By Able | November 8, 2009
The owner of a local antique store insisted that I have this tiny ashtray when he heard that I was from Wyoming.
He hunted his cluttered store for a good 20 minutes reassuring me that it was an ashtray with the iconic horse-and-rider that Wyoming is known for. We even talked a bit about Frontier Days, also known as the ‘Gandaddy of em All,’ because it’s the largest rodeo in the country. I grew up with it just across town, and Big Red (the shop owner) took great delight in this.
You can imagine his disappointment when he finally found the ashtray and it had ‘Georgia’ scratched across it. And what am I to feel about Georgia fighting for cowboy credentials? Sorry Georgia. You can have peaches, but please keep away from horse-and-rider imagery. In the meantime, I’ll hold on to this ashtray for you.
Big Red is an interesting man, and if you live in the area I encourage you to find his Carrboro store. I’ve featured some of his designs on this site before. His wonderful photocopied poster for his store, Oddities and Such, is in my post about the hand-painted signs of Carrboro, as well as his open signs with clowns painted on them.
By Able | October 30, 2009
November is quickly approaching, and I’m not so sure I’m ready for it.
2009 has been a great year, and the fact that November is around the corner is just a reminder that the year is almost over. I only hope 2010 can be so good.
I hope you get some enjoyment from these playful pups on your desktop this month. If you like it, I encourage you to spread the word. Thanks.
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By Able | October 2, 2009
Seems fun enough. Connect with me there if you use it too.
Soon there will be no new way to update the world on what we are doing.
By Able | September 30, 2009
I am very pleased to announce that I have the October’s wallpaper done before September is gone.
This has been a great month, and I believe it’s only going to get better. For one, it’s Julia’s birthday month so there will be some celebrating going on. I think that means more pumpkin pie for me. We’ll see.
As you know, last month’s wallpaper had us orbiting Saturn’s rings with Blackletter type. I decided to ground us a bit this month, but letting us down easy with Le Monde Livre PTF and a little inspiration from Scott McCall’s Meteor Shower sound-scape.
Please help me out in spreading the word. Below are the links to each available download, and some links to make it easier for you to share. (You can still add photos to the Wallpapers in Use Flickr group, too) Cheers!
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By Able | September 15, 2009
Thought I’d give a brief update and post a couple of collages from the archive.
I was thinking of having some T-shirts printed up, but I think I am going to concentrate on getting my online store setup with collage prints first. Once that’s sorted out, I’ll consider shirts. I’ve started redesigning my site, and have plans to overhaul my portfolio so look for those changes in the coming weeks.
Many of you have emailed about changes to Sugar Cane, and I hope to publish a new version that will solve some things that should have been taken care of long ago. I am sorry I have not replied to all of the emails, and I hope to get you the update soon!
And now for a couple of images from the archives:
By Able | September 1, 2009
This has been quite the month. It seems to have just begun, and now it has passed.
I am glad to be getting this month’s wallpaper posted while it is still August, but I am disappointed that it’s not a collaborative piece. We’ll have to do that for October. I’m becoming more adjusted to my new job, and should be able to get things together enough to let you know what to do to participate. Until then, please enjoy the beginnings of Autumn and this somewhat minimal wallpaper. If you are feeling ambitious, you can photograph your computer sporting the wallpaper (or any that I’ve created), and add them to my Flickr group.
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By Able | August 20, 2009
Well, they really exist, but they are not books.
They’re just two pages in my sketchbook that happen to look kind of nice next to each other. Also, the swan is a bee, and the dog is a zebra. Get it?
By Able | August 19, 2009
A quick creation made of leftovers.
These letters were created during a logo design process this week, but since they won’t be used I thought they would look good here.
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By Able | August 18, 2009
News moves too fast these days. I’m getting text messages, and phone calls congratulating me already.
What are they congratulating you ask? Well, I’ve just accepted an offer to be a Composition Artist at McKinney. This is great for many reasons. The first being I get to commute (and work) with my lovely wife. Secondly, McKinney is full of great folks who I will get to learn from on a daily basis.
I have a few projects that will be wrapping up over the course of the next month that I am excited to show you, but as for taking on new projects, I think it would be best that I didn’t as my time is quite precious to me. I’m sure you understand.
I will continue making the monthly wallpapers as I have for about 18 months now, and I am working on a redesign of my site. Hopefully I’ll even get that online store that I keep talking about running!
The commute
I was thinking about it this afternoon, and realized I have not commuted more than a mile to my daily job in about eight years. I have worked at home for many of them. For others, I walked or rode my bike no more than a mile to work. In fact, I rarely leave the town I currently live in, and it’s small.
With that in mind, my most foreseeable hurdle is to get used to driving for at least an hour a day.
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