IF - Communication

Well OF COURSE I've only just created this......What do you take me for? - Some kinda cheat??????

OK - You got me. I'm cheating again. I did this one a while back, but I've never shown it to anybody. Sometimes I like it, somtimes I don't. It's called "The Gossip". The central character is green with envy and bitterness, and a little ugly as a result. The phone is constantly in use, hence hovering around at her whim.

Pah - What do I know, it's some arty farty surrealist bit of nonsense, just goes to show I can't really draw people properly.

IF - GRAVITY

"At first I cursed the laws of GRAVITY, but then realised that the most powerful and annoying law in Physics is the law of SOD.... this is the law which states that any small item dropped within 2 feet of an open drain cover will bounce, roll or flutter straight to it and drop through."

....Unless of course you are working on an engine, in which case SODS law disctates that whatever you drop, does not go all the way through, but stops somewhere in between, usually in THE most innacessible place.

I started working on this weeks theme over the weekend, and after many abborted attempts, in which I could not get a full figure dropping keys and drain cover to look right, I decided to go for this very simple sketch combined with a real photo setting. It conveys the same emotion...... OK, so it only took me about 2 minutes to throw the ink on the paper, but it's the thought that counts, and I did think about it for quite a long time.

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY....

A Recipe for Disaster.....Full throttle down hill, with front wheel lifting off the ground.

Many, many years ago I suffered severley grazed butt-ocks as the result of something similar. NOT funny. Nor was being in the hospital and being told by the nurse to take a seat until I was called. I explained that even a light sheet over my poor skinless bum was more pain than I could bear!

I know it's not something I really want to do, but maybe by starting off with one of my old paintings, just to get in the swing again, perhaps I'll give myself some inspiration???

I did this one back in '98

is it really that long since I did anything on IF?...Well, I guess it must be.

Truth is, I haven't really put pen to paper on anything creative for ages. I've re-hashed some old stuff for ATCs, but have since stopped doing them, as I was ending up with tons and tons of little bits of card that I'll never actually do anything with.....And what's the point in that eh?

I can't remember how to link back to IF at the moment. I may edit this later.