Hi, My name is Alan, welcome to my little corner of the web.
Please feel free to have a look round, though do remember, this is by way of a personal site so not to expect everything to have a top quality professional finish.
Most of this site is taken up storing images of my artwork some paintings of which were done back in the 1980's. When I look back through them, there are some that I like and think have turned out well, there are others that even I cringe over! Over the last year or two, I have renewed my interest in painting, even taking some art lessons to improve technique and get back into practice.
I have also started cartooning and am trying to develop in style and quality. I have two series that I am developing, Sir Norman the Knight, and The Cavebats. Both are developed simultaniously, as and when a new idea for a cartoon occurs to me.
The cartoons usually start as a rough drawing in my sketchbook, then a coloured drawing with felt-tips or inks, then scanned and may be enhanced using no more than Windows 'Paint'.
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Because there are quite a few pictures, sometimes a page may take a little while to load.
If I use someone else's work, it is for personal use and not for profit and I`ll try to give credit where possible.
If you wish to grab any of my images for your own (non-commercial) use, you are quite welcome but please use your own image host/webspace and not hotlink - my host, Freewebs, allows a reasonably generous capacity for this free site, but there is a limit.
If you do use any of my pictures it would be a courtesy to credit it with one of my usernames.
The Cave - http://thecave.co.nr
My own new foum site only recently opened and seeking new members.
Be one of the first to join and you can help mould the shape and style of how it develops.
These are some other favourites that I'm busy in -
http://fiftyplussurfers.co.uk/index.php as alstan http://pidge.biz/yabb/YaBB.pl as steel bat
The forum I've been with longest with a wide range of topics and interrest.
A fun, friendly and caring place that welcomes new people.
http://www.thenetaddicts.co.uk/ as horrid goblin
Another active forum with many varied topics and arcade games
Each one of these forum sites is different in atmosphere, but all welcome new people.
Please respect the rules and customs if you choose to visit any of these places. Registration may be required before activity.
I'm not much into poetry, especially long epics which, for me, I find quite tiresome reading.
But I do sometimes like a short rhyme or lymeric and sometimes might use one in a signature.
A few short poems I like -
First Fig Edna St.Vincent Millay.
My candle burns at both ends;
it will not last the night;
But ah, my foes and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light.
The Worlds Need Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
O many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
A few rhymes of my own -
Dreary
Dreary poems I have found,
in anthologies are abound.
Thus I thought that when I write,
I would write something bright.
A reply to Izzy
Tommorow you may find,
There shall be no rabbit,
If all of mankind,
Changes not his habit.
Choccy
The only real food is chocolate,
All else is lumpy substance,
Consumed for sustenance.
And there just to fill the plate.
