tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108540932024-03-19T03:48:29.569-05:00David SteinlichtA shallow look at topics of slight interestDavid Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-80857591825731099632023-10-19T18:20:00.000-05:002023-10-19T18:20:05.542-05:00On the street in Calgary<p> While in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada (around the intersection of 8th Street SW and 17th Avenue SW) in late May of this year, I saw some fun bits of graffiti. There were lots of interesting stand-alone bits, and one design that seemed to be everywhere on the few streets we walked on.</p><p>Here are the interesting single scribbles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUblMpZp3xnZR-tw1GULPT2HmBn5-6kfWP16l-7uKtRd0Mi1q8py4bxFs2KzUEVkJa5mexiai0ClCsvgd7j6kkrVc0PeOOiiFwAxDwqHUtoIutJ1BMcc3vAKmUZ8D5ADh9-Hck3zv62Wq4v6rR6V1og8wATUGdATap3lG2iCLvnOuYdyg9Gs-30A/s2472/e%20IMG_8477.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="2472" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUblMpZp3xnZR-tw1GULPT2HmBn5-6kfWP16l-7uKtRd0Mi1q8py4bxFs2KzUEVkJa5mexiai0ClCsvgd7j6kkrVc0PeOOiiFwAxDwqHUtoIutJ1BMcc3vAKmUZ8D5ADh9-Hck3zv62Wq4v6rR6V1og8wATUGdATap3lG2iCLvnOuYdyg9Gs-30A/w320-h320/e%20IMG_8477.png" title="Bozo Crown" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bozo Crown</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwWb5ID9Tk6jsh1anDYSnnkbt4KOoxGzqbZzUb_pbcgCm25n_IeO2uZm9XSQLAmzlgB25POSDUqTcq-HGNfh3B3SzVe7bPlP1Cg5zIL2GdMHLGdOCken29kRvTDX2QcirBZlKcptqk0h_GV6u_3B55kFfpuoBaV4-iVlMNaxHyFc-8XkYOH13Rw/s2405/e%20IMG_8478.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="2405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwWb5ID9Tk6jsh1anDYSnnkbt4KOoxGzqbZzUb_pbcgCm25n_IeO2uZm9XSQLAmzlgB25POSDUqTcq-HGNfh3B3SzVe7bPlP1Cg5zIL2GdMHLGdOCken29kRvTDX2QcirBZlKcptqk0h_GV6u_3B55kFfpuoBaV4-iVlMNaxHyFc-8XkYOH13Rw/w320-h320/e%20IMG_8478.png" title="Doggie" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doggie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiSjmxe4WGj76cIDyFBc2qV7KJXxvuvj0To3RAgyhLtXsDFkRzyDcL4XhtFBNB0kzsKXiMmTcmV8zEvB00OhEd53QM0w42hF-k6sMmDxhUpk7ehlr2-gzNCzH2Q429Bal2WHEiZW8ZkkZocMkYLw-2snrOovcuOFHZheAlJtaDX2hDecbA49dUg/s1677/e%20IMG_8489.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="1676" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiSjmxe4WGj76cIDyFBc2qV7KJXxvuvj0To3RAgyhLtXsDFkRzyDcL4XhtFBNB0kzsKXiMmTcmV8zEvB00OhEd53QM0w42hF-k6sMmDxhUpk7ehlr2-gzNCzH2Q429Bal2WHEiZW8ZkkZocMkYLw-2snrOovcuOFHZheAlJtaDX2hDecbA49dUg/w320-h320/e%20IMG_8489.png" title="Smoking Cowboy" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoking Cowboy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFv2sLAUd2sPc4YOMGAh3cYJiuXV8fJk94HBcK_1SoKjCUMPHndj5DIZ665Y8o8OZ-gC5Uko3Z-EVRGnN6-SOQmlJTZrL2YVf62_fTKpJTIN6ph1QHOVNLRM0tlVx4-0dniifU5wGt-fNT7L5FD1IR6tLC-90j8RjWiJMucDQqPXIhidxK-uFiQ/s1993/e%20IMG_8499.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="1993" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFv2sLAUd2sPc4YOMGAh3cYJiuXV8fJk94HBcK_1SoKjCUMPHndj5DIZ665Y8o8OZ-gC5Uko3Z-EVRGnN6-SOQmlJTZrL2YVf62_fTKpJTIN6ph1QHOVNLRM0tlVx4-0dniifU5wGt-fNT7L5FD1IR6tLC-90j8RjWiJMucDQqPXIhidxK-uFiQ/w320-h320/e%20IMG_8499.png" title="Chair and Lamp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chair and Lamp</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And here is the one scribble that seemed to dominate this area. A bearded king with a crown sometimes accompanied by a leafy branch. No idea what it means, but it's a strong design.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ1bi5ujtAWju-CzftVaV_a04wu7J-2rodrJYFjWhyDOvjffp-E76jm2ezHNwzaEk6Bo6ZL8gDht7IJ0omh3OFpJYRJt4Nl4GMW3YCa7DTrl3UcxLkJQroJtqudVcMK9U8hm8Ump2FKxfepwgA2_VsBRSmFgdt6AXTnQS9MGZY7vrlj7iOrnMpg/s2477/Calgary%20crowns%20grid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="2477" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ1bi5ujtAWju-CzftVaV_a04wu7J-2rodrJYFjWhyDOvjffp-E76jm2ezHNwzaEk6Bo6ZL8gDht7IJ0omh3OFpJYRJt4Nl4GMW3YCa7DTrl3UcxLkJQroJtqudVcMK9U8hm8Ump2FKxfepwgA2_VsBRSmFgdt6AXTnQS9MGZY7vrlj7iOrnMpg/w640-h510/Calgary%20crowns%20grid.png" title="King and Crown" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King and Crown with occasional leafy branch. Downtown Calgary, May 2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-36623823388268431462023-10-09T23:26:00.005-05:002023-12-01T16:50:23.545-06:00Hand-drawn street art stickers<p>A series of stickers in my Edmonton neighborhood. All are dated from March 2022. They are, as far as I can tell, individually drawn.