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Monday
Nov212011

Some drawings...

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

Monday
Nov072011

Some good stereo gum!

wonderful logos... Just for stereo!

www.stereostack.com

Friday
Sep162011

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. :)

Friday
Sep022011

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.



  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.

Thursday
Jun252009

Painting avec my iPhone

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