The Case of Kirk Hamilton and the Very Happy Pants
A friend was nice enough to ask me to do an illustration for a song of his, and I was very happy to take up the challenge. Let me tell ya, Kirk Hamilton is a talented musician/composer/teacher/bon vivant that plays pretty much every instrument, although I have yet to hear him rock a didgeridoo. Get to it Kirk! Anyway, he wrote an infectious little tune called “Happy Pants,” and it was a lot of fun visualizing a drawing to go with it. The initial idea was an anthropomorphic pair of very happy pants, but it wasn’t working for me and I finally drew a silly NSFW sketch to illustrate my problems. Then I thought of Happy Pants as not being just a pair of pants but maybe an exceptionally happy character known as Happy Pants. He would be the strange old guy in town that was always cheerful, making the rounds saying hello to everyone and is maybe just a little bit off. Everyone appreciates Happy Pants!
Listen to “Happy Pants” and enjoy the goodness that is Kirk’s blog. Oh, and feel free to let me know what you think of the pairing of his song to my drawing.