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjTQBLry46DtEzbfP49VgLDcvzNW2pbZ1gF7H3O2WxE3sQ09NzvbZpUMQUH0W3MCMMcPCLGwzBogMpDfIZgkXF8-G4NnDFWeFOzqVkLJWTymP28Vep-84wGWjtUoO7OfpBbKJfCl0ZLlVlXZ5WAOxrb42I70G34-JKpC5g2jexPa-fAoxSYqy_w/s1820/a%2020220316%20she%20says%20newsprint%20IMG_2249.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1820" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjTQBLry46DtEzbfP49VgLDcvzNW2pbZ1gF7H3O2WxE3sQ09NzvbZpUMQUH0W3MCMMcPCLGwzBogMpDfIZgkXF8-G4NnDFWeFOzqVkLJWTymP28Vep-84wGWjtUoO7OfpBbKJfCl0ZLlVlXZ5WAOxrb42I70G34-JKpC5g2jexPa-fAoxSYqy_w/s320/a%2020220316%20she%20says%20newsprint%20IMG_2249.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">16 March 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeQgMp7rbai6gbIC8xBoB_b8MBIZM_ozyuHfrdfjYg9gVinB6T3XYa5-yhSPcr9H_PFUHDs51y7OhKwt5YUHVCM2CSu8t7LCCocqsdPLwCw_1xiwHkB0a7ytKBTuHAj794LMFw6OGk9XB5VJ_xP6g4gY2jC2NgwXL2gyP4EjcjowskHyc8MvBhg/s2222/20220316%20she%20says%20IMG_4578.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="2222" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeQgMp7rbai6gbIC8xBoB_b8MBIZM_ozyuHfrdfjYg9gVinB6T3XYa5-yhSPcr9H_PFUHDs51y7OhKwt5YUHVCM2CSu8t7LCCocqsdPLwCw_1xiwHkB0a7ytKBTuHAj794LMFw6OGk9XB5VJ_xP6g4gY2jC2NgwXL2gyP4EjcjowskHyc8MvBhg/s320/20220316%20she%20says%20IMG_4578.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">16 March 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhWzMbEyKihpazkQQjPIgJulmpSZIj6sTI2I6RShatuQH_w29oITdTv-XHhwq0oLSBb7oIcptf30RVl_M9pWnM-oH1kKb8eeyNJguk3wZ7pcwIINn-INMlUXAVyer-ogQNfi-XP3U8L-dZVLGEWNAcXgRVQ6tHqAB0PNXeekkQ4713VpxsiZomg/s2512/a%2020220317%20she%20says%20rocket%20sunshine.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2512" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhWzMbEyKihpazkQQjPIgJulmpSZIj6sTI2I6RShatuQH_w29oITdTv-XHhwq0oLSBb7oIcptf30RVl_M9pWnM-oH1kKb8eeyNJguk3wZ7pcwIINn-INMlUXAVyer-ogQNfi-XP3U8L-dZVLGEWNAcXgRVQ6tHqAB0PNXeekkQ4713VpxsiZomg/s320/a%2020220317%20she%20says%20rocket%20sunshine.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17 March 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuDfb3YTD05pN57e3UuveeQnXn3-UGFMGnU5kRXKMZX1s27VQZU3R8vSaQ8xy-I0yLCbFTN9yHGUX6t_xinzgBxhGXVLqWKTDxMxKjgF4K-5En4gW23VsMHQmbrQyPgyCZMQU6KtKLd935pLt-9IUd_BW2WP3fRrIopt1MUVjyRezmcrgz6PVwA/s4032/20220317%20she%20says%20pyramids%20IMG_4516.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuDfb3YTD05pN57e3UuveeQnXn3-UGFMGnU5kRXKMZX1s27VQZU3R8vSaQ8xy-I0yLCbFTN9yHGUX6t_xinzgBxhGXVLqWKTDxMxKjgF4K-5En4gW23VsMHQmbrQyPgyCZMQU6KtKLd935pLt-9IUd_BW2WP3fRrIopt1MUVjyRezmcrgz6PVwA/s320/20220317%20she%20says%20pyramids%20IMG_4516.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17 March 2022.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheTdwJ-hI1woszObqRm2AXZ95BddP1rUJ1j65BVe6KeZB6EfltXRijG9-eFgRIkamVNLq5eQJLl3HmcIXXYtQtztCZbpuMPMpkZKkOLmNA01LnRZpv3z-g7zKOiAnFlutv_ulvOv1mhxcutanxgS_JrtvcxV5Nk2E-SWZrdlhi2n26dekbyjpsA/s2016/a%2020220317%20she%20says%20ufo.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1332" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheTdwJ-hI1woszObqRm2AXZ95BddP1rUJ1j65BVe6KeZB6EfltXRijG9-eFgRIkamVNLq5eQJLl3HmcIXXYtQtztCZbpuMPMpkZKkOLmNA01LnRZpv3z-g7zKOiAnFlutv_ulvOv1mhxcutanxgS_JrtvcxV5Nk2E-SWZrdlhi2n26dekbyjpsA/s320/a%2020220317%20she%20says%20ufo.png" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">17 March 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k702IsHG9LWO4IMPZg2m2T89dcvugj6IC-UBeNXuagrdX0g6z-N5-FZK1FnhL8TZMu7mGyu5LBDYFDv-Kto7xBLMH-axTvQoRGqCI6TQBPiAg6J9gTwJ7vEfTNNzESJrmSRjixyc2CLQZBibnbBXT_nWaz6Kan_HUwgHQDSsvbBYKldgCH3VHQ/s4032/20220318%20she%20says%20ha%20bottle%20IMG_5827.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k702IsHG9LWO4IMPZg2m2T89dcvugj6IC-UBeNXuagrdX0g6z-N5-FZK1FnhL8TZMu7mGyu5LBDYFDv-Kto7xBLMH-axTvQoRGqCI6TQBPiAg6J9gTwJ7vEfTNNzESJrmSRjixyc2CLQZBibnbBXT_nWaz6Kan_HUwgHQDSsvbBYKldgCH3VHQ/s320/20220318%20she%20says%20ha%20bottle%20IMG_5827.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">18 March 2022.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvwWCO6GhKUHU-np8gpu16-gHYMICadXXGPQAfWexZzbWhBmDFWuipYHSc47J9iWqEFjsj63gkzODnWzz2xuQBV8upjgTXgaepEicByhez0oFrfzFiZvBwYtFNLHHGqL6ijdhnZcLyNcIuY1Ojc3r7GRDR7FBiL4lPgg7kPthmWqXyF86wUiQUQ/s2909/20220411%20IMG_0101.