I was walking down the street and came across a couple of young guys setting up to do some window cleaning. They had all the gear laid out on the pavement - the ropes, buckets etc. I'm guessing that there was a good chance that they might have been climbers and cleaning high-rise windows was their way of supporting themselves. Anyway, it started me thinking about how could you reach up to do the windows if you were lacking the ropes or a ladder.
A music teacher contacted me about using the picture below for his college's journal. As far as I know he never got around to using it. I was really curious how a cartoon about window cleaning was going to fit in with the music. That's one of the pleasures of doing illustration work, I never know what I'm going to be asked to draw next.
