Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Fast


Mr. Shackleton chastised his chauffeur, Mr. Hudson,
for driving much too fast.

Gouache & Acrylic on Masonite - 11 x 14

80 comments:

Unknown said...

ha ha - lovely!

Guillaume said...

Ouahh superbe ^^

Asja said...

this is absolutely fantastic!

An said...

Your work seems to me fantastic is so retro… to sees is seems to me vector (I have a very small screen) but soon pays attention well and is even more astonished. You do not speak Spanish, truth? Saúdos and apertas.

Melinda Stanley said...

Oh Eric! I love Mr. Shackleton! I loved him by himself, but I especially love him in this context, as well! :)

Cheryl Lynn said...

I LOVE MR. SHACKLETON! He is so dapper and I can understand his concern with his chauffeur following the speed limit. I'm sure he's much too busy to be detained by the police! Hahaha!

Great illustration as per usual!

Nina Seven N7 said...

mr. shackleton is so cool!

theartofpuro said...

Love the characters!They are wonderful!

Julia Kelly said...

Someone who does not want to live on the wild side-!

Shirley said...

Superb illlustration..just love your characters to bits.

Pencil Pocket said...

Lovely development on last weeks piece. You have such a great style Eric! :)

Art Fan Ako said...

It's Mr. Penguin, hanging out with Walrus. They look so gentlemanly!

Doodlestreet said...

Absolutely adorable illustration. I admire your style--

Kelly Light said...

Ha! Luv it!

adam taylor said...

You have a very solid style! I like it a lot

Peter Breese said...

Fantastic Eric! I would love to take a joy ride with these fine chaps.

gatheringwonder said...

your style is just fantastic!

Alicia Padrón said...

I'm in love with the colors! Very cool Eric :o)

krisztina maros said...

ha ha!! they're just adorable together! i'm curious where are they going...

Anja said...

Love it. They are a great couple :o)

kathy hare said...

Oh I've missed so much of your latest work! amazing as always my friend.. just love Mr Shackleton and Mr Hudson... :)

Mónica said...

Hi Eric! lovely Mr. Hudson :D
thanks for make me smile this morning.

Hugs and kind regards

chiara said...

lovely!

chiara said...

Its fast legs are so funny!!

chiara said...

oh! Sorry my last comment is not for your illustration! I'm wrong sorry!!

AtelierBrigitte said...

What a fun illo and great text to support it.
I love this illo and I like the character(s).

marcus cutler said...

Eric - these characters are great! I could see them populating a whole community. Are they English? They seem like they should definately have accents.

leolietje said...

although it does not look fast... it looks great!

ArtSparker said...

He looks quite chastised, indeed.

thedoodlegirl said...

Haha--I hate it when my chauffeur drives too fast! This is fantastic!

Alissa said...

Way to put him in his place! Love it!

erin said...

this is why you should never hire a walrus as a chauffeur, stick with seals, although they're always honking the horn, can't win.

yoon see said...

Well done brother Eric.
Really love all your works.
You are the kindest person I see.
I really hope to meet up with you in person.
Your illustrations also show the same friendliness, the characters are always remained in my mind!
I love your illustrations, you are my inspiration to create more beautiful works:)
Happy weekends and please write to me when you are free:

yoonseeart@gmail.com

Thanks:)
I have a special post that also for you.
Happy day and make a wish.
Hope your wishes will come true:)

illustration poetry said...

hehe... funny!

sandygrafik said...

Fantastic illo and beautiful color palette!

Vanessa Brantley Newton said...

Hey Brother of mine!!! I have crawled out from under a happy desk full of work to come by and holler at you! This is so awesome and just plain oh fun! I'm in love with the characters. They are soooooo ready for their television sitcom he he he he! You rule dude and you always ROCK in my book. This takes the cake man!
Hugs
Nessa

Caroline said...

Mr Shackleton and Mr Hudson are super characters! You've got the expressions just right!!

Nessa Dee said...

These guys made me smile! They are fabulous characters!

michael robertson said...

excellent! I love your muted color pallet and that bubble pipe still cracks me up!

Phil Toodle said...

Mr. Shackleton is fab! What will he do next? Where will he go? ...

Food and Drugs said...

