The Animal Game

I’ve been wanting to share this with you for a while. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any goodies from the glory days of The Animal Game so this new example will have to do.

For a little background on what the devil I’m talking about we revert back to Fall 2004. My college roommate, the incomparable, Amy Lee and I were rejoined after a semester apart in NYC and Paris. It was Amy’s idea, The Animal Game. And it came at times when attention spans ran thin.

You play with as many people as you like but playing alone is sorta lame. Have someone list three animals; for my example Sir Luke obliged with:

Porcupine
Camel
Eagle

Then the other person (me) has to draw and name the creature by combining all three animals!

The more ridiculous the better, obviously.

You’ve got to be careful where you play it and make sure you don’t giggle too loud. I think my favorite was when I had Amy combine and T-Rex a Poodle and a Bunny (the bunny I’m not too sure about but the T-Rex and the Poodle I’m for sure about.) I wish I had that one for you. It was glorious.

Anyway the point is, this is the contest. I’m going to give you three animals and I want you to draw the sucker and name it (the name must combine the three animals as well) and email it to me. Next Friday I’ll post them and name the winner. Sir Luke will be judging.

You can email me at meganruthstay (at) gmail (dot) com

And what’s the prize you ask? Two free prints from my collection on Out of the Ordinary (or any print you’ve seen on this blog that you particularly care for) the prints will be no larger than 5×5 or 4×6.

You really need no artistic talent. The evidence is above. I am super excited to see what you come up with!

And now for the animals to be drawn:

Penguin
Narwhal (in honor or Amy)
Sheep