The Hickensian

5.06.09 Daniel's Daily Monster

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Every school day since May 7th I’ve been drawing a little Monster Card for my son Daniel’s lunchbox. Not totally sure why I started this, but he enjoyed the first one, and it’s become a ritual. Every morning when making his lunch, I give myself 5 minutes to draw a monster on paper from one of those memo pad things, give it a name and quickly photograph it with the iPhone.

Sometimes they come out OK, sometimes they’re not so great. The important thing is seeing his reaction at the end of the day. #2 Mrs Wetherby didn’t go down too well – it was a bit girly for his tastes!

So far, I’ve managed 16, and I’ve started a Tumblr account to show them all: danielsmonster.tumblr.com

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No.1

∞ Dean Clatworthy said 248 days ago:

Some great illustrations Jon. I have a feeling Daniel might end up creative like his old man ;)

No.2

∞ Harold said 248 days ago:

Jon, incredible work, he’ll remember these the rest of his life. I do something similar, a little illustrated sketch whenever I go out of town (normally once a week). The kids have started to put them on the back of their bedroom doors, but now they’re out of space. What does Daniel do with his monsters?

No.3

∞ Phil said 248 days ago:

I love this idea, you could make a book.

Out of interest are you using a default theme for tumblr or is that your own?

No.4

∞ MDK said 247 days ago:

Awsome. Full respect for finding the energy to do that in those busy times.

No.5

∞ John Nack said 247 days ago:

That’s really rad, Jon. I can’t wait til our little dude (http://www.jnack.com/finnegan/) gets old enough for something like this. Keep up the great work.

No.6

∞ Bernd said 247 days ago:

oh, I really love this! :)

No.7

∞ Aaron said 245 days ago:

Just amazing, I remember from primary school a kid had an old leather bag and his dad had drawn some amazing artwork on it. It is very rare to find that, thats what makes it special.

25 years later and I still remember his bag! What a way to remember your childhood and plant the seed or creativity. Great stuff!

No.8

∞ James John Malcolm said 244 days ago:

Great to see Samantha joining in too :)

No.9

∞ Todd said 244 days ago:

These are awesome, Jon! I’ve been doodling on the plastic wrap I put my kids sandwiches in a few days each week. They’re fairly terrible when compared with yours but, like you, I love the thought of their reaction at school when they see a moon lander, a monster truck or a lady bug scribbled on their otherwise hum-drum peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Look forward to seeing these continue!