Author: Mark
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Used as Advertised
A few months ago I bought a keyboard protector stand to keep my cats from accidentally typing. There was a cute picture in the advertisement showing something like this. I give you: Ether in Repose.
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The Brother of Dwayne
I made a random face today. My son asked his name. The first name that came to mind was Dwayne Elizandro Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho but that is already taken. I decided to call this guy The Brother of Dwayne in reference to the Book of Mormon character The Brother of Jared. (InkScape, basic colors)
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The Phone is Gone
We went to the park today and there was a payphone station that appears to have been preserved for posterity. The phone is gone and much of the world that needed payphones is gone too. As my life shifts to a “new normal” I look back at the normals of years gone bye with bittersweet…
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Mushroom House
I started with a brown chalk outline of a house in the shape of a mushroom. I added some texturing and a few colors to the house. I finished with a blue and green gradient for land and sky. Simple and fun. (GIMP, toilet paper)
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Staring Mountain
In InkScape I made a topographical map of a mountain and sea. I moved it to GIMP to set the dimensions (1600×900) and the background and to detail the eye. (composite)
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Ether and Me
Yesterday I walked home in my trenchcoat. I was greeted by Ether who jumped onto my shoulders. He stayed perched on me for about ten minutes. Isn’t he photogenic. (Moto G 2025)
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Dandelion 8 16 26
Today is Sunday, and lately Sunday has meant church. One of the talks today was about how we should be more like dandelions, so naturally I had to do some dandelion art. (GIMP, square, ink)
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Flotsam
My life is like the billowing waves full of flotsam. I need to get out of the thick of thin things. (MS Paint, postcard)