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2909" data-original-width="2256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvwWCO6GhKUHU-np8gpu16-gHYMICadXXGPQAfWexZzbWhBmDFWuipYHSc47J9iWqEFjsj63gkzODnWzz2xuQBV8upjgTXgaepEicByhez0oFrfzFiZvBwYtFNLHHGqL6ijdhnZcLyNcIuY1Ojc3r7GRDR7FBiL4lPgg7kPthmWqXyF86wUiQUQ/s320/20220411%20IMG_0101.jpeg" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11 April 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq9hKxmwzfuyCsvzeJh3DbLradNwNRVdSaHDnLr0AV2wcx0_o2Qmlnp6iMq1WktoAqc6wTZ_YnvORMCBR9YU_sL0pbBnml4IcsU1UnwAMrDb7SshaEeEPPdbOwLp_12pJCQKOK4V-G18APHXWSpy5y0kNpFmtkIuLzy6OvazhDJETbAJGofEzDg/s4032/20220411%20she%20says%20orange%20dinosaur%20IMG_2690.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTq9hKxmwzfuyCsvzeJh3DbLradNwNRVdSaHDnLr0AV2wcx0_o2Qmlnp6iMq1WktoAqc6wTZ_YnvORMCBR9YU_sL0pbBnml4IcsU1UnwAMrDb7SshaEeEPPdbOwLp_12pJCQKOK4V-G18APHXWSpy5y0kNpFmtkIuLzy6OvazhDJETbAJGofEzDg/s320/20220411%20she%20says%20orange%20dinosaur%20IMG_2690.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">11 April 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-49270170982877939792023-07-22T18:19:00.000-05:002023-07-22T18:19:02.511-05:00Updated Klondike Days logo is sweet<p> The Edmonton state fair-like event is going on right now. State fair-like rides, food, and musical performances. Only the farm animals are missing. For the first time in ten years (since I've been paying attention), the logo has gotten a refresh. And I think it's a nice one.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3QO8rLGdfp8-L057BoMcNPCjCYaXizfJizYehHrV7dALTuIRD_MY3Cfu0DKSfduIveaQL38y9cHxm8_ZVfrPefGJMh96JXF4ffDpO93IjWTQ7dbrvpP-33VvrXPTQdCg9ER3TLXcBCEM28Ro6y-MQ3NGuV7XimxeELC_pBGJXbVoPVAgVqhO4g/s645/k-days%20logo%202022%202023.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="645" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3QO8rLGdfp8-L057BoMcNPCjCYaXizfJizYehHrV7dALTuIRD_MY3Cfu0DKSfduIveaQL38y9cHxm8_ZVfrPefGJMh96JXF4ffDpO93IjWTQ7dbrvpP-33VvrXPTQdCg9ER3TLXcBCEM28Ro6y-MQ3NGuV7XimxeELC_pBGJXbVoPVAgVqhO4g/s320/k-days%20logo%202022%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The new logo carries over a couple bits from the old one. The the big K, and the side spike on the K. Adding a heart is a fun touch. Reminiscent of Milton Glaser's "I Love NY" logo — in a good way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF2J7Nw0rZtZOe1e0Sz4ZspzWRB9d92USL-n0f_23yO5-f6jWMMmAuiYGSP-eGvXMY300QkNF-Taez7kN0Qwpyk9xTg1RCE0qJm4_VpbSbxVruK1JjA1swK8RWQTHbfi9qKc5dEXg7PcjaU6EBaQvVFj3SfG1urLJ8MXf9TBLirBASfYoSnyEGg/s2000/K-Days%20I%20heart%20NY.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="2000" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF2J7Nw0rZtZOe1e0Sz4ZspzWRB9d92USL-n0f_23yO5-f6jWMMmAuiYGSP-eGvXMY300QkNF-Taez7kN0Qwpyk9xTg1RCE0qJm4_VpbSbxVruK1JjA1swK8RWQTHbfi9qKc5dEXg7PcjaU6EBaQvVFj3SfG1urLJ8MXf9TBLirBASfYoSnyEGg/s320/K-Days%20I%20heart%20NY.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The new logo comes with a slew of icons on the <a href="https://www.k-days.com/">K-Days website</a>. Really fun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3_TK-sgv21VqQccZOklYXvb1vLjw_pi3kemdvdbKuKJuRjpd-qmQOkK0RVw72059ovh4FCdqB3w8OAK1nTxHCkjkSRs3uQqklJh4mOYWHEJ6tjxTNTZuYAw_uoVh9Ksn2F3IipMifKumlwTeq0YSYFWUgF6fhB8sOUQ5XjwDLGKv_DsODMSQLA/s1510/K-days%20icons%20flattened.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1510" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3_TK-sgv21VqQccZOklYXvb1vLjw_pi3kemdvdbKuKJuRjpd-qmQOkK0RVw72059ovh4FCdqB3w8OAK1nTxHCkjkSRs3uQqklJh4mOYWHEJ6tjxTNTZuYAw_uoVh9Ksn2F3IipMifKumlwTeq0YSYFWUgF6fhB8sOUQ5XjwDLGKv_DsODMSQLA/s320/K-days%20icons%20flattened.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-6615731804457815582023-03-02T17:32:00.005-06:002023-03-02T22:52:07.418-06:00I dare meSaw a silly thing on Facebook. It's a comment on people who don't know about design stuff making silly suggestions to change designers' work. <div><br /></div><div> Yes, I've been in this situation. </div><div><br /></div><div> Anyway, the example being "improved" is a classic piece of design by Milton Glaser. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's also in a simple-ish style that I can kind-of mimic, so I thought I'd give the silly suggestions a serious attempt. Kind-of serious. </div><div><br /></div><div> The original. Classic, of course.
