Illustration Friday 111910 : Sneaky

Heading to the kitchen for a midnight snack, Ursula thought it best to let sleeping dog(s) lie...
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Illustration Friday 111210 : Burning

Venus on the (small) half shell
Every summer it becomes painfully obvious that many Brits still consider turning fluorescent pink as the sign of a good holiday - ouch!
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Illustration Friday 101210 : Beneath

Beneath Stuart's curmudgeonly exterior lay the heart of... a curmudgeon.

I've been away from IF for a long time, but am now hoping to remedy that, having recently taken early retirement - and escaped the stresses of working with the office curmudgeon (who bears no particular resemblance to Stuart ;).

Illustration Friday 111309 : Unbalanced

...all of which possibly explains why I sling a 16 pound rucksack onto my back before going to work most mornings.

If you don't know who Ivor Cutler was, I recommend you look him up; he was a one-of-a-kind performance poet with a truly unique and highly amusing take on the world.

Illustration Friday 103009 : Skinny

The first size zero/waif/supermodel, Twiggy. This is a portrait I drew in 1967, when I was 12. (After some 40 years of less than optimum storage conditions, it's a bit creased and blotchy - not unlike its creator!)