Decorative drop capitals
About drop capitals in web-page design and presenting the set of drop caps now to be used on TheSupercargo’s homepage
Illustration
Illustration This sub-category collects all my posts with pictures that aren’t just photographs: doodles, collages, social media “postcards”, scanned artwork. It’s a bit of a hotch-potch. Botanise!
Together in Cordoba – the complete picture
Poem and illustration produced as my contribution to an Internet-based co-operative project.
Together in Cordoba
A poem and illustration (in four more detailed parts) produced as my contribution to an Internet-based co-operative project.
King Arthur’s Most Ignominious Moment
King Arthur’s Most Ignominious Moment: When he was stopped by the police for carrying a drawn sword down Kensington High Street.
Not now, Cora!
There are some great lines in Fantastic Voyage (some of them cited below), but I ended up going for a cheap joke at the expense of Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. I was inspired by the strip in the middle of the postcard above here, which is a still from the DVD. (What she’s actually … More…
Live, floss and prosper
The second DVD out of the box as I work through my birthday present to myself, is JJ Abram’s Star Trek from last year (2009). Taking this film as my subject here also gives me an opportunity to brush off and republish my original review. (‘Review’ doesn’t seem quite the right word, but judge for … More…
Human teenagers
The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house
Another year older (and deeper in debt)
Another year older (and deeper in debt) An illustration for my birthday with candles and strawberries and chocolate memento mori and everything.
Swimming alone
I thought today about swimming alone in an empty pool. That time in Finland when I found myself / alone at the baths in Kouvola and was able to swim back and forth completely without anyone else to take account of.
The least successful slogan
Aeyland Tourism’s least successful slogan, and other Aeyland ephemera. Two variations on the infamous slogan and the Aeyland Coat of Arms showing the Danish cross, Scottish lion and two unhappy silver herrings.