When eight-legged creatures fall from the sky
They fall with a splash and become Octopi.
They fall in a heap, they fall in a muddle
And this, my dear friend, is a large Octopuddle.

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I’m in an octopuzzle over how illustrators approach a piece of text. How can a single, tiny bit of nonsense poetry be interpreted by artists? What kind of variety is possible? Is any variety restricted to style or is thematic variety a factor too? More thoughts on this HERE.

Illustration Thirteen was created by Rob Lenihan. Rob is a prophet of doom and occasional pencil twiddler whose work can be seen here.

Illustration Twelve was created by Dave Burrows. Dave is a designer and game creator whose work can be see here.

Illustration Eleven’s illustration was drawn by Larner Caleb. Larner is an ad man, writer and now illustrator! His work can be seen here.

Illustration Ten’s illustration was drawn by Dave Kennedy. Dave is an illustrator whose work can be seen here.

Illustration Nine’s illustration was drawn by Jools Wilson. Jools is, very clearly, an accomplished artist.

The illustrations below were all submitted in response to my curiosity.

Many thanks to the illustrators, designers and artists who have contributed to the Octopuddle. In order of appearance, these people were:

Carl Pugh, illustrator of Tommy Tickletail and How To Pee In Zero G, and runs Inkology and Head First.

Ste Pickford. Ste is a hugely well-respected video game artist and designer. You can see his work over here.

Darren Woodcock. Darren’s peculiar imagination has been of great help to us here on Inkology. You can see more of his work here.

Gary Brown. Gary runs a successful sugarcraft business.

Phil May. Phil is an aspiring comic book artist who Tumbles here.

Mark Bowers. Mark is a creative who runs this lovely site.

Suzanne Henderson. Suzanne’s illustrations and poems can be seen here.

Curt Jackson. Curt is a designer whose work can be seen here.

Jools Wilson. Jools is, very clearly, an accomplished artist.

Dave Kennedy. Dave is an illustrator whose work can be seen here.

Larner Caleb. Larner is an ad man, writer and now illustrator! His work can be seen here.

Dave Burrows. Dave is a designer and game creator whose work can be see here.

Rob Lenihan. Rob is a prophet of doom and occasional pencil twiddler whose work can be seen here.