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXsHx6w2S001LeEH-SVvo9McyGHmtGUZ0Hy8xgI1EH6MwIBf3h6s13rpvrp1A-H0-9sGSsZKFbsRM55_PrWOQ01ae6jCIO-VReJy5zYGrWKiTHbz0pmf-ATanYtA19lUdA0OYbNN4YjvpXdUYMPIH5t9WZfPG0DFF3FbV983JRMEHwLnSDgQ/s1908/dylan%20glaser%20poster.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXsHx6w2S001LeEH-SVvo9McyGHmtGUZ0Hy8xgI1EH6MwIBf3h6s13rpvrp1A-H0-9sGSsZKFbsRM55_PrWOQ01ae6jCIO-VReJy5zYGrWKiTHbz0pmf-ATanYtA19lUdA0OYbNN4YjvpXdUYMPIH5t9WZfPG0DFF3FbV983JRMEHwLnSDgQ/s400/dylan%20glaser%20poster.jpg" /></a><div style="color: black; text-align: left;">The instructions. Funny? Maybe a little bit. I added the checkmarks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXsHx6w2S001LeEH-SVvo9McyGHmtGUZ0Hy8xgI1EH6MwIBf3h6s13rpvrp1A-H0-9sGSsZKFbsRM55_PrWOQ01ae6jCIO-VReJy5zYGrWKiTHbz0pmf-ATanYtA19lUdA0OYbNN4YjvpXdUYMPIH5t9WZfPG0DFF3FbV983JRMEHwLnSDgQ/s1908/dylan%20glaser%20poster.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_6GGC4ZwYGWiFMSdTDeAgWx-zqxuTWHqdifau3sAP50iMCFIN0oNb1EvgkMAThFj3J3UoKbpalYQeLUAf0GuLrZ-ldfK2eCeDGxgat-H1dra9WXWyYxDvsq61e4ouqWcBRSi250Jtq0XEUwuEZ18WPyeuuI623q9JlJ7dMd5P5Q3Ip6CuEQ/s1116/dylan%20suggestions.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1116" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_6GGC4ZwYGWiFMSdTDeAgWx-zqxuTWHqdifau3sAP50iMCFIN0oNb1EvgkMAThFj3J3UoKbpalYQeLUAf0GuLrZ-ldfK2eCeDGxgat-H1dra9WXWyYxDvsq61e4ouqWcBRSi250Jtq0XEUwuEZ18WPyeuuI623q9JlJ7dMd5P5Q3Ip6CuEQ/s320/dylan%20suggestions.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"> My version. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9fhOcMpC8qJLus1GvlXgh_GYwSl2upIFA6RWrmFET1_tCp5O7CejbxjJnnyqWSTVynetxfkamvU1WukQuYJoiO8kJBL59L-9X-yOEhfkXMuqPHeEuy11mvgfBdMEPFqSQ9qoE4Y_8umMIaBwdMcx7FLPIhVqss2yIgtjQ4tsrG8apK7pU4g/s1924/dylan%20glaser%20poster%20improved%20ff.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1924" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9fhOcMpC8qJLus1GvlXgh_GYwSl2upIFA6RWrmFET1_tCp5O7CejbxjJnnyqWSTVynetxfkamvU1WukQuYJoiO8kJBL59L-9X-yOEhfkXMuqPHeEuy11mvgfBdMEPFqSQ9qoE4Y_8umMIaBwdMcx7FLPIhVqss2yIgtjQ4tsrG8apK7pU4g/s400/dylan%20glaser%20poster%20improved%20ff.png" /><br /></a><div style="color: black; display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;">It's not as good as Milton's, but it's not as bad as some things. Still awful, compared to the original.</div></div><br /></div>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-89451787006859994632021-09-01T17:07:00.001-05:002021-09-01T17:07:27.835-05:00Turner Classic Movies logo change<p>When Turner Classic Movies started in 1994, they started with a very strong logo. It was designed by the Minneapolis firm, Charles S. Anderson Design Co. It had a main version, with a gangster. But it also had other versions where other heads representing movie cliches were swapped in and out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsCxgCcVT1eV-61Ko8QIC54z55in2F635VvNXwHQDBfNAG5Mw7rYgkoAwYVr9Hg5FGb9EvaoS1rQF7SVbx68gHFEM56Hpp7mvyVkNHvPnOziqft-Ac34TBRIAUTylymJq2iaJkw/s2048/TCM+hood+logo+flag.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2048" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsCxgCcVT1eV-61Ko8QIC54z55in2F635VvNXwHQDBfNAG5Mw7rYgkoAwYVr9Hg5FGb9EvaoS1rQF7SVbx68gHFEM56Hpp7mvyVkNHvPnOziqft-Ac34TBRIAUTylymJq2iaJkw/s320/TCM+hood+logo+flag.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These heads were really fun. Any of them could be slotted in to suggest a wide range of classic movies, from comedy to drama to musical to adventure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP9Ldgp8zaRdmtKz9Agq5mKiv83WQlEN92TQig9y9zVETDuDAec2PBArOkbemL9ExtlpLiLuojpaaCgRxTIyqJH2QvkNX6weo0kvZu0TJWWXTgIDhe29D4MTBmqdxOl_nuZSBMw/s2048/TCM+CSA+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1971" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFP9Ldgp8zaRdmtKz9Agq5mKiv83WQlEN92TQig9y9zVETDuDAec2PBArOkbemL9ExtlpLiLuojpaaCgRxTIyqJH2QvkNX6weo0kvZu0TJWWXTgIDhe29D4MTBmqdxOl_nuZSBMw/s320/TCM+CSA+logo.png" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They kept this basic logo and its variants for almost 20 years. They stripped off the flag bits, but the heads were still in use on the website and in the program guide they published.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They finally dumped the heads but kept the original lettering in 2013, introducing the "Let's Movie" tag line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcB3eiDbsqmwMPNjSc6fv8IGz-VNfCRqcwCXUOYRniNmDgK23MNbXqysnKebSlICr6Qi5pkgbTvAfm1HImZg0g2KvcZjns-t29Tmu3XubvtkS0zVYnWVdWk3ZDM6gfItQcsidCw/s1668/TCM+2013.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1668" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcB3eiDbsqmwMPNjSc6fv8IGz-VNfCRqcwCXUOYRniNmDgK23MNbXqysnKebSlICr6Qi5pkgbTvAfm1HImZg0g2KvcZjns-t29Tmu3XubvtkS0zVYnWVdWk3ZDM6gfItQcsidCw/s320/TCM+2013.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This logo was used for eight years or so — until today, when TCM introduced an entirely new logo. But it sorta-kinda harkens back to the original in its use of the flexible image. Instead of using a cowboy or a glamor girl or a boxer, seemingly random stylized versions of the letter "C" are swapped in and out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFZzm6UvXs80pKwbAY9kGqD3srSGVouoifxGSeOm-dqahaJSj7hfCRQa8qH_jTVROwKEH2DzvCFlMDj3X8QKloxDEKyjo-v7THaj-FuFn5qRm2c-5uoxGEvkASH1JLPAEKEing/s1240/TCM+2021.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFZzm6UvXs80pKwbAY9kGqD3srSGVouoifxGSeOm-dqahaJSj7hfCRQa8qH_jTVROwKEH2DzvCFlMDj3X8QKloxDEKyjo-v7THaj-FuFn5qRm2c-5uoxGEvkASH1JLPAEKEing/s320/TCM+2021.png" width="163" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These rely on lots of wacky onscreen movement look lively. While it's nice to have that variety, all the life and personality of the original design has been drained away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found much of the historical info here in an article on <a href="https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Turner_Classic_Movies_(United_States)">LogoPedia.</a></div><br /><p></p>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-53046748740530133682020-12-18T16:21:00.001-06:002020-12-20T11:12:25.080-06:00Land vs. population<p>I like population-adjusted US maps. When presenting vote totals, showing realistic land maps give a distorted picture of the numbers. I particularly enjoy the map artists's decisions on how to mimic each state's shape. The limited pixel count adds an extra challenge. </p><p>Minnesota comes off pretty well. Some other states leave a lot to the imagination. </p><p>Daughter Number Three on Facebook suggested that Vermont and New Hampshire are poorly-served by these representations. I agree, but those states should just up their population, so the map artist has more pixels to work with.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QhUKgpgE63vu-7ZT9CBoF3VpXG8Jm6rW80fLQQTg9-Hmtqjj5g2NGuEjD8p28Dl0DcauvXOqWc3XfmSiINYpdy3dwa1H-wL_LdjZcAUTeH8-OP_ODhfgx2ZqJl79KRrdV_tmRQ/s2048/Full+map+with+grid.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QhUKgpgE63vu-7ZT9CBoF3VpXG8Jm6rW80fLQQTg9-Hmtqjj5g2NGuEjD8p28Dl0DcauvXOqWc3XfmSiINYpdy3dwa1H-wL_LdjZcAUTeH8-OP_ODhfgx2ZqJl79KRrdV_tmRQ/s320/Full+map+with+grid.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I redrew the New York Times map and included the underlying grid. (I changed a few little bits in Florida and Texas, I changed Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to vertical, and I moved Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxH7VASdQ7qjMMTv_F8QoBACrRzwo_EvSKcf8dCnbwF7fpuNqzGc8AYEoJ8gJLkSzj7WuaX3IvdOOmUmekD0VSd7sPROxvmt69a3yc9ZEBYM445CZxm02nxueYjiUPhPbyT7GbA/s2048/State+sizes.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxH7VASdQ7qjMMTv_F8QoBACrRzwo_EvSKcf8dCnbwF7fpuNqzGc8AYEoJ8gJLkSzj7WuaX3IvdOOmUmekD0VSd7sPROxvmt69a3yc9ZEBYM445CZxm02nxueYjiUPhPbyT7GbA/s320/State+sizes.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top maps from the New York Times website. I redrew the highlighted enlarged states.