IF - Swim

This lazy little gnome is sort of a double feature as he enjoys swimming in a bubble while also wearing eye glasses.

On second thought I added some more colour to the water.

Which do you prefer?

I love garden gnomes (Though NOT in the garden!) and have already added one to an illustration for 'Heimat' (the English 'home' is not exactly the same) as it is one of many kitsch items representing Heimat for me.You can see it here:

On researching garden gnomes I stumbled upon this hilarious book: How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack. 

IF - yesterday

Yesterday this ruin might have been inhabited by knights and kings (who knows?). At closer inspection it is today's new home for flora and fauna.

Can you find the animals below?

IF - Talent

Chameleons are auch wonderful creatures and so adaptive to their environment, I just had to draw this extremely talented specimen.

IF - Talent

The talented elephant girl above is part of an outline for a logo of a shop for children's wear.
Below you can see the complete draft.

Unfortunately the shop was never opened. Also now I would do it much more abstractly, like an icon. I still like the concept, though.

IF - Wool (2)

Though I have already posted for 'wool', as you can see here, I had to do a second illustration of the topic.
Speaking about wool with my (nine-year-old) son, he came up immediately with the nice idea to show a sheep whose body is a wool skein and only its legs and head sticking out. Isn't it wonderful, how creative kids are? Though his creativity went not so far as to draw it himself. Unfortunately drawing is so not his 'thing'. He certainly did not inherit this gene from me. He is more into maths.

IF - wool

As it's still winter this chicken has dressed its eggs in cosy wool sweaters to keep them really warm.

IF - Storm

Happy Valentine!
This time I did a combination of storm and a love motif for Valentine's Day. I think it's not too far fetched, as true love will carry you through many storms ...

In my new blog '99 Sheets Of White Paper' you can see another small Valentine's item. Just have a look here, if you are curious.