Somehow I forgot to post this here on Kimi’s actual birthday but I am pretty proud of it and all the compliments I got really did my self-esteem a world of good. So if you’re responsible for one of the 23,500(ish) views or you’re among the 172 people who liked it, I want to thank you, chances are we’d be good friends. And those 2 dislikes… I will find you. Just kidding. I guess 🙂 Happy Belated Kimi Day!
I don’t think this post needs much of a story, the name says it all (if you’re a motor sport fan or at least you’ve glanced at the TV occasionally to see why your boyfriend was ignoring you). Safe to say it’s one man I admire in a sea of business interests and marketing tricks because he embodies what I enjoy most about Formula 1, and that’s the actual racing (no, I didn’t mean to quote him). But the humour helps, mostly prompted by Lotus’ smart PR guys. So here’s a little Kimi tribute in a Lotus-inspired livery (also a thumbs-up to Burn for their uber-creative events), because next year I’m going to hate drawing so much red.
When you’re a few months late with a birthday present, there’s only one way of saying “I’m sorry but I seriously do love you bunches!”. Now let’s be honest here, what’s better than cupcakes, flowers, gifts and caramel macchiato?
After three weeks of amazing scenery (seriously, how great is Corsica?), brave attacks, numerous wheelies, inflatable guitars, a sea of passionate fans, green goatees, badly-parked buses, exhausted hugs, plenty of “wish you’d trip and get run over by a herd of elephants” intrusive spectators, tens of giant flags of countries not represented in the peloton, loyal and caring teammates, nice and sometimes quirky roadside Tour tributes, ridiculously polka-dotted garments, superb light/laser shows on the Champs-Elysees, unfounded “let’s fill the front page with something catchy” accusations, sequined jerseys, a couple of Richie Froome mix-ups, brilliant sunset shots around l’Arc de Triomphe, some unfortunate haircuts, a disappointing lack of fireworks, several bad English accents on Eurosport, a couple of cliche “lions in the bus/around the table/wearing helmets” photos, a lot of pretty flower bouquets that I always wonder who waters, one ‘Oh, no, not Eddie” moment and several “Oh, this guy is brilliant” ones, Paris came sooner than I hoped but with the perfect conclusion I had in mind all along.
Vive Le Tour! 🙂
My on/off blogging affair is back on track with a little something I drew as a present for my lovely roommate. And a picture frame that I’m almost literally in love with. I hope everybody’s having an equally lovely summer! 🙂
Despite the title choice, no, it’s nothing to do with historic aircraft. Maybe ‘nothing’ isn’t entirely true either, it’s still about aerodynamics, skill and a certain drinks company that happens to be particularly good at marketing. Well, trying to get to the point, I’ve been meaning to post this for quite a while, since the Austin GP actually, but didn’t quite get around to doing that so here it is now. Not that it needs much explanation, but I thought that Vettel’s 100th grand prix would be a nice occasion to celebrate with a little doodle (which turned into a couple of different designs, these are my favourite two – click on them for a better view). For those few of you who don’t know what/who I’m talking about, I assume you’re familiar with Google? Use it. The rest just enjoy. Here’s to an entertaining 2013, let’s hope they lovingly grab the bull by the horns once again and stop that horse from prancing! Yeah, that wasn’t my smartest metaphor but hey, I’ve still got 56 days and about 15 hours to come up with a better one. Back to work now (and by work I mean checking out this Chris Horner fanclub page I’ve heard about, that sounds like fun) 🙂
A couple of busy weeks went by so I finally took some days off and now that most transfers, resignations and doping scandals have calmed down a bit, I’m starting to feel the cycling off-season blues. Sure, I still have some F1 races with an exciting championship fight and the occasional snooker tournament left to keep my withdrawal symptoms to a minimum. But I can’t just put my peloton fondness on hold until January, so I started to do what I do best when I try to relax and that’s drawing, of course.
After I spent half of Vuelta making a little something to remind me of that magnificent race and of one of my favourite riders, the lovely Chris Froome (which I’ll also post soon enough), I just figured I could do a couple more to decorate my room and remind me of other people I’m rather fond of. The first obvious stop was another Team Sky pretty face, this time one with the loveliest Norwegian name I ever heard, a playful smile and a figure that could easily win him a bib shorts pageant. He seems too cute to be true…umm, too good to be true I mean… and did I mention his skills on a bike? 🙂 Oh well, enough rambling and here’s the drawing…
Two weeks and another birthday party later, it was time for the Snookerbacker Classic once again. The South West 
Snooker Academy in Gloucester hosted the second and third leg of the event on Friday and Saturday.
Keeping track of the action online, it seemed like great fun and I’m happy to be a small part of this event even if I can’t be there in person to see those talented guys (and girls) fight for a place in the final. I’ll have to settle for watching these lovely photo galleries from Friday and Saturday. Also, you can find a detailed review of both events here. For the ladies reading this, unfortunately, there are less cake photos this time , but there’s a cute kid and several talented young men worth looking at 🙂
Anyway, here are the drawings and some photos of the four qualifiers from this weekend. Don’t know if I mentioned this before but the two drawings of the waistcoats are actually modeled after Mark Selby. Yeah, I’m a bit biased but what’s the point in having an obsession if you can’t enjoy it? 🙂
Just click on the drawings to open the larger, more detailed image.
Taking a brief look through my collection I found some small doodles I never got a chance to post. This one was sort of a present, but I’m thinking there might be other dog-loving readers out there that might stumble upon this and enjoy it 🙂
As the extended summer is now officially over, I managed to find two final reasons to distract myself from the madness that lies ahead starting this autumn. First there was my birthday; the hottest, most agitated, “can’t feel my legs by the end of it (and not because of all the dancing)” anniversary I remember having. It wasn’t my plan to spend it so far away from home, but I still had lovely people around me to keep me in a good mood and I’m thankful for that 🙂
The following day was just as busy, but as I was enjoying the view above, about 2500 miles away there was something a bit more serious going on. I’m obviously talking about the first leg of the famous Snookerbacker Classic 2013 🙂 Now most of the people reading this probably know what that is and the rest are most certainly aware of my snooker obsession at least so I won’t go into great detail but you can find all the info here. The reason I’m mentioning it is that I had the chance to bring my little contribution to the event by doodling some colourful stuff for the lucky and talented qualifiers. I’ll post some photos of the drawings as soon as each event takes place, so here’s a little something from the first one:
The event seemed like a lot of fun and you can read a bit about it here and here and there’s also a photo gallery (spoiler alert – contains some delicious-looking cakes and one handsome Aussie).
Nicely framed on the tournament desk
Oliver Lines is the first to qualify for Finals Day
The Wednesday Society 
