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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hehe, keep cool. Funnilly enough I googled that picture/scene two days ago as reference material 😅

Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you very much, it’s much appreciated! 😊🙏 Love your work!
Hehe, I can understand the associations, they are tough to ignore once made. For me it’s such a hard choice, and I would love to have them all in my garage (and the garage wouldn’t even have to be that large! Bonus!)

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Four British classic cars 🇬🇧 While I’m bogged down illustrating for a book, here’s another little repost of car illustrations. Which is your favorite?

Ligne claire illustration of a Morris Minor 1000

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 9

I’ve been wanting to revisit Back to the Future for a while. Finishing up on the illustration I then find out it’s Michael J. Fox’s birthday today. It was meant to be, apparently. I hope you enjoy! Oh, and Happy Birthday “Marty”!

Ligne claire illustration of the characters from Back to the Future, Marty McFly and Doc Brown, trying to rig a Ford A with rockets, to get it to 88 mph.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you very much 😊🙏, and it was indeed called the El Car.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Jun 1

Four French classic cars 🇫🇷 A little repost of car illustrations. Any favorites?

Ligne claire illustration of a Citroën DS

Ligne claire illustration of a Citroën 2CV

Ligne claire illustration of a Panhard Dyna Z

Ligne claire illustration of a Renault Dauphine

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you, I’m glad you think so! 😊🙏

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · May 20

Aww, I’m very glad to hear that, thank you so much 😊🙏

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · May 20

Even the most renowned grey cells deserve a holiday. And what could be more fitting than a tranquil cruise along the Nile?
#poirot

Ligne claire–style illustration of Hercule Poirot standing at the railing of a Nile cruise boat, with a camel walking along the banks of the Nile and pyramids in the distance.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · May 18

Every dog wants a bone.

Just a silly little doodle. The super dog Krypto just found a treasure…

A ligne claire style illustration of Krypto, the super dog, looking hungrily at a dinosaur bone.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · May 8

Electric dreams! Been a while since I drew a “Car of the Day”, so here’s an electric one…from 1974. Zagato, an Italian design and coach building company, produced the Zele, a microcar between 1974 and 1976. It wasn’t exactly known for it’s blistering speed, maxing out at around 50 kph / 30 mph.

Ligne claire illustration of the Italian Zagato Zele, electric microcar, driven by an old man and his little dog in the passenger seat.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Apr 25

It’s International Penguin Day (no, seriously it is!) So meet Patrick Penguin – a side character in a “solve-it-yourself-mystery-book” from a Kickstarter project I’ve been working on lately. More information this summer.

Ligne claire styled illustration of a penguin dressed in a tuxedo working as a bartender.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Apr 23

Quick Holmes and Watson concept characters for a potential future comic series. Not set in stone.
Would you rather read new stories, or the classic ones? #sherlockholmes

Ligne claire style illustration of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Apr 6

Yeah it’s a game that seemed to be created with great warmth and humour. Glad I gave you a trip down memory lane!

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Apr 6

That’s great! I never tried or heard of Discworld Noir, thanks, I’ll look it up!

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Apr 6

The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) – one of the best games ever made! Did you ever play it?
I had to do a little ligne claire homage of this funny and slightly crazy game.
My personal favorites among the many versions are the pixel version from 1990 and the followup – LeChuck’s Revenge from 1991.

Ligne claire illustration homage of The Monkey Island characters, Guybrush Threepwood and the lookout.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 31

2. Many are fascinated by AI “art”, but as the internet gets saturated by it, it’ll look cheap and disposable.

I fear that even the real work of great artists like Miyazaki will get tarnished by AI, and end up looking cheap and disposable.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 31

1. Chat GPT’s “Ghibli” feature reminds me of the story of plastic:

When plastic became available in the 50s and 60s, everybody loved it. It was stylish, modern – furniture, kitchenware, fashion. We all know how that ended: It’s now seen as cheap and disposable...

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 30

A little Black Adder homage a la ligne claire. Even though the first season was arguably the weakest, it’s nevertheless the right place to start. Maybe I’ll get back to the later seasons at some point.

Which season was your favorite?

Ligne claire style illustration of the characters Blackadder, Richard IV, Percy and Baldrick from the UK sitcom series The Black Adder.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 16

Hehe thank you very much! 😊🙏

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 14

I was reminded of the great jumping scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off through Lewis Hamiltons homage video. Thought I’d do my own homage of the film scene.

#ferrisbuellersdayoff #ferrari

Ligne claire styled illustration of the two valets jumping a Ferrari 250 GT Spyder from the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

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Reposted by Thomas D. Jensen

The Labours of Hercule Podcast @labourshercule.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our latest episode on Taken At The Flood is out NOW and we’re finally in our Georges era! 🙌🏻

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/labourshercule

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 10

Meet Jerkbert Duckson. He is not happy.

Back when he was a hatchling, ducks didn’t simp to self-proclaimed alphas and wannabe fascists – they fought them.

By all means share, if you sympathise with Jerkbert.

Illustration of a disgruntled duck called Jerkbert Duckson. He is wearing a suit and tie, and is ranting about current world events.

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 3

Merci! 😊🙏

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Thomas D. Jensen @thomasdjensen.bsky.social · Mar 3

Young Hercule: Death Woven in Lace. Another “what if” comic album cover.

Do these deserve a series? 🤔😅

#herculepoirot

Ligne claire style illustration of a fictional album cover of a young Hercule Poirot as a Belgian police officer. A lifeless hand is seen holding a Brussel lace with a skull woven on it, while Poirot and a maid is horrified by the scene.

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