Really good characterizations for both animals, they are truly very credible on their role.
Regards

Pirusca said...

Oh, it`s very nice!

Angela Matteson said...

I'm totally loving Mr. Shackleton. So cool to see another appearance here. He lives quite a lavish lifestyle. I'm jealous! :) (I'm adoring the colors too.)

Anonymous said...

Nice! love the color.

Unknown said...

so lovely!

Cheryl Lynn said...

Eric, you are hilarious! Claire needs to run as fast as she can.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Always happy when you do!

Valerie Lorimer said...

What wonderful characters, Eric! I want to go for a ride with them. It's always a pleasure to see what you've created.

Kay Aker said...

Gentile and proper and great!

Emily Harris said...

I LOVE your work, so fun! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Bella Sinclair said...

BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh my goodness, I just love this little guy. Driving Mr. Shackleton! Maybe it would help if Mr. Hudson would open his eyes while driving. You are such a hoot, and so AWESOME!

Bella Sinclair said...

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention!

I LOVED that fox video! How great is that. PILEDRIVE Hahahahahhaha! Oh, yes, yes, yes. If you go to the fox store, please pick one up for me, too.

Actually, I read about this man in China who raised this dog from a pup. But as this pup grew, he started to stink, no matter how often the man bathed him. Turned out, it was a wild fennec fox.

So on second though, no fox for me. Have a great weekend!

matt dawson said...

PERFECTION! The choice of names, the design, the colours! Bliss! Hope we have the continuing adventures of Mr.S

valerie walsh said...

your characters always leave me wanting more and that is a very good thing :)

paolo_gaspare said...

Your lightful sense of colur is awesome!

Paolo

Ken said...

lol - love it

Amy C said...

totally wonderful, I am glad to see Mr Shackleton again

Zarah said...

Love your work :)

parisa mahmoudi said...

I'm late here and I'm sorry about it,cause all the nice words has written by the others!

I just say:Thank you Eric! :)

yoon see said...

Thank you for writing to me brother Eric.
So sorry that I reply you late.
Let me write a longer letter to you when I am more free.
Thank you so much, I love to drop by to see your creative works again.

sketched out said...

Love this character... giggle! Do I see a book in the future?

Anonymous said...

Incredible. So simple but so right in every way. Your work just feels right and really hits the mark. Awesome.

Tomás Serrano said...

Please, go on! I like thhese characters.

Eugen Caitaz said...

Very cool and Awesome!! I like it! :)

Kelly said...

So beautiful! I love it!

abhishek singh said...

i swear to make it in the first ten comments next post
:)
BEAUTIFUL work as always friend
:)

yoon see said...

Brother Eric, Happy fall and winter.
Hope you are keeping well as always and don't forget to keep posting yeah!
Understand you are busy...
Good to be back with this piece:)
Bye and see you again next week.

Unknown said...

Hahaha! Mr. Shackleton is so cool!
This is absolutely lovely and gorgeous, Eric! LOVE THIS!

Francisco

J. E. Morris said...

Jolly good show, I love Mr. Shackleton.

Bella Sinclair said...

Had to come back to get my dose of Barclay. How ya doing? Hope all is well. Is it cuz you're still yellow? I'm working on your color correction. Gave you a handlebar mustache, too. Looks cool!

Dot said...

poke poke poke... sorry, just waiting to see more cool eric stuff! ;)

Mónica said...

Hi Eric! have a nice week :)
Kind regards and hugs

Vj Arumugam said...

long time eric! your consistency astonishes me! and very importantly pushes me to create something new. as always your simplexity rocks! :)

C.B. Canga said...

well done my friend.

Bella Sinclair said...

Happy Thanksgiving to Mr. Shackleton, Mr. Hudson, and the entire Barclay clan! Eat well!

Mukpuddy said...

Your work is awesome dude!!

TH3DEN said...

:D your work is always smile inducing! :D I would like a walrus chauffeur too, they seem fun to hang out with.

get zapped said...

I absolutely love the colors - great expression!

Deepa Gopal said...

This is just lovely and really filled with humour. It can make anyone smile...Gr8 job here!

Regds
Deepa from
http://deepazworld.blogspot.com/

Abz said...

where are u!?

Tali said...

love it. That darn Mr Shackleton!
How much fun in gouache?