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-55996744781632957052020-11-11T22:15:00.003-06:002020-11-11T22:15:23.617-06:00Save Our Snakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6BXN4BLEE4DpOdn32fOnKGGI7Yv8W4ccjQAS0EHQus1OqvxKiboYuf4bEM3mFAMmTQQq_SAM85iyGKah5KKvp_dHUMQemZtkkepV32hveYYpDfr2MgH4gdkKIEaM4rPjn8ugtw/s845/Dinosaur+Park+snakes+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6BXN4BLEE4DpOdn32fOnKGGI7Yv8W4ccjQAS0EHQus1OqvxKiboYuf4bEM3mFAMmTQQq_SAM85iyGKah5KKvp_dHUMQemZtkkepV32hveYYpDfr2MgH4gdkKIEaM4rPjn8ugtw/s320/Dinosaur+Park+snakes+sign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I was relieved — and only slightly disappointed — that we didn't see snakes on the road, or anywhere else, during our visit to Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta. Delores did take this great photo just outside the park, though.</p>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-14835290622406222302020-09-05T13:58:00.000-05:002020-09-05T13:58:06.382-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FyTbGBh0VQQxQEtN5oJhI8pYoMIEWxzsIVM6lU103rkPqKM2AEXZAPIy6nbQF9qreJ6i6mCs18h_ItFFzKhFQELYd_RmhaX1cLjLwOm-NrlAUx1-VYRT4ipiE7LrXjvd1658Og/s5472/DSC06006+alberta+join+usa+billboard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-FyTbGBh0VQQxQEtN5oJhI8pYoMIEWxzsIVM6lU103rkPqKM2AEXZAPIy6nbQF9qreJ6i6mCs18h_ItFFzKhFQELYd_RmhaX1cLjLwOm-NrlAUx1-VYRT4ipiE7LrXjvd1658Og/w320-h213/DSC06006+alberta+join+usa+billboard.JPG" title="Electronic billboard on 109th Street." width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Just like the USA — Alberta, Canada has people with widely-differing opinions. </p><p>The billboard is from the Wexit crowd (the Canadian twist on Brexit, Western Canada Exit, I think). They are unhappy with how the rest of Canada treats their province, so they want to leave Canada. And apparently join the USA. </p><p>This letter to the editor in the Edmonton Journal is a rebuttal of that idea.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINvcM55HmJj0O8wJB-1xNA2hlr_mvYOz8Oe0dcl0n5vpcR4yC6gXyteEufEkgvOc6ydNKUO4ArG4p4K6bjtl84OFGsgjKG567isxqHCcM6qPJMdYHTkfw_-LqSmHQlRRgs9Nozw/s2048/IMG_7570+alberta+join+usa.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINvcM55HmJj0O8wJB-1xNA2hlr_mvYOz8Oe0dcl0n5vpcR4yC6gXyteEufEkgvOc6ydNKUO4ArG4p4K6bjtl84OFGsgjKG567isxqHCcM6qPJMdYHTkfw_-LqSmHQlRRgs9Nozw/s320/IMG_7570+alberta+join+usa.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-16745352596857939932020-06-29T15:34:00.001-05:002020-06-29T15:35:05.784-05:00Platt and Bogdanovich<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ny2MnIH-btwO8kPKjM51KVAbo92YdHgTtk__hWK5TZW1CwW11j1kyR_4FizulhLXhgiyCTYNw3m-UvwY2osjJENHBkBHNsCqRQeHUMLfv0i6IRQPmeC3IcJiOfaE4jo9HM_DUA/s477/1+The+Plot+Thickens+You+Must+Remember+This.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ny2MnIH-btwO8kPKjM51KVAbo92YdHgTtk__hWK5TZW1CwW11j1kyR_4FizulhLXhgiyCTYNw3m-UvwY2osjJENHBkBHNsCqRQeHUMLfv0i6IRQPmeC3IcJiOfaE4jo9HM_DUA/s320/1+The+Plot+Thickens+You+Must+Remember+This.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It's unusual that you get two documentary podcasts about one subject being released serially at the same time.</div><div><br /></div><div>One podcast -- "The Plot Thickens" -- is from an established brand, Turner Classic Movies, and while it's TCM's first venture into podcasting, it has the slickness and polish that one would expect from a Turner Classic Movies "normal" documentary.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other podcast -- "You Must Remember This" -- is from historian and film fan, Korina Longworth. This podcast has been it's been going since 2014, and it has a rich back catalog of subject matter relating to old and recent movies. It is also a slick and polished production</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, both these shows offer viewpoints on the creative and romantic partnership of Peter Bogdanovich and his former wife and early collaborator Polly Platt.</div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt, circa 1968, photo by Bruce McBroom via mptvimages" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGxLP6JxXt2W0Sp-ml3wjexx4cPDa8I6rfrHkYbLQei5kW8elLIjTG0rswpjpS-n9w-mTC2D9Bv8xY8PCvRA__Wt35CDt-ktP9mHLiv0DOOrf1qJo9BNYeQtBWOd_BE9NYzbkFw/w215-h320/2+1968+Peter%252BBogdanovich%252Band%252BPolly%252BPlatt%252Bc.%252B1968%252B_%252BPhoto%252Bby%252BBruce%252BMcBroom%252Bvia%252Bmptvimages.jpg" width="215" /></div><div><br /></div><div>TCM concentrates on Bogdanovich and slightly downplays Platt.</div><div><br /></div><div>Longworth concentrates on Platt and plays up Platt's contributions to Bogdanovich's early successes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Platt and Bogdanovich collaborated on "Targets," "The Last Picture Show," "What's Up Doc," and "Paper Moon." All three (leaving aside "Targets") of Bogdanovich's "good" movies. His output post-Platt is so-so. "Daisy Miller," "At Long Last Love," "Nickelodeon," "Saint Jack," "They All Laughed," "Mask," and a bunch of stuff you haven't heard of.</div><div><br /></div><div>The shows treat the subjects's careers chronologically, and there are still more shows to be released, so, going forward, I'm pretty sure they will have less to do with the relationship between Platt and Bogdanovich, but I find myself more excited about hearing Platt's story. </div><div><br /></div><div>I guess she somehow ended up working with James L. Brooks on projects including "Terms of Endearment," and "The Simpsons." </div><div><br /></div><div>Bogdanovich ended up making a lot of so-so movies after Platt split, and I'm having a tough time listening to him talk about how much he loved Cybill Shepard and Dorothy Stratton.</div><div><br /></div><div>My takeaway from both podcasts: Bogdanovich shouldn't have left Platt.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes">You Must Remember This</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://theplotthickens.tcm.com/">The Plot Thickens</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-25762206406323086742020-02-11T10:52:00.002-06:002020-02-11T10:52:34.165-06:00Alberta election, April 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we took advantage of advance voting in Alberta’s provincial election. It’s our first time voting as Canadians. Yay! Election day is Tuesday, April 16.<br />
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About these pictures: These distinctive bubble-window row houses are in our neighborhood. There’s another set of them a few blocks east of these on the same street. They strike me as very 1970s.<br />
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While the bubble windows are ignored by most of the people living in these houses, a few of the windows are decorated with Christmas lights in season.<br />
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The political race this month is between candidates of two major parties. The current party in power is the New Democratic Party (NDP). In 2015, they won power from the conservative party of the time, the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. This was a huge upset as the Progressive Conservatives had ruled Alberta since the 1970s. The way I understand it, the loss was due to some particularly visible corruption.<br />
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The Progressive Conservatives were beaten so badly, they decided to disband and regroup, joining with a more Tea-Party-ish political party, the Wildrose Party, to form the United Conservative Party (UPC).<br />
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Around the time the NDP was voted in, Alberta’s lifeblood — the extraction of oil from the Alberta tar sands (most here call them the “oil sands,” only wild-eyed environmentalists use the “tar sands” term) — became much less profitable because of the global collapse of oil prices. The unemployment numbers have grown and anger against the NDP has grown.<br />
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So, the United Conservatives are heavily favored to take control of Alberta in this election.<br />
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But, at least here in our neighborhood, the New Democrats are still popular. Hence the bubble-window display shown.<br />
