Liverpool Faces and a dog

Sketches while waiting for "the wife" to add to her already full wardrobe. By the way I only saw the dog in my head.

IF - Dessert

Unicycle Dog

I was thinking . . . it's something I do between daydreaming . . . if I had another dog what special talents should it have, and a came up with this . . . my last dog's talent was biting people and chasing trains . . . obviously not at the same time - she wasn't fast enough . . . du-doosh!

New Job

IF - Immovable

I honestly saw this happen in a bar once . . . mind you I'd had a few sherberts.

Bunny Sleepwalks

IF - Atmosphere

Those bad dogs strike again.

IF - Star Gazing

Just back off my hols, bit of a rushed one.... dog really did want to know how many stars there are in the sky.

And these seagulls had just spotted Foghorn Leghorn visiting St Ives....

IF - Artificial

That bionic leg is going to be of no use on a waxed surfboard, not to mention the rust from seawater - poor dog.

Last post for a fortnight - off on my hols to St Ives, Cornwall tomorrow, hope the weather picks up - it's rained here everyday since there was a hosepipe ban.

Changed this image from two to one bionic leg to follow on from from the post beneath, though I don't wish this on Leigh.

Get Well Soon Leigh

Did this for a friend of mine who's foot has gone under the knife today. He's not a big fan of British day time TV - but who is?

IF - Double

They say everyone has a human double, but did you know there's an animal double for each of us too?

On a historical note - and nothing to do with this post - I got stung by a wasp (on the foot) for the first time in my life at the weekend - and I'm 40 odd, (careful living you see). My wife as usual burst out laughing as I cartoon hopped all over the front garden - she finds people tripping over over in the street funny too - particularly if it's me.

ArtMonday - Communication

I'll try and colour this later.

IF - Breakfast

Breakfast - the most important meal of the day, miss it and you be thinking bananas all day, particularly if you are a little monkey on a big day.

Hair Bear Bunch Fan

and this was the inspiration

IF - Diary

1983 looked an interesting year.

Monday Artday - Construction

This one is an oldie, it was to promote screen printing on the back of overalls, the painter is the odd one out, no one knows who he is or how to contact him.

Dog's World Cup Prediction

Dog thinks that the Netherlands (or Holland as we like to call them) will win the World Cup. Hopefully he won't get death threats like Paul the psychic octopus.

IF - Giant

Even dogs can be anti-social.

IF - Satellite

Everytime dog has an ice cream - those seagulls are there again.

IF - Paisley

Tune in tomorrow to see what happens when dogs dive.

A bit rushed this week

IF - Ripple

This was going to be a series of illustrations ending up with the one above, but never got time to finish the series

IF - Trail

CSI later, thought they'd found a trail to a murder - unless it was Miami in which case there'd be endless taking off and on of sunglasses and striking poses.

IF - Slither

Dog slithered into the tackle with no regard for the ball - bad dog!

Bunny Boy . . .

. . . daydreams about carrot cake . . . all day.

IF - Early

After this ludicrous dive - there was only one outcome for dog . . . .

. . . a red card and an early bath. Bring on the World Cup . . .

Edie Important Dates

Keep meaning to post this, it's by my 6 year old daughter Edie - it shows all her important dates in the year.

Gearing up for the World Cup

After his terrific exploits at the Winter Olympics, dog is now in training for the World Cup - where we will be cheering on En-grrrr-land (Oh my sides) particularly if Everton FC's Leighton Baines will be playing.

IF - Equipment

Always use the right equipment for the right job.

IF - Fearless

Very late, very sketchy, but at least it got here.

Ouch !

Sketch People

Coffee house people.

Wet doodle

doodling while at work.......

IF - Cocoon

Aaah the joys of camping.

Illustration Friday - Ahead

(click on image to enlarge)

Tweets was always one step ahead of the game, though a volcanic dust cloud would soon lead to a tragic end.

Read it in books

Keeping Fit

by cheating.

IF - Detective

Not so sure about this one now I see it in the light of day, drew it last night while having a glass or three of merlot waiting for my tea. It was drawn from one of my wife's dvd boxsets, I've never seen the appeal of the show myself - you know who's done the deed, he knows within minutes who's done it, and then it's nearly two hours of "just one more thing"s before he proves it. Give me Canon, Kojak, Rockford, Petrocelli, Ironside anybody but Columbo ... or Jessica blooming Fletcher.

Doodling

My daughter has just stared reading the first Harry Potter book - she's never seen without it.

Cafe faces

Sketches from day out in Liverpool.

IF - Linked

The Stan and Ollie of the pig world.

IF - Dip

Sorry, never got time to finish this off for this week's topic. Based on my childhood - I used to be a member of the infamous Chucky Egg Gang when I was about 6 or 7 yrs old, we use to play swinging across the brook, amongst other things, just over the road from my mum's house. I once managed to fall in the brook 5 times in one day, my poor mum gave me a change of clothes each time I came back sopping wet.

Monday Artday - Flight

Paul Haig Day II

Paul Haig Day II is the brain child of the Vinyl Villain who has a fantastic music blog that can be found here. This in his own words is why he did it last year:

On 6th April 2009, a fair few bloggers from all around the world agreed to be part of Paul Haig Day. This was in response to a plea that I had put out over the internet as a thank you to Paul and his manager for offering tremendous great support to TVV and other bloggers in the face of determined efforts by folk posting dmca notices forcing not just mp3s but entire postings to be taken down. Paul Haig Day was organised with just over a week's notice, and just over 30 bloggers responded with some words and a Paul Haig related track of their own.

Paul Haig was the lead singer in Josef K who were part of the legendary record label, Postcard Records (the Sound of Young Scotland), I loved everything that this label put out by - Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and the Go-Betweens. The label only lasted for a couple of years, but I've followed the musical careers of most of the individuals involved with them since - Edwyn Collins, Roddy Frame, James Kirk, Malcolm Ross and of course Paul Haig.

My song of choice for this post is from Cinematique, his 1991 album based around the concept of incidental music from imaginery films. I bought this album from a second hand record shop (I'd been searching for it for ages), weirdly enough called Vinyl Villains in Edinburgh whilst on my honeymoon back in 1997. I also managed to buy Josef K's Radio Drill Time from a Sunday market in Grassmarket and get a round of golf in at Kilspindie G.C. near Aberlady and yes we are still married, though I've never managed to repeat this fete again.

Somewhere inbetween - Paul Haig

This is a remix from the lead track from his last album Relive, which VV forwarded on from the man himself - enjoy.

Trip out the Rider Mix 2 - Paul Haig

And this was one of my favourite TV show themes from when I was a kid, The Persuaders given the PH treatment - way more classy than The Edge's Mission Impossible.



You can find more information about Paul Haig and buy CDs at his website here, and also at LTM publishing.