Took a few days to get this one done, been moonlighting my illustrative skills elsewhere this week.

NEVERTHELESS, it is time for some latin-mo faciary infuzzment with Nach-MO Libre:

 

Movember is back!

I very nearly forgot about this - but fortunately there was enough movember chatter this morning to wake me from my tache-less slumber with renewed enthusiasm for this project. 

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HURRAH

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I can't promise a new image every day as last year - but will be expanding this collection for certain!

I present, the first of a few fictional moustaches, Dr Eggman:

The Columbus Scroll

This week has seen the culmination of a couple of hush-hush commission projects, so it's about time I cracked on with something grand and ambitious of my own for once! a small snippet, but don't want to give it all away just yet:

New York Rivals: GIANTS and JETS!

Terrific fun I had here, a melee of Mechanical athletes crashing across NYC - My illustrative tribute to Superbowl XLVI Champions The Giants, and their cross town rivals The Jets.

Watercolour and pencils for this one, click for full size, enjoy!

Fawcett Inn Pub Sign Comp

Southsea Pub The Fawcett Inn had a competition to design their new Sign. Here's my entry, depicting Lt. Alexander Fawcett who died during the Indian Mutiny in 1858, and where Fawcett road and it's pub get their name.

200 Years of Dickens

The magnificent Author of victorian classics, Oliver Twist and Great expectations, and owner of a fine piece of coiffed facial fuzz - Portsmouth born literary legend Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago today, what better excuse to pick up the blog again!

Famous Whiskers: No.21 - Rolf Harris!

Can ya' tell what it is yet? To conclude the furry facial festivities I've saved, in my humble opinion, the best and most appropriate 'til last - Tie MO kangaroo down sport - it's ROLF!

And that's it! The final day of MACKIN-TACHE's month of Moustaches! I hope you've all enjoyed the show, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for artwork of a more miscellaneous nature on this fair site, and now I'm off for a shave - adios aMOgos!

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Miscellaneous Moustaches: No.2 - MO-ni Cooper

The most mustachioed MO-tor car that came to mind. OK, I may be a teeny bit biased, but this must be the finest AutoMObile ever to exist...

Mo-nations...

Greetings globally gregarious mingling maniacs of this month of mustachioed madness! Don't forget to show your appreciation for all the fine furry faces on display here at Mackin-Tache by clicking on the Donate / MoSpace link on the right of the page. Anything you can spare to support mens cancer charities is greatly appreciated :{)

Thanks, Arran.

Famous Whiskers: No.20 - Dick Van Dyke

Star of MO-ry Poppins, Tache-ee Tache-ee Band Bang, and DiagMOsis MO-der!

Famous Whiskers: No.19 - Jackson Browne

Not a consistent wearer of fuzzy facial decoration, but a fine example nonetheless. Anyhow I couldn't bear to exclude such a hero.

Tache it easy:

Famous Whiskers: No.18 - WOLF MAN

Gladiators Wolf, A.K.A Micheal Van Wijk with a suitably wild-man hair and stubbly 90's tache:

Animals with Taches: No.7 - MO-by Dick!

Ahoy and Avast MO hearties, thar she MO-ws... etc, etc:

Famous Whiskers: No.17 - Arthur MO-nan Doyle

Another prime specimen of furry facial fantasy, perfectly fitting of the fleshy brain encasement of such an imagination!

Famous Whiskers: No.16 - Peter Sellers

A fellow native of Portsmouth, the pink panther, Peter Sellers:

Famous Whiskers: No.15 - John Cleese

And now for something completely different:

Star of MO-nty Python and the MO-ly Grail...

Famous Whiskers: No.14 - Lord kitchener

How have three weeks of this chaos gone by before I remembered this one!

Your face needs MO HAIR!

Famous Whiskers: No.13 - Aldo Giuffre - 'The Ugly'

The weekends final fiendishly follicled foe, Aldo Giuffre.

Famous Whiskers: No.12 - Lee Van Cleef - 'The Bad'

Numero two of this weekends special, the villainous Lee Van Cleef.

Famous Whiskers: No.11 - Clint Eastwood - 'The Good'

Do-de-do-de-doooo - Waa-Waa-Waaaa.

Yes I've run out of things to say.

Anyway, here comes a trilogy of Taches for a tremendous weekend of western themed moustachary!

Enjoy.

Famous Whiskers: No.10 - William Shakespeare

What on earth can I do here? Do I honestly dare type a few words about the man, or simply admit my inferiority to the grandest wordsmith of all and make with the pretty pictures...

All For Mo...

Good day to you, discerning viewers of Moustached portraiture, let us all band together and defeat the wicked forces of men's cancer by making generous donation to the Movember cause! http://www.movember.com/m/1885936

Mo For All, and thank you :{)

Miscellaneous Moustaches: No.1 - The Three Moustacheers

All For Mo & Mo For All!

Animals with Taches: No.6 - Orangutache

o•rang•u•tache (also o•rang•u•tache, o•rang•-ou•tache |ōˈra ng (g)əˌta sh |, o•rang-u•tache)

A large mainly solitary arboreal ape noted for it's long reddish whiskers, native to Borneo and Sumatra. Mainly seen during the Movember season when facial hair becomes highly fashionable. The mature male develops lengthy and prominent facial whiskers, from which it's original name is derived, meaning 'Man [who is] Facially Forested'. Also has a penchant for pipe smoking. • Pongo pygmaeus, family Pongidae.

ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Malay orang hutach ‘forest face man.’

Famous Whiskers: No.9 - Joseph Stalin

No historical lessons to be had here, merely the observation that this guy had quite a Tache!

Animals with Taches: No.5 - Mustacean

Catch O' the day, a splendid Crustacean Mustacean!

Famous Whiskers: No.8 - Mr. T (for tache)

Yes, that is indeed what I theorize the famous 'T' stands for, or could it be Beard-A Baracus?

Borat says: 'Make Benefit' for mens health!

Hello viewers of the  world-wide-web's greatest compilation of whiskered whimsy! Why not show your appreciation for the fabulous follicles on display at Mackin-Tache by making a small donation in aid of prostate cancer at: http://www.movember.com/m/1885936

Thank you kindly :{)

Famous Whiskers: No.7 - BORAT

Cultural learnings from upper lip Moustachings for make benefit glorious facial features of Borat and all hairing grow men of kazakhstan:

Famous Whiskers: No.6 - Bruce Forsyth

Nice to see you, Tache-ee you nice. Comb out those silvered whiskers for a Brucie Bonus:

Animals with Taches: No.4 - Moose-tache

Wine gums anyone...?

Famous Whiskers: No.5 - Albert Einstein

A full and shapely 'tache is a sure sign of immeasurable intellect. I'm not entirely convinced the same can be said of an unkempt mass of head hair, but I'll assume my own ignorance and take it that the this man indeed knew better: 

Famous Whiskers: No.4 - David Seaman

Todays facial fuzz belongs to the big Yorkshireman who inspired my childhood self to hold deluded aspirations of goalkeeperdom upon my eventual growing up. Unfortunately I never did grow up, neither in stature, mental faculty or maturity, so disappointingly, goalkeeping was well out of my reach...