Worry

Some people seem blessed with no worry genes. They stroll through life, living to the max, not a care in the world. Well, I'm sure that's not true for the majority of humankind and those who seem worry-free are the ones who are good at hiding it. We all worry, I think what matters is the extent to which we can control worry so that it doesn't dominate our life. Not like this poor chap. He seems to have a lot of worries troubling him, its in his eyes.

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett passed away in July this year. His life story is quite a sad one. He was obviously a musical genious but also a victim of the Bohemian lifestyle of the 1960s. Pink Floyd went onto greater things without him (Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here) but some would say there was always the "ghost" of Barrett in the recordings, I guess that'll be more true now.

Ghost Hunter

A drawing on blue Post-Its. I guess I should call this "Don't Look Behind You". Heh..

Bob Dylan

I'm a fan of the whole catalogue of Dylan's work and what a catalogue it is! Such a rich variety but all with wonderful lyrics throughout. His new album is called Modern Times and I haven't heard it yet. There is a DVD with it at the moment, so I think I'll buy it. I hope you like this tribute sketch of the man, circa 2006.

A Crew Member

I don't know where this drawing came from, I don't think it was from a photograph. I think the top looks like a uniform of someone in The Starship Enterprise or some such space going vessel. She looks like she's petit but tough and intelligent, in the way that space girls are. She's either in Communications or Engineering I bet.

Happiness

What makes you happy? For me it's music, freedom to creatively express myself and knowing that someone loves me. This lady looks a little scatty but also very happy and comfortable with who she is.

The Compere (pulled by dog)

Imagine, if you will, that this is a radio show. It will take some imagination, I grant that, but work with me. What every show needs is a compere and this is he. He rides into Radioland on his trusty computer swivel chair pulled by his faithful hound. Any suggestions for the name of said hound?

Exercycler

This is me on an exercycle at the gym. It's quite difficult to draw a bicycle, let alone an exercycle, let alone even more a person on any kind of bicycle. Disregard the fact that you can see through my leg there. I'm usually opaque. Maybe I should practice drawing myself first and then draw the bike around me. Oh well.

Anyway, this is a practice run of a few sketches I have in mind for later. Straight from the hyper hypothetical, twisted mind of Tara. :D

Eva Longoria

FHM's Sexiest 100 women continues to provide furtive ground for my drawings.

This time it's Eva Longoria who gets the treatment. According to her bio, she plays Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives. I don't watch that show, so I had no idea who she was when I drew her.

New Profile Picture

Time for a new profile picture I think.

Elephant

Today I was compelled to draw an elephant. I've never drawn one before. I forgot the tail though, but I was running late for work, so I redrew the whole thing. Here's a happy elephant.

The Evil Dentist

I'm glad to say I do have a dentist and she's not evil, which I'm grateful for.

Today's Assignments

Magazine Lady

A face drawn from a magazine, can't remember who it is.

Train interior

I spend a lot of time on trains, here's a doodle of the inside of one of them.

Frank Lampard

This is Frank Lampard, England's central midfielder and a crack shot from outside the area.

Michael Owen

England's striker Michael Owen, it looks nothing like him of course - LOL!

Sven-Goran Eriksson

These sketches are hilarious, they are two versions of the England football manager. Neither of them look anything like him and they don't even look like each other! I think the top one is closest - but even then you wouldn't know who he was if I hadn't have said! Ah well, come on England!

Hugh Jackman

This is so funny, I drew this from a magazine not realising that Hugh Jackman played Wolverine in the X-Men.

Smoking Popcorn

This is an illustration of my friend Sarah who had problems popping up a bag of popcorn in her office's microwave one day. To avoid setting off the smoke alarms, she dashed outside near a construction site and threw out the smoldering bag of charred corn.