Some drawings...

Done in my Children's Book Illustration class...

Some good stereo gum!

wonderful logos... Just for stereo!

www.stereostack.com

Goodbye old friend...

My trusty Canoscan LIDE 60 scanner died a couple of days ago. I've had it for years now. Always been great.

Yesterday, it's successor arrived.

This is a test scan... It's a rough concept that I've abandoned for something I'm working on. :)

CHAV!

Chav. It's a word I use now and then. A shortcut for describing a certain "type" of person. Easy.

And yet, deep inside, I feel dirty using it. Something feels wrong.

I've decided not to use it anymore.

I realised something was wrong when I was trying to explain to my Canadian nephew what it meant. (1)

"It means a sort of scummy person. I think. I suppose the closest analogy is white trash?"

My wife interjected, "Doesn't it mean a working class person who dresses in cheap clothes that look expensive?" (2)

I wasn't sure. "Probably, I guess?"

The nagging feeling lurking inside rose up again. I was being derogatory about a whole class of people. Damning them all in word. Dismissing them. Feeling superior.

People may feel I'm being silly. It's just a word.

Nigger was once just a word. (3)

Most people dont use that one anymore.

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1. He says it's starting to catch on in his area in Canada.


2. My wife's family are pretty much working class


3. I'm with Louis CK on using "the N word" - Don't transfer the guilt.

Painting avec my iPhone

Played about with the Brushes app on my phone. Has a bit more depth than I first thought.