Gouty Chap

A quick sketch I just did.

Not supposed to be anyone
but kinda reminds me of Charles Laughton

A nice splodgy red ink sketch with no tarting

Guardian Sport 5 Sept 07

A piece I've just this minute completed for tomorrow's Guardian Sports section.

The article is the symbolic significance of walking in sport
and in particular walking out
and more particular still
Roman Abramavich's recent walk out of a Chelsea ( the team he owns!) match half way through

Comparisions were made with Stalin walking out of Shostakovich's Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk,
afterwhich the composer was publicly lambasted by the government press.

illustration Friday - "Alphabets" No.5

Hot damn, I'm a sucker for a bad pun!

Not quite sure of the origins of this plea to check one's spelling, grammar and diction
(or is it etiquette. I can't think right now!?)
something to do with ancient British celtic linguistic variations I once heard (!??!)
anyway, here's my (pee) take on it

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illustration Friday - "Alphabets" No.4

I'm really enjoying working in a limited palette
stripped back
just the marks as they were made
it all their glorious simplicity
their happy accidents

particularly enjoying the different sort of marks created by dip pen nibs and brushes.
up to now I've been using black ink and colouring it up in PS
this is the real McCoy
bought over the weekend
real red ink!

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illustration Friday - "Alphabets" No.3

Another anthropomorphic alphabet

a sweaty SAUNA

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illustration Friday - "Alphabets" No.2

You've heard of Love Letters

These are Making Love Letters

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illustration Friday - "Alphabets"

I dunno what the @ symbol is called in English, but it's pronounced 'at'
so here I'm made it feline with a few minor additions

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