2006-06-30 S at Amper Bo Guesthouse Pretoria Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. A few weeks ago, I did the unbearably romantic thing. I invited S to a quick one-night getaway at a luxury guesthouse. I chose to book at a place …
Wow. What appalling service from Vodacom. I’m so angry I can hardly type. Here’s the chain of events that started this… I’m sick in bed with flu right now. An incoming sms beep woke me up. ‘Cool,’ I thought, ‘my …
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2006-06-24 Emily Martin — Black Apple Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Emily Martin is an artist/crafter with a blog called ‘Inside a Black Apple‘. I came across her work on Seth Godin’s blog. Go take a look at her online store, …
2006-06-23 Illustration Friday — Rain Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This week’s Illustration Friday topic is ‘Rain’. I’m drawing really fast at the moment, cos I’ve only got about an hour and a half before I need to get into my …
2006-06-18 iMomus (Nick Currie) Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This is the full-colour version of iMomus (Nick Currie), the dude who writes Click opera, an art-fiend’s must-read. According to his blog, he wears ear-muffs to give himself quiet-time. I recently ran …
2006-06-17 Drawing by Roy based on Lindy Hop by Sauerkraut Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This week’s Illustration Friday topic is ‘Dance’. So I headed over to stock.xchng, my favourite free-photo site, and did a search for pics to do with …
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2006-06-16 Robert Scoble Exits Microsoft Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Just six days ago the blogging world went mad when Robert Scoble confirmed the rumours that he was no longer ‘The Microsoft Blogger’. He’s one of the bloggers I read every …
2006-06-16 Based on ‘A Day In The Life’ by maryanne_b Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Hmmmmmm. A very satisfying experiment for me. When I first caught a glimpse of maryanne_b‘s pic, ‘A Day in the Life‘, I KNEW I had to …
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2006-06-11 Bathroom Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I’ve been having a restful day today, lying in bed with my tablet pc, surfing the web and drawing. S is performing in two shows today… the matinee and an evening show. I’ve booked …
The topic for this week’s Illustration Friday is ‘Jungle’. I did five pics some time ago featuring wild animals. So… Here’s my buffalo: And here’s a chimp: This is a hippopotamus: Followed by an elephant: Crowned by a lion: All …