# Original art: my early father's day present.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592 "2010-06-09T23:27:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/1 "2010-06-09T23:27:47Z")

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My wife commissioned an artist friend of hers to create [this](http://monkeymemories.blogspot.com/2010/06/fathers-day.html). The picture shows my 3-year-old son and his favorite stuffed animal (a meerkat) as superheroes. It’s probably the coolest gift I have ever been given. The art was delivered as a computer file, which my wife sent to zazzle to get blown up to poster size. It’s 24’ by 36’, and it’s going to look great in my geeky computer room.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/2 "2010-06-10T01:07:40Z")

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That is wicked cool.

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**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/3 "2010-06-10T01:36:22Z")

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So cute! Monkey looks like a modern-day Christopher Robin!

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/4 "2010-06-10T09:41:16Z")

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Yeah, that is darn cool!

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/5 "2010-06-10T14:50:26Z")

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That is awesome! Can you do other things with the file? I’d be tempted to use it on note cards, calendars, gift wrap, book covers, etc.

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-art-my-early-fathers-day-present/542592/6 "2010-06-10T15:30:03Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> That is awesome! Can you do other things with the file? I’d be tempted to use it on note cards, calendars, gift wrap, book covers, etc.

The gift wrap idea is good! Also, it’s almost certainly going to end up in a calendar. Every year my wife creates a family calendar with images from the previous year, and this will likely be the “June” pic.