Father Illustrates Animals Every Day to Teach His Son the Alphabet
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Web designer Kyson Dana decided that he wanted to take a break from his career to beautifully illustrate the entire alphabet. The imaginative artist's mission went beyond practicing his skills at rendering all 26 letters. This project meant creating a solid sketch every single day, with an animal theme, for his newborn son to learn the alphabet.
In order to help push him towards his goal, the artist decided to challenge his friend Jeffrey Smith (who is also a fellow illustrator) to a sketchbook duel. The rules of this challenge meant they each had to complete a sketch each day and post it on Instagram by midnight. Additionally, Dana explains on his website , "The animal had to start with the letter of the day and the composition could be created using any medium." After a full 26 days, the two illustrators successfully completed the challenge and never once skipped a day.
Ultimately, what resulted from this artistic competition is a series of illustrations that are unique and full of energy, something both children and adults can appreciate. As viewers go through the illustrator's hand-drawn alphabet (which can all be viewed on Dana's website ), it's clear that the creator truly outdid himself by making each letter more captivating than the one before.
Above: "K is for Koi"
"F is for Fox"
"Y is for Yak"
"H is for Hawk"
"I is for Ibex"
"P is for Peacock"
"J is for Jaguar"
"U is for Unau (which is a two-toed sloth)"
"O is for Octopus"
"S is for Super Sick Sea Turtle"
"X is for X-Ray Fish"
"V is for Vulture"
"C is for Crane"
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I found these illustrations to be magnificent and I am a sucker for animal pictures.
But what grabbed me was what the father was doing for his child.
We seldom realize it as we are experiencing the father-child relationship early in life, but fathers are pretty great and the majority are focused almost entirely on doing whatever it takes to make things better for their children.
I can see that clearly of my father, gone nearly 35 years, but I did not always see it when he was alive and I fell far short in making him know how much I appreciated his efforts and how much I loved him.
Happy Father's Day Dad, I know you are till watching over me and my family and I feel your presence always especially today.
These are simply beautiful! I just love the fox, curled up in sleep!
What love!!!
What a wonderful Father! Excellent art work! ( I can't even draw a stick figure.....sigh)
Dowser
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And you are absolutely correct about the fox!
But my favorite was "I" is for Ibex
Nona
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Yes he sounds like a great father and is obviously a great artist
I keep going back to the peacock and the fox... Those are so beautiful! As are the others, of course!
absolutely beautiful
A most interesting form of "functional art."
Dowser
Two excellent choices
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pat
Thanks for that feedback
A Mac
I thought the art was excellent as well and was very impressed with the father's effort to help his child with the alphabet, which is the functional aspect you speak to
Thanks for the persepective
R W
We did the same with our boys, teaching them the alphabet, the colors and even numbers with the assistance of pictures, but alas we used pictures mainly drawn by others much more talented than we
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