for you all...

[captain spanky]

http://www.higg.co.uk/xmas.gif
I do a pigeon based christmas card every year from my Dad to send out to his friends... I thought I'd share here too :)
Feel free to comment on the piece tho.. :D

[panzer]

nice

why pigEons

your dad got a loft ?

[captain spanky]

lol, no actually... he's the secretary of the RPRA (Royal Pigeon Racing Assosiation) he sold the pigeons a while back when my mum got a bit ill... he's going to get some more some time in the future tho. :)

[panzer]

my uncle used to have fantail doves in the wardrobe lol
dont you just hate when people say doves arent pigeons
they say to me all the time day in day out
weres my medication

nurse nuurse

[Red Kittie Kat]

that's great Spanky ... love that pidgeon :D

[morea]

very cute, Captain... love the expression on Jimmy's face. :D

[xplod_ldg]

Sweet. Good job.

[cj2a]

Nice job.

[mac.FINN]

nice job. The Pigeon in the tree looks totally content.

My friend's dad is a pigeon fancier. I always liked that term... fancier.

[maemae]

lol Awww that is so cute! Very Funny to! Great job,Blessings
~Maemae

[CamarotaDesign]

I love it. Pretty funny, definately a good chuckle. I think it might also be funny to do a London version and have the other pigeon say "Jimmy, get down, it's supposed to be a partidge, not a WINGED RAT"

I wonder if there might be a better font selection, this one works pretty well, but it feels a little overpowering... maybe just me.

[captain spanky]

yeah, i wasn't too keen on the font but my pallette is extremely limited here at work... we're not allowed to access any font sites or download anything so basically my font list sucks.

with regards to your comment about winged rats, please see my other post in off topic... ;) :D lol

Thank you everyone for your nice comments! they made me :D

[frankster]

Sweet! If he's into pidgeon racing have you done one with pidgeons pulling santas sleigh?

[captain spanky]

Sweet! If he's into pidgeon racing have you done one with pidgeons pulling santas sleigh?

yes, i did that a few years ago... the joke was they were all homing pigeons and he could never get to deliver any presents as they kept flying home instead! :p:D

[budafist]

It's quite wonder spanky. What a lovely thing to do for your Papa.

[yesthisismyday]

awesome! :-D

[Samakimoto Graphics]

LOL Spanky!

Nice card.

Were the pigeons making your mom ill?...I heard something about birds causing human illness (besides SARS).

[captain spanky]

no, she was ill due to stress from her job. Dad got rid of the birds so he could spend more time with mum. My Dad IS actually allergic to pigeons tho...:D it's called 'Pigeon Lung'... it's a bit like severe asthma brought on by the dust pigeons make. He has to wear a face mask when handling pigeons... but that's not as bad as some people i've seen, I've seen people who have to wear whole head covers with a filtered air supply!

[panzer]

and its pigeon

they dont talk pidgeon english

although that is pigeon too

my piGeon see emphasis on the g pronounced PIG eon :) like his species spelt correctly he said

[nele]

Good job Captain. I used to have a homing pigeon and some idiot killed it with an air rifle

[captain spanky]

Good job Captain. I used to have a homing pigeon and some idiot killed it with an air rifle

that's illegal here in the UK (no idea where you are) You can face a large fine and even imprisonment! The Queen keeps racing pigeons so she doesn't want hers shot! ;) :D

[nele]

that's illegal here in the UK (no idea where you are) You can face a large fine and even imprisonment! The Queen keeps racing pigeons so she doesn't want hers shot! ;) :D

hehehe and I hear that some piece of paper that was signed hundreds of years ago gives the queen of England legal ownership over every single swan within UK borders.??

I guess she loves birds very much ;)

[YNOT]

Damn dude...that's some really nice vector work! Or at least I'm assuming it's vector work...either way it's cool. Very funny! Me likey!

[captain spanky]

aye lad... made straight in illy... no tracing or anything (on account of i don't have a scanner yet! :)) Thanks! :D

[kerrysmagicshirt]

hehe - tis cute - i've always wanted to do some cards, but i don't think my humor is innocent enough.

yup Nele the queen does own all our swans, and it is arrestable if you hurt one. I think it's good that they are protected like that, cause they are beautiful.

[1ooScreamingTrees]

i've always wanted to do some cards, but i don't think my humor is innocent enough.

I concur. I can't get the idea of physically peeing "happy holidays" in the snow out of my head ever since that post a week ago.

i'll do it next year.