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ill fiddler

Here's the cover for a lyric trip-hop compilation by Moscow-based label "Nenormzvuk" titled "Feeling ill on vacation":

Great thanks to the musicians and to Olya Kleveta for giving me the chance to draw for their cover!

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Saturday 01.22.11
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Grab all and run

There was an old Man of Bohemia, Whose daughter was christened Euphemia; Till one day, to his grief, She married a thief, Which grieved that old Man of Bohemia.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: bird, bohemia, bride, cartoon, criminal, crow, czech, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, raven, stealing, thief, young lady
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Saturday 01.22.11
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Fiddle-de-dee!

There was a Young Lady of Lucca, Whose lovers completely forsook her; She ran up a tree, And said, "Fiddle-de-dee!" Which embarassed the people of Lucca.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: cartoon, dog, drawing, illustration, italy, lear, leaves, limerick, lovers, lucca, nonsense, pen and ink, poetry, tree, young lady
categories: research notes
Friday 01.21.11
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Remember the days

tags: cartoon, drawing, grave, history, Hitler, Holocaust, illustration, old man, pen and ink, professor, Stalin, World War II
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Thursday 01.20.11
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Keep quiet!

There was an Old Man of Melrose, Who walked on the tips of his toes; But they said, "It ain't pleasant, To see you at present, You stupid Old Man of Melrose."

E.Lear, 1846

tags: cartoon, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, quiet, silence
categories: research notes
Thursday 01.20.11
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Stewed wife

There was an Old Man of Peru, Who watched his wife making a stew; But once by mistake, In a stove she did bake, That unfortunate Man of Peru.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: cartoon, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, stew, stove, wife
categories: research notes
Wednesday 01.19.11
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IF - chicken

Restrained-range chicken.

tags: bird, birds, cartoon, chain, chicken, drawing, if, pen and ink, prison, prisoner, restrained, violence
categories: research notes
Wednesday 01.19.11
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Tubful of toad

There was an Old Person of Rhodes, Who strongly objected to toads; He paid several cousins, To catch them by dozens, That futile Old Person of Rhodes.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: butterfly net, cartoon, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, swamp, toad, tub
categories: research notes
Tuesday 01.18.11
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Infographic for the communication platform brochure

tags: chart, commondesk, design, infographic
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Tuesday 01.18.11
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I think I see something

There was an old Man of th' Abruzzi, So blind that he couldn't his foot see; When they said, "That's your toe," He replied, "Is it so?" That doubtful old Man of th' Abruzzi.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: basset, cartoon, dog, drawing, hound, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, telescope, top hat, walking stick
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Monday 01.17.11
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Glue me together

There was an Old Man or Nepaul, From his horse had a terrible fall; But, though split quite in two, By some very strong glue, They mended that Man of Nepaul.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: cartoon, drawing, glue, gurkha, horse, illustration, kukri, lear, limerick, nepal, nepaul, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry
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Sunday 01.16.11
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Pozner - Donahue telemost

tags: Anna Chapman, cartoon, Donahue, drawing, illustration, old man, pen and ink, Pozner, show, spy, talk show, telemost, television, tv, young lady
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Saturday 01.15.11
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Warming up

There was an Old Person of Mold, Who shrank from sensations of cold; So he purchased some muffs, Some furs and some fluffs, And wrapped himself from the cold.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: axe, candelabrum, candle, cartoon, cocked hat, cold, drawing, fireplace, firewood, furs, hatchet, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry
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Saturday 01.15.11
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Illustrations for Camus' Outsider

tags: africa, arab, book, camus, cartoon, coast, drawing, illustration, killing, pen and ink
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Friday 01.14.11
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Burning the midnight oil

There was a Young Lady of Poole, Whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil, By the aid of some oil, That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: apparatus, cartoon, cooker, device, drawing, engine, firestarter, heater, illustration, lear, limerick, machine, nonsense, oil, pen and ink, poetry, rat, smoke, soup, young lady
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Friday 01.14.11
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You won't catch me!

There was an Old Man of the North, Who fell into a basin of broth; But a laudable cook, Fished him out with a hook, Which saved that Old Man of the North.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: basin, bone, broth, cartoon, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, soup
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Thursday 01.13.11
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Curing with butter

There was an Old Person of Prague, Who was suddenly seized with the plague; But they gave him some butter, Which caused him to mutter, And cured that Old Person of Prague.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: butter, cartoon, drawing, flies, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, pen and ink, poetry, Prague
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Wednesday 01.12.11
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IF – deja-vu

tags: cartoon, dejavu, drawing, glasses, if, illustration, man, pen and ink, scared, scarf, train
categories: research notes
Tuesday 01.11.11
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I’ll paint you with oker!

There was an Old Man with a poker, Who painted his face with red oker; When they said, "You're a Guy!" He made no reply, But knocked them all down with his poker.

E.Lear, 1846

tags: bird, cartoon, drawing, illustration, lear, limerick, nonsense, old man, paint, parrot, pen and ink, poetry
categories: research notes
Tuesday 01.11.11
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Lost Queen

- Excuse me. Could you tell us how to get to Buckingham Palace? - I'm searching for half-hour myself already...

tags: big ben, bridge, cartoon, corgi, corgi dogs, drawing, Elizabeth, girlfriend, Harrods, Helen Mirren, illustration, london, lost, new russian, novy russki, old lady, pen and ink, queen, tourists, westminster, young lady
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Monday 01.10.11
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