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sketchbook cover

Art, Projects

I finished scanning in my sketchbook last night. I think I scanned in 63 pages. I basically scanned in any page with something that I thought might be interesting on it. I don’t think I’ll upload every page or even all of the good ones. I’ll probably cut and paste some of the better drawings.

It’s interesting to look back on things that I drew a couple years ago. It made me think two things. 1.) Sometimes I can draw some pretty interesting things. and 2.) I need to draw more often! (it took me almost 2 years to finish this one)

I’ll post the best pictures later

I think we should get every Monday off!

Life, Randomness

I feel so much better after a long weekend. It’s like I finally have time to relax when I get that extra day. I did a lot this weekend, Dinner at Beth and Joe’s on Friday. Took a walk with Laurel and her dog on Saturday and then hung out in Vienna. Dinner with Laurel’s friend Cindy out in Winchester on Sunday. Went to a classic car show on Monday in Clifton then had dinner at Kelli’s house. So I really did a lot this weekend and I still feel rested and ready to go today. Next weekend is the start of NFL season so it’s a good thing I got all this action in now!

Later !

Vienna Skull and Nuts society?

Art, Projects

This is a door knocker I made for the house in Vienna. I hadn’t sculpted anything in a while and thought it would be easier (and cheaper) than trying to find one like this in a store or online. I found most of the supplies at Michaels, with a few nuts and bolts coming from Home Depot.

I really think it came out great. I think if I did it again I might get the dimensions of the skull a little more exact, find a more decorative backing plaque and a better knocker than a U-bolt with washers and nuts epoxied onto it. But it has been working well for about a year now.

Later!

MTAG_80

Art, Projects

I designed a new font while doodling at my desk. Well actually I was just making psuedo chinese charchters on sticky notes with highlighters, but you get the point. I started to see that some of them could look like english letters (sort of). Then I decided to replicate it in Illustrator. Since I was using pink and yellow highlighters I thought a nice 1980’s inspired design might look cool.

I’m a sucker for pink to orange fade.

Now it’s the wallpaper on my computer. I think it looks wild. I’m making a smaller one for my phone (8125), I’ll upload that later.

Later!


Frankenfridge

Projects, Stuff and Things

THUD!

The Frankenfridge lands with power upon the scene. dominating all other forms of refrigeration. We had an old fridge donated to the house and it needed a little work. I decided that since it was old, dented, and rusty it called out to be Dr FrankenMark’s Monster. It’s definitely not perfect, but it only took 17 dollars worth of spray paint and about a half a day to finish. So who could ask for more?

Now if I could only replace the rest of the parts to make it run a little more efficiently.

Later!