i’m really glad i never sold this mug. so many people i spoke to at craft shows said they thought it was sad… i don’t think it’s sad at all. people projected their own feelings onto it which of course is the nature of art & i think very much may be contributed to by the fact that i don’t draw people smiling very often (particularly danny is not much of a smiler) but i don’t really think i’d want someone who it didn’t make them happy to own it. like ppl said oh well you know he gets a phone call and he’s not dressed yet (presuming it’s the middle of the day) but like it doesn’t show what time of day it is or anything… my original vision was that he was in bed but it wasn’t going to fit but it is the morning. i think it’s such a simple action and such a simple drawing & narration that there’s a lot to be read into it. like it really is as simple as he hears his friend is in town so he gets dressed and leaves the house immediately, bc he’s excited to see his friend. the owner of my studio who also interpreted it sadly wanted to make an ig post abt it and all i had to say was it’s about being excited to see a friend. i admit that there are ways i could have shown this & like it would help if he did look excited to hear a friend was in town so a lot of the room for ambiguity comes from my inadequacy as a cartoonist… but anyway i love it and it’s happy to me.
