Splashing into the streets

Wet night in Soho last night reminded me of the line 'The boys just dive right off the cars
And splash into the street' from Time by Tom Waits (very little relevance apart from that but it's always good to have context)

More (late) valentines beasties

Some valentines based beasties drawn on a wet Valentines Friday afternoon

Reward - a diamond dog

I always like to promise a nice reward to anyone who returns a lost sketchbook*

* the 'gold helicopter' I promised in another book hasn't tempted anyone to return my lost sketchbook from the summer last year : (

Cross robot/lizard hybrid

Today...so far...

Ruminations on the interweb...

Gloombrella

Today was one of those days.

Pensive monkey

I dreamed about lots of brilliant monkeys last night but was too slow to photograph them in the dream. I feel a bit sad about this today

Dogs & demons

More over Christmas sketchbooks, I bought a new fountain pen after forgetting my usual one, it's made me go all cross-hatch-y!

Arrrgh!

Sketchbook pages from over Christmas - psychoanalyse that!

Confronting the imaginary fear beast

(he IS imaginary...isn't he?)

'deceived by his monkeys'

I was rather entranced by a quote on Radio 4's In Our Time this morning (or, 'The-Melvyn-Bragg-Clever-Programme' as I like to refer to it, because it always makes me feel at least 33% cleverer by proxy after listening!) referring to Galen*, the Roman physician and medical theorist as being 'deceived by his monkeys' 

*nope, no Roddy McDowell references you ignoramus!

Striped crittur

Striped crittur in slight wardrobe malfunction

Beware giant hogweed!

Walking by the River Tees in Yarm (which is a wonderful name for a town!) I saw a sign warning about the dangers of giant hogweed.

Apparently the reality is slightly less 'hoggy'

Tap-headed villain

Looks like a rum type if you ask me...

(& smoking ain't cool kids)

Scary yeti!

Does what it says on the tin...

Don't try this at home kids...

It has been scientifically proven* that Y-fronts are the undergarments of greatest comedy value. Q.E.D.

*look it up, do I have to do ALL the work?

Long yetis & short yetis...

I've been colouring in yetis on holiday, who knows what yetis look like anyway?

Repent!

Neighbourhood watch meets the Wicker Man (yep, I'm definitely going to hell...)

Questionable mutt

Drawn late at night for questionable reasons...

Sh*tting beastie!

A little defecation on a Friday!