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Update: United Conservative Party won.<br />
<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-27719275091243708842020-02-11T10:47:00.001-06:002020-02-11T10:47:41.309-06:00Grumpy cat on the internetA Facebook ad urging participation in the April 16, 2019 Alberta provincial election. Featuring a grouchy cat. Nice drawing.<br />
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<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-78188870026469374372020-01-19T14:04:00.001-06:002020-01-19T14:04:22.869-06:00Language alert: Apps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A restaurant chain here is trying to replace the word, “appetizers” with “apps.” They may succeed, but I don’t like it. (From a Facebook ad.)<br />
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(Yes, Edmonton has an <a href="http://www.icedistrict.com/residences/">Ice District</a>. The centerpiece of it is the new-ish hockey arena.)<br />
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David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-87934911568727905492020-01-15T12:25:00.002-06:002020-01-15T12:25:53.687-06:00I didn't know he was a Canadian<br />
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This morning’s Edmonton Journal has a review of “John Wick 3.” (They didn’t like it.) (I’ll be seeing it in any case.)<br />
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The cutline for the accompanying photo starts out: “Canadian actor Keanu Reeves reprises his role as ….” I’m not sure if that’s supposed to be true (IMDB.com says he was born in Lebanon) or an insult or what.<br />
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Maybe the cutline writer has Reeves confused with the many, many other actors who are Canadians.<br />
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[May 17, 2019 Facebook post]<br />
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And whenever the newspaper mentions William Shatner it always has to remind readers that Shatner is Canadian.<br />
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Yes, I did go see the third John Wick movie. It was okay. Just as good as "John Wick 2" and not as good as "John Wick 1."<br />
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David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-33585848558229057352020-01-14T17:57:00.001-06:002020-01-14T17:57:23.239-06:00Tidying upI've been neglecting my blog posts. And I didn't think about it much because I guess I've been posting on Facebook for family and friends. But really, a lot of those Facebook posts have been blog posts all along.<br />
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First up: Marie Kondo on Netflix.<br />
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Just what I needed. Help with tidying from Marie Kondo-zilla-san. Thank you, Netflix. I AM READY TO SPARK JOY!<br />
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It's no coincidence that Marie Kondo's Netflix show appeared at the beginning of the year. Just in time for us starting out with a New Year's resolution to, um, tidy up.<br />
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David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-44640739974869034092020-01-05T15:26:00.002-06:002020-01-05T15:26:31.154-06:00Animal stackingI noticed this happening a couple years ago with an Edmonton restaurant, The Parlour. Here's a pretty nice mural/type design featuring a stack of animals. Animals that, I presume, you would be eating at the restaurant.<br />
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Then I saw another Edmonton restaurant featuring an animal stack. This one left out the goat and the wine bottle, but Prairie Noodle Shop raman place has a pretty good stack going.<br />
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And I then noticed a third. This one is at an Edmonton grocery store – Loblaw's City Market, in the Brewery District strip mall. Same line up as the raman place, but here the animals are facing different directions.<br />
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And finally (so far), this fall, I saw this sign at the Minnesota State Fair. For Mancini's al fresco restaurant. This one leaves out the chicken and puts the animals on a Vespa scooter.<br />
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What to make of this trend? No idea. But I did make this graphic with all the animals all lined up.<br />
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<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-66288216266768689272019-04-30T11:58:00.001-05:002019-04-30T12:15:22.900-05:00Changing 'This Changes Everything'The 2014 Naomi Klein book, "This Changes Everything" is an inspiring, depressing read. It states, and gives compelling evidence, that the climate crisis is irreversible if we don't do some drastic things, starting in 2017. Yes. Two years ago. Anyway, it's a good book. You should read it.<br />
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Of course the fate of the planet is not what this blog post is about. This blog post is about the cover design of the book.<br />
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The many editions of the book have had a lot of variations, while still keeping with original hardcover design using Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed with black, white, blue elements. And, to make the design work, the designer breaks up the word "everything." Gutsy. I can't find who designed the original cover. But kudos to you, cover designer!<br />
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The cover eliminates the author's name and puts it -- and the subtitle -- on the back cover. Very striking.<br />
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The spine is also pretty great. This would only work on a book of considerable page-count.<br />
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Then, the paperback version beefs up the author presence on the cover at the expense of the title impact, but it still works. Note that "everything" is restored to one word.<br />
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One could argue that the distribution of the colors could be more effective, but the design is so strong, it works just about any way you mix and match. Like this.<br />
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Here's a possibility.<br />
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And another possibility.<br />
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And here's a cover that uses the subtitle. It mentions the movie. It also touts a recommendation from the New York Times. With each added element, the cover loses a bit more of its appeal. It's starting to look like every other book cover design.<br />
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Finally, there's the documentary movie made from the book. The movie poster is by Shepard Fairey, and while it has nice elements, it's a real letdown from the book design. The symbol of the burning earth -- while not an original idea -- is effective. But when surrounded by other symbols and frankly ineffective type design and awful color choices (I have to say that these colors work well for other Fairey designs), the poster could use some help.<br />
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I played around with the poster and made an in-between version -- holding over some of the book colors and typefaces.<br />
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Better? Probably not. But I had to try.David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-40821151516621543702018-11-04T22:53:00.000-06:002018-11-04T22:53:28.391-06:00Vue Weekly project, legal in CanadaA couple weeks ago, Canada legalized recreational use of cannabis. I eagerly awaited the cover of the alternative weekly in town, 'cause they seem to have a bit of a cannabis fixation. I was pretty sure they'd commemorate the event somehow. Vue Weekly did not disappoint.<br />
