5 Year Celebration!

The month of August marks 5 years of sharing the Z-Kids' art on Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty!  I estimate there are over 650 pictures here by now.  I love watching the kids' work grow and change over the years -- the creativity never ceases to amaze me.

Two years ago we celebrated the site's 3 year anniversary with an open call for visitors to create a piece of "Fan Art" based on the pictures from the archives.  The *Result!* was amazing, fun, and such an honor.  Since the 5 year mark is now upon us, I thought folks might enjoy another celebration.

If you would like to play along, it's easy:  
1. Dip into the blog's archives,  
2. Find a favorite picture,  
3. Use it as a starting place for your own riff.  Then you can email me the image or send me a link to where I can find it on your own site. (zenzart at hotmail dot com)  I'll keep taking submissions as long as people keep sending them.

You could view all this as material for a little morning warm-up sketch, or as fodder for a portfolio update, or as a creative challenge like "Illustration Friday."  Whatever the motivation, I hope you have lots of fun and find yourself as inspired by the kids as I am :)

Let the game begin!



8/10/06 -- by Gracie at age 6:

by Jarrett Krosoczka:



1/20/07 -- by Isaac at age 8:

by Doug Jones:



12/17/07 -- by Gracie at age 7:

by Sarah Countiss:



5/18/08 -- by Lily at age 5:

by E.A. Womack:



5/25/08 -- by Gracie at age 7:

by April Silva:



6/24/08 -- by Gracie at age 7:

by Stacy Gray:



6/22/08 -- by Isaac at age 9:

by 12 year old Cooper:



4/23/09 -- by Isaac at age 10:

by 12 year old Aedan:



9/6/09 -- by Gracie at age 9:

by Emiliano Salmon:



11/7/09 -- by Elijah:

by E.A. Womack:



11/27/09 -- by Isaac at age 11:

by Kerry Stewart:



11/30/09 -- by Isaac at age 11:

by Nina Crittenden:



12/4/09 -- by Isaac at age 11:

by Dad:



3/8/10 -- by Elijah at age 4:

#1 by Deborah Freedman:

#2 by Eric Barclay:



4/30/10 -- by Elijah at age 4:

#1 by Gala Amber:

#2 by Kim Hui:



7/9/10 -- by Lily:

by Dad:



7/22/10 -- by Elijah at age 4:

by Charise Harper:



7/25/10 -- by Elijah at age 4:

by Dad:



10/13/10 -- by Lily at age 7:

#1 by Nigel Bell:

#2 by Kim Hui:



10/13/10 -- by Gracie at age 10:

by Dad:



10/24/10 -- by Elijah at age 5:

by Kerry Stewart:



10/25/10 -- by Gracie at age 10:

by Josh Alves:



11/18/10 -- by Isaac at age 12:

by Juan Manuel Pedraza:



1/10/11 -- by Lily at age 7:

by Rossichka:



2/12/11 -- by Lily at age 7:

by Kerry Stewart:



2/18/11 -- by Gracie at age 10:

#1 by J.C. Phillipps:

#2 by Melinda Beavers:

#3 by Sharon Wagner:



2/24/11 -- by Elijah at age 5:

by Peter Guckes:



2/24/11 -- by Elijah at age 5:

by Rossichka:



2/24/11 -- by Elijah at age 5:

by Lorraine Rocha:



3/15/11 -- by Gracie at age 10:

by Valerie Lorimer:



3/25/11 -- by Lily at age 8:

by Juan Manuel Pedraza:



5/13/11 -- by Gracie at age 10:

by Grace (age 8) and Tim Miner:



6/7/11 -- by Gracie at age 10:

by Chris Kennett:



6/7/11 -- by Elijah at age 5:

by Juan Manuel Pedraza:



6/27/11 -- by Gracie:

by Kerry Stewart:



6/27/11 -- by Lily:

by Scott Spinks:



7/6/11 -- by Gracie at age 10:

#1 by Juan Manuel Pedraza:

#2 by Asyera Sidauruk:



7/11/11 -- by Isaac at age 12:

by Joost Haakman:



7/25/11 -- by Evie at age 3:

by Dad: