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Tag Archives: antarctic
Nice try, sunshine…
Left alone in the capable flippers of the short-notice babysitter (i.e. Grandma…) – while his parents brave the crowds of last-minute Christmas shoppers (please, humour me…) – this enterprising chick seizes his opportunity for a little seasonal wool-pulling, of the ‘over-the-eyes’ … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, antarctic, brush pen, chick, Christmas, christmas shopping, digital illustration, humour, parenting, penguin, Photoshop
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Christmas party shame…
Ah, yes… The morning after the night before: Bernard hung his head and tried not to think about the thousands of photocopies of his penguin-y posterior that were, by now, bound to have reached every inch of the Antarctic (and probably … Continue reading
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A post-lunch ‘constitutional’…
Something akin to the chilly, after-dinner walk children (and, let’s be honest, anyone else who’s become all snuggly and fuzzy-brained in front of a roaring log fire/festively glowing TV [invariably showing an assortment of long-anticipated and frequently disappointing Christmas Specials]) … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Amanda Pike, antarctic, brush pen, cartoon, Christmas, digital illustration, illustratedbyamanda, penguin, penguins
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“Say ‘freeze’…”
Ever the opportunist, Bernard seized upon the good fortune of discovering an ‘abandoned’ piece of TV crew kit to begin working on a sure-fire money-spinner of a product idea: a whole advent calendar of penguins as festive characters (wonder where … Continue reading
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Take 10…
If preparations (or the mere thought of them if, like me, you are already woefully behind the curve when it comes to such seasonal pursuits as card-writing and present-buying…) for Christmas are all getting a little too much, this one’s … Continue reading
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Frozen fakery…
Not so much as a single flake of the white stuff here in Staines to promote Christmassy feeling – much less build any sort of sculpture – but this chap is turning perennially snowy conditions at the pole (I hope … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, antarctic, Christmas, December, digital illustration, humour, illustration, leopard seal, penguin, snow, xmas
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A seasonal business…
With the proliferation of extraordinarily inventive and über-talented artists, illustrators, designers and crafts-people in modern society – making their wondrous wares available through a whole array of online (and otherwise – the local coffee-morning trestle-table stall is still very much a … Continue reading
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3rd December. Must be time for a penguin…
Re-calibrated, to be consonant with other people’s experience and understanding of the passage of time, Advent App 2012 has now been wound on to 3 December and, today, features a perky little penguin. He does have a touch of the … Continue reading
