Friday, 19 December 2008

Illustration Friday - Voices



'The Grand old Duke of York
Had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And marched them down again'

There has been much interest recently in diagnosing the mental problems of historic characters; it is fairly certain that it was voices inside the head of the Grand Old Duke which urged him to engage in such pointless activities at others' expense. Probably the fact that the initials of his title spell 'G.O.D.' didn't help him much, either!

15 comments:

Tina Poe said...

Very awesome! I love how the repetitive line work adds to the rhythm of the march!

Anish Daolagupu said...

reminds me of Caligula who made his troops to conquer britain by chopping weed(or was it seaweed)...

i love the linework... very nice illustration... :D

Anish Daolagupu said...

hadn't noticed the wart on the face till later... :D

nice detail... :)

ArtSparker said...

Beautifully done portrait of obsession

Juan said...

Excellent work!!
Love your style

get zapped said...

Indeed, a fantastic piece. Love the energy in this!

eyecontact said...

Love the intricacy. Great statement.

Katie L. White said...

I admire your line control and talent. The detail in your work is so awesome and creative. Love viewing your illustrations.

carla said...

Cool! The linework is amazing!

ValGalArt said...

Awesome! you amaze and delight :)

indigene said...

Whoa! What amazing line design! Intense and focused work.

joseph's art and stuff said...

great lines and excellent execution

Sarall said...

Interesting style.

Where I came from there were a couple of montaineers that to train for the highest climbings (?) would spend days going up and down a closer 1.500. May be that was the point of G.O.D. ;-)

c said...

amazing linework!

Knitting Painter Woman said...

The drawing is great, but special thanks for the explanation.