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Bear in Heaven – Sinful Nature

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I realize owls have been “hip” lately and it’s hard to go into a Paper Source without tripping all over the owl salt shakers, aprons, thumb tacks and stationery. As tired as I am of the over-saturation of all the owl paraphernalia, I cannot deny that owls are pretty swell creatures and I like drawing them, so here it is . . . an owl birthday card I made for someone who also likes owls.

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The Octopus Project – Music Is Happiness

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Octopi . . . what’s not to love? They are super intelligent and have a unique and amazing look to which I am consistently drawn. If I’m going to do anything for Valentine’s Day, I generally like to make something rather than buy a teddy bear or some other item that expresses one of many canned sentiments. This year I wanted to make a card with a bit of depth, so went with a layered pop-up card/diorama idea that seemed like the perfect opportunity to test out my cutting and diorama-creating skills. I am pretty happy with the result and think I might start making more of these.

Note: My Valentine gave me a card with octopi on it as well. Good taste!

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Four Tet – Plastic People

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I spent a nice afternoon outside at a coffee shop the other day with my Moleskine sketchbook, Micron pens and a delicious cappuccino. While doodling I overheard a few conversations. One man started up a talking with (more like at) a nearby student (who clearly wanted to finish studying about Ukraine) about the entire history of Russia and Ukraine. He proceeded to go on about his house in France that has been in the family since before the French Revolution. A pair of women on the other side of me were catching up after six years of not seeing one another. One of them had the habit of saying “dude” at least every few minutes, if not more.

Dude.

Note: If you are just joining and notice I have been posting far more often than usual it’s because my blog’s three year anniversary is next Sunday and I need to make up for all those weeks I missed this year . . . and there were quite a few. Starting next Sunday this blog will resume its regularly scheduled programming.

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Benoît Pioulard – Sault

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Playing a little more with the new Micron pens . . .

Note: I just got the new Benoît Pioulard album Lasted and am very excited. It has been on repeat and this is one of my favorite songs off the latest album.

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Glasser – Apply

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I don’t know where they ran off to, but the other day when I had the urge to doodle, I could not find my super fine tipped Micron pens. A little trip to the local art store remedied the hole in my life (pen drawer) and now I have my Micron 005 (0.20 mm) pen. There is something a bit intimidating about drawing with such a fine pen . . . I like it. It’s been a while since I used one and I am excited to open up my sketchbook and get back to it.

Not sure what’s going on here . . .

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Tame Impala – Alter Ego

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No new regular posts, but look! It’s another postcard!

Every week (or so) I draw a postcard and mail it to someone. If you would like to be that someone, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory. Please also let me know if you receive a postcard from me. I know one has already been lost in the mail so I want to make sure everyone who has asked for a postcard has received one. Thanks!

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Surfer Blood – Anchorage

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I have been very busy/distracted/lacking in creative juices lately and sadly this blog has taken a hit. I drew a bunch of postcards a while back but haven’t gotten around to photographing/scanning/posting them. Perhaps I should implant myself with some sort of shocking device for when I am in danger of being late or missing a post.

Every week (or so) I draw a postcard and mail it to someone. If you would like to be that someone, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory. Please also let me know if you receive a postcard from me. I know one has already been lost in the mail so I want to make sure everyone who has asked for a postcard has received one. Thanks!

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Plaid – Sam Lac Run

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The postcards were on a bit of an hiatus, but they are back and we’ll see if they manage to stick around. Here are some faces . . . what are they so happy/sad about?

Every week I draw a postcard and mail it to someone. If you would like to be that someone, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory. Please also let me know if you receive a postcard from me. I know one has already been lost in the mail so I want to make sure everyone who has asked for a postcard has received one. Thanks!

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Hello again. Remember me? Although the technical issues have been resolved (woohoo new Macbook Pro!), I have been in a serious creative slump lately. I tried to draw up some postcards and wasn’t happy with anything I put to paper. I’ve been inspired to shoot a lot more film lately, but it takes a while before I actually see the results (should get some rolls developed and scanned in the next few weeks). In the meantime, I have been backing up all my old CDs that I burned back in college, and have found some rather amusing/interesting/nostalgic files. There are lots of photos, projects and papers, many of which I forgot about until opening them these past weeks. It’s been fun looking back around ten years to see what I was up to.

On one of these CDs I found scans of some old doodles from 2001. Below are three of these doodles as well as some tunes I was definitely listening to that year. There is no symbolism or deep meaning, so no need to look for it.

Orbital – Shadows

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Sneaker Pimps – Low Five

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DJ Teebee – Tribal Jedi

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Radiohead – In Limbo

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Autechre – Cichli

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Yann Tiersen – La Valse d’Amélie

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Siriusmo – Nights Off

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I’m a bit behind on the postcards and hope to catch up in the next few weeks. In the meantime here is Postcard 9. Not sure what’s going on here but it kind of looks like seaweed.

Every week I draw a one off postcard and mail it to someone. If you would like to be that someone, email me here with your mailing address. I will only use your address once to mail the postcard and then I will delete it from memory. Please also let me know if you receive a postcard from me. I know one has already been lost in the mail so I want to make sure everyone who has asked for a postcard has received one. Thanks!