Illustration Friday - Fail

"Some speak of the future,My love she speaks softly,She knows there's no success like failureAnd that failure's no success at all"

Lyrics from one of my favourite Bob Dylan songs, Love Minus Zero, No Limit. In the late 60's and early 70's I mainly drew with markers in a style heavily influenced by the psychedelic poster art of the time - among other things. Those drawings stayed on walls in Morocco and Vancouver and various other places or disappeared in transit. Periodically I revisit the style so I did this portrait of Dylan, trust me, he's in there somewhere. Not quite a success but not really a failure either

I converted the picture to black and white and this is the result, I almost like this better

Illustration Friday - Save

Having grown up in Canada this was the first image that came to mind for the topic Save. Living with the Toronto Maple Leafs as my home team for many years has diminished my interest in hockey substantially but I still enjoy the Stanley Cup playoffs

Illustration Friday - Homage

Homage to Vincent Van Gogh, perhaps the most famous visual artist of all time.

Illustration Friday - Pet Peeve

a current pet peeve of mine is how even good quality expensive coloured pencils break so often when I'm sharpening them

Illustration Friday - Heavy

The greatest Heavyweight champion of all time, Muhammad Ali

Illustration Friday - Garden

I loved the lilies and other flowers in the garden of our last home.We moved last summer before the flowers bloomed, this is based on a photo from the summer before

Illustration Friday - Leap

Leaping Lizards, it's time for Illustration Friday