{"id":8,"date":"2013-10-04T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/?p=8"},"modified":"2017-02-22T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:47:25","slug":"this-doodle-turned-into-a-portrait-of-alfred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/2013\/10\/this-doodle-turned-into-a-portrait-of-alfred\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"small-text\">Stories behind the 100 Urban Faces:<\/span><br \/>This doodle turned into a portrait of Alfred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-155\" title=\"100UrbanFaces Group Photo by Atamayka\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4-585x387.jpg\" alt=\"100UrbanFaces Group Photo by Atamayka\" width=\"585\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4-585x387.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4-125x82.jpg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4-624x413.jpg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_4.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-154\" title=\"100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1-585x429.jpg\" alt=\"100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1\" width=\"585\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1-585x429.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1-125x91.jpg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-152\" title=\"100UrbanFaces_theProcess_Atamayka\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2-585x829.jpg\" alt=\"100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2\" width=\"585\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2-585x829.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2-88x125.jpg 88w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2-176x250.jpg 176w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-153\" title=\"100UrbanFaces by Atamayka\" src=\"http:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3-585x585.jpg\" alt=\"100UrbanFaces by Atamayka\" width=\"585\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/100UrbanFaces_Atamayka_3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a>Serendipity: I decided a couple of years ago that all of my drawings were to be of fortuitous origin.<br \/>\nAnd <a title=\"About the 100 Urban Faces by Atamayka\" href=\"http:\/\/atamayka.com\/art\/atamayka-artist-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\">as doodles they all start<\/a>. This one I call funny Opa, Opa is the Austrian-German word for grandfather. Casually he turned out to look like a portrait of Alfred, a very kind gentleman I happen to know, he lives here in town and has the most beautiful snow white hair I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve loved the word <a title=\"this is an affilliate link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00COH0W00\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00COH0W00&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=mindspiritmot-20\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=mindspiritmot-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00COH0W00\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (sponsored link) since I saw Kate Beckingsale and John Cusack in that film (yes, I&#8217;m a girlie girl, you can roll your eyes at me) and doodling is trendy now, but I&#8217;ve been playing the game of finding out what hides behind random lines since I was a child. Can you guys remember Mister Rogers&#8217; Neighborhood? (I know, I just gave my age away).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atamayka.com\/art\/100-urban-faces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more about serendipity and the ceramic wall sculpture series \u201c100 Urban Faces\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>+ (Note: The 100 Urban Faces series of wall sculptures are available. For details, please contact me at <a href=\"mailto:art@atamayka.com\">art@atamayka.com<\/a>) +<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 872px; left: 40px;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serendipity: I decided a couple of years ago that all of my drawings were to be of fortuitous origin. And as doodles they all start. This one I call funny Opa, Opa is the Austrian-German word for grandfather. Casually he turned out to look like a portrait of Alfred, a very kind gentleman I happen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[19,21,20,32],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doodle","category-portrait","tag-ceramic-sculpture","tag-portrait-drawings","tag-portrait-sculpture","tag-relief-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drawingserendipities.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}