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Humbug -- a deceit, a fraud or a cheat.
“Christmas a humbug, uncle?” said Scrooge’s nephew. “You don’t mean that I am sure?”
“I do,” said Scrooge.
“Don’t be cross, uncle!” said his nephew.
“What else can I be,” returned the uncle, “when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! If I could work my will, “said Scrooge indignantly, “every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!”
“Uncle!” pleaded the nephew.
“Nephew!” returned the uncle, sternly, “keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.”
“Keep it!” repeated Scrooge. “But you don’t keep it.”
“Let me leave it alone, then,” said Scrooge. “Much good may it do you! Much good it has ever done you!”
“Christmas Carol” -- Charles Dickens
My thanks to the late Orson Wells and his radio telling of the “Christmas Carol on 23DEC 1938 for keeping me at my task of turning out two Christmas cards this year. Then there were the Christmas Carols sung by Josh Groban, the Morman Tabernacle Choir, the Vienna Boys Choir and those Miss Piggy, Kermit and the Muppets. Without all their help I would probably still be drawing and coloring in the middle of January.
“Christmas a humbug, uncle?” said Scrooge’s nephew. “You don’t mean that I am sure?”
“I do,” said Scrooge.
“Don’t be cross, uncle!” said his nephew.
“What else can I be,” returned the uncle, “when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! If I could work my will, “said Scrooge indignantly, “every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart!”
“Uncle!” pleaded the nephew.
“Nephew!” returned the uncle, sternly, “keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.”
“Keep it!” repeated Scrooge. “But you don’t keep it.”
“Let me leave it alone, then,” said Scrooge. “Much good may it do you! Much good it has ever done you!”
“Christmas Carol” -- Charles Dickens
My thanks to the late Orson Wells and his radio telling of the “Christmas Carol on 23DEC 1938 for keeping me at my task of turning out two Christmas cards this year. Then there were the Christmas Carols sung by Josh Groban, the Morman Tabernacle Choir, the Vienna Boys Choir and those Miss Piggy, Kermit and the Muppets. Without all their help I would probably still be drawing and coloring in the middle of January.
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Wolf
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 321.5 kB
You know, I've always wondered how old Scrooge actually was. In the story his former love has a family around the size and ages of the Crachitt's I think. This has made me wonder if Scrooge is only a few years older than Bob rather than the withered old man he's portrayed as (or if he's a withered old man because of his greed).
If you have ever seen a beautiful woman or handsome man screaming in anger or even in extreme excitement you will know that emotion can twist and deform even the most attractive of faces.
I never imagined Scrooge as being even remotely attractive, especially when Dickens described him as being “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his tin lips blue…. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.” That combined with Scrooge’s single minded obsession with self and the physical expression of the self through the gathering of money does not encourage the imagination to conjure up a pleasant visage for him.
I never imagined Scrooge as being even remotely attractive, especially when Dickens described him as being “a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his tin lips blue…. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin.” That combined with Scrooge’s single minded obsession with self and the physical expression of the self through the gathering of money does not encourage the imagination to conjure up a pleasant visage for him.
Well, no, but he was in love, once. And he was also loved in return. I'm not debating that he probably looks like a very old man due to the aforementioned selfishness and vivid description, I'm just wondering if he's actually as old as he is always shown and if his redemption would have any effect on his physical appearance in the long run.
Well I am sharing a secret with you now, so don't let anyone else know -- but I am going to start a long-term Christmas project of drawing up a furry "Christmas Carol". Hopefully I should be about 1/3'd of the way through it by this time next year.
And yes, as Scrooge undergoes his visitations from the Christmas ghosts and by doing so embarks on his redemption, he will shed his nasty exgterior and by the end of the story look a whole lot better.
And yes, as Scrooge undergoes his visitations from the Christmas ghosts and by doing so embarks on his redemption, he will shed his nasty exgterior and by the end of the story look a whole lot better.
Oh there is that of course, but what artist does not want to show his viewers a new angle on an old subject, while remaining true to the subject?
But don't despair on not seeing Ebenezer with a full head of hair (fur?). In the course of the story the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge (and us) Christmases past when Ebenezer was young and in his prime. Because the story shows him old and young, mean & crabby then “reborn” and sharing, he is a wonderful artistic challenge.
I love doing my yearly Christmas "cards" especially when they deal with traditional subjects in a new way and are fun for my watchers to see.
But don't despair on not seeing Ebenezer with a full head of hair (fur?). In the course of the story the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge (and us) Christmases past when Ebenezer was young and in his prime. Because the story shows him old and young, mean & crabby then “reborn” and sharing, he is a wonderful artistic challenge.
I love doing my yearly Christmas "cards" especially when they deal with traditional subjects in a new way and are fun for my watchers to see.
Lol, That would be quite bizarre. XD
Excellent portrayal of scrooge as furry, well done piece I especially like the transition from interior to exterior. Too bad I didn't catch this on christmas... ): There's something weird going on with the tumbnails on this and your last piece.
Do you still use a mouse to color your work? If so, get a Wacom Bamboo tablet will improve your coloring speed and quality greatly.
Excellent portrayal of scrooge as furry, well done piece I especially like the transition from interior to exterior. Too bad I didn't catch this on christmas... ): There's something weird going on with the tumbnails on this and your last piece.
Do you still use a mouse to color your work? If so, get a Wacom Bamboo tablet will improve your coloring speed and quality greatly.
Thanks, Raithwal. It was more important for me to portray Scrooge's personality in this picture Christmas "card" than it was to be anthropormorphically "correct". I put in that glimpse of the outdoors since a purely indoors shot would have felt too claustrophobic considering the unpleasantness of the character.
This was a rushed pic (about two days) and I still haven't resolved my problem of how much linework to leave in a pic so it probably does look mouse-colored. [Not a good excuse I know] :-D
Heh, I do have a Wacom Bamboo tablet. I 98% love it since it is about twice as big as my old Wacom was. Now all I have to do to improve my coloring is study color theory. :-D
This was a rushed pic (about two days) and I still haven't resolved my problem of how much linework to leave in a pic so it probably does look mouse-colored. [Not a good excuse I know] :-D
Heh, I do have a Wacom Bamboo tablet. I 98% love it since it is about twice as big as my old Wacom was. Now all I have to do to improve my coloring is study color theory. :-D
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