So a steampunk MINIon… Victorian dress, with a jet pack and a cup of tea (Earl Grey, Hot). I’ve always drawn MINIons with jet packs… something about the flying monkey thing from The Wizard of Oz. I’ve played around with this is various forms including some artwork for the Circle City Aerodrome in 2014 including a drawing of “Sir Cecil Ookington-Smythe” and another of Cecil’s Aerial Monkey Squadron after taking down a large robot. I think this design actually started in 2013 as a MINIon of MINIons on the Mack – the world record attempt to cross the Mackinac Bridge (which will happen again August 1st).
Considering that Jules Verne published Around the World in 80 Days in 1873 it seemed logical to give this to the gentlemen from Germany who were driving a MINI around the world and ended up as a part of MTTS 2014. This was actually given to them on the “Loneliest Road in America” which, at least for when we were their, wasn’t that lonely.