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While I think the headline is funny, I don't think the illustration delivers on the joke. I think the illo is fine and it would work with another headline, but this headline needs a different kind of treatment.<br />
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Here's my version. I almost think it would work better without the leaf in the background, but hey -- you gotta give the readers something to hold on to.David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-33341996231567291762018-08-16T11:24:00.002-05:002018-08-16T11:24:57.027-05:00Do not dismantleRandom Edmonton street furniture. Letting people know about an upcoming event. A major event.<br />
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And I noticed a little sticker in the bottom right corner of the sign.<br />
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I may need some "Do Not Dismantle" stickers.David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-89842224082912825192018-08-16T11:07:00.001-05:002018-08-16T11:07:14.186-05:00Stickers in real life<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A possible Line app sticker set.</td></tr>
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I wanted to make a sticker set for the Line app. Seemed easy enough. So I did the artwork using my computer-drawing style. I then tried to do the paperwork to make them actually available on the app. And I wasn't able to navigate the system. International business rules apply somehow. But I still have the artwork.<br />
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And now I'm thinking I'll make an Apple Messenger sticker set. Still working on the logistics for that.<br />
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In the meantime, I used the facilities at <a href="https://snapartists.com/">SNAP Printshop</a> to make a physical sticker set.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work in progress. Blue, then red, and finally, black.</td></tr>
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<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-3793879238857548152018-05-15T15:41:00.002-05:002018-05-15T15:41:57.253-05:00Vue project 1176I've cut back on my Vue Weekly obsession -- at least I've cut back on blogging about it. But every once in a while, a cover comes along that I have to dig into. Not to disparage the original, but to challenge myself to see if I can come up with my own spin on it.<br />
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This cover caught my eye because the designer actually changed the logo to match the concept of the art. I thought that was pretty cool.<br />
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And then the rest of the type is also in "computer" type. A worthy effort. But I felt the illustrations really let down the concept. If you are going to go with big pixels, I say embrace the big pixels. I was particularly disappointed with the keyboard illustration which looks more like generic clip art than pixel art. I like the little faces and the guitars -- because they seem to be close to the same size of pixel-ratio. The drum set is too complex for this pixel size.<br />
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So … I redid the cover using all the same pixel size. (Except for the secondary type, which I just did in type.) That meant simplifying the people into just faces and dropping the instruments altogether -- because the pixel size of the type wouldn't allow that much detail. I plopped in the notes to suggest music and left it at that.<br />
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I concentrated mostly on the pixel type. That was fun.<br />
<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-72498301633559104372018-04-24T13:13:00.000-05:002018-04-24T13:13:31.485-05:00Beg buttonI use the beg button on this corner daily, crossing 124 Street along the north side of 102 Avenue. And … I hate it.<br />
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For two reasons.<br />
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The first reason is that it's a busy enough corner for an automatic "Walk" signal, so the button is an unnecessary annoyance.<br />
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Second reason, the beg button is hidden out of sight, so a person waiting for the light to change would miss even the presence of the button.<br />
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I guess it bothered someone else. This sign was stuck on the lightpole where the beg button <i>should</i> have been placed. The sign was removed after two days.<br />
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The possible good news is that this is a temporary setup because of some heavy construction on one of the corners. A tall apartment building is being built. Perhaps after the building is done, the signal lights will be reconfigured.<br />
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Note: Here's what the sign says.<br />
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"This walk light button is on the other side of the post behind you next to the bike path!<br />
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"(It needs to be pushed to activate the walk light.)<br />
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"If you think it should be moved closer to the actual cross walk, you should contact the City of Edmonton.<br />
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"The more people who call them the better chance of having something done."<br />
<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-1569785316809610842018-04-21T10:40:00.000-05:002018-04-21T10:40:30.575-05:00Stock photo availability Let's say I want to use a famous photo on my Facebook page or blog, and I am Google-looking randomly on the internet to see what's out there that I can use for "free."<br />
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The image search will certainly turn up some Getty images. Go to the link and the <a href="https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/145654064">Getty Images page</a> that looks kinda like this.<br />
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And covering part of the picture is always the Getty Tag.<br />
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It doesn't usually ruin the picture. Just gives obvious credit to where the picture came from. Who really owns it. Ownership on the Internet is a slippery thing.<br />
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Anyway, I was Googling myself the other day. Pause for silent shaming. And I turned up some art I did for the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper earlier in this century. And the images had Getty Tags!<br />
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Kinda made me feel special. My work costs as much to use as a photo of Marilyn Monroe!<br />
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Backstory: The Pioneer Press art department was encouraged to send copies of completed artwork to our owners (first Knight-Ridder, and then McClatchy) for the owners to put on their commercial sales sites. Occasionally, I would hear from friends and relatives around the country that one of my illustrations turned up in a far-flung newspaper. Apparently, whoever owned that batch of Pioneer Press illustrations has now sold them to Getty Images.<br />
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Note: The "Brain Child" illustration has some strange stuff on the bottom that looks like it doesn't belong in the illustration -- because it doesn't! I would often include extra bits for use in other places in the newspaper. For teaser graphics or for pull quotes. I would just toss them in for page designers to use if they wanted to. And so I included them in submissions to our owners. But they look kinda out of place here. Hopefully any person buying this illo knows how to cut apart the images.<br />
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<br />David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-50968482575695694742017-04-25T18:30:00.001-05:002017-04-25T18:31:39.768-05:00Book on the horizon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've done some mini-comics in the past.<br />
