no pants day

at last........a (semi) legitimate reason NOT TO WARE MY PANTS.........try the link
http://wwwnopantsday.com/wp/

ready for the Russian Winter

o.k This was my favorite hat..I stupidly gave it to my brother because he was going to denmark...what possible use could I have for it here in sunny Sydney..Now I regret it.. This hat and I travelled to N.Y thru Europe then Italy in their winter..SNOW! what a hoot .. I miss it.. my head misses it..my dress ups miss it..oh well it set the bar very high in head wear for me as I've tried to find a hat to suit me..I've had a fez and a fedora ( felt Indiana style) and a Panama ( compleate with white ice-cream suit) A berret for a while..nome seemed to stick...this however?

volcano

Oh yeah! this is what I'm talking about! In all my years of drawing and frustrating scribbles I can't compeate with the likes of this!
A friend of mines younger brother did this for me...What a little devil...In encapsulates everthing that drawing is to me.. wild, free and out right crazy!
I can't pick a favorite feature ...i.e the bits of soot/ash the(perfect ) colour scheme.. or the cries for HELP..( note one of them is written BACKWARDS..is it a da vinchi type code..or is an illustration that the yell is coing from the other-side of the volcano? )
What a monkey! thanks Thomas!

macbeth

A heavy handed ink drawing..lots of cross-hatching..the original thought was a series of work for macbeth..(my fav of Shakespear's )

hokey

hmm..what to say?..an interesting dooldle that I played with..overlayed some textures from photoshop.. I loved the swirly detail along the hem..It's just a plaything really..

woodcut

On old woodcut from art school.. ifluenced by japanese stuff and old legends of floating ghosts in the forests..hand coloured

The Mighty Boosh - I'll Put a Move on You

A puddinhead vat of inspiration..when-ever a drought occures I dip my bucket into the deep well of "The Mighty Boosh" no words are sufficent..just catch them when you can..watch out for old greg!

walking safely past the spikey tree

you should know better now, than to wonder why or where does it come from Richard? Just accept that somethings are better with no explaination..this is a good example

heroes

Horray for Richard Scarry..one of my childhood ( and adult ) heroes...forget Dr Zeues ( too weird and a little spooky) here is childrens illustration at it's zenith..simple, effective, cute and informative..everything that a (any) illustration or drawing for a child ( or adult) should convey...I could go on and on pontificating about the glory and joy that these books gave ..but ut's better to pick them up if you see them and hand them to a little'un.. I know that I'm looking for more for my own........

Simple Jim 7

let us travel a while longer Jim, you are good company......

so there you go.. hope it made sense?

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how did you sleep friends?
very well Jim

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lie on the soft grass, and I will tuck you in with a blanket of warm earth

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companions, you are still silent
we are eternally tired and long for a bed

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Come share my fire friends

Simple Jim 3

forgotten the text for this one ( but you can figure it out....)

simple Jim2

Jim traveled to the forest where the trees bore strange fruit
( that line strange fruit borrowed from song )

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O.k here we go again.............. this was a little project that I was getting under way.
originally a lino cut ( love my white & black) but thought later I'd try to coloyr it.. ( should've left it alone? ) so it'll change mid stream....... the story is a variation on an old european folk tale of the same name..... bear with me as we go.......
text should read. Jim left his family to travell

ya ya ya

you never know when Ralp magazine will call.......

crazy? don't mind if I do

http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=29_0_2_0
try this link.. as debate rages if it's an example of "too much time on your hands " or an inspired ( warped ) mind....warning a knolledge of Calvin& hobbes and fight club are needed