Punchline

This week’s Illustration Friday word is “punchline.” The first thing that came to mind for me was actual punching, as opposed to the more idiomatic definition of the expression.

I get bored easily with exercising, so at different times in my life, I have taken kickboxing and boxing classes. I’ve never actually “boxed,” other than sparring lightly in class, but it is quite an adrenaline rush just to do the moves, and a great workout!

My favorite boxing memory is from the boxing class I took while studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. We would warm up by running the perimeter of the small room doing different movements. My favorite was kind of a “grass blowing in the wind” type movement where we put our hands above our heads and swayed side to side while running. So there I was, one of the few girls in the class, with a bunch of smelly Italian men, swaying around the room. It still makes me laugh every time I think about it.

I pulled out some of my old boxing gear for my interpretation of “punchline” below.

4 Responses to “Punchline”


  1. 1 Marci Senders June 15, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Adorable…love all you drawings!

  2. 2 kathy weller June 15, 2008 at 4:01 am

    nice — I like the stark simplicity. Very lovely line work!

  3. 4 Danielle June 16, 2008 at 5:24 am

    The simplicity of this illustration really works.


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