Illustration with a social conscience

I like to swoon in the afternoon and attend my toilette.   Mars is busy down the shed.  There are some fellows Mars knows who are doing it tough.  Some don't have a Venus to call their own, others have a bad time of not getting some time with the kids.

I like to be a bit tongue in cheek on this blog but there are times when I do take the outside world seriously and the Mars' guys out there are having a bad time of it.  I am very concerned that male suicide is so high in the "Lucky Country"- Australia.

This is my take on the excersise:  Illustration with a social conscience.

All the best Mars.  Keep going and don't give up.  You are never alone...


The Rokeby Venus.

Airport Pictograms

Travelling with children is quite an experience.  As a mum I can understand that your kids can get cranky, hungry, tired and bored.  Not to mention travel sick and frustrated especially if they're very young and like to run around.  Try doing the 25hr long haul to London!

Being a passenger near a crying baby is no fun either.  Somethings I can understand, but I have real difficulty when some parents don't plan for the trip and prepare the basics for even a short trip.

Here are some pictogram ideas to help some folks get the message about the basics for their children.  Perhaps the air stewards may need to stock up on dummies for the adult whingers too!

Happy travels.
The RV

The Little Match Girl with apologies to HA Andersen

I am posting a selection of drawings of the Little Match Girl that I have completed so far as a TV show concept.

I took photos of my windows at night and dressed them up a little.  I then imported some pen sketches of my LM Girl character with photoshop to blend the two and set the character into a real world.

This was great fun to do but it is such a sentimental story.  Andersen tells how she would be beaten by her father and even though I drew a sketch I found it difficult to include here.  I have to work on that one.

All the best,
The RV
Ps, Mars went to London last week and spent some time in the National Gallery checking me out.  Hmm, always like to be appreciated...