“I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon… but I want to stay alive. “

Posted February 28, 2010 Celebrities, Portrait, Women

Hairy Bikers Sketch

If you look closely at the jacket of the bald one, you can see I accidentally drew over another drawing, which you can find at my other blog ‘the Joy of Hate’, which you should definitely check out. It’s awesome!

Posted February 26, 2010 Celebrities, Men, Odds 'n' Ends, Portrait, TV

5 finger foreheads

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban illustration portrait by claire murray

Posted February 14, 2010 Celebrities, Men, Portrait, Women

“Thanks for that report on terminal illness…Now for your pictures of pets that look like marshmallows!”

Christine and Adrian from the one show illustration portrait claire murray

Posted February 7, 2010 Celebrities, Men, Portrait, TV, Women

Doof-doof-doof-doof-doof-dooffy-doof!

ameira sayed christian love triangle kiss eastenders illustration claire murray

Posted February 6, 2010 Celebrities, Portrait, TV, Women

HFW portrait. Sketch.

Hugh fearnley whittingstall portrait claire murray illustration

Posted January 30, 2010 Adobe Ai, Celebrities, Men, Odds 'n' Ends, Portrait, TV

“thank God for abortions!”

Heidi Fleiss

Posted January 16, 2010 Big Brother, Celebrities, Portrait, TV, Women

Simon vs Brucie!

Simon vs Bruce Claire Murray illustration

Posted November 30, 2009 Celebrities, Men, Portrait, Projects, TV, X Factor

John and Edward!

Claire Murray Jedward Grimes xfactor lucie jones Rachel Adedeji illustration

Posted November 13, 2009 Celebrities, Exposure!, Projects, TV, X Factor

Dermot Dumface and the mimers

Dermot Oleary xfactor claire murray

Oh Dermot. I really enjoyed your presenting work for T4 and BB, you were funny, cheeky and a bit cute. But now you grumph and splutter your way through any contestant interaction, roughly pull and push them onto their marks and generally act like a horrid little man. I know that Stacey isn’t the most eloquent of communicators, but that does not give you the excuse to make fun of, or dismiss her so quickly.

What is up with the all-contestant sing song at the start of the show, pre-recorded much? I want to hear them all off key and failing to harmonise where is the fun in miming?

More annoying than Dermot Dumbface and the mimers, is that the results show is an hour long – an hour – but because most of the hour is taken up with already famous artists that have singles out that week, then the obligatory interview which is basically Dermot shouting ‘we don’t have much time, when’s your album out?’ , there isn’t any time for the actual results.

When it is finally time to get the results, after 55 minutes of padding, they are in a mad rush to get opinions and votes from the judges where Dermot demands ‘I need an answer, I’m sorry I’ll have to hurry you’. Then in quick succession the result is announced, then the best bits, then it’s over. We barely have time to see the tears from the losing contestant. I want tears, I’ve invested 2 hours of my life to this telly show and, damn it, I want to see the grief and sadness in all it’s ugly detail.

And Dermot, please stop saying ‘God Bless’ at the end of the show, I do not care for your wacko religious views.

Posted October 26, 2009 Big Brother, Celebrities, Men, Portrait, TV, X Factor