Illustration Friday - "Muddy"


I did a quick illustration for Illustration Friday this week. The word to illustrate was Muddy. My first inclination was to draw Muddy Waters because he's awesome but with the sex tape of John Edwards coming to light I thought what the hell. I feel like Mark Sanford and Tiger woods are played out now so here's another obvious choice.

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