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Distracted Driving

-as someone who gets around on foot, bicycle, skateboard, and motorcycle, i’m always at high risk and have had many close calls of getting hit by people on the phone while driving. it’s not only dangerous, it’s also illegal in California, and next to drunk driving, one of the most selfish things you could do on the road.
i’m putting these up to hopefully dissuade people from endangering themselves and others.
 

 i really need to work on my hand-lettering

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Back when i was in elementary school (mid to late 90s) there were a handful of things i was absolutely nuts about; one of them was dinosaurs. Like any other little boy, i’d draw them every chance i got, and i dreamed of someday travelling to Jurassic Park or becoming a paleontologist and discovering real dinosaur bones. In my free time, i would use a spork to dig into dirt in hopes of finding a velociraptor’s claw or a t-rex’s tooth if i dug deep enough.
Alas, none of that ever happened and i’ve never even seen a dinosaur skeleton, but dinosaurs remain the coolest things i’ve never seen.
i was inspired by that thought, and a mural by artist, ROA that looked like the remains of a dinosaur (turns out it was a sea lion) along a modern, everyday building. i thought it was neat to see out-of-the-ordinary creatures in an ordinary urban area. and the idea for this piece was born. 
after researching raptors, i learned they most likely didn’t resemble the ones in the kitchen in Jurassic Park (they weren’t nearly as big, and would’ve looked more like birds than lizards) but the raptors from the movie were just too cool and creepy- so i drew one of them in the scale they looked like they’d be (in the movie at least). 
it’s all sketched in dying Sharpie and filled in with acrylic paint- a little over 40 inches tall. i’ll be posting it up somewhere soon- and i’ll post updated pictures

golly, an American-made Schwinn cruiser for THAT price?
those were the days. now you can expect to pay four times that amount for a cheap aluminum ‘Made in China’ bike.
(click the pic for more vintage Schwinn ads) 

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RIP Carroll Shelby

-i’ve seen a design similar to this one, but i don’t remember where. it’s the COBRA logo, with an AC Cobra for the head, and a Mustang for the tail. i sketched it today as a tribute to the American legend. 
his life and his creations will always inspire.

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Fonzy

i remember back in ‘07, i somehow stumbled across this man’s MySpace, and spent about an hour on it. one window open listening to his rockabilly/oldies playlist, the other clicking through his art albums. since then, i’ve become a big fan of this man’s skill. check him out if you haven’t already:
http://www.facebook.com/FONZYAIRSHOT  

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my tribute to Maurice Sendak-
he didn’t write FOR children, but as a child, his illustrations inspired me greatly. i always loved how timeless, yet classic the “Little Bear” books looked. i remember thinking that they were probably drawn centuries ago- like those old wood-block prints. once i learned who the man behind the drawings was, and the vastness of his mind (both his imagination and his opinions), i became an admirer.
i posted this one outside an elementary school, where i hope kids continue to discover his brilliance.
 

slug with hair 
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