do not know what to say about one this other than it was really fun to draw. There is something really liberating about this project. This opportunity to explore possibilities to allowing yourself to fail and to come up with some joyful ideas.

#91 of 100 Elephants: Hot Air Balloon

I lived in Albuquerque New Mexico for a number of years while growing up. The International Balloon Fiesta was something that impacted me visually in so many ways. The hot air balloons keep appearing in my work.

#90 of 100 Elephants: Saxophone

Just transforming the trunk into a saxophone.

#89 of 100 Elephants: Cyclopes

In all of my studies of elephants, I found the theory that the myth of the cyclopes came from people seeing an elephant skull. They thought the nasal cavity was the one big eye. Based on this theory I thought this guy was rather humorous. I patterned the rest of the elephant after the prehistoric elephant Platybeladon.

#87 of 100 Elephants: The Turtlephant

I was getting stuck again. This was a suggestion from my family.

#86 of 100 Elephants: A Tree

This is another one that I had been trying to work out how to draw for some time. The structure of the tree is based on the Fockea Crispa, a favorite tree of mine.

#85 of 100 Elephants: A Lady

This is another one I had been working on for some time. 

#84 of 100 Elephants: Butterfly

It finally feels like spring in the Northeast Kingdom. It is fitting that this is the day the butterfly elephant.

#82 of 100 Elephants: Another Dinophant

My last mixing of an elephant and a dinosaur for the 100 elephants.

#81 and #88 of 100 Elephants: Aliens

I had been thinking about doing an alien for some time. I was not happy with #81 so a few numbers latter I reproached it. I feel I pushed the idea farther with #88. He looks more alien with the multiple eyes and legs.

#80 of 100 Elephants: Rag Doll

This is another one where I felt I really hit something different and unique. I love the simplicity of the idea and execution. It has a wonderful nostalgic and somber tone.

#79 of 100 Elephants: The Blob

With number 79, I again went in a completely different direction, the elephant blob.

#78 of 100 Elephants: More than one trunk

This comes close to answering the question of how many trunks can one elephant have. I am sure I can push it further, but this was something that had been floating around my head since the start of the creative challenge.

#77 of 100 Elephants: Kangaphant

This one was just fun!

Out of order #83 of 100 Elephants: May the 4th Be With You

In honor of May the 4th, I am skipping ahead to #83 Yodaphant it is. Obvious the path was. Started adapting favorite characters I did.

This one is also sold.

#76 of 100 Elephants: Elephant Shrimp

Similar to the oxymoron of a jumbo shrimp, here is the elephant shrimp.

#75 of 100 Elephants: No Trunk

This was an attempt at a visual joke that I did not push far enough. The idea was that the elephant was holding his trunk. After I showed it to people, thinking it was really funny, I realized trunks are bigger. The joke was lost. I will rework this one someday in the future.

#74 of 100 Elephants: Scarecrow

I had been working out the specifics of this one for some time. An elephant made of gourds.