Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Round - Illustratration Friday Word of the Week



The word this week is Round.  When I was little my brother had a "Round tuit", which was basically a piece of round wood that hung on the door and had text on it along the lines of "I am a round tuit.  You always said that you would do [insert large list of chores] when you got a round tuit now you have a round tuit you can."  How I coveted that "round tuit" and how I admired its word play, marvelling at the cleverness of it - round tuit = around to it!  (NB that exclamation mark belonged to my seven year old self). I wonder if the round tuit will ever make a comeback, surely some geezer is churning them out for some market somewhere. Or maybe someone could make a round tuit app. Think of the market - all family, friends and partners of the procrastinator who has everything (well nearly everything).

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Water ladies




Bit of a nautical theme today, must be because the sun is shining. And, maybe a smidgey bit because I love the sea, whatever the weather.
PS Swim girl's eyes are a little too far apart, perhaps that should read 'swim alien'? Actually, I can kinda picture her green, or blue. A bit like the sea.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Vanity - Illustration Friday word of the week

Imelda, now 72, felt comfortable admitting she'd had a little 'work' done.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Darren rues his choice

In hinsight, Darren decided that Frida Kahlo was not perhaps the most glamorous drag inspiration.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wellington in postcards

Here is a series of Wellington postcard drawings I did. Not that I've done anything with them yet...


Let it be said, I love Wellington, madly, deeply, truely...but not in a gushy way...




And lastly, no your eyes aren't playing tricks (although you may be sozzled, no way of me knowing), the final, bit wonky card. Ahem, I said WONKY. Not anything else, mind, gutter, out.



From the archives

A combination of hoarding and a love of drawing with my trusted sharpies has led me to have piles of drawing books, so I thought I'd scan in a few pics from the 'archives' of things that were my fav at the time. Here is one from 8 years ago. Gordon Bennett, doesn't time fly when you have a stationery addiction. X