I came across a bloke on Twitter called Andy Beal. He's an internetmarketing whizz, running the site, Marketing Pilgrim. He runs contests every now and again. This one —http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/02/new-contest-win-an-ipod-touch.html— gives people the chance to win an iPod Touch. He's a …
This post is my response to John’s piece on Commentary South Africa, ‘Al Qaeda Junior‘. In his piece, he expresses strong outrage at video footage showing children being trained for guerrilla warfare. Nah. John’s got the wrong end of the …
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So Jennifer and I are in Rosebank, scouting for a decent place to eat. Nino's is out, since last time we were there, they sold us a stalepiece of week-old sponge cake, claiming it was their chocolate moussecake. So we're …
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Misogynist Hairdressers Guild Badge Colour, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This has been a prank idea for a very long time… To make a sticker to place surreptitiously on the doors of hairdressers who butcher women’s hair. I mean, seriously… there …
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2008-01-30 Poised, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Yet another Photoshop Creative Readers’ Challenge image. This time, instead of sticking to realism, I used the images they supplied to really push things around a bit. There’s a fair amount of painting in …
2008-01-28 SARS Client Being Helped, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I sketched the lineart for this pic in my li’l black Moleskine while sitting with Jennifer in a long queue. We were at the South African Revenue Service — SARS — …
2008-01-07 Jennifer at Col Cacchio — Colour Version 2008-01-20, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This is the colour version of a doodle I did on the table cover when Jen and I ate at Col’Cacchio in Benmore. I’m truly amazed that …
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2008-01-19 Hangers — Rich Texture, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Been working through an amazing book on Photoshop techniques, and kicking myself for never having given myself a chance on this incredible package. It is literally THE most powerful art creation …
2008-01-16 Welcome to Your New Classroom With Jennifer, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Yesterday I helped Jennifer set up her classroom. I installed some shelves for the kids to pop their shoes into. And I also did a little drawing of …
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Please call me Jennifer — Desk Card, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Jennifer starts her school term tomorrow. The school she works at has a pretty ‘stifled’ management, who seem to insist on being called Mister and Missus by the children. …