For Rhonda with a sweet tooth, this is a toughie...This comes from childhood memories of going to the little corner shop in Cape Town, with two cents or five cents and staring for ages at what seemed like a vast array of difficult choices - though you could get quite a lot for your money (two or four sweets for a cent). In those days there weren't restrictions on colourants or hygienic plastic wrappers on everything, but ah, it was exciting.
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Great, vibrant depiction of the selection of sweets and all larger than life (which they seem to be when a child)!
Don't you still feel just like that when the ice cream truck tinkles by on your street? It's like I'm a kid again trying to decide if I want a bomb pop or a watermelon stick ... this is SO great!
wow those candies look great!! i want them..haha nice !
love the candy!
Love it!
Nice perspective and linework! But I have to say, I'm a little baffled by the jar of fish. Are those candy fish?
yes, Elizabeth - pink and white marshmallow fish were an essential part of childhood as I knew it. I could go nostalgically on and on about the candy (as you call it in the States) we could choose from... bulls-eyes, luminous pink Stars, sour-balls, Chappies, Wicks bubble-gum, sherbet with liquorice straws... but I won't :<)
Oh, the lollipops in the bottom left corner just look so glossy. Very well done overall.
I used to love to go to the corner store (which was probably a mile walk away), and get a glass bottle of Pepsi and a little paper bag of 25 Swedish Fish.
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