which way to zanzibar?

which way to zanzibar?, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Sunburnt & still a long way to go .

hiding from hiedi

hiding from hiedi, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

I spent nearly a year in jo'berg about 2 years ago .. and i sketched several pretty girls.. unfortunately one has a big crush on me and is chasing me all over town .. so i can paint a mural on her bedroom wall.. of her nude !

the loosing battle

hmmm... clearly trying to post via my mpbile phone is both not working that well... and boring everyone... sorry about that.... I just stick to the drawings... and better net connections

Guiding stars

Guiding stars, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

I has been very cold in the highvelt ... but i have noticed something special at sunset ... so tonight go outside at dusk , look to the west & find the moon , it is like a jewel set between jupiter & 2 bright stars

the abandonment in usa

the abandonment in usa, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

The treatment of victims in louisiana was so different

aid starts in arche

aid starts in arche, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Not sure if this will work ... one thing that struck me in arche was the civility of the victims ...rumah = open house

into the vortex

what is going on... flickr is refusing to display my pictures... gmail is often a sleeep... i know i'm in transit... but... what the ?



Is it the coffee in these cyber cafe transit lounges... is it just jet lag... why an i even worrying about it?

phone pinups

I have started making phone wallpaper out of my most viewed sketches on flickr... if you have the technology you download to your phine you can try downloading these (below)... I will also make these available on my myphone blog...

The biggest problems is i don't know if there is a "right" size for phine wallpapers.... so for this lots I'm starting out with a 320 by 320 pixel "square" format... does anyone know a lot about mobile phone images, formats... I'm kinda guessing everything

still for an old bloke I have manages to come a long way... technically speaking... over the past year... still blogging via mobile phone & publishing my "girls" on mobile phone screen does seem an honourable task for an old bloke

living in SIN

living in sin,
originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Life has been a bit full on... lots to do & no where to live...



actualy i just found at place to stay, close to work & with a decent view of the dawn ... by the way ladies... SIN is the code for changi airport !

more hassles

my blog is "off the air".... to the world... but the spam comments are still flooding in... it mustn't be the only one... blogger central is showing how to set up word verification... and i have sorry folks but it is to stop automatic software, bots & spiders posting comments



luckily i did back up my template stuff... and changed my password, just yesterday, so I still have access to the blog itself (and hopefully control)... the only bad bit is I will also have to change the public name I can not use cyclones_sketches... so now what to call it.... damn its the underscore that causing the grief.... ok what is something short & sweat and no spaces or underscores cyclonesart... better still cyart at last something that works


such is life

a strange visit

I guess if you are a regular... you'll have found out there has been a named change... WHY... good question... not really sure myself... the old site had a strange comment think is was in german... i got this much text out of a buffer

Verzicht: Das Thunderdome wird von Ihrem alten Mann des tediousness gebohrt. Lichter heraus.

there was also a symbol... like a copyright symbol with a diagonal line through it... thtas the last time I saw my blog working

So who is the Thunderdome and should I be scared... don't know.... all I know is my site name is now illegal and I can not recover it.

still talking

I'm trying out google talk... the beta version... its like Yahoo & MSN messanger but a lot simpler... plus its well integrated with gmail... which is the main email I use these days...the big advantage is it seems to work well at cyber cafes and remote places where i can only use dial up on gprs... you can use it from a variety of messangers including miranda & trillian.

I have plenty of free invite, just email me for one, if you'd like to try it out

2 moro

2 moro,
originally uploaded by sigh clone.

heading south over the equator we pass the islands around mindanao, the home of the moro separatist movement... and it relatives ji and dural islam... its one of those essentially lawless regions that are developing all around the world... one chain of islands stretch back towards borneo... and it seems it is becoming a convent highway for all sorts of activity... this fuel tanker was just floating, it seemed abandoned... carrying scares of a close encounter with some one else a mid-ships.. as we drew near to interstage we heard automatic weapons and three speed boats raced towards us... after 2 hours we had either out run them... they had run out of fuel... or given up... such is life... high petrol price one day...fuel piracy on the high seas the next!

working on a Mac Tan

working on a Mac Tan,
originally uploaded by sigh clone.

one advantage of travelling a lot and particularly the roads less trevelled... is I get to see some really cool places... Cebu in the southern phillipines is such a place... even better the little nearby island of mactan... a really idyllic spot.. here is phone photo of me having a 'sketching' break... life can be hard sometimes

another break

reflecting on the search for the goddess

My refelection cartoon has been blog in a really modern girls style blog... every women is a goddess... its a really well done and original place... worth a vist if you are a girl... and while you looking around why not check out other illustration friday submisssions.



Modern girls is becoming a bit of a sketching theme for me... perhaps there are true goddesses everywhere

in print

Created with the neat applet:: Magazine Cover



I kind of wish I had tried to publish this... nearly 200 views overnight... but would anyone really pay for it?

reflecting on originality

mirror,
originally uploaded by Mattijn.

As I travel around the net I'm starting to see that there are quiet a few original and creative people... like me... but uniquely different at the same time... but Marttijn is a bit scary he's much younger... much more accomplished... draws, paints & photographs... more colourful and all this will doing the standard thus a week for someone else

I'm only joking I'm not halos mate I love your art... I can see so many similarities in what you are doing to mine... and I didn't copy your ides for the reflection cartoon... I promise

ringrazia il mio amico

Gianita if a special friend from flickr.... she set up the Webcam selfportrait group... so its only fitting that I sketched her from her webcam... the sliht irony is this was sketched in Yahoo 260.... not from a flickr posting...

reflection

reflection
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

I trust I won't get in hot water with the Politically Correct brigade... (but I might be with my spelling & typos)...

I originally wanted to draw a BBW type looking at a skinny reflection... but I like this way better

for friday illustration: reflection

WOW I only posted it yesterday & its had 129 views in about 18 hours... the firday illustration thing must have a good following... better improve the art work on my next entry.