Steve wrote: everyone I know think octopuses are horrible looking. if you were to stand next to the octopus in an aquarium you would hear every disparaging comment under the sun. i think they have a beauty & majesty all their own.could you draw that for me please?
Mary and Gabor wrote: you must be very busy drawing after your article in the paper but you would make us very happy if you could draw us a canal boat in a wintery scene. We are dreaming of such a boat and would love to have your drawing on our website. Please have a look at our site www.leavingbirmingham.co.uk we are two artists trying to leave Birmingham on a narrow boat and your drawing would be a great inspiration!
Robert Alcock wrote: On second thoughts -- celestial trumpets can't blare "I love you" (they just go "Ba-ba-ba-Ba-ba-ba-BAAA") -- I really meant they are announcing/accompanying the angels who have come to say (probably in music to the accompaniment of harps, viols and other typical renaissance instruments) "I LOVE YOU"! (It's for my girlfriend who is in Brussels at the moment, for what it's worth.) Thanks very much PS. Your pictures are great, very alive. "Too Tired" was the best so far.
Sarah Cole wrote: hello. I really wanted a picture of a friendly giraffe, but when i try to ask for it, the page always says it cannot be found. I really like giraffes
Tami wrote: Your drawings are very good good with details. Here's mine...Lately I feel as though I'm all alone even though I know there is love from family and friends all around me. I know the love is there, but I'm too tired to feel it or let it in. If I move one inch to the left or one inch to the right, I will lose control of everything--my whole life will fall apart.
Tom Scutt wrote: My life on 5 Thirty-something computer programmer with short blonde hair turns feral and goes to live on a roundabout (which has been landscaped with rocks and trees). Perhaps he lives by spearing passing motorists and spit-roasting them. Who can say? The roundabout has a big burgundy sign with a white number 5 on it.
Edson wrote: Do you have any ideas on how to liven up my web site a little? (It's http://www.razorlist.com/) Icons, a new logo, a picture... whatever inspires you. Thanks! PS - An easy way to put your designs on t-shirts and such would be to use www.cafepress.com..I think a lot of your art would look fantastic on a t-shirt!)
paul murphy wrote: thanks for doing my monkey reviewing TV progs! any chance of two monkeys eating cassoulet in a Paris bistro with two cats? I'll understand if you don't have time and want to do something new
stephen wrote: My girlfriend has left me and taken all the pictures form my bedroom wall so all I have is 4 white walls and 5 picture hooks. Something colourful something different
gracebell wrote: Chickens (the white ones -hens ) "chicks are nice too" and cows (Holstein heifers and calves) The graphic guy might like to see something different
Allan wrote: Let's see how u r w/moods I'm in love and afraid of it. feelings of trumph and despire The world is round and all I do is go in circles. And the rivers won't stop flowing.
Fred wrote: How about a nice dark picture of say a clasped hand with only the hand and the wrist showing, and on the front of the wrist, have a tattoo that says 'Cut Here' with a bunch of dotted lines.. and dow the whole thing in a dark couloured theme?!?!? Hmm?!??
Birdie wrote: an old man standing alone in the middle of a field somewhere in England. It is a grey day and they are few trees around. His face is lined with age and experience. He is dead inside.
Linsey Buck wrote: faith i just checked out your new pics and specially like the giant ants. I was going to fill in the form,but a form didnt come up on the page.Anyway Ithought that you could do one of me trying to get my head around technology----tangled up in a techno web .
Between 2000-2006 I ran a website, www.thedrawingroom.biz, where I drew pictures from ideas submitted by the public. It was a fun way to generate the motivation to draw, taking inspiration from a huge variety of visitors. Word of mouth soon led to hundreds of requests per week and after a while I went from drawing every suggestion I received to selecting only a few.
I found some success in selling A4 prints and temporary tattoos of the designs I had created, and eventually began to charge for each request, on the basis that the buyer would receive their choice of product once the drawing had been completed. The site grew larger and larger, holding a massive archive of illustrations, with reliable hosting from Net2. Then Namesco took over the company, bringing with this change a sudden implementation of charges for the high amount of traffic my site was experiencing. Their lack of technical support (relating in particular to suspected bandwidth piracy), coupled with the distraction of pregnancy, led to the decision to cut my losses and cancel my contract.
Now, with my time devoted mostly to my son, I don't want to maintain the same level of commitment to The Drawing Room. However, I do want a record of all that work to remain on the internet, instead of letting it sit forgotten on a back-up disk. So I will grab a few moments here and there to upload the 'best bits', probably working chronologically through the back catalogue. You never know, I may reach the most recent effort and find it in myself to start taking requests again ...
