IF: Seed

Submission for Illustration Friday. Theme: Seed.

Jack's magic beans meets bit torrents.

IF: Contagious

My entry for this week's IF theme: Contagious. As temps in Winnipeg dip well below zero, the puddles freeze, and snow falls in mid May, I suffer through a cold and an upper respiratory infection and this particular theme hits home.

IF: Cracked

My entry for IF's theme 'Cracked'.

28 Union Bank Tower

28 Union Bank Tower a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

Winnipeg's Union Bank Tower, built 1904-1913, was absorbed by the Royal Bank in 1925. It's sat empty since 1992 when the Royal Bank moved down Main Street. It's currently being renovated as the home of The Paterson GlobalFoods Institute, Red River College.

uniter.ca/view/5486/

22 Omand's Lake?

22 Omand's Lake? a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

Omand's Creek valley is flooded and the bridge completely submersed. The creek is running wide and fast, but the flooding is caused by the overflowing waters of the Assininboine River which in turn is backed up by the flood waters of the Red River a few kilometres downstream.

18 Art City bike

18 Art City bike a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

The multi-wheeled bike sculpture adorning the roof of the home of Art City. It does double time as their logo. Our kids love this place. We love it. They have great workshops, great volunteers and guest artists and they feed great meals to the kids. I can't rave about this place enough.

www.artcityinc.com/

17.1 Open Up!

17 Open Up! a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

The Assiniboine River opening up at the Osborne Street bridge.

17.2 Shards of the past

Two photos today from our walk from Art City to Osborne Village and back again.

17.2 Shards of the past a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

Quick snap of a limestone Ionic column capital resting in Mostyn Place Park. The park hosts several salvaged shards of shattered column from the sixth Winnipeg Post Office built in 1906 and demolished in 1962.

15 Cat Pause

15 Cat Pause a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

The very next day it snowed. And it snowed all day. Our cats got out the door, hit the sidewalk and promptly did a 180 and came back to the porch were they took refuge for most of the afternoon.

13 Running on empty

13 Running on empty a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

We were walking along Westminster when we came along our friend's van in need of a push through the intersection and just a hair past the bus stop. (It had run out of gas.) The Shoe Doctor was there for the save.

7 Osborne and River

Osborne and River a photo by jim hounslow on Flickr.

I ducked out to grab a movie from Movie Village and took the opportunity to grab a quick snap.

IF: Parade

Entry for IF's theme of Parade. Just under the wire but here it is. My first entry in months. I screwed up a bit. I was working under the impression that the theme was Hierarchy, hence the chess pieces, which was last week's theme. But with a bit of change I've made it work with the actual theme: Parade.

IF: Island

Quick sketch for IF's Island.

IF: Fierce 2

A second submission for fierce. The original illustration was drawn for my niece's soccer team Burlington 'The Mad Dogs'. Nothing's more fierce than 9 and 10 year old girls. I went with pink to match their soccer uniforms.

IF: Punchline. "That is not my dog!"

The lead up the to the punchline: "That is not my dog!" From the film 'The Pink Panther Strikes Again'. This was one of my favourite movies as a kid and this scene with Clouseau and the German inn keeper is the most memorable. This dialogue  also gave us the "zimmer" joke. Check it out on YouTube.

IF: Forgotten

Late, but not forgotten. 

I often forget what I intended to get. I walk upstairs in my house and back down empty handed or with the wrong item. I walk down the street and suddenly remember I've forgotten to bring some item with me. I wake up in the middle of the night and remember a song lyric, word or name forgotten the day before. I even make lists but frequently misplace them.

IF: Wrinkles

My first submission to Illustration Friday for the theme "Wrinkles". More desiccated than wrinkly, but here you have it: my comic book version of my favourite type of undead, a zombie.