13 January 2007

"I had that Nad in the back of my cab once..."


London cabs were affordable back in the 80's. Long before the days of the Congestion Charge one could spend ages stuck in traffic, so to pass the time I used to draw the back of the cabbie's head. I thought of turning it into a series, but never did. Here are 2 trips: Warren St. to Connaught St. and back to Grafton Way.
Pen and ink 10cm x 15cm.

9 comments:

Rick Lovell said...

Great style, as usual. Do you know R. Crumb's work?

Lissa said...

i like it ... makes me think of comic strips though :) which is not a bad thing really...

pati said...

Hahaha... nice pair of illos, Ellis. Very illustrative ;)

studio lolo said...

Great sketches! I love the male pattern baldness on cabbie number one. Could be my husband who was a cabbie back in the eighties.

Michelle Lana said...

heheh...cool!!!

Jeannetto said...

this is a fun idea.

tusen said...

Great sketches!

Brine Blank said...

Nice idea and style...but out of cab rage you then switched to riding bikes and the sketching got much more difficult??? Now that is a series I want to see...

Lynne the Pencil said...

Great stuff. Particularly like the hunched posture of the guy in the cap.

Black cabs are definitely better for sketching than minicabs: you got a longer view. Probably even more bumpy though.