Poetry Illustration: Daydream in the scanner.

Daydream in the scanner by Stephanie Stanton.

He was enchanted

with the perfect alignment

of edges; the firm pressure

of a thumbnail scraping

a crease of sharp permanence

Then she continued;

'Be generous with your colours

Be wild,unrestrained

in your selection. These are to be wings

of randomness and chance'

He is intimidated

by the necessity for strict alignment

The head restraint's pressure

forcing him to be perfectly still.

The muffled tapping making his memory flutter...

'Oh look, I see a face

Not a butterfly, a face

I believe it is a man's face;

wide and strong, poking out a forked tongue'

He recalls their shared laughter

Then they continue

making picture after picture

revealing colourful hemispheres

with each pressing

butterfly after butterfly.

One is pinned

measured and marked

There are but hushed mutterings

A damage - fragile wing dust

A sullied half

© Stephanie Stanton.

Childhood Heroes: Evel Knievel.

When I was a child, back in the 1970's, I was in awe of Evel Knievel.

He was an amazing risk taker, courageous and completely bonkers.

Evel was an absolute thrill to watch.

I actually beat his record of jumping 13 London buses...

on my Raleigh Chopper bike.

Okay, they were toy buses but, for a minute,

I WAS my childhood hero.

Rest In Pieces, Evel.

Poetry Illustration: Overcast.

Overcast by Stephanie Stanton.

Her perfectly manicured fingers stretch

and fondle his surface in search of an edge 

Her smouldering eyes hold the nation's stare

as she lifts him up with a flick of her hair 

She glances an instant, scanning the map

then puts him in place; gives his surface a tap

He loves her, the cloud, and wishes to be 

more than her prop, to be used in 2D

But alas there is nothing that can be done 

for this cloud, manufactured in 71

'The South will remain fairly cloudy but dry'

(He can't let her down, does his best not to cry)

'In the North expect rain but this later should clear'

(When the camera is turned, out trickles a tear)

Poem by Stephanie Stanton 2015 ©

Happy Christmas 2014.

2014 has proved to be yet another busy and fruitful year.

 It's been an absolute pleasure to work in so many different 

aspects of art and design along side such wonderful people.

Thank you all for your kind support, lovely comments, likes, 

shares, tweets and such like. Once again, I salute you all.

I wish you a very Happy Christmas and 

all the best in the New Year.

Enjoy!

David x

Commission: The Hulk.

RAARGHH!

The Hulk.

Private Commission.

Story Illustration: Cipher.

Here's my illustration for Sally Willow's short story, Cipher.

To read this fascinating story and to find out more about

Sally, head over to her blog here.

Enjoy!

The Wormgler: Act One.

Every October, artists take on the inktober drawing challenge by creating one ink drawing a day.

This year, I couldn't help myself from taking part in this wonderful event.

I had a very loose idea for a sequential story and during my 'coffee breaks', whilst 

working on various projects, I'd draw an image a day which I would post daily on my

 Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds.

Each instalment would, eventually, tell the tale of The Wormgler.

It was great fun to do and I'm overwhelmed at how popular the story became.

Unfortunately, I unable to complete the story within the 31 days as I went away on a family holiday.

Also, The Wormgler developed a strange life of it's own and it became a bigger story 

than I originally anticipated.

So, I've divided my tale into two separate acts. Act Two starts today (2/11/14), 

which you can follow on my social media accounts (see links below).

Here is all of The Wormgler: Act One collected together (Parts 1-22).

I hope that you enjoy it and that you stick around for Act Two.

Enjoy!

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