The Mad King Toonish was an illustration created for a viral trend that was making the rounds at the time, the ‘Soldier, Poet, King test’, based on a song. While most artists who took the test found themselves as a soldier rather than a poet, my results told me i would be king. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to design Toonish as a bloody ruler on a throne.

And it was decreed on high, for all to hear, that Lord Toonish of the Inkwell Clan would rule over all.
Long. Live. The Toon.

“There will come a ruler Whose brow is laid in thorn Smeared with oil like David’s boy” Duty. Strength. Resignation. You were told to do things and you did them. The world is something that was put into your hands and that you must deal with - so you will. You have a rigid back and steady hands, either metaphorically or physically. Is it nature or nurture ? You don’t know. You are tired of being steady. You dream of feeling alive. Not that you aren’t, but, sometimes, it’s hard to remember that there is a heart between your ribs. Your love is where you breathe. Come on, breathe. In. Out. It starts now