Friday, February 16, 2007

IF - Law of Gravity: Sir Isaac Newton


Sir Isaac Newton and the apple tree :)

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71 Comments:

Blogger Cuffe said...

Michelle- I swear on my life that I didn't see your drawing before writing the text for mine! Great drawing as usual. But honest injun...

12:32 PM  
Blogger Liz Jones said...

Cute! He looks so serious...

12:34 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi Michelle,
You are so quick to come up with a great illo for Illustration Friday and like usual it's a great piece.
Thanks for all the times you have stopped by my blog...

12:48 PM  
Blogger Kevin Spear said...

Just proves that great scientific progress goes, "boink."

Great capture of motion with that apple, Michelle.

1:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The guy who invented calculus.
Damn him!
Great work. Nice take on a tough subject.

1:30 PM  
Blogger Margarida Girão said...

AH AH

Nice idea!! That's the true.

The drawing is perfect, as usually..

:)

1:34 PM  
Blogger Steffi said...

Funny pictures and nice blog!

Steffi

1:35 PM  
Blogger Piotr said...

your simple style is great michelle!

1:54 PM  
Blogger scott said...

cute illo, great thinker.
Newton that is, oh and you too I'm sure
nice work.
love
Scott

2:06 PM  
Blogger Charles said...

Great expression on his face!

C. Kaufman
http://www.toontoonz.com

2:53 PM  
Blogger JO said...

Great illo, very cute.

3:30 PM  
Blogger pati said...

lol I have to say the same that Cuffe told you, Michelle... hehehe... I guess there are things that are simply inseparable :)

I love your Newton and apple, Michelle... it's super sweet and yet very very funny.

Muak!

5:21 PM  
Blogger marcisenders said...

Cute!

6:47 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Sir Issac Newton is one of my favorite people. . .right up there with ol' Albert Einstein. Great illo as always. Perfect for the topic!

8:36 PM  
Blogger Random York said...

Yes! That's a good one! Very educational! It's also bright and clean and unique as usual!

9:15 PM  
Blogger Carol Roque said...

apple gravity! very nice.:)

9:47 PM  
Blogger valerie walsh said...

Another clever and wonderful piece Michelle!

10:06 PM  
Blogger Jess said...

So clever and cute! I love your style.

11:48 PM  
Blogger rogério said...

Very cool gravity...the first :)

6:57 AM  
Blogger Roz Foster said...

Heh. I love how Newton looks so intent on the meaning of this that he's unperturbed by the 'Plonk' on his head. Great expression.

8:01 AM  
Blogger demosthenes said...

as always, excellent illustration! i took a slightly different approach. ;-)

8:26 AM  
Blogger studio lolo said...

You're really getting quite good at these portraits Michelle! Love the "huh?" look on his face. Excellent!

9:37 AM  
Blogger michaeljpatrick said...

Very cute!

9:52 AM  
Blogger travis king said...

Very nice. love your stuff!

11:48 AM  
Blogger isay said...

so cool michelle!

1:59 PM  
Blogger mcscrub said...

great stuff

2:43 PM  
Blogger Susan Mitchell said...

Love his expression,very well done )

3:53 PM  
Blogger carla said...

Michelle - this is adorable! You've really done a great job creating the character:>

5:07 PM  
Blogger imwithsully said...

Michelle, in my illustration, Jonathan Swift's concept of a floating island takes a swipe at Isaac Newton and his laws of gravity. :) I love this week's theme. Your Isaac is very cute! You always have good stuff.

5:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aah, gravity, gotta love it!

6:56 PM  
Blogger Debbie said...

Love it Michelle! Gravity can be a bummer :)

7:12 PM  
Blogger amy m. provine said...

I love the expression on his face! good stuff!

7:33 PM  
Blogger Kim de Young said...

He seems so thoughtful, I wonder what he is thinking? ;0)

Terrific job

7:48 PM  
Blogger maria mola said...

heheehe, how can you draw so quick and so funny!!

