ZIPPER!

The moment you've all been waiting for! Well, maybe one or two of you...maybe.

Argh! It's too long! Well, here are the sections. If you'd actually like to be able to read the text, click on the image for a larger version.











Alright... the big moment is ruined by the limitations of technology. I'd arranged the above segments into one rather long presentation because, you see, they meet up end to end. Of course, Blogger is not up to the task of displaying a 44 inch piece of art! Ha! Wimp!

Well, if you've a mind to see it in all it's glory, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nans-pics/2635571464/ and there's a button above the main image for "all sizes."

Have to own up to a bit of wimpishness of my own—it's messy because I ran our of the desire and energy to clean up all the little Moleskine lines. Should have done this in a plain paper notebook. Live and learn, I tell ya, live and learn.

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Lunch Break Sketching 2

Today's lunchtime effort was more focused on a smaller section of a building, but it was also done in a shorter time frame. I had to buy my lunch today, so there needed to be ample time to attend to the belly. Still, it was a great break in the day. I find the afternoon doesn't seem quite so long when I actually have a break in the middle of the day. Of course, the flood of work started to reappear on my desk, so that could have something to do with the faster movement of time.



A little bonus... and boy do I mean little—just some doodles from the train ride home. On the right you'll see a specimen of the rarely viewed pigbearalope. With all the flooding in the midwest this year the species is experiencing a resurgence, and might even be downgraded from endangered to merely threatened. Of course after the Antler-Tangled-in-the-Fence incident of 1993, we'll have to take a wait and see approach.

I think I need to god to bed now. Thanks for stopping by!

Lunch Break Sketching

There was a slight slow down in the madness at work today, so for a change I got out of the office at lunchtime. There are some nice benches at the corner of Wacker and Lake in Chicago, and you can just glimpse the Specialty's Bakery over the raised garden beds when you're sitting in the little oasis. The green stuff is the only thing that makes it an oasis because the "L" still rumbles by, and the road traffic is there for your listening pleasure as well. Still, it's not the office... sitting at the desk... staring at the computer, so it's a big improvement.

Didn't get all the details finished up, and I'll probably never do so. It is just a sketch after all. It was a marvelously relaxing way to spend part of my lunch hour though.

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