Finally figured out prints! I'm excited to share this with everyone who expressed interest! 💀💀💀
I recently took a dynamic sketching class and decided to do a visual map of Gideon the Ninth as my final project! I'm really happy with how it turned out!
Medium: micron pen, grey toned comic markers, and white gel pen on toned paper
The response to this has been so amazing! Thank you all so much for your interest and really nice comments! I'm looking into printing options now! 🤩 💀
I recently took a dynamic sketching class and decided to do a visual map of Gideon the Ninth as my final project! I'm really happy with how it turned out!
Medium: micron pen, grey toned comic markers, and white gel pen on toned paper
I recently took a dynamic sketching class and decided to do a visual map of Gideon the Ninth as my final project! I'm really happy with how it turned out!
Medium: micron pen, grey toned comic markers, and white gel pen on toned paper
I was cleaning my desk and found some old postcards that I bought in a vintage shop in Seattle last year! Spent hours looking through them and I ended buying a bunch. They're just interesting and fun and make me feel weirdly emotional!
I wanted to share them because I love them, and maybe also to get some help on reading them cause some people have just...really illegible writing. Haha.
POSTCARD #1: Nov. 22, 1933 from El Dorado, ARK.
Front:
Drawing of the corner view of a large white building with lots of windows, with the small text "U.S. Post Office and Federal Building, El Dorado, ARK." in the upper right corner.
Back:
Addressed to Mr. Neil Marsh, Seattle Washington [I blocked out the address, no idea what the ethics are on sharing the addresses of people from almost 90 years ago haha]
Postmark reads "EL DORADO, ARK. NOV 22, 11:30PM, 1933"
I've transcribed the postcard to the best of my ability, with some words I'm not sure about indicated in brackets:
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[aligned right] Wednesday
My Dearest - Meant to select you a very pretty Birthday card -- if I didn't get you a letter written -- but since I did neither -- here's just this card to wish you more joy than you've ever known on any birthday, and to wish you many more of 'em _ [Was?] so glad to get your letter (and it's contents) last week _ Wanted ever since to ans. 'specially _ Am sorry tho you sent this much after you'd already send her what you had _ I'm sorry I hadn't written you sooner or at least had known about this and not let you send so much. She's going to apply [other?] to the store I think as her glasses are doing much better she says. We're going for her next week and we'll investigate glasses there again. How much she will -> [continued along top of card] appreciate what big part more you've done _ I'm going to write letter soon _
Love, [??]
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It's interesting that this person either seems to use a LOT of m dashes or instead draws a line (indicated by an underscore) where a space should be. I wonder if that's a personal quirk or a popular postcard writing convention?