Illustration Friday - Propagate

Medium: pen and ink with digital colour

Thou shall not propogate the myth that one size fits all - 'cause it don't! Particularly when it comes to bras.
8/10 women wear the wrong size bra. Larger-breasted women tend to wear bras that are too small, and conversely, smaller-breasted women bras that are too large. Larger women are more likely to have an incorrect bra fit. Plus, most women's breasts are asymmetrical (10% severely), with the left breast being larger in 62%, especially when the breasts are large.
Wearing the wrong bra size can lead to a number of problems, including back pain, restricted breathing, abrasions, breast pain and poor posture.

Original Art © RhinoInk Illustrations Ltd

Illustration Friday - Confined

Medium: White Gauche and Graphite on Wallpaper
My intention was to illustrate a woman uncomfortably confined in her clothing. The white rabbit was added as an after thought, inspired by the Showcase movie "Alice" (in Wonderland). Makes for a rather ambiguous image.


Rendering on dark wallpaper is tricky. It's hard to see the difference between black and dark red. I could see the contrast when I held it at arms length but as my nose got closer to the work area I would have to tilt the page so that light reflected off the graphite sheen. It was almost like working the negative.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Illustration Friday - Crunchy!

Sweet and Crunchy - Chocolate Dipped Treats
Took me a while to come up with this one. Every time I thought "crunchy" I came up with a close-up mouth chowin' down on a cookie with crumbs coming out. That's not crunchy... that's just gross!
What crunches? hard cookies, chips, pretzels... gravel under foot, hair with too much product, bones!
CRUNCH is kinda gross don'tch think?

Above: actual size of drawing. Boy, it takes a long time to render. It took at least 4 hours for the pair. Medium: graphite / digital colour

Oh! But He's so cute!!!
(and crunchy)
Original Art © RhinoInk Illustrations Ltd

Illustration Friday - Music

The Pied Piper
Always one of my favorite story characters. He was supposed to be this creepy evil guy, but I always felt sorry for him. It was the greedy, self-serving villagers that were in the wrong.


Lesson: Don't rip of artists that have performed for you a great service.
If it were so easy you'd have done it yourself.

Original Art © RhinoInk Illustrations Ltd

Illustration Friday - Frozen

When I'm hot I like a frozen drink.
When I'm frozen I like a hot drink.
(Too bad about the drink umbrella. Went too dark. Oh well. Pretty happy with the rest.)
Medium: coloured pencils
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Illustration Friday - Germs

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Germs were made for sharing. Show them how much you care and lick someone you love today!
Medium: ball point pen