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Hermes 3000 Typewriter Sketch

I really don’t know a lot about the Hermes 3000, but it’s a pretty sweet looking typewriter if you ask me. I believe this is a newer/later version, as the original was more rounded and this one is more squared off. William Kotzwinkle wrote a novel and named it “Hermes 3000″… He also wrote the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.

Other users of the Hermes 3000 include Sam Shepard, Stephen Fry, and Jack Kerouac, who wrote his final novel on a Hermes 3000.

And then there’s typewriter aficionado Tom Hanks (owner of over 250 typewriters) who said the Hermes 3000 would be the luxury item he would chose to take with him to a desert island.

Anyway, typewriters are beautiful machines and I like drawing machines and I like typewriters… so here we are!

In case you’re wondering, I do these sketches on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. If you ever want a framed print of any of my sketches get in touch with me and we’ll work something out… Also, check out the Illustration page to see them all!

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Polaroid 645 Sketch

I don’t have a lot to say about this one except that it’s a Polaroid 645 Instant Camera and I have an affection for vintage electronics and of course I like cameras. Almost 20 years ago I received a few vintage cameras, nothing too amazing, but they were old and somewhat interesting, and I ended up giving them to a friend who was way more into it than I was at the time… Every now and then I sort of wish I had kept some of them.

It’s weird to think back to all of the cameras I’ve owned or used over the years… personally and at various jobs. My daughter is a huge photography nut, and when she was in school she interviewed me about photography, and cameras, including all the old ones I used to own. It was fun and interesting and I may even still have a copy of her report somewhere. I should find it and post it!

In the meantime, enjoy this sketch of a Polaroid 645 Instant Camera. I plan to dig up other old electronic devices and do sketches of those as well. If you’ve got an idea or a favorite, let me know!

I still like doing these sketches! I do them with an Apple Pencil on an iPad using Procreate. If you ever want a framed print of any of my sketches get in touch with me and we’ll work something out… Also, check out the Illustration page to see them all!

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Apple ][+ Sketch

The Apple ][+ is where it all began for me. It was probably 1980 or 1981 when my brother brought one home, and it was our first “family computer” though as an 11 or 12 year old with few responsibilities I quickly became the one who used it the most. I remember at some point we put it on a desk in my room, which was pretty awesome!

I remember playing a lot of games, but I also remember learning to program in BASIC, often from typing in programs found in magazines, probably BYTE Magazine. I then discovered graphics! Lo-Res and Hi-Res blew my mind at the time… and here I am in 2024 drawing an Apple ][+ on an Apple iPad with an Apple Pencil.

I remember at one point I tried to write an adventure game in BASIC with Lo-Res graphics and I think that may have been my first “large” software project. I also remember abandoning it when I realized it was never going to work. Still, I learned a lot. When I got into high school and we used Apple Computers and did BASIC programming the teacher was none too pleased with me because I knew more than he did, and I think I let him know that a few times.

The best thing ever was MousePaint which was released in 1984. Since we couldn’t afford an actual Macintosh Computer you could connect a mouse to an Apple ][+ and use a version of MacPaint called MousePaint. Computer graphics without typing? Magical!

(Also, let’s take a second to appreciate that 40 years later I type in OpenSCAD to create graphical objects on screen that I then print as actual real-world objects using a 3D printer.)

I do these sketches mainly for fun, and to stretch my creative muscles using an Apple Pencil on an iPad with Procreate. If you ever want a framed print of my work please get in touch with me and we’ll work something out! Also, check out the Illustration page to see them all!

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Hardware Store Bike Ride

Up until now my bike riding has been for exercise and fun(?) but on a Friday Dana asked if we had any caulk. My answer was “I’m sure we do, and I’m also sure it’s dried up since we haven’t caulked anything in a lustrum!” So she said if we got a chance we should get some thing weekend.

And I said “Wait… I can just bike to the hardware store in the morning!” So I did. I actually rode my bike to the store instead of driving a car. I was just getting caulk and some work gloves, so nothing too large or heavy or unwieldy. Stuff that could easily fit in a backpack.

The ride there was not uneventful. Besides some fairly steep hills, I had to detour a bit due to Run Tosa Run taking over some of the areas around North Avenue.

The other issue was that when I got to the hardware store there was no bike rack! Or no obvious place to lock up the bike. I ended up going across the street and locking it to a street sign. This is probably not the preferred method, but I could not really find another suitable place. (I did see a fence on my way out though.)

I asked an employee if they had a bike rack and she said “Most people just lean their bikes against the mulch.” So yeah… not going to do that. Sure, it’s Tosa, but still, not gonna leave my bike just leaning somewhere while I’m in the store.

Is this how people get radicalized? You bike somewhere and realize there’s no bike rack? There’s a parking lot for cars, but no bike rack!?!?

Anyway, it felt good to actually ride somewhere instead of drive. I may try doing it more.

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Holy Cross Bicycle Club

As you may know I ride my bike in the cemetery near my house. So when a friend posted something online about looking for people to ride with I replied “Meet me at the cemetery at 7am!” because I tend to ride there weekday mornings…

It was (mostly) a joke, but then I had the idea for the “Holy Cross Bicycle Club” which does not exist, unless you count me going there alone to ride my bike. I’ve never seen anyone else riding there…

But I decided the idea needed a logo, so I made one. (This is not a great logo! I spent about 10 minutes on it and then decided I wasted enough time on a joke and and should do something else.) Enjoy!