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I started doing mini-comics because I thought it would be an easy way to force myself to produce longer humorous stories. And it worked. Sorta.<br />
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What really happened along side of the longer stories was a format of graphics criticism and a representation of me on a tall horse making proclamations about typography.<br />
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And that was fun, too.<br />
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Anyway, I've now gathered all the mini-comics into a book, "The Big All Small Comics Collection." It's 180 or so pages of comics from 1983 to 2017. Since it's mini comics, the book is mini-comic sized, 4.25 by 5.5 inches. Plus an index of topics and people mentioned.<br />
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I hope to be selling the book at the upcoming SpringCon Comics convention in Minneapolis. Saturday and Sunday, May 20 - 21. Perhaps I'll see you there!David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-82034969395893207792017-02-26T22:10:00.001-06:002017-02-26T22:10:49.683-06:00Type swap: "Shaft"Not going to make the obvious "shafted" pun in the opening sentence. Oops.<br />
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I was watching <a href="http://www.tcm.com/">Turner Classic Movies</a> last Thursday night. They are showing Academy Award winning and nominated movies -- from the TCM library -- in alphabetical order. In-between 1976's Sherlock Holmes/Sigmund Freud pastiche, "The Seven Percent Solution" and 1937's Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers confection, "Shall We Dance" was the original 1971 Gordon Parks-directed "Shaft."<br />
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I was watching the opening credits, enjoying Isaac Hayes Oscar-winning Best Original Song, "The Theme From Shaft," and then I noticed that something was weird with the credits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi-def "Shaft" credits, substituting Arial for the original Helvetica. Also adding a thin black line around the letters. My photo doesn't capture the vivid red of the lettering. They got that part of the credits right. (Click on the photo for a larger view.)</td></tr>
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The credits had obviously been re-done when they re-scanned the film for high-def blu-ray and HDTV release. The type was very crisp. It had a thin black outline around the red type that looked really sharp. Too good, maybe. But I won't quibble about type being too sharp.<br />
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The second thing I noticed was that the typeface used was Arial. Now, if you don't know about Arial, <a href="http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-scourge-of-arial">Mark Simonson wrote a wonderful essay about it and it's history.</a> <a href="http://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/how-to-spot-arial">(And how to identify the typeface.)</a><br />
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I was pretty sure that Arial wasn't around in 1971 when the original "Shaft" credits were made. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arial">this Wikipedia article,</a> Arial was designed in 1982.<br />
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Anyway, all this was zooming through my brain and it took me a few moments to get my camera out and to take some shots of the new "Shaft" credits.<br />
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And after the credits were over, I went to YouTube to look up <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlsufZj9Fg&t=201s">the original credits.</a><br />
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It will not come as a shock to know that the original credits were actually done in Helvetica. And it kinda looks like the originals didn't have the black line around the type. But I can't really see that for sure from the YouTube video.<br />
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I was hoping the original credits would be in a typeface that has a little snap it. Maybe Franklin Gothic. But Helvetica is cool. I was very surprised that whoever scanned the movie and redid the credits didn't know that the original was Helvetica. Or didn't care enough to match the original. Or didn't have the budget to match the original. Whatever the excuse, to me, there's no excuse for this!<br />
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Mystery solved via Internet. The movie itself? It was kinda fun. Angry fun.David Steinlichthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603448356360110818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10854093.post-61170216816348545292017-02-11T00:13:00.000-06:002017-02-12T23:00:33.601-06:00Process (silkscreening "Winter Cars")I'm taking a silkscreening class at the wonderful <a href="http://www.snapartists.com/">Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists</a> (SNAP) just down the street from our apartment. This is my second screen printing class there in two years and I think I'm getting the hang of it.<br />
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Anyway, here's the project.<br />
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I wanted to do something winter- and Edmonton-related.<br />
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I walk the neighborhood streets for exercise and I take photos as I walk. And I thought, "Cars with snow on them."<br />
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And that's it.<br />
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Here are the unedited photos.<br />
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The cropped photos. I did the composition and color work in Photoshop.<br />
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Swapped out a couple cars.<br />
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Reducing the photos to individual shades using the Curves pallet. Posterizing. Here's the pallet.<br />
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Here's the picture with the posterized look.<br />
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Making the background color cutout by using Photoshop's paths.<br />
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Making seps. Two grays, one black and one background color of light blue.<br />
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Light gray.<br />
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Darker gray.<br />
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Black.<br />
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Background blue.<br />
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Okay -- I decided to do a three-color print first to see how it was looking. But I still wanted four shades. So I did the black in solid, and dots for the darker gray.<br />
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Here's the Photoshop proof all the colors.<br />
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Here's two colors actually screen printed. Starting with the light blue. I'm printing on an 8.5 by 11 -inch (21.59 by 27.94 cm) sticker-back paper.<br />
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And the screen print of three colors.<br />
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Here's a close-up of the Photoshop proof.<br />
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Here's a close-up of the printed piece. That's some serious dot-gain!<br />
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So, we've gone from real world, into digital photos into Photoshop, out into the real world for silk screening and then finally, back into the computer for this blog post. Whew!<br />
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Next challenge: The four-color version on good paper.<br />
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