And a Monday? Bugger!

Once again, I’m completely unorganised. OK, everyone, if you can send your submissions for last months theme, I’ll try and get them up tomorrow.

In the mean time I’ll dig around the drafts folder and clean up a post for the next theme…

~mr sketchy

The ever-on-time Pseudo Rhys has come up with a lovely character, who you can see here.

We were joined this month by Enj, who came up with quirky piece.

Soph has a short written piece up here.

Thanks for playing along this month! Check out the new theme here.

~ Soph, Kate & Mr Sketchy

The theme this month is:

“They called his name until it didn’t sound like a real word anymore, but he never returned.”

This little sentence came to me just after Christmas last year when I was staying with my parents in Canberra for a week or so, and the family dog went missing. We spent so much time calling out his name, wondering if he’d ever come back. After three days, we all started to force ourselves to face the idea that he might not.

And then one morning he just showed up at the back door, exhausted, filthy and needing lots of cuddles. We were all very relieved.

Lost & found

~ Soph

Responses to this month’s theme will be due midnight Monday 1 August.

As usual, shoot us an email (themondayproject85@gmail.com) with your response attached; or, if you’ve got your own site, send us through a link.

Happy creating!

~ Soph, Kate & Mr Sketchy

~Mr Sketchy

~ Soph

Pseudo Rhys got in early with his response, discovering he’s much more likely to hit ‘delete’ than he is to use an eraser on paper. You can see it here.

Mr Sketchy also went with a fairly literal interpretation of the theme, and played Photoshop. You can see his response here.

Jo (who runs Sparkapolooza, a side project similar to the Monday Project) has joined in this month with a lovely illustration. You can see her response here.

I’ve managed to get my act together and get my response typed up in time this month. You can read it here.

We’ve also had an anonymous submission — a piece of flash fiction. The contributor said they hoped I didn’t mind that they used my name for the main character in the piece. Not at all, of course! Here’s their piece:

“Where is he?” Sophie thought to herself as she scanned the ever-growing crowd.  “Dang him!  He said he would be here 15 minutes ago!  Sometimes I wonder which one of us is really the oldest.”  She wasn’t surprised that her brother was late.  He was always late.  Nor was she angry for that matter as she had long grown accustomed to his unreliability.  More than anything she was frightened.  Something so trivial had never bothered her in the past. That was before last week.  That was before the unthinkable happened. That was before her mother died.

Death was nothing new to her.  Her childhood was full of short-lived pets from fish to hamsters to her longest pet, a chubby yellow tabby named Butterball.  Both of her grandmothers had died when she was in her teens.  Her Grampy died a few years ago.  What was new was witnessing her mother in pain.  As she looked back through all her memories, she could not recall her mother ever suffering.  There were bumps and minor scrapes, but nothing that ever brought tears.  She had been invincible.

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If you’re still working on something that you’d like to submit, we do take late submissions, so feel free to send it through on an email (themondayproject85@gmail.com). Otherwise, enjoy working on the new theme this month. It’s due Monday 4 July.

~ Sophie, Kate & Mr Sketchy

An Agent for change

I think this is where I would normally go on that I’ve been thinking a lot about change.

While it’s true I’ve got a few changes going on in my life right now, I haven’t been thinking about ‘change’ that much. Maybe I should?

But really, I’m putting up this theme cause I thought it was a cool phrase and would make a fun theme…

~mr sketchy

Responses to this month’s theme will be due the first Monday of next month, 4th of July.

As usual, you can send us through a link to the response on your own site, or, if you don’t have a space of your own, send us the file at themondayproject85@gmail.com, and we’ll post it up here.

Happy creating!

~ Sophie, Kate & Mr Sketchy

Pseudo Rhys has a wonderful illustration here.

Duck Reach has a beautiful map-inspired drawing here.

And I’ve put up a my response here.

If you are still trying to finish a piece off, send it in and we’ll include it in this post.

Otherwise, enjoy creating with the new theme, which is due on the 6th of June.

~

I’ve finally got my act together and posted up my response to last month’s theme here.
~Soph

Lamp Post

The inspiration for this theme came from a people watching moment at Richmond station in Melbourne. I noticed that the areas under cover were getting crowded. Mainly because thats where all seats are. People had drifted into the open area for a little peace a quiet (i assume).

But the thing was, though everyone was doing that “pretending no one else exists” (something I specialize at while using public transport) they were grouping around wherever there was a sign post. It was as if no one wanted to take the extra few steps to stand in a completely empty place.

I’m probably reading too much into it, but I still think of it from time to time.

Responses to this month’s theme will be due the first Monday of next month, 6th of June.

As usual, you can send us through a link to the response on your own site, or, if you don’t have a space of your own, send us the file at themondayproject85@gmail.com, and we’ll post it up here.

Happy creating!

~ Sophie, Kate & Mr Sketchy

I’m still hassling a couple of people for typed-up versions of their responses to the Beach Baths theme, but thought we should share what we’ve already received.

Duck Reach has posted a sketch up over here.

Pseudo Rhys has put his response up here.

Mr Sketchy has tried to avoid rambling about what’s behind the picture over here.

And I’ve put up a very rough draft of a short fiction piece here.

Thanks everyone for playing along! If we get anymore responses sent through in the next couple of days, I’ll add them at the bottom here.

For now though, check out the new theme, due Monday 2 May.

Canberra Autum

This is an image I took just outside my parents’ house in Canberra in the autumn last year. Canberra is stinking hot in summer and freezing cold in winter, but in autumn and spring it’s really very beautiful.

I usually find myself in Canberra in the in-between seasons — in fact, I’m heading there in a couple of weeks for the Easter long weekend — and the prettiness of those seasons never gets old. Canberra is oranges, browns and yellows in the autumn. As the leaves fall, the temperature drops. The air is crisp and the skies are clear. I revel in the chance to wear a coat, scarf and gloves.

Responses to this month’s theme will be due the first Monday of next month, 2 May.

As usual, you can send us through a link to the response on your own site, or, if you don’t have a space of your own, send us the file at themondayproject85@gmail.com, and we’ll post it up here.

Happy creating!

~ Sophie, Kate & Mr Sketchy

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Remember, you’ve got until midnight tonight to send us a response to last month’s theme; we’ll be posting the responses some time tomorrow. If you want to play along, get cracking and send whatever you come up with through to themondayproject85@gmail.com.