finally, my first art trade and an honor to do it with the always so surprising
[female character – mine and male character belongs to ~juststupid and her unique style]
^{…we’ve had the idea of this art trade since the beginning of the vacation, but then again, being away and having no normal working scanner lately, I had to wait till now. [sorry for the colors… I had to take a photo of the drawing in the end. Therefore it has some photoshop-ing for cropping, contrast and levels… dunno if I should submit in mixed media – so I’ll leave it here until further complaints, if any]}

...as usual, finding inspiration in the golden jazzy sounds. This time, a special song by Bing Crosby and Louis Jordan – “Your socks don’t match”

[come on girls, I know we are picky and slightly filtratious sometimes when the poor guy would do just anything to have a chance… and we keep finding flaws ]

here are the lyrics:

We heard a chick just the other day
Cooling on her boyfriend in every way
She kept on faking him full of complaints
Like she expected folks to be saints
She insisted that he looked neat
So this was her complain complete
(report to the nation!)

I like the dental in you chin
I like the tweaky way you grin
Still you ain’t no kind of catch
You know why, don’t you?
(tell him) …your socks don’t match
The teeth you have are pearly white (all both of them)
Your lips is sweet and you pucker right
You’re the kind to live my latch,
But don’t go there boy, your socks don’t match!
The shoes you wear reveal your holes,
One red and one bright blue,
They’re total strangers and I suppose
You should introduce those two!

You’ve got two eyes of lovely blue,
One little cute nose, I’d go for two,
Though you’re the best of all the batch,
They know you son, ‘cause your socks don’t match
The shoes you wear reveal your holes,
One red and one bright blue,
They’re total strangers and I suppose
You should introduce those two!

That ain’t gonna do, son! your socks don’t match

^{Lyrics copyright Bing Crosby and Louis Jordan – “Your socks don’t match”}