Comments on: Great Stripe-Faced Bat (Vampyrodes caraccioli) http://www.dailymammal.com/great-stripe-faced-bat-vampyrodes-caraccioli/ 5,000 Mammals, One Day at a Time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: grace http://www.dailymammal.com/great-stripe-faced-bat-vampyrodes-caraccioli/comment-page-1/#comment-543 grace Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.thedailymammal.com/?p=212#comment-543 He does have a very nice texture. Your mom sounds very cool@!! I was allowed to read the hymnal. He does have a very nice texture. Your mom sounds very cool@!! I was allowed to read the hymnal.

]]> By: Jennifer Rae Atkins http://www.dailymammal.com/great-stripe-faced-bat-vampyrodes-caraccioli/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Jennifer Rae Atkins Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.thedailymammal.com/?p=212#comment-539 If you don't mind my saying so, I'm pleased with the soft texture on this drawing. The reason is that it evokes a particular moment and illustrative style for me. Once in church, I was sitting with my mom and my sister during the service (my dad was in the choir) and I was reading (because my mom was so cool and let me) one of the <i>Dorrie the Little Witch</i> books by Patricia Coombs. It was one of my favorite series when I was little. Well, there was an elderly lady sitting next to me, and she bent over my book and touched one of the illustrations with her finger. "It's so <i>soft</i>," she said, meaning the illustration. That was the first time I'd heard someone describe art in terms other than "nice" or "good," etc. It was very eye opening. <br/><br/>Anyway, the fur of this bat reminds me of that <i>soft</i> Patricia Coombs drawing. Here's someone's <a HREF="http://dorrie.jdfiles.org/index.html" REL="nofollow">website about Dorrie,</a> and <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cshym74/1500304875/" REL="nofollow">here's a picture, via Flickr, of a page from one of the Dorrie books</a> that shows that soft illustration style. If you don’t mind my saying so, I’m pleased with the soft texture on this drawing. The reason is that it evokes a particular moment and illustrative style for me. Once in church, I was sitting with my mom and my sister during the service (my dad was in the choir) and I was reading (because my mom was so cool and let me) one of the Dorrie the Little Witch books by Patricia Coombs. It was one of my favorite series when I was little. Well, there was an elderly lady sitting next to me, and she bent over my book and touched one of the illustrations with her finger. “It’s so soft,” she said, meaning the illustration. That was the first time I’d heard someone describe art in terms other than “nice” or “good,” etc. It was very eye opening.

Anyway, the fur of this bat reminds me of that soft Patricia Coombs drawing. Here’s someone’s website about Dorrie, and here’s a picture, via Flickr, of a page from one of the Dorrie books that shows that soft illustration style.

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