I've been thinking of changing my little profile pic (see your upper left.) I've had it for the past few years and like it, but lately it's been looking so kind of yellow to me. So I made this.
Tiny I guess would look like this:
I dunno, guys. I'm not sure I like it. The problem with Mary Poppins is that it has to be practically perfect in every way...O_O Maybe I'll give it a few days.
Ok! Now time for the real stuff!
I went to the store and WHO KNEW?? Candyland has a NEW design!!
I was pretty excited and bought it even though I already have the game. It is candyland, after all. Check it out! (And yes, I know I'm the only person in the world who cares about this.)
Princess Lolly:
Princess Lolly:
She's so kind of like a fairy! (Sorry about the picture quality, btw...couldn't scan in the gameboard)
No more Grandma Nutt--she's Grandma Gooey now!
Here's the new Princess Frostine.
Va-va voom!
Lord Licorice:
You know he's evil because he's holding a snake. (Love the licorice swamp, that's new I think)
And...Who is this?
That's right! It's the Duke of Swirl! He's NEW! He's like...in charge of ice cream and stuff!
I'm totally seeing a love triangle here. Who will Princess Frostine choose?? My money's on Lord Licorice. He's so kind of cute in a creepy way.
Duke of Swirl looks like a hack. All hail Lord Licorice!
ReplyDeleteWait... how is it possible to be cute AND creepy? Aren't those fairly contrary?
Wow! Thanks for keeping us updated! So now there are TWO princesses? I think you're right on the love triangle. That'll get tricky fast.
ReplyDeleteI LOOOVE the Mary Poppins avatar and I'm fighting the urge to steal it for my own. :) (On a side note: whenever we get together, I have to show you the awesome Mary Poppins pillowcase my mom found while cleaning out my grandpa's house. It was hers back in the 60's. She just gave it to me. Sweet!)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of my mom, she'll be glad about the Grandma Nutt change -- she took offense at the name ('why does the Grandma have to be nutty?'). And is it just me or does Princess Frostine look like a Bratz doll? And what's with the fishnet stockings?
The Mary Poppins avatar is practically perfect, go ahead and use it! :)
ReplyDeleteI like your Mary Poppins too!
ReplyDeleteAnd I actually thought the words "va-va-voom" before I scrolled down enough to see you had written it about Frostine. Stay out of my head!
The Duke and Princess are actually cousins. Sorry, no love triangle.
ReplyDeletefirst off.. your profile picture... CHANGE IT!!! i love your old picture but the new one is really speaking to me.
ReplyDeletesecondly.. can we just kill the duke of swirl? it looks like he's stuck in the 90's. what a toot.
ps. i think you have a thing for guys with big chins and slightly big noses. (burt and lord licorice could be brothers)
"Duke of Swirl". Ha! Pun.
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Jordan
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Let me start by saying, I love the Mary Poppins avatar. But I think what's weird about it for me is that it's so left-heavy. The one you have now fills the space so well. In the small version, MP is surrounded by so much nothingness. She needs to fill it out more... and then I'm sure it will be practically perfect... in every way that is.
ReplyDeleteI'm pulling for Lord Licorice.
ReplyDeleteLogan, I think you head the head of what's been bothering me about this icon--too much negative space! I think I could utilize the space better (& have a more appealing drawing, too.) So, I will give it another go. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHey Jordan! I'm sort of shy about contacting people (not sure exactly what I would say), but feel free to contact me at storyboarder@gmail.com and thank you for your kind words! #^_^#
@Heather - Would "Grandma Gooey" be a step up, though? ;)
@Aaron - Eep!
I like it... (mostly). Especially Princess Frostine- she looked like she was at least 68 in the last one! It's nice to see grandmother looking more grandmotherly than Frostine. Seriously. Much better. I like the trim king too. I think he could be a contender for Frostine now. But,... it was licorice forest before; so if now it is licorice SWAMP, and grandma is all into chocolate all of a sudden..., what happened to Gloppy in the chocolate swamp?!!! They didn't axe him to make room for the Duke?!!! So so so sad! Don't like the Duke AT ALL! Getting a Gaston vibe from him. It WAS about time Lolly got upgraded to princess- I had to check my board- she did have the lollipop wings already, she deserved the title though too.
ReplyDeleteHa! Love it. My only question is with the initials L.O.L. can we take this Lord guy seriously? He he.
ReplyDeleteI met a new neighbor the other day who has some georgous Mary Poppins pics hanging on her walls. I thought of you and grinned.
No Fair! Mr. Mint is gone! I always loved him. I think I'll just stick with the 2002 version from now on. Candy Land has changed WAY too much for me to handle.
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