Saturday, May 29, 2010

Hee!

Now that Peter Dudley's contest is finished, I can show off my entry. The contest was to make up both a name and a label for the home-brew beer Peter intends to drink in his hot tub with his buddies as they watch the World Cup.



I felt pretty pleased with how this turned out. The beer name was a variation on "Winkle's Old Peculiar" from the Diskworld novels, but then Peter suggested adding "and" between "Old" and "Peculiar", and I really liked the additional ambiguity (i.e. is that " 's " possessive, or is it short for "Dudley is..."?)


Author website: J. J. DeBenedictis

8 comments:

writtenwyrdd said...

I love it. Especially the Discworld nod.

Sarah Laurenson said...

He had a contest? I'm so far behind...

Love the entry!

fairyhedgehog said...

I really like this.

Peter Dudley said...

It works both ways. Thanks again for providing your genius, JJdB!

sylvia said...

Theakston's Old Peculier is a real ale (and quite nice, actually)

Theakston Legendary Ales

I love your label and also the ambiguity you added in! How great.

(Hmmm, maybe I should start labelling my ginger beer. Do I need to hold a contest?)

fairyhedgehog said...

Sylvia, yes you do! Just look at the creativity this one inspired!

Myrna Foster said...

Your entry over at Free the Princess made me laugh.

I LOVE Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels! Did you draw the men in the hot tub?

jjdebenedictis said...

Everyone: Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you liked it!

Myrna: Thank you! Yes, I drew the men by hand and did the shading via computer.

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