yeah, that! i hope you've all has a tip-top festive season. now it's january & the traditional time for resolutions & all that jazz, whether you like it or not. i've got a list of twenty to-do's & promises so far (out of a goal of twenty three, like the brand new age i'll be), but perhaps one should be to better keep up with sea legs? & in turn, better keep up with my fellow doj illustrators, & share & draw & lovely things like that, etc. so i pledge to update sea legs AT LEAST twice a month. start small, but imagine how much more we could all feast our eyes on if we each updated even once a month. i know this will never happen (haha), but i plan on droning on a bit, you lucky boys & girls. & ali h has joined now, the more the merrier.

come on friends, post a drawing, you actually have ZERO excuses. happy january!

By Jove, I've got the Sea Legs.

..and i'm going to attempt to keep the ball rolling somewhat now. As some of you will be aware I have been doing a little work lately and you can have a look at that on my blog here, but I think I much prefer the idea of keeping a nice collective blog aside for stuff like this (much thanks to Jen for setting this up).

This image is one I've been trying and re-trying to put together for well over a month. I think I'm actually finally happy with it now...(all apart from the fact it's an A2 piece ang I've had to scan it on an A4 scanner and piece it together, but you get the idea).

'leaves become most beautiful when they're about to die' - Regina Spektor.

This image is the first thing that popped into my head with the first mentioning of the phrase 'Sea Legs' (albeit this is about the third attempt at the image), I'm aware it's a bit silly, but I've been in a bit of a daft mood lately. Enjoy.

'Yarrr...I tells ya, it be worse that that scurvy you hear so much about...'

Oh, almost forgot. I am working on another piece that I'll hopefully put up on here in a few days or so.

(John) Alan.