When this Friday’s topic for Illustration Friday arrived in my inbox, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to do. The topic is ’80s’. (Note to Illustration Friday… there’s no apostrophe in ’80’s’. The apostrophe indicates the possessive. Not the plural …
0004 Matinee Soup ‘Baby’, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. It’s now around 1am. I’ve JUST finished the finishing touches on this pic that I estimated would only take me ten minutes. Hehehehehehe. A bit of ye olde perfectionsim kicking in? I …
2007-01-12 Roy by Gabrielle and Roy, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I’m sitting upstairs at La Concorde in Norwood. While I’m writing this piece, Gabrielle is reading WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH AMERICA? The Resistable Rise of the American Right by Thomas …
2007-01-07 Illustration Friday — Buzz, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Finished this painting late last night. Took me a good 10 or so hours of dedicated work in MUGG & BEAN, Cresta to make it. Got kicked out around 9:30, and …
Matinee Soup ‘Wait’, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. As promised… the third of my Matinee Soup cartoon strip. Now I’ve gotta scurry and paint a few more, so that I don’t put myself under any performance pressure. Hehehehe. Do leave comments! …
Friday, 5 January 2007If you’ve got the time, I’ve got the inclination!* World time clocks to keep you from second-guessing. Photo: Claire A bunch of tools to help you with your multinational time-management. Firstly, there’s the freeware/shareware application, Qlock. It …
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2006-12-30 Saddam, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. There were quite a few options for the punchline on this one. In the end, I opted for sheer simplicity. And I hope the two different expressions on Mr Bush’s face tell the story. …
Matinee Soup ‘Fetch’, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. As promised… my second MATINEE SOUP strip. Many more to come. Please feel free to pop it onto a t-shirt for non-commercial use! This painting was made in ArtRage 2.2 on my Toshiba …
2006-12-24 Illustration Friday — Peace (In South Africa), originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Last night a buddy of mine sent me the link to a blog by a South African babe called ‘Jam’. Her post is titled ‘No longer feeling so …
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Matinee Soup makes its debut today! Thanks to a chance chat with someone wanting a cartoon strip for her corporate newsletter, I resuscitated Matinee Soup. I originally had the idea about six or seven years ago. And I wrote about …