Illustration Friday - Balloon

Balloon animals!! I know helium doesn't work like that but it would be so cool if it did!

Illustration Friday - Pretend

In commemoration of what is the most popular toy, probably in all human history, the STICK!! I remember as a child hiding the best sticks in a neighbours hedge as a sort of community resource. I know it's small boys playing war but that's what we did and I think that's what small boys want to do - despite the best efforts of educators like me -actually I turn a blind eye to the boys in my class making guns out of the construction toys. Although I do remember a teacher catching a bunch of small boys shooting each other with a set of guns and upon asking a boy what he'd made he replied as quick as anything 'A lawnmower'. I also know a teacher with two small boys who wouldn't let them have guns, gave them dolls to dress up and look after and all that. One morning she found them in the garden 'shooting' each other with triangles of toast. Of course I remember I was particularly good at 'dying' which was as much fun as the shooting!!

Illustration Friday - Vacant

Something in celebration of the season!!

Illustration Friday - Repair

Can you repair a broken heart? Apparently you can!

Illustration Friday Late

I have a complete phobia about being late.

Illustration Friday Strings

'COULD YOU PLEASE JUST GIVE IT A REST!!!!' It must be really hard to sneak up on prey when you have your own theme tune!! A homage to the most evocative strings music ever. Makes me glad I don't swim!

Illustration Friday Sugary

A Sugar Plump Fairy - I'm not sure if this is sweet enough?

Illustration Friday Clique

I thought we were a herd not a clique!

Illustration Friday Island

Two contrasting thoughts - the movie 'This Island Earth' and traffic islands - beloved of UK urban planners and drunks who knock them over! And this is what came out ... enjoy!!

Illustration Friday Memories

And what was the last thing you remember seeing Mr Troll?

Illustration Friday Detach

Everyone's favourite attempt at playing god and his Mrs - I think this fits the theme!

Illustration Friday Sail

So you're a sail fish?

Illustration Friday Poof

Damn! I was hoping for a KA-POW!! at least!!

Poor fairies - always lack the really decent sound effects. Though I suppose they do have 'Ting!'

Some scribblings and a painting

Here's a bunny girl I drew last night and coloured in several different guises today and a painting of Medusa (everyones favourite monster pinup!!) I could come up with a line about her making people stiff but that'd be cheap. Oh and a fairy tale painting - good old Iron Henry or the Frog Prince

Illustration Friday Hoard

I've done a pirate squirrel, in a sort of Brian Jacques Redwall homage, as I remember being told as a child that squirrels would collect nuts and seeds for the winter and then forget where they put them. I don't think I believe that!

Did I mention I'd been painting

A sort of dog theme runs through or is that walkies?

Some more colour work

More of my painting session same as before acrylic and pen 'n' ink

I told you I've been painting

Two pics based on old songs - 1930s I think

I've been painting recently

I had a couple of days where I went painting mad - these are acrylic with some old fashioned dip pen work on top. Love those splatters and splotches you get when you draw across the rough surface. Enjoy

Illustration Friday Punchline

Punch lion - sorry sorry sorry. I really am very very sorry! Caption reads - In days of yore (a week last Wednesday) Jesters wouls signal the end of a joke by punching a lion hence punchline. A Jesters career was often shortlived.

Illustration Friday Wide

Sometimes I jog (actually I joggle!) along our local canal and you see some sights. All together now - I like big girls and I like big butts ...

Illustration Friday Wrinkles

Very old children's joke. Why are elephants grey and wrinkly? Have you ever tried to iron an elephant! If any one could it would be Iron Man!! The film just been released here in the UK. So a little tribute thingy.

Illustration Friday Primitive

A tribute to 'Quest for fire' and Rae Dawn Chong. Must confess a liking for caveman er woman films and a Quest for Fire is one I remember though I haven't seen it for years. The only thing missing were dinosaurs!!! How can you make a cave person film without dinosaurs? Oh historical accuracy blah blah blah. Ho hum enjoy! I know it's not really a cartoon but ...

Illustration Friday Fail

An old old coloured pencil sketch that fitted this weeks' Illustration Friday topic.

Illustration Friday Homage

Homage to the fromage!!!

Illustration Friday Pet Peeves

Here's Sophie and her pet peeve!!

Susie Shrew

Made this little figure for a friend's birthday. A mix of sculpy and fimo about 80mm tall. Happy Birthday Sue

Illustration Friday Heavy

Live in a rugby town - but support the local football team can be a bit lonely! But with this weeks topic decided to celebrate (?) the fat egg chasers! For those who don't know rugby is like watching fat blokes run up and down in rows. Currently very popular in Wales - which says everything you need to know about rugby.

Oops forgot the hero

This Tom hero of the pirate story

Pirate story

Some illustrations what I done for school!