Things are busy lately; I only had time for a quick sketch this week.
Submitted for Illustration Friday topic “Small.”
November, 2005
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Nov 05
Just browsing…
While in a Skagway, Alaska gift shop, I spotted this little girl engrossed in browsing the shelves. I’m not sure why I took her picture. It just looked like a portrait to me, somehow.
Submitted for Photo Friday challenge “Yellow.”
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Nov 05
Cole’s Bowls
Who has more imagination than a 15 month old kid? I don’t know if Cole thinks he’s modeling a hat, wearing a helmet, or fending off mind control waves, but if there’s a mixing bowl in the vicinity, it will end up on his head in short order.
Submitted for Lens Day challenge “Imagination.”
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Nov 05
Weakest Link
Strength is relative; the strongest chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
In the software security world, there’s the concept of strength having duality. Something can be strong and durable (like a hefty, thick fiber rope) or it can be strong but brittle. A diamond is the hardest substance in the world, but if you know just the right way to tap a hammer and chisel on it, you can shatter it like glass.
Submitted for Illustration Friday topic “Strength.”
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Nov 05
Cat-top
My laptop tends to get warm, because it spends most of its time running on top of my desk with the lid closed. Our smallest cat, Simian, likes to curl up and sleep on it.
Unfortunately for him, it’s relatively slippery (at least for cat paws) and so if he wakes suddenly, he has been known to scramble to get his footing and occasionally he has fallen off the top of the desk. So now I put things on top of the laptop to keep him off of it, for his own safety. I currently have a Color Cube up there because it keeps him away but is light and ventilated, so it also won’t overheat the laptop.
Submitted for Photo Friday challenge “Warmth.”
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Nov 05
Pitter Patter
… of little feet. This one is Oreo’s, and I took it while he was sleeping on my lap earlier today.
I need to brush up on color spaces again. I profiled my monitor with a Spyder2 calibrator, and this picture looks fine in iPhoto and Photoshop, but in Safari it’s oversaturated. Grrr!