i have always something to say to your nice  illo's and it's only now i was able to. 

and to say you are doing a great job with your illustrations!  have a nice day!

isay

i'm not sure anon...i'll attempt the rest of my family first and then see.  after all, they may not go with my parents new decor...hee hee...dad's ripping apart their home at the moment, doing a lot of interior decoration, these days where ever i go seems to be a construction site! mum doesn't feel that the illo is quite true to life though, i seem to have given him too much hair in her opinion :D but what's the good of artistic license if you can't tweak things here and there, eh?!

isay, glad you're a xangian now so we can hear what you have to say, thanks for the nice comments!

aravis, i was going to post a bio i wrote for my dad's business with the pic, but although he's led an interesting life, i thought it would be a wee bit tedious! maybe i'll post it separately, share a lot more of my daddy dearest!

i think you got your eyes from your father, am i right?

thanks steve...but you haven't seen the side view:D let's just say that there was never anything "roman" in our bloodlines till i put it there. but don't worry, no sports these days for me, the only chance of making matters worse is if i have one too many beers! hardy har...

BTW i think everybody should watch "the boy whose skin fell off", the TLC documentary that airs tonight. it's utterly devastating to watch, but it's one of those things that makes you want to do better, be better. kudos to johnny kennedy for doing something so brave as filming his own demise to share with the world. after watching, one would, as they say, "be made of stone" to not donate to his cause (www.debra.org i believe is the address)