Hybrid "pigoat"

Illustration Friday's topic for the week of Aug. 2 - 8/13 is "Hybrid" 

as suggested by Baris Sehri at: http://barissehri.com


Lets call this new hybrid a "pigoat".

 

Hybrid pigs! Pen and ink cartoon by Sandra Santa Lucia for the Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper 3/3/95

 a pig + goat equal a hybrid named "pigoat" 

Hybrid information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)

Hybrid (biology)

In biology and specifically, genetics, the term hybrid has several meanings, all referring to the offspring of sexual reproduction.[1]

• In general usage, hybrid is synonymous with heterozygous: any offspring resulting from the mating of two genetically distinct individuals

• a genetic hybrid carries two different alleles of the same gene

• a structural hybrid results from the fusion of gametes that have differing structure in at least onechromosome, as a result of structural abnormalities

• a numerical hybrid results from the fusion of gametes having different haploid numbers of chromosomes

• a permanent hybrid is a situation where only the heterozygous genotype occurs, because all homozygous combinations are lethal.

From a taxonomic perspective, hybrid refers to:

• Offspring resulting from the interbreeding between two animals or plants of different species.[2] See also hybrid speciation.

• Hybrids between different subspecies within a species (such as between the Bengal tiger and Siberian tiger) are known as intra-specific hybrids. Hybrids between different species within the same genus (such as between lions and tigers) are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different genera (such as between sheep and goats) are known as intergeneric hybrids. Extremely rare interfamilial hybrids have been known to occur (such as the guineafowl hybrids).[3] No interordinal (between different orders) animal hybrids are known.

• The third type of hybrid consists of crosses between populations, breeds or cultivars within a single species. This meaning is often used in plant and animal breeding, where hybrids are commonly produced and selected because they have desirable characteristics not found or inconsistently present in the parent individuals or populations. This flow of genetic material between populations or races is often called hybridization.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hercules, a "Liger", a Lion/Tiger hybrid

The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress (Panthera tigris). Thus, it has parents with the same genus but of different species. It is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon. It is the largest of all known extant felines.

Ligers enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable like lions. Ligers exist only in captivity because the habitats of the parental species do not overlap in the wild. Historically, when the Asiatic Lion was prolific, the territories of lions and tigers did overlap and there are legends of ligers existing in the wild. illustrationfriday.com

Lost…have you seen this man?

Back in August of '97 The Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper wrote a news story relating to a LOST hiker. "A 70-year-old hiker who was missing overnight was rescued when he stumbled upon a warden posting his description in a parking lot at Kootenay National Park".… the story was perfect material for a cartoon!

Pen and Ink cartoon by Sandra Santa Lucia published in the Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper Aug. 6/1997.

July 13 - 19 Illustration Friday's topic of the week is "lost" as submitted by Antonio Bernal

Newspaper media will never "suspend" it's honesty, objectivity and fairness.

Responsibility to it's readers is always first and foremost—their readers deserve no less.

Pen and Ink Cartoon  published in the Banff Crag and Canyon newspaper  in 1995 by Sandra Santa Lucia.

Back in 1995 I created the cartoon above for The Crag newspaper and thought it fitting for this week's July 6 - 12  Illustration Friday's  word of the week. The word being "Suspend".

Submitted by Allyn Howard at: http://www.allynhoward.com/Artwork_by_Allyn.html 

It is no secret

…the bears are up and they are hungry.

In the Banff National Park the Bears wake sometime in April and they are very very hungry. 

published pen and ink cartoon by Sandra Santa Lucia, April 14, 1993 for the Banff Crag and Canyon newspaper

Back in 1993 I illustrated the cartoon above for The Banff Crag and Canyon newspaper. Having a little fun depicting a bear munching away on a popular warden's lunch this cartoon warned readers of the dangers of  Feeding the Bears.

Illustration Friday's word of the week for June 15 to 21 is "secret"

If only Uggy, a capable performer, had been a nominee for an Oscar…

he could have danced with Little Lizzie one cute little dog!
Unfortunately Uggy, the wonderful furry four-legged performer from The Artist was not a nominee to the 2012 Oscars. Had he, he would  have swung and twirled little Lizzie Barker delighting a world-wide audience.

Pencil drawing of Uggy, The Artist's four-legged lovable dog swings with little Lizzie Barker at the Oscars! by Sandra Santa Lucia/2/26/12

For more information about animals not receiving an Oscar check out  The Calgary Herald  
Illustration Friday's February 25 - March 1 word of the week is capable suggested by Fiona Meakin of Love Love Drawing. 

fluid…water and more water!

"Who will foot the bill!!"  … all about a broken water main in Banff.

Pen and Ink cartoon illustration by Sandra Santa Lucia/ 7/7/92 for the Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper.

Fluid is the topic for Illustration Friday's word of the week for February 17 - 23 as suggested by  http://lorimulligan.com/home.html

useless contraption?

pen and ink suitcase of energy saving ideas cartoon by sandra santa lucia for the Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper/12/09

Illustration Friday's October 7 - October 13's topic is "contraption". 

From the pages of The Banff Crag & Canyon's newspaper back in December of '09 my cartoon of "buck the elk's" contraption pokes a little fun at some of the cost efficient and environmentally sound suggestions put forward for The Town Banff and Parks Canada's Utility needs. 

contraption  (kn-trpshn) n. A mechanical device; a gadget.

