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Posted on October 14, 2006 @ 5:31 pm by massimo | Filed under: ancona, blog, fun, people, wordpress

salty dog procolarum david sylvian aynaku illustration adobe

October is here again. The warm early autumn sun still shines, yet behind a thin layer of fog. The fog is going to take over the coast by mid-November, getting thicker and thicker in the next few months. These days there is no better place for me to hang around than the harbour. There’s really something peculiar in the empty docks during the cold season and David Sylvian got it beautifully… The docks are to me the best place to enjoy the fog and the magic of its spooky light; the best place to recover from gloominess, the best place to share with all sorts of elderly seamen, Tunisian fishermen, retired salty dogs from Greece…On these occasions old seadogs silhouettes always emerge suddenly from the thick fog and the queer sound of their voices smites upon my ear! Gathering together loudly, they use to tell picturesque stories in a broken language worth Hemingway’s best narrative before vanishing again into the fog…

Illustration Friday’s topic is: smitten

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8 people have left comments

It is good-looking.
My imagination swelled.

kuriyama wrote on October 15, 2006 - 2:59 pm CEST

i have always been fascinated by these salty dog types and this guy is no exception! You did a beautiful job on this dude and the whole post conjures up misty, salty tales form the sea! Great work!!!

valgalart wrote on October 15, 2006 - 7:43 pm CEST

so good looking! i like the colors you have used. and you are right the docks are one of the best place to enjoy the fog! i just remember that i should go there one this mornings.

isay wrote on October 16, 2006 - 12:01 pm CEST

Very nicely done! Sounds like a mysterious occurence.

Amy Zaleski wrote on October 17, 2006 - 10:11 pm CEST

beautiful work! very cool place to be..^^

enigma wrote on October 18, 2006 - 2:36 pm CEST

wonderful work… and once again i am captivated by the story…

Michael O’Connell wrote on October 20, 2006 - 2:49 pm CEST

Lookie-there! He found your goggles! :-) This is a nice stand-alone portrait. (And I still enjoy thie distictive style.)

don lee wrote on October 21, 2006 - 3:35 pm CEST

Dang - I have sure missed a lot of these. I love his beard and glasses. You create the most fantastic characters. Stunning illustration.

Tiffini Elektra X wrote on November 15, 2006 - 6:42 pm CET

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