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Yes it's another one of those pictures in that series, and if you think this is bad just you wait to see what I've got planned

This is a picture of me and my friend Nigel, as you can see he is a sentient shade of the color blue. He doesn't speak much, he likes eating animal crackers, and he sleeps in a corner of my padded cell. He also has a phobia of chickens. As for myself I'm just your standard temporally and dimensionally displaced (sort-of-intelligent), psychotic ape. I escaped from a research lab years ago and I've tried to blend into the societies of the most intelligent life-forms on the planet. Unfortunately the mice and the dolphins found me out and so I'm stuck with the bloody stupid humans.

I have decided to illustrate some of the nonsense I write about as a nice little project to get me back into drawing/painting after a prolonged period of "artists block" and family crisis.

This is one of a series of images based on the Kylie Minogue t-shirt design/slogan "kylie says relax", which was based on the iconic 80's slogan "Frankie say relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Which in turn was based on the t-shirt designs of fashion designer and social political activist Katharine Hamnett. So it's a homage to them all. I thought I might tell the truth a bit with this one.

I used Adobe CS3, pencil, layout paper, an A0 drawing board, a 29 year old twisted sense of humor I found lurking in a cupboard, contents of my Ipod, Red Dwarf series 1 - 8, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes All Careful Drivers (audiobook), Aaagh! It's the Mr Hell Show! (highly recommended), Marvel: Secret invasion, The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die, Hulk vs Thor vs Wolverine (SMACK DOWN!), Cable & Deadpool, Watchmen graphic novel and film, a dozen beautiful ladies aged between 18 - 27 and dressed as naughty school girls... oh wait hang on a second, I seem to have strayed into the realm of fantasy, bugger, sorry my meds must not be working again.

I would also like to thank and credit a few people. Firstly I would like to thank and credit Andreas Johansson for giving me permission to use the font "Eat your face" in this artwork, [link]
Secondly I would like to thank the staff of Laser in Londonderry for reminding me that I'm a sad, lonely, desperate man whose pushing 30 and for showing me the fact that there are ants that have left more of a mark on this life than myself. (P.S. where did I get that ginger comedy wig from on that night out?)
Thirdly to Frank the security guard for not beating me too hard when I ran around my local supermarket wearing only a shower cap and army boots.

To Nerys we will always love you babe.

Please full view if you can and leave comments or send me a nice note.

© 2008 Ciaran McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved

Description
Yes it's another one of those pictures in that series, and if you think this is bad just you wait to see what I've got planned

This is a picture of me and my friend Nigel, as you can see he is a sentient shade of the color blue. He doesn't speak much, he likes eating animal crackers, and he sleeps in a corner of my padded cell. He also has a phobia of chickens. As for myself I'm just your standard temporally and dimensionally displaced (sort-of-intelligent), psychotic ape. I escaped from a research lab years ago and I've tried to blend into the societies of the most intelligent life-forms on the planet. Unfortunately the mice and the dolphins found me out and so I'm stuck with the bloody stupid humans.

I have decided to illustrate some of the nonsense I write about as a nice little project to get me back into drawing/painting after a prolonged period of "artists block" and family crisis.

This is one of a series of images based on the Kylie Minogue t-shirt design/slogan "kylie says relax", which was based on the iconic 80's slogan "Frankie say relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Which in turn was based on the t-shirt designs of fashion designer and social political activist Katharine Hamnett. So it's a homage to them all. I thought I might tell the truth a bit with this one.

I used Adobe CS3, pencil, layout paper, an A0 drawing board, a 29 year old twisted sense of humor I found lurking in a cupboard, contents of my Ipod, Red Dwarf series 1 - 8, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes All Careful Drivers (audiobook), Aaagh! It's the Mr Hell Show! (highly recommended), Marvel: Secret invasion, The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die, Hulk vs Thor vs Wolverine (SMACK DOWN!), Cable & Deadpool, Watchmen graphic novel and film, a dozen beautiful ladies aged between 18 - 27 and dressed as naughty school girls... oh wait hang on a second, I seem to have strayed into the realm of fantasy, bugger, sorry my meds must not be working again.

I would also like to thank and credit a few people. Firstly I would like to thank and credit Andreas Johansson for giving me permission to use the font "Eat your face" in this artwork, [link]
Secondly I would like to thank the staff of Laser in Londonderry for reminding me that I'm a sad, lonely, desperate man whose pushing 30 and for showing me the fact that there are ants that have left more of a mark on this life than myself. (P.S. where did I get that ginger comedy wig from on that night out?)
Thirdly to Frank the security guard for not beating me too hard when I ran around my local supermarket wearing only a shower cap and army boots.

To Nerys we will always love you babe.

Please full view if you can and leave comments or send me a nice note.

© 2008 Ciaran McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved