IF "ELECTRICITY"

Never plug your finger to the power socket!

IF "SAVE"

Who's gonna save our hero?

IF "HOMAGE"

Homage to Tim Burton and to Love. This was an illustration that I did a few years ago based on the movie poster and used it as our wedding invitation (I hope I don't get sued or anything-it was for a good reason!). Luckily for me my wife shares my admiration for Tim Burton's work and thank god she said 'YES'...it would be lonely on top of that cliff otherwise...

IF "PET PEEVES"

Major, major, MAJOR pet peeve...I hate it when it happens...

IF "HEAVY"

(Yannis added some light& shadow)

(my original illo)

Heavy is the head that wears the crown...(and the hand that wields the brush...)

IF "GARDEN"

You all know them and love them, they are the garden-gnomes...but take a look at Yannis' garden and you will find out that there are HELL-GNOMES too !!

For Yannis!

IF "LEAP"

Leap of Faith

IF "MULTIPLE"

Multiple spikes add up to a hedgehog!

IF "THEORY"

In theory, everything looks easy...

IF "CHOOSE"

We all feel that way once in a while...

IF "BLANKET"

Underneath a blanket of snow, the earth dreams of Spring...

IF "Tales and Legends"

Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf!

IF "PLAIN"

A plain illo of a kid playin' with a plane...
Nothing fancy this week.
;-)

IF "STITCH"

I used a photo reference of a beautiful woman holding a baby from the web for this picture. And I added the stitch. I think some stitches make us look even more beautiful...

IF "100%"

"Are you sure you can take the cat?" asked Kenzie
"100% Sure !" replied Saxon...

To all of you mice out there who know how to beat the cats...(100% certainty and a BIG sword!)
(Kenzie and Saxon are charactres from the MAGNIFICENT comic book MOUSE GUARD...seek it out, it's a delight!)

IF "GROW"

A quick illo of baby frogs dreaming of growing up!

EL FREGO - IF "EXTREMES"

My friend Yannis the other day suggested over coffee that we should do an illo about EL GRECO. So taking up his challenge and combining a portrait of the great master with the portrait of a great frog, voila ! I present you, EL FREGO !!!

Enjoy !

p.s

(I really hate painting neck collars, :-p)

p.s 2

I completed this one on Friday noon while the topic on IF was still "Open". Then I saw the topic for this week is "EXTREMES"...So , here is my Extreme Portrait ! Two birds with one stone...and one lazy frog...;-)

IF "OPEN"

Open Piano. Open Your Wings. Open Your Mind. This one is for JimB. Check out his curious gallery and stare at the void !

IF "The Blues"

This week the frog got the blues. While he sobers up, listen to the sax...

IF "JUGGLE"

Completing our little illo-switch, this week's illo is done by my friend Vaggelis while I did the one in Yannis' blog. Thank you mates, let's do it again sometime soon...;-)