Topic suggested by karen krings 

wake up…don't hibernate

Elections…so many coming up around the world.

pen and ink cartoon by sandra santa lucia, banff

Back in September 0f 2001 I created a cartoon for the Banff Crag & Canyon's newspaper reminding voters to get out and vote. This cartoon above seemed the perfect illustration for this week's, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6th' Illustration Friday's topic for the week "Hibernate".
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book (Lady Chatterley, for instance), or you take a trip, or you talk with Richard, and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death." ~ Anais Nin Topic suggested by: suggested by Caitriona (http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitrionasweeney/).

mesmerized by stella the elk

pen and ink cartoon illustrated by sandra santa lucia/the banff crag & canyon newspaper/92

Buck was mesmerized by Stella, the elk, during the wildlife wet-t-shirt dance.

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mesmerizing - attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

IF's, September 16 -22 word of the week is "mesmerizing" as suggested by Kim

boundaries of honesty

published pen and ink cartoon by sandra santa lucia for the banff crag and canyon newspaper  in '95.

This week's topic for illustration friday is "boundaries" 
Media must never overstep the boundaries of honesty, fairness and objectivity.  Facts only please! Opinions belong in editorials and columns not hard news.
"Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, of the possible. " ~ Henry Reed
 "boundaries" suggested by Ronni at designing fairy

did this disguise work?

pen and ink cartoon by sandra santa lucia published in the banff crag & canyon newspaper/92

This week's Illustration Friday's topic is "Disguise" suggested by renee.

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise." ~ Margaret Atwood

imperfect solution…pure madness!

what if…banff national park wardens could collar butterfly poachers!!—cartoon by sandra santa lucia/sept./'93

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." ~ Marilyn Monroe

This week's Illustration Friday's topic is "Imperfect" suggested by Susan Sorrell Hill (http://susansorrellhill.wordpress.com/). 

smoking…dirty obsession

smoking…a dirty obsession.cartoon illustrated for The Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper.

Obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire , etc. 2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.

Illustration Friday's topic for the week of July 29th to August 5th is "Obession:" suggested by Jessica Wong.

do nothing…relax

pen and ink illustration by sandra santa lucia/82

One remedy for relieving tension is to relax and "do nothing" . 
     This week's , July 1 - July 7th Illustration Friday's topic is "Remedy" suggested by Elizabeth McMahill http://elizabethmcmahill.blogspot.com/ .To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy" ~ Hippocrates

launched — banff tourism bureau

new banff tourism bureau pen and ink cartoon by sandra santa luica/11/3/11

In the spring of 1992 the launch of a new Banff Tourism Bureau took over the duties of the Banff Chamber of Commerce's duties. The Banff Lake Louise Tourism bureau has done Banff proud serving the Town of Banff, Banff National Parks administration as well as the many vibrant businesses and citizens alike. It was at this time while working in the Production department of The Banff Crag & Canyon I was given the opportunity to create a cartoon illustrating the demise of the Banff Chamber of Commerce. Above is my first cartoon for the newspaper. My then cartooning career was launched!
This week's, June 17 - 23's, IF topic is "launch" suggested by Susan Sorrell Hill. "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." ~ Henry David Thoreau

the big sleep

'asleep' ink cartoon illustrated by sandra santa lucia and published in The Banff Crag & Canyon June 23/93

I drew the illustrative cartoon above for the local newspaper — The Banff Crag & Canyon. Below a clip from The Crag explains what happened or didn't happen to that particular Time Capsule.

This week's topic is "Asleep" suggested by Little Pixy Boots http://littlepixyboots.blogspot.com/.

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.  ~Irish Proverb

"Swarm"

The Wardens temporarily closed part of an Interpretive Trail
where a swarm of aggressive wasps had earlier stung several people.
Pen and ink newspaper cartoon published in the The Banff Crag & Canyon by Sandra Santa Lucia

Illustration Friday's  topic this week is swarm. Above the cartoon depicting a swarm of aggressive wasps was previously illustrated for The Banff Crag & Canyon newspaper back in 1997. 

under a layer of earth

pen and ink cartoon by Sandra Santa lucia/2/11

Illustration Friday's topic for the week of February 18 - 24 is layer. In the spring, ground squirrels (gophers) come out of their dens around Feb./March.

Near the end of June, adult males go back into hibernation. Adult females do the same in July. But the young are active all summer. In August to late fall when there is less food to be found they go into hibernation. Shelter - They dig a burrow with many tunnels, openings, and different room (called chambers). If a predator (enemy) comes in one hole, they can escape out another hole. Food - The Richardson's Ground Squirrels store some food during hibernation, they wake up every 10 to 14 days and have a snack.

Mr. Humpback Whale cartoon

Pen and Ink drawing of Mr. Humpback Whale of the South Seas by Sandra Santa Lucia

            

A while back I was presented with a rather fun project…a cartoon character of a Humpback Whale, I choose to portray Mr. Humpback in a tiny little tour boat welcoming enthusiastic tourists who had a birds eye view from Mr. Humpback's wine glass. What fun! I thoroughly enjoyed the process of simplifying and creating a mammal in such a cute and exaggerated humanistic cartoon style… Mr. Humpback was born. Along with the actual drawing I did some research on the Humpback Whale gaining a little knowledge about this magnificent mammal. From July to November the Humpback Whales spend six months in the tropical waters of Vava'u, a tropical Island group in the Kingdom of Tonga, located in the South Pacific. It is one of the most scenic and unspoiled of the Pacific Island nations.