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Tom Kidd, “Another Orphan Vs. Moby Dick” 

An interior illustration by Tom Kidd to an edition of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds

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On this date in 1852 the first British mens’ public toilet opened on Fleet Street in London. Public toilets first came to London the year before, during the Great Exhibition of 1851 when a plumber named George Jennings installed “Monkey Closets” in the Crystal Palace. For 1 penny, visitors got “a clean seat, a towel, a comb, and a shoeshine.” After the exhibition closed, Jennings persuaded the organizers to keep them open. Due to their success, a year later toilets were opened at 95 Fleet Street. Tom’s painting “Oughthaus,” part of his Gnemo project, shows one of the public bathrooms in McCay City which was inspired by the proclamation of a prominent scientist that she got her greatest inspirations while in the bathroom. Soon after her statement, a series of artful public toiled were placed throughout the city in hopes of stimulating the creative minds of the citizenry. #tomkidd #gnemo #publictoilet

Today is National Serpent Day. The serpent has been used as a symbol of evil, medicine, fertility, wisdom, and power. Tom did this drawing “Serpent Alley” as part of his Gnemo project. One serpent can be seen in the plateau lake at the top left hand corner of the picture, and another can be seen in the lake in the middle right. #tomkidd #gnemo #nationalserpentday

Today is the birthday of American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, born on this date in 1830 in Germany. He moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts with his parents at the age of one, and returned to Germany to study landscape painting in his 20s. After returning to America, he became part of the Hudson River School group of landscape painters, and later traveled to the American West to paint the Rocky Mountains, Yosemite Valley, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, becoming one of the most popular and successful artists of his time. Tom’s painting “Leaving Terrain,” part of his Gnemo project, shows an airship going over the Bierstadt Mountains, on an expedition to explore their world of Lenoria. #tomkidd #gnemo #albertbierstadt

New art books! I'm going to attempt to adapt #tomkidd techniques to #ipadart #illustration #fantasyart

Today is Working Naked Day. While Tom doesn’t choose to work naked, his creation Anna the Cave Girl does work naked. Here she is working on her study of gravity, using the scientific method. #tomkidd #drawing #comics #humor #workingnakedday