Had an evening of live music from Austrian multi-instrumentalist and extended-family-friend Tony. Â I scribbled this out while sitting next to “Mrs. Tony” and enjoying the show. Â She seemed to get a kick out of it.
Here, Tony uses the universal language of song to tell of his experiences “working for the man every night and day.”
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This evening, a friend of mine introduced me to Cynar, a wacky Italian artichoke aperitif. Â (He himself is a wacky Italian, so I suppose it makes sense.) Â I imagine people must find it to be a pretty polarizing flavor, but I liked it. Â Then again, I eat Vegemite.
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The view from our hotel balcony looks out over a big open field, adjacent to which sits this church. Â Not a fancy or ornate building, but when the sun hits it in the morning, it’s blindingly bright. Â It also rings bells throughout the day and plays “Ave Maria” every day at 6 p.m. Â Nice if you like that sort of thing, but I imagine if you lived there, the novelty would soon fade.
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This thing hangs in the lobby of the hotel we’re at this week. Â Not sure why it’s a skull instead of a full head. Â I guess the global economic downturn has done a number on their taxidermy budget.
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Inspired partly by yesterday’s logo, and partly by the cover of one of my wife’s books, I found myself doodling this little pattern this evening. Â Not much to it, but it was a good exercise in working out symmetry.
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A long travel day, but well worth it when you end up at the Hotel Rieser in the Austrian alps. Â A fantastic hotel, run by Ernst und Gabi Rieser. Â Seriously, book a trip. Â Tell ’em I sent you. Â It won’t get you anything, but you’ll be there, and that’s enough.
As for the sketch itself, there’s not much to it. Â Just a bit of lettering practice inspired by their logo. Â Like I said, it was a long day…
Sitting at LAX this evening waiting for a flight. Â Airports, I’ve found, are not so great for finding things to draw. Â That’s how you end up with a sketch like this.
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My wife and I have a friend who loves castles — particularly Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.  Today, we had reason to give her a card, but we didn’t have many on hand.  Then I struck upon the idea of sketching this on a piece of paper and folding it into a card.  Thankfully it was a hit!
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This is a quick little pencil-and-brush-pen sketch based on a photo I took a couple years ago on a visit to the Isle of Skye. Eilean Donan Castle, to be specific. You can Google it if you want to check my work. But you probably shouldn’t do that. Let’s just pretend it looks exactly like this.
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