These drawings are taken from a poem/story I wrote called 'Mr. Grumble McGunkly of McGunkly Industries'. I was going to make it into a Flash animated short but for one reason or another I didn't (or should I say I’ve yet to do it.... that is if the word document hadn't been deleted in mysterious circumstances!).
Basically the story runs thus; I wrote a previous poem/story about the people in a multicoloured, fantastical, fictional town. The story was fine too me but I felt it needed something more so instead of adding to it I came up with another poem/story (Mr. McGrumble..). It's basically about a bitter dwarf of a man who runs an industrial mine on the outskirts of the town.
The drawings above are sketches I did of the main character and the landscape of the mine.
Unfortunately as said before the Word document file for the ‘Mr. McGunkly….’ story was deleted (along with everything in my text folder on my computer….) so I sadly don’t have a copy of it. But as soon as I discovered this I wrote down what I remembered about the story and one day I’ll re-write it….
Patterns of swirling seas adorned his mind
Scruffy and haggard festooned the outside
His heart too bright it must be kept inside
A lightening flash to make all blind
Boring, depressed his eyes did glaze
At the persistent bafflement of life’s ways
Nine to five the spider webs are made
Staring at the sufferers of soul ram raid
Murderous eyes would shoot daggers
At the keepers of empty spirits
His lonesome mind made him madder
What a waste this walking litter
Illustrated interpretations in his black book
Horror show pictures to exorcise
Acid bath for their brains by hook and by crook
Soul deceasing liquid to kill their betrayal
Every day Spidey Spiderson would stare and smirk
Day dreaming in bright coloured clouds & wide peaceful spaces
Back to earth he watches the litter living to work
And he knows he will soon be going places
