Showing posts with label Street surveys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Street surveys. Show all posts

How to make important decisions

Decision makers is a cartoon by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Mona and her two teenage daughters Linn and Jessica

Street Survey
Who in your family makes the important decisions?

MOTHER MONA:   I've always spoiled my two daughters but when it comes to important decisions I always make them!

LINN:  If I had to wait for the mother to get ready to decide, nothing important would have happened in our lives. So I make all the important decisions!

JESSICA:   I always let mom or my sister think that they are the ones who make decisions, whereas in reality it is me who has influenced them to choose the right decision!




It can take hard work to be lazy

Lazy Lizy, caricature by ArtMagenta


Street Survey
Would you describe yourself as lazy or hardworking?

LIZA:  I was brought up to be a hardworking person. And so I am.

But - that does not work when I'm writing. I have got to have a lazy style to get the writing to flow. And to be that lazy is really a hard work for me.

When I am sucessful my friends call me Lazy-Liza.


Psychiatrists never dream

Psychiatrists never dream. Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
What is your most common dream?

ANNA: As a psychiatrist, I am very aware of what different dreams mean and therefore a little scared to reveal myself.

So my answer must of course be: I never dream!



She smeared him with eggs and he fell in love with her

She smeared him with eggs and he fell in love with her. Cartoon by ArtMagenta
Florence and Fred
Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

FLORENCE: The moment I saw that guy I decided that he will be mine. I started up a plan where we should meet in the local grocery, a place I know he tends to visit once a day. I will carry a large bag loaded with eggs an as soon as he enters the shop I will crash into him, covering him with the eggs - smearing his suit.

After thousands of apologies i will offer him to come home with me so I can clean up his clothes. I live just a block away.

And from here (my appartment) I will start phase two of my plan, but this whole story will be more of a novell than a short story, so let's stop here and just confirm that it all worked out the way I planned and we married 8 months later.

And here we are. Still married, 40 years later!



The watchmaker who couldn't stop counting time

The watchmaker who couldn't stop counting time. Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

CURT:  I'm a retired watchmaker and time is very important.
We met exactly 31 years, 18 days, 2 hours and 33 minutes ago.
Never mind the seconds, I am retired.

She's the morning hiccups for film producers

People sketch, caricature by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
Are you a morning person or an evening person?

KATE:  I'm a night owl working on being an early riser.


Every morning, and that is really,really early, early mornings about 9 AM, I take a long one hour power walk.

At the same time I promote myself as an actor by walking really slow in front of all houses belonging to important film producers.



He has got a bodyguard on the beach

On the beach by ArtMagenta Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

GINGER:   We met on the beach many years and three kids ago.

Philip always want to be on the beach. Nostalgia, he says. Reminds me of when we met.

But I know what he is doing! He is checking out all the beautiful beach bunnies.

And I who doesn't anymore dress in a bathing suit, let alone in a bikini. I just walk around fully clothed on the beach guarding my husband.




Jumping from a cliff can be dangerous

Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
What is your most common dream?

CINDY: I dream almost every night that I stand at the top of a cliff. The rain is whipping my face. And then suddenly, I take a step right out into the air, off the cliff...

Then I wake up.



And the audience cheered

Fashion model painted by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
What profession would you choose today if you could choose freely?

MARION: I always wanted to be a fashion model. I was dreaming and I dream up to this day that I walk up and down the catwalk and the audience cheers. Not because of the clothes I wear but for my beautiful appearance.



Don't ever throw your shoes at the dog

Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
What makes you really angry?

STEVE: When our dog poops in my slippers, I get so angry I could strangle the dog.

But my shrink says it's OK, as long as I do not throw the shoes after the dog. Because that would mean that I'm tired of my job as a footwear dealer...


What is a camel with one hump?

Cartoon by ArtMagenta

Street Survey
If you were an animal what kind of animal would you be?

HELEN: I would be a camel with one hump. Maybe they are called dromedars.

Anyway I like their style and appearance.



Important things can happen in the sandbox

Drawing by ArtMagenta
Erik and Abigail
Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

ERIK: We have always known each other and ever since we were playing in the sandbox, we knew we belonged together and were to be married.

ABIGAIL: Sometimes I long back to our sandbox.

Benjamin loves knowledge

Knowledge is a cartoon by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Benjamin and his wife Gloria

Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

GLORIA: We met in school, Benji was my teacher and I fell in love with him. But Benji never noticed my love. Not until five years later when we met in a computer shop where Benji was buying a PC and  he really needed help!


BENJAMIN: I fell in love with her because of her fantastic knowledge of computers!




Sleepwalking saves you exercise time

Sleepwalking by ArtMagenta
Ginger dressed for a nights sleep

Street Survey
Are you a morning person or an evening person?

GINGER: I'm a regular sleep walker. So when I go to bed I'm always dressed in shoes. And all that walking makes me tired when a wake up in the morning, so I guess that makes me an evening person.




An open toilet lid makes me go berserk

An open toilet lid, is a caricature by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Laura is angry

Street Survey
What makes you really angry?

LAURA: People leaving the toilet lid open makes me really angry.



Who can trust a squinting knife thrower


Portrait caricature by ArtMagenta
Sven and Barbro

Street Survey
You are a couple. How did you meet?

SVEN: Twentyfive years ago, I tried a career as a circus performer. I threw knives around a female assistant. And Barbro was the only one who trusted me ...

BARBRO: And yet he was squinting!

Your dog is your child

Caricature by ArtMagenta.com
Jenny is the mother of  three dogs

Street Survey is a caricature by artist and illustrator Artmagenta 
What makes you really angry?

JENNY:  We've got no children, but three dogs so when my husband forgets me on Mother's Day,
that makes me so angry I could cry.
My dogs are my children!




You can drown in music

Drowning in music is a caricature by artist and illustrator Artmagenta.
Jasmin always carries her headphones.
And they are connected to an ipod.
And the ipod is connected to MUSIC


Street Survey
Are you a music geek?

JASMIN:  -------

(No answer, she is totally absorbed by her music. Let's take that as an answer!)



Nothing beats a birthday cake for breakfast

Birthday cake is a cartoon by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
There is no cake in the world that Geraldine hasn't tasted.


Street Survey
What did you have for breakfast?

GERALDINE: I had a birthday party yesterday, so for today's breakfast I have had remains of the partyfood. I love cakes and at my parties, there are lots of cakes, so this morning I took a bite of each remaining cake:
Tarte Tatin, Tiramisu, Tres Leches Cake, Tompouce, Swiss roll, Stack cake, Spice cake, Simnel cake, Sponge cake, Sachertorte, Red velvet cake, Pound cake, Gooey butter cake, Frog cake, Eccles cake, Devil's food cake, Chiffon cake, Bundt cake, Banana Cake, Angel food cake...

 What a beautiful list!!


Having fun at work is essential

Having fun at work is a cartoon by artist and illustrator Artmagenta
Daisy having fun at work


Street Survey
Do you have fun at work?

DAISY: They say it's important to have fun at work and under those circumstances my job is a dream job. I work in a kindergarten and we even have fun when we eat ...