Thoburn Design & Illustration

So recently, a fellow designer and I were discussing how we often feel like trained graphical monkeys. Mashing the buttons on our keyboards while the zoo keeper hands us endless edits, and slips a little food down the tube in the wall. The comment was made that all we needed were “monkey bars” over our doors. After that long, uncomfortable pause I asked . . . monkey bars? Which they clarified. What they actually meant to say was “cage bars”, but it was too late . . . my mind had already formed the picture you see here.

But it’s only Wednesday! This is my first ever Illustration Friday project. In case you’re wondering Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday, then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation. I set aside some time this week for the challenge. This is a slight departure for me, I expanded my color pallet a bit and added more detail to the subject (in this case our fearful-saurus). For other samples of my illustrations check out my gallery.

Just wanted to send out a special thanks to CSSElite.com for featuring my site (and the others who picked it up). And thanks to you for stopping by and checking me out. Come back soon, as I’m just putting the finishing touches on a new illo. One I’m pretty happy with.

Cheers!