Great Seal of the Crappie Maniacs of America - Another Design by Special K

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"On July 4, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were given the task of creating a seal for the 13 United States of America. The United States seal has a rich history beginning with our founding fathers in 1776 when the first Continental Congress envisioned such a device for a seal for the United States of America." Both sides of the Great Seal can still be seen even today on the back of a U.S. one-dollar bill. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention believed that such an emblem and national coat of arms would be evidence of an independent nation and of a free people with high aspirations and grand hopes for the future. The Great Seal was finalized and approved six years later on June 20, 1782." We all know how things have evolved since that time.

Similarly, on September 19. 2017, I, Wayne, aka Special K was given the task of creating a seal for the all of the Crappie Fishing Maniacs across the entirety of the United States of America. Good Ole' Boys & Girls throughout our great country believed such an emblem and national seal would be evidence of the existence of a special breed of folks and a free people - whose aspirations and grand hopes revolve entirely around catching their next crappie.

Please take a moment to let me know what you think of the "Great Seal of the Crappie Maniacs of America.

Thanks & May God Bless You & Yours
Wayne aka Special K

Very good Special K. I always admire your work.
LittleJohn

I love it, cant wait to see the other side lol

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Looks great!!


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Looks GOOD!

I want 2 decals for my kayak, better yet 4 so I can put 2 on my boat. Pop

Love it!

Very cool.

Very cool!

Nice, those crappie look like hogs.
"gene"

I would be proud to put that seal on my rig. Very cool.

Excellent!

I appreciate the kind words from all who have responded so far. I will be unveiling my online website soon... where people who are interested can peruse my many offerings and hopefully might find a few items that may interest them. Lately, I have been in artwork production mode trying not only to develop my own graphics for my website... but also developing artwork for the various offerings that I am planning. Fortunately, I have had a lot of experience by way of my former "too lengthy" career as an internet marketing manager... which I thank the Lord (by the way) for blessing me with the skills to do much of it myself. I'm anxious to see how it goes.

Thanks again, Wayne

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Nice, those crappie look like hogs.
"gene"

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Gene, that particular drawing was my attempt to draw two crappies quartering toward the viewer while overlapping and in a natural looking action type posture too. It's pretty challenging to make such action or natural postures look realistic enough... but I can't stand it... I always try the more difficult postures. Hopefully it will make me a better artist one day if I can get it figured out.

Wayne you did well.
"gene"

That is great.:ThumbsUp

Wayne

My friend I have always admired your work. You truly have a gift from God. I always thought the cartoon of Shipahoy41 you did for me was awesome, but this far exceeds anything I have ever seen you do. You are a blessing and an inspiration to many. Please put me on your mailing list when you finish your website.
Take care my friend.

Mike

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Love it. Great Job Special K.

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Wayne

My friend I have always admired your work. You truly have a gift from God. I always thought the cartoon of Shipahoy41 you did for me was awesome, but this far exceeds anything I have ever seen you do. You are a blessing and an inspiration to many. Please put me on your mailing list when you finish your website.
Take care my friend.

Mike

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Hello Mike,
I appreciate your response and the kind words and having been offsite for some time... I certainly have missed interacting with you as we did from time to time. I agree that God has given me all of my skills and I'm sure He will make it clearer to me as He defines my path for the future while I am going into this new experience of retirement... a new territory which I've never really done anything but dream about. I do know this: As I have heard many people say in the past, "If I'd only known that I was going to live this long... I would have taken much better care of myself." It seems like only two years ago or so... I was thanking God that I didn't have so much as a single ache or pain and didn't show any sign of arthritis or any of the things from which many people my age around me seemed to suffer.

Lately at age 62, I am feeling that this getting old stuff is not at all for the faint of heart, as I am seeing and feeling that I cannot do many of the things I used to do; but I am looking forward to new challenges and can't wait to get my website going and I will certainly look forward to your thoughts on what you see there.

Best wishes to you and yours my friend,
Wayne

Cool looking seal.

:yikes Fantastic!! Luv yur work!!
Are you going to make this available as a decal?
If you do I'll take 6 on my first order.

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Hello Mike,
I appreciate your response and the kind words and having been offsite for some time... I certainly have missed interacting with you as we did from time to time. I agree that God has given me all of my skills and I'm sure He will make it clearer to me as He defines my path for the future while I am going into this new experience of retirement... a new territory which I've never really done anything but dream about. I do know this: As I have heard many people say in the past, "If I'd only known that I was going to live this long... I would have taken much better care of myself." It seems like only two years ago or so... I was thanking God that I didn't have so much as a single ache or pain and didn't show any sign of arthritis or any of the things from which many people my age around me seemed to suffer.

Lately at age 62, I am feeling that this getting old stuff is not at all for the faint of heart, as I am seeing and feeling that I cannot do many of the things I used to do; but I am looking forward to new challenges and can't wait to get my website going and I will certainly look forward to your thoughts on what you see there.

Best wishes to you and yours my friend,
Wayne

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I will be 72 in two months my friend. I have been blessed to be fully retired for 15 years. It is an adjustment but embrace the future for we know it is in the hands of Jesus. You will be fine. I am sharing a poem written by my mother. I found the perfect photo and put it on the photo. It inspires me and I hope will inspire you.

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:yikes Fantastic!! Luv yur work!!
Are you going to make this available as a decal?
If you do I'll take 6 on my first order.

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Yes, it will be available in other forms too... such as on t-shirts and hoodies.

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I will be 72 in two months my friend. I have been blessed to be fully retired for 15 years. It is an adjustment but embrace the future for we know it is in the hands of Jesus. You will be fine. I am sharing a poem written by my mother. I found the perfect photo and put it on the photo. It inspires me and I hope will inspire you.

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That is an awesome poem and indeed the perfect picture to go along with it Brother. Thanks for sharing it.

very good work!! I'll be seeing those around soon.