Similar Mindsets

Quite some time ago, I randomly came across the work of David Brunell-Brutman and was amused to find we'd drawn similar images of tank-driving animals; David's tiger is on the left and my commissioned t-shirt design with the badger is on the right.

               
Illustration by David Brunell-Brutman
(www.davidbrunellbrutman.com).

I emailed David to point it out, but his spam filter swallowed up my message or he just wasn't as amused as I was - either way, I never heard from him. David, can you read me? Over.

Further back still, I found a sketch by Eric Canete that really reminded me of one I'd done earlier; again, Eric's is on the left and mine is on the right.

               
Illustration by Eric Canete
(kahnehteh.blogspot.com).

Eric's is superior to mine in a number of ways, but I'll hide behind the fact that mine is an older sketch and far from being up to scratch. Yes...that's what I'll say...

Anyway, the illustrations by David and Eric aren't exactly like mine, but it's nonetheless strange to see how different artists in entirely different locations will sometimes produce similar images.