2006-05-10 David Playford Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. David Playford is a photographer in England. I came across him when I was searching for pictures to use for my poetry performance shows. (Seth Godin clued me into an amazing site that …
Beaujolais 2 Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I drew this some time ago at a portrait circle I was part of. It’s done on my palmtop, using Mobile Atelier software. Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator. Hire …
2006-04-30 Self Portrait Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I’m sitting at Codes in Rosebank playing with my new easel. It’s mounted on a camera tripod that I got from a junk shop. Hans at the Rosebank Flea Market makes a brilliant …
2006-06-29 Illustration Friday – Life Under the Sea Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I thought this pun might be rather too obvious, but when I started sketching, an idea or two formed which made it quite a load of fun for …
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Illustration Friday: Robot — 2006-04-22 Robothand Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This week’s topic for the Illustration Friday group is ‘Robot’. So I flipped the screen into the ‘down’ position on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc, fired up Procreate Painter …
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I’m feeling really low about Brett Goldin’s murder. He grew up with my girlfriend S and her brothers. She’s gutted. It’s just so damned senseless. Five guys have been arrested for the killings (Brett and a buddy of his, Richard …
I’m a member of the Virgin Active group of gyms. About a year or so ago, they changed the interface on their touch screens, and my gender mysteriously changed from male to female. A couple of weeks ago, the interface …
Friday, April 07, 2006 Service: *Food: * *Ambience: * * *Babe Count: * * * This is my second visit to this branch, and it’s my last. The first time was okay-ish. Long, long, long waits. And some trivial details …
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Oh Jeeeez. This list is too much. It’s a list of 2005’s 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. And I reckon this one takes the cake… 29. Men, on the other hand, have a charming self-destructive quality.Speaking at an ad industry …
Phil McCumskey sent me an email letting me know about weekend workshops he and his wife are organising at their retreat centre in the Cape. It looks absolutely awesome. They’ve still got slots open for their workshops on writing poetry …