{"id":388,"date":"2006-11-27T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-27T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=388"},"modified":"2019-11-21T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:43:07","slug":"2006-11-27-illustration-friday-invention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/2006-11-27-illustration-friday-invention\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-11-27 Illustration Friday — Invention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n 2006-11-27 Illustration Friday — Invention<\/a>
\nOriginally uploaded by royblumenthal<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n

So this is a self portrait of me holding up a red paperclip.<\/p>\n

That’s cos a paperclip is one of the most basic inventions to have changed the lives of millions. A simple piece of wire twisted into a shape that holds pages together. Who woulda thought???<\/p>\n

And the reason I’m writing about inventions is that the Illustration Friday<\/a> topic this week is exactly that. Check out sandiegodowntown.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I’ve added several layers of subtlety to my interpretation of this topic. A self-portrait is also an invention. It’s me creating a face to show to the world.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all. In the background in this picture, you can see a bunch of paintings. Well… in my study I have a bunch of portraits of me. They’re by other artists. And they’re inventions of me through someone else’s mediation.<\/p>\n

What I’ve done here is to do very rough copies of them. Which means I’ve re-invented them!<\/p>\n

Insane, huh?<\/p>\n

Gee, Roy, you’re a real master of irony and subtlety, aren’t you? Have a noddy badge.<\/p>\n

This painting was made on my Toshiba Tecra M4 using ArtRage 2.2<\/a> in my study, with the November Paste Magazine<\/a> CD playing on repeat, and me corresponding with several hot babes from the dating site<\/a>. No paperclips or hot babes were harmed in the making of this pic.
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Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2006-11-27 Illustration Friday — Invention Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. So this is a self portrait of me holding up a red paperclip. That’s cos a paperclip is one of the most basic inventions to have changed the lives of millions. …<\/p>\n

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