Illustration Friday - Fierce

The amazing Tiger Woods proved once again that he is a fierce competitor by winning the US Open while playing with a painful knee injury

Illustration Friday - Hoard

for the third year in a row Richard and Jackie had won the Ontario Chipmunk Society Hoarder Of The Year award, not only had they had the largest quantity of nuts stored for the winter they scored a perfect ten on the quality of their hoard

Illustration Friday - Punchline

I didn't have time to come up with anything new mainly because I was watching hours and hours of the US Open. This is an old watercolour of the great Tom Waits, copied from the back of the Nighthawks At The Diner album, at that time he was almost half a standup comedian act and half a singer songwriter, here's an example from a bootleg live recording of the era, complete with a few punchlines
"Good evening, under the circumcision it’s a real prophylactic experience to be with you here tonight. Real nice to be in the teeming, undulating metropolitan area, real nice, better than the town last night, Jeeze, it was so small the main drag was a transvestite - and the average age was deceased, if you know what I mean"

Illustration Friday - Forgotten

After opening the fourth bottle of champagne Max had completely forgotten whatever it was he was drinking to forget, copied from the amazing painting "Self Portrait with Champagne Glass" by the great German artist Max Beckmann

Illustration Friday - Baby

nothing more beautiful than a happy, smiling baby