Illustration Friday: Cars

Copyright 2007 Radha a.k.a Ratlion

For this week's challenge 'Cars' I'm reposting the illustration I did ages ago for Illo Fri's 'Speed' challenge.

It fits.

And besides, I'm beginning to feel sorry for my blog now. Really.

I had to do something!

Illustration Friday: Fortune & Polar

Copyright Radha Ramachandran a.k.a. Ratlion

Hello. I'm back! Well, for the moment at least! :D

Was looking for inspiration for last week's topic 'Fortune' when I came across this proverb,

'To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend & lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.'

It puzzled me for a second.

I mean I get the parts about spending a new penny on an old friend and sharing an old pleasure with a new friend cos' I figure if you believe 'What goes around comes around' those acts might attract good fortune in the long run. But the bit about the dragon?

:D

Anyhoo, I could'nt get the proverb out of my mind (it's so beautifully quirky and nonsensical!) and so decided to go with it. However, Friday evening came by and I still had'nt completed it so I figured I'd just post it next week along with next week's topic if I managed to get around to doing an illo for that. But when I read this week's topic 'Polar', all I really felt like doing was to add a polar bear to the existing illustration. It just seemed to fit perfectly with the quirky proverb.

So here you have it. A girl lifting the heart of her true friend by writing his name on the wings of a bewildered (and friendly) dragon, while the equally bewildered (and friendly) polar bear looks on.

:D

Cheers!

Illustration Friday: Total

Copyright Radha Ramachandran

"Totally Lost"

Illustration Friday: Sprout & Green

It's been ages since I did Illustration Friday (And that seems to be all I've been saying in this blog lately) but getting used to things at my first job and have basically been too swamped to do anything that's not job-related. You could say my entry for 'Total' pretty much sums up my state of mind lately.

:)

I hope to do a new one for this week, but in case it does'nt happen, and considering that it's already the middle of the week, as Plan B, I'm re-posting my entry for 'Sprout' ( a last-minute entry for that particular week!) as it seems kinda appropriate for this weeks topic 'Green'.

Cheers!

Illustration © Radha Ramachandran a.k.a Ratlion
(Click on image for a closer look)

Seed, Sprout, Flower
by Helen H. Moore

A seed is planted:
First a sprout,
then stem,
and leaves,
and buds
come out.
Buds grow bigger,
smelling sweet,
bees and birds come
‘round to eat.
Bees and birds
help flowers spread
their new seeds on
the garden bed…
A seed is planted.