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“You did a wedding notification for friends of mine a couple of years ago which I loved as it was witty but kind (as I think some caricatures can be cruel but this one was not at all), and they were instantly recognizable in it, so I got your contact details from them.
My partner is going to be 60 later this year and is more or less also resolved to retire in or around the same time. A cartoon that could be framed and signed on the back would be a great present for him to mark both the events. I thought a cartoon of either him driving or being driven in a Dublin Bus bus (being driven by someone else would mean you could show him with feet up on a seat, infamous hat on and bag of clubs beside him) down a bus lane with the caption Life In the Fast Lane but with Fast crossed out and Bus written in over/ beside it as a correction would be hilarious yet meaningful. A back drop of Dublin skyline in the same pink-y colour as the Hotel California album would make the Eagles connection. If he were in the bus, the destination blind on the bus could say Woodbrook Express”
[I advised against doing the bus driven by someone else, because if we introduce another face into the cartoon everyone who sees it will ask who it is. As in you can't have an anonymous face]
In the background is The Spire.
Finished cartoon:
“Thanks. I will definitely recommend you to others! - Marian (Dublin)
Quality photographic paper 11.7x16.5 inches. Inkjet printing.