1:39 AM  
Blogger emilayusof said...

Supercool! Great idea Michelle!

3:43 AM  
Blogger Ginger*:) said...

Boink! for sure. It's wonderful, Michelle!

5:04 AM  
Blogger Coloribus said...

I like this perplexed expression on the Sir Issac Newton's face ;o)

9:19 AM  
Blogger trickornick said...

hey, What's up with you Michelle? Cutest digitl cartoons in all of IF, as usual.

12:44 PM  
Blogger Mambo cha cha cha said...

hehe, Newton looks really engrossed. Love the wig

12:52 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

So cute! Great style.

3:11 PM  
Blogger zann said...

Sir Isaac looks very pondersome. Very quick witted for you to have thought of him and then illustrated him with great gusto.

3:27 PM  
Blogger Daniel Sanger said...

hahahahaha - very cool!

4:40 PM  
Blogger Mishka Jaeger said...

This is great. I love the expression on his face!

7:06 PM  
Blogger Paige Keiser said...

Hahaha Cute!

7:30 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Ha, love Newton's hair-do! Nice one as usual ;)

9:52 PM  
Blogger AndyDoodler said...

Another winner!

10:27 PM  
Blogger pati said...

Thanks Michelle for stopping by my students blog! It means a lot to me and I know they are very happy about it :D

You are the best! I mean it!

7:52 AM  
Blogger steve said...

Great interpretation of a classic theme Michele!

10:43 AM  
Blogger Michelle Lana said...

Thank you for all the messages, everyone! really appreciate it!

11:30 AM  
Blogger Anja said...

Very funny idea!!!

1:57 PM  
Blogger Angela Matteson said...

I like your very cute Newton! :)

6:15 PM  
Blogger Brine Blank said...

'Plonk'...So THAT is the sound of an apple on the noggin...cross off that mystery...my children will be grateful they won't have to put up with that experiment...and great drawing per the usual!

8:01 PM  
Blogger Honor said...

Very Cute! Great work as always.

10:25 PM  
Blogger a.g.barrows said...

ahah, I love the expression of Sir Isaac..
great

7:50 AM  
Blogger ° said...

lol god said dont eat the apple but we did it. then poor Newton is just sitting there minding his own business and that darn apple bonks em on the head, go figure nice idea and drawing

9:13 AM  
Blogger Linda said...

wonderful character he looks very deep in thought

9:45 AM  
Blogger Mette said...

so cute, michelle! :) I love his wig!

10:21 AM  
Blogger Twisselman said...

A wonderful Sir Newton... deep in thought. Simply great.

3:56 PM  
Blogger ELLA ELVIANA said...

that's a cute newton michelle!

4:14 PM  
Blogger Kay Aker said...

Love his grave expression! Imbued with your casual greatness!

4:51 PM  
Blogger Mônica said...

What a fun idea! And what great style you have, your posts are always funny and so creative.

Thanks for all your comments on my blog :-)

5:45 PM  
Blogger nina said...

Great piece!! Bright wonderful colors and an excellent take on the topic! Thanks for visiting my blog :)

8:02 AM  
Blogger Theresa H. said...

Delightful, as usual! I love your style. Keep it up!

Cheers,
Theresa

11:12 AM  
Blogger Tony LaRocca said...

Where's the picture of Dr. Who, throwing apples at him? Cute pic!

5:23 PM  
Blogger Rosa Prat said...

I love the expression on his face! :)

7:52 AM  
Blogger Ujwala Prabhu said...

I made a similar one but yours is sooooo much better! :D

9:20 AM  
Blogger Melissa H. said...

His eyebrows are great!

10:36 AM  
Blogger Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

Another terrific piece, AND a history lesson!

10:38 AM  
Blogger Larry Lee said...

Another great one.

9:10 PM  
Blogger nicole falk said...

great work as always - i cant get enough of your work

2:34 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

This looks like my grandpa! Oh its so cute.

1:27 PM  

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