Yet another strip which shows that Hobbes is not part of Calvin but someone who thinks very differently from Calvin. Hobbes can be more imaginative and more mischievous than Calvin but he is also more of a conformist than Calvin could ever be.
I was going to use the name of a certain artist starting with Jackson to pair up with Calvin, but it seems that that name is under GoComics banned word list…
My wife does that virtual paint by number thing. She enjoys it so much that I really don’t mind having to buy new monitors all the time. (I kid, my wife really deserves better, but she insists she’s with me for the duration. :^) )
I remember liking how those pictures turned out and tried to make hand-made drawings that looked like that (with colors and shadows were arranged in blocks, not fading into each other).
I gave my mother a paint-by-numbers of kittens and it came out very expressionist — as if it was less a painting of kittens and more like a painting about what it feels like to be a kitten.
Perhaps he could get the same result by simply starting with a blank piece of paper, but it wouldn’t be half as much fun. Anyway, using this method he can say that all his art is focused on such themes as defying authority and thinking outside the box.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Artists are never conformists.
codycab over 1 year ago
Trying to make your work better than the one on the box? Eh, go for it.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
duh, Hobbes
Kymberleigh over 1 year ago
And why would Calvin, of all people, want to get the picture on the box? Never happen.
bluram over 1 year ago
I repeat.. “Duh”.
old_geek over 1 year ago
The picture on the box is only the manufacturer’s opinion on how the painting should look.
jvo over 1 year ago
You can follow the instructions, or let your spirit run free, with art, either way works.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
Yet another strip which shows that Hobbes is not part of Calvin but someone who thinks very differently from Calvin. Hobbes can be more imaginative and more mischievous than Calvin but he is also more of a conformist than Calvin could ever be.
dflak over 1 year ago
The first thing my left brain does when I get a jig saw puzzle is sort the pieces. The first thing my right brain does is throw away the box.
A Hip loving Canadian... over 1 year ago
Wait, Calvin is actually using the paintbrush provided? So much for non-conforming.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
I was going to use the name of a certain artist starting with Jackson to pair up with Calvin, but it seems that that name is under GoComics banned word list…
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
I used to get paint-by-number kits as presents—which my mother would then take over.
I finally put my foot down and said the last one was MINE!!
Eventually, I learned to paint without numbers, and my mother couldn’t interfere.
Redd Panda over 1 year ago
If that had been a tiger based painting, Calvin might have tried harder.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Color me….no, not that one…this one!
Jeff0811 over 1 year ago
My wife does that virtual paint by number thing. She enjoys it so much that I really don’t mind having to buy new monitors all the time. (I kid, my wife really deserves better, but she insists she’s with me for the duration. :^) )
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I wonder if people over the age of 12 paint by the numbers. I mean, I would if I was so inclined, but I never hear of anyone who does it.
chromosome Premium Member over 1 year ago
I remember liking how those pictures turned out and tried to make hand-made drawings that looked like that (with colors and shadows were arranged in blocks, not fading into each other).
rhpii over 1 year ago
I’m waiting for him to use it as war paint.
SweetSinger over 1 year ago
Follow someone else’s arbitrary guidelines? NEVER.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
Don’t want that. No way.
rshive over 1 year ago
And the picture on the box is boring.
bigcatrik over 1 year ago
I gave my mother a paint-by-numbers of kittens and it came out very expressionist — as if it was less a painting of kittens and more like a painting about what it feels like to be a kitten.
mourdac Premium Member over 1 year ago
A day in the life of young Picasso.
Norris66 over 1 year ago
You gotta make your own kind of art. Draw your own kind of picture. Make your own kind of art. Even if nobody else paints along.
The Wolf In Your Midst over 1 year ago
Why would he want to make a copy of what’s on the box? It’s already there.
PoodleGroomer over 1 year ago
Training for future Ikea furniture assembly.
kathleenhicks62 over 1 year ago
Me thinks Calvin always colors outside the lines.
EnlilEnkiEa over 1 year ago
The birth of Jackson P.
John Jorgensen over 1 year ago
I always found color by numbers kits very satisfying.
mindjob over 1 year ago
Creating depth in a landscape is the challenge. Look at value, temperature and intensity.
Daltongang Premium Member over 1 year ago
Picasso is born.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
Painting-by-numbers is one step up from sudoku. :)
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
That actually sounds like a fun and not bad idea…
smsrt over 1 year ago
Hey Hobbs. He’s right, ya know.
goboboyd over 1 year ago
The bigger life picture lesson.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 1 year ago
Riighht. Why bother??
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
I would build LEGO sets according to instructions, then take them apart and combine the pieces differently.
slbolfing over 1 year ago
Deep!
liberalnlovinit over 1 year ago
And post-modern art is born…
Prey over 1 year ago
This why he doesn´t like thrillers – he doesn´t read between the lines.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
I’ll bet Hobbes could make up a substitution code for the colors.
g04922 over 1 year ago
LOL… Calvin the ‘artist’?… hmmm.
paullp Premium Member over 1 year ago
Perhaps he could get the same result by simply starting with a blank piece of paper, but it wouldn’t be half as much fun. Anyway, using this method he can say that all his art is focused on such themes as defying authority and thinking outside the box.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Hobbes might try to assemble a jigsaw puzzle without looking at the box
Angry Indeed over 1 year ago
Right on, Calvin. “Express yourself.” ;-p
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Hobbes, since when you started thinking that six year old boy goes by the rulebook.