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Calvin's "Life is Short, Play Naked" image....can anyone draw as well and keep with Calvin's feel?

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We all know and love the image used for Calvin's "Life is Short, Play Naked" picture. It's perfect. I've also seen a couple version with women instead, adult women.

What's missing is a picture of Susie running behind Calvin, with both of them having the same youthful smile, with the same saying. I happen to identify with Calvin in that photo. I know that isn't something that Susie would ever do, or would likely be at all drawn to, but that's how nudism works. I love when my wife joins me to lie in the sun nude, or go skinny dipping. I'd love a Calvin representation of that innocent excitement, with the youthful innocence of Calvin.

Can anyone create that? Does anyone here know someone that might be able to do it justice? There's a picture of Susie Derkins running that would do perfectly as a template, but she's obviously clothed. Her face has the exact happiness that Calvin shows. Her body would need to be very similar to Calvin's in the "Life is Short" image, but preferably not a copy/paste.

Unfortunately, I am not a good enough artist to create that. I've been trying, but it's not coming out well.

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RE:Calvin's "Life is Short, Play Naked" image....can anyone draw as well and keep with Calvin's feel?

The third frame is what I had in mind, reversed though, to match Calvin. It's a perfect companion...I just cannot draw it.

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D8lGkTzFWrk/SXc54JutSpI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Q8JL3altjvk/s1600-h/watterson2326.jpg

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RE:Calvin's "Life is Short, Play Naked" image....can anyone draw as well and keep with Calvin's feel?

This might do?

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