Smoking Chimp 2 by Roland Prinsler in Hamburg, Germany.
I thought this an apt feature after seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes last weekend. I can see this particular ape sitting next to a fire, drinking whiskey, petting his English hound.
There are many things that stand out to me in this piece but one word that keeps coming back to my eye is โtensionโ. You can feel the parts of the piece that pull and tug against each other. Look at the button on his shirt, the way the lip being up over the cigar forces the eye closed above (and the nostril). Love it.