Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Unwelcome

After the Sparrow Incident, Mr. Whiskers was no longer welcome in the neighborhood.

Gouache on Paper, 12x16

81 comments:

  1. Oh poor Mr Whiskers! how embarrassing! a wonderful illustration Eric.. :)

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  2. Super cool buddy, one of my favorites!

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  3. I love this!!! jajaja! You make me happy with this ilus!! Thanks!!

    Un abrazo desde Guatemala!!

    Ale

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  4. eric - i think this rates as one of my all time favs from you! well done!

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  5. Heh, we'll hope he's learned his lesson for his new neighborhood.

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  6. Your images are so juicy and yummy. This would make a GREAT print!!

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  7. fantastic piece, eric...your work is so wonderfully appealing.

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  8. I love it! Great colors and amazing sense of humor. Love the way you look at the world...:) Silke

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  9. I love the little touchs you add, like that one curly whisker! Lovely work.

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  10. Great piece! Love the characters and the clouds.

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  11. You always create such fun and memorable characters! I love the detail on the rooftops, too!

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  12. Poor pussy, poor pussy.
    Brother Eric, I really like the mute background oppose the more colourful characters here.
    You are so clever.
    Thanks!
    We will have a few day holidays in Malaysia on this Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
    I am going to enjoy it with my sister and her baby. I will post some of their photos up soon.

    Happy weekends to you too.

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  13. One of my favorites too. The colors of the houses, the cat, the idea...

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  14. hahaha!
    you've made my day! great illo!

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  15. What a great idea ! And it is a beautiful realisation !!

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  16. Eric, this is amazing. Totally wonderful work!

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  17. Wonderful illustration as always, Eric! I just love this!

    Francisco!

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  18. This is soooo cool! Poor Mr. Whiskers! This is such a beautiful illustration. I love the look on Mr. Whiskers' face.

    You are just your brilliant self as per usual!

    Thanks so much for dropping by. I'm still trying to work with this silly computer at my job, but I don't know...

    Have a great day!

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  19. great color palette. Your illustration style is great!

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  20. nooo poor kitty, he is welcome to my house :DDD

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  21. Hello Eric - Good to see you here again! Oh, dear - naughty kitty, getting what he deserves, really!! Full of humour and super colour, as always!

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  22. Hehe, I like this a lot! I especially like what you did with the clouds and the outlined houses in the background. Looks super.

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  23. I hope you're not getting bored of people commenting on how brilliant you are..... wait, why would you? :P

    This, I love. Make a book! I'll buy it! (with half price off cuz I'm a loyal little guy!) ;)

    -Abz

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  24. Very cool, I love your colors and humor! The cat's expression is priceless!

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  25. I like the cat as the main focus of the whole drawing. And the little details of the buildings make the whole picture look so fun.

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  26. hanks for the comment,your illo is always fantastic and so funny.Love the cat expression

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  27. Not even Mr. Whiskers can be above the law!
    :-)

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  28. I agree with the other comments - great illustration.

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  29. Such a great illustration! I had a cat puppet I once loved named "Mr. Whiskers". Your image reminds me of him!

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  30. Ha ha! Naughty cat. We have a few of those in our neighborhood. This is great!

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  31. I love the color combo. Nicely done Eric!

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  32. What a great look on the cat's face!!

    I just saw your post about your upcoming bear-bicycle book... I love those pictures! It looks like it'll be a fantastic book!

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  33. excelente!! Eric, siempre excelente.
    saludos :)

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  34. Lol :) Love the post Eric- magical what you create!

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  35. woa eric its so awwesomeeee :D :D :D

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  36. hehehe, Mr Whiskers looks confused, i'm not sure if he knows what's going on :) great work!

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  37. It's absolutely fantastic! I love this style!!! The poor cat is simply fabulous and the idea is so brilliant! Great work as always! Have a beautiful weekend Eric!

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  38. And Mr. Whiskers thought Mighty Mouse kickin' his tush was embarassing!!! What ever will he do now?

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  39. Hahaha, take THAT, you naughty kitty. Whoa, that is one strong bird.

    Great, great piece! I love your clouds and depth. Plus, it looks like cut paper! Cooooool.

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  40. This illustration is fabulous! I love the colors, style and that poor kitty!

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  41. HAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHAAHAHHHHAHA!!!! Poor Mr. Whiskers!! He can't help it. What's a cat suppose to do??? This is so cool and of course I'm crying over here LOL! I'm just wondering what the heck did he do??? Never mind LOL!!!! If yall really want me to come to Texas, send me some bookstore near yall that might be interested! I'm totally serious! I have to now go back and stare in total awe of your greatness and hilarity!!! he he he he

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  42. OOOOH please tell me that you are planning to print this???? I didn't hear anything??? Umm we are waiting.

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  43. Just love your work Eric. You are so talented!!!!

    edrian | visit my blog

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  44. the green one, the green hot!! It's chili pepper hot!

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  45. You are a master illustrator of whimsical and lovable creatures and people.

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  46. oh so cuteeeeeeeee!!! wonderful work Eric!

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  47. Ohhh!, cute illustration :)
    Nice week. Kind regards from Spain.

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  48. adorable, the cats expression is perfect.

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  49. Can not say enough about this illo. Love the idea, color, layout, color and expressions.

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  50. Oh, let's give Mr. Whiskers a second change! :-)

    I always love the color in your pieces, and this one is no exception. Love those rooftops too!

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  51. Really love that kinked whisker...says so much about Mr Whiskers personality, while the colour palette is very well chosen indeed. Given your new blogger id pic cats seem to feature large is your life of late :) Congrats on the award as well... I like the way the guy (you...? :) is cupping his wine glass.

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  52. Many many congratulations on the Slovian book by the way. Beautiful, whimsically packed work!

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  53. Lol! So funny, priceless expression!

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  54. That's what ya get when you pick on the little guys!!!

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  55. made me LOL. i feel for poor mr whiskers :3 cool illustration!

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  56. I really love the artwork you have.I am working my way into the animation buisness. I was wondering if you can check out my blog when you have a chance and comment on my work.

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  57. thanks for the comment, and yes. He's my twin brother.

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  58. Hi Eric !! thank you very much for your kind words !! I love all your works, your character designs, colours are amazing, Very very very
    beautiful !!!

    sorry my failed english rsrsrsrs
    abraços
    CAUE

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  59. hahahaha i love it! :D The cat expression is priceless!!

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  60. I agree, poor Mr Whiskers! But I am a cat lover by nature. Fun, charming with a twist of quirkiness that I love about all your work. So, very talented! =)
    Have a great weekend.

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  61. Very beautiful man!!
    I like your designs!!
    Congratulations

    Cheers

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  62. ooohh!!! your style in so sweet!!!
    I love it!!!
    bye ^__^

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  63. Hi Eric! nice week for all :)
    Kind regards from Spain.

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  64. Oh my gosh, so cute! Love Mr. Whiskers expression as he is flown out of town. Great style:)

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  65. Poor Mr. Whiskers! Love the expression!

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  66. too cute!
    Sorry it's been a while since I stopped by... trying to catch up!
    nancy

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  67. Thank you ! You make me smile with this very good illustration :o)

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  68. Hi Mr. Eric, this artwork is awesome! i like very much your style, obviously, is very adecuate for the childrens, well done, congrats! please, I invite you to take a look and give me your comment about my blog, I appreciate it a lot! Thanks!

    EE

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