Sunday, March 08, 2009

Illustration Friday: Intricate

A man in a dark overcoat, with his muffler pulled up round his face, and his hat pulled down over his eyes, came along Culver Street and went up the steps of number 74. He put his finger on the bell and heard it shrilling in the basement below.
Wheezing a little, Mrs. Casey toiled up the basement stairs and opened the door.
The man asked in a whisper, "Mrs. Lyon?"
"Second floor, said Mrs. Casey. "Go on up and knock."
When the man got round the bend of the staircase he began to whistle softly. The tune he whistled was "Three Blind Mice"...
~ Agatha Christie Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice
Three blind mice
See how they run
See how they run
They all ran after the farmer's wife
She cut off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever see such a sight in your life
As three blind mice

I thought an illustration done in a manner similar to illustrator Harry Clarke would be appropriate for this week's topic. I've been watching a lot of Agatha Christie's Poirot and reading her short stories and decided to do a quick illustration for the topic this week.

7 Comments:

Blogger Nahellenia said...

I love this. The amount of detail is just amazing...I particularly like the sleeping figure in the back.

3:56 AM  
Blogger H. Harvey said...

You're accumulating a nice little body of work here Kirk.

Kudos,

H

8:50 PM  
Blogger Kirk said...

Thank you both.

5:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is amazing. Love it man. -kc

11:36 AM  
Blogger wendy said...

"Quick" illustration? I can't imagine what one would look like that took you a bit of time ... are you contemplating any exhibitions?

4:21 PM  
Blogger Kirk said...

Thanks all, I'm hoping to do something after I get my act together.

5:24 PM  
Blogger vfm4 said...

i googled Harry Clarke and i must say i prefer your drawing, it's lovely! :-)

3:55 AM  

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