Glutton

Glutton
Adobe Photoshop CS2


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This one is pretty literal on the surface: a fat man and fries. I decided to place a wolf's head on the body because 'glutton' can also mean 'wolverine', named after the Gulo Gulo of Europe. In the background is a suburban landscape (it's a little faint--squint if you don't see it), which is very American, the perfect environment to harbor gluttony and obesity. The glutton has a halo made of fries; there are those who tend to obsess over food, and gluttons do this so much that they inhale every morsel as if its their last, as if sacred.

The wolf/glutton connection also reminded me of someone I once knew. His name was "Wolfie". I and a bunch of friends were celebrating my boyfriend's birthday this past June at Yosemite. Wolfie surprised us at 11pm at night by coming to our front door. We thought we were about to get attacked by a wolf, but saw the tag around his neck, so we assumed he probably belonged to one of the neighbors. That's when we named him Wolfie. After a drunken photoshoot, and feeding him our leftovers, he cut out when he realized we had no more food to give him. The next night he came back, expecting more to eat. F that. We thought we gained a new BFF but instead he was only using us. :(

Check out that body language. I was so naive.

Thanks so much to Steph for the word as well as the research behind it.

Here's the original sketch--the only thing I really used was the big belly.


Give me a word or phrase that begins with the letter H.