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Quietly making his entrance on a birthday card I would like to introduce Gnook, whom I hope will come out again soon. He first started popping up in my sketchbooks about three and a half years ago and has been a frequent visitor since, though I have never quite found a place for him.
Here he receives a present, sat in the warm comfort of his home. I like to imagine the crackly sound of a fire, and maybe the distant sound of rain on a roof. Happy birthday, Ingrid!

They say a picture says more than a thousand words, which I am not sure is true in this case. If it does, I wouldn’t have thought those words make a lot of sense. To illuminate my mental image of Helium as it appeared in the previous post, in which it displays its unreactiveness.
Note the bunny-slippers, Andrew!

The Havock educational service, here to provide you with some information on the element Helium! I absolutely love rasters and lament not having used them before. One of my favourite illustrators, the late Marten Toonder, was a master in their use - particularly in his Bommel and earlier Tom Poes stories, where he used them to astounding atmospheric effect. And on the subject, allow me to mention that the Bommel radioplays currently being broadcast by the NPS, the Dutch public radio, are available as a podcast. They’re in Dutch though and they haven’t got any pictures, so something for the enthusiast, I suppose.
Hold on for a full colour version of Helium, to be posted soon!