Found object illustration 8x8"

My found objects:

assorted buttons 

embroidery floss

rhinestones

After collecting my found objects, I manipulated them to look like creatures by gluing them down  and scanning in the image i created.

i then added pen to the printed version, to see what could be created with my chosen found objects

the creatures demanded a background story, so I wrote a childrens poem about these sockmite creatures that live in the dryer and eat socks:

Poor Sockless Susie

Can not find her socks

They are not under her bed

nor in the lost and found box

She has a friend Sam

And he’s sockless too

So is Sara down the street

Steve, Sandy, Sasha and Stu!

Something’s eating socks

Its an Infestation

Of sock eating creatures

And its sweeping the nation

They dwell in dryers

unlike bugs or viruses

They’re the most viscous predators

of  all house hold appliances.

You put your socks in the wash

Now they are no where in sight

Instead of socks, you find lint… Ahah!

The Dryer’s ridden with sock mites !

Fiberous creatures

these sockmites are small

Camouflaged in clothes

You may not see them at all

Sockmites feed on socks

Sock owners beware!

But the curious thing is

They only eat one of the pair

So skinny are sock mites

Made of buttons ­­­and strings

They only consume one sock

Then starts the tummy achings.

sketches of washers, dryers, and sockmites

i decided to make the washers and dryers grey, with velum windows on the doors, with a sock mite inside of each one.

there are 8 sets of washers and dryers, 16 socks mites,  each is 2x2" to make a 8X8" square format

for the sake of the story,  I illustrated some addition characters- children who were looking for their socks.

Sketches for Poor Sockless Susie, Stu, Sandy, Sasha, and Sam

Assembled, with washer and dryer doors closed:

The Poem is written faintly in between the sets of washers and dryers, but because the poem was not a part of the assignment, i did not want it to take away from the illustration, which tells the story on its own.

Doors open:

the end. 

I then challenged myself to use the same found objects (buttons and string) to create an additional illustration, with a completely different target audience in mind. I wanted to see if i could use the same objects to make something a lot less cute and way more cynical:

"God is Dead"

the end.