More May Sketch Dump.

Trying to catch up posting sketches.

 Such a great Six Nations for Wales I had to draw George North.

Molly seems to be creeping back into my subject matter.

She noticed me drawing her so tried to keep still.

In the second drawing which is by far the better one, she was making the most of dancing through the whole thing.

Molly on tv news promoting Chicago Parks Disrict.

 

 Ok so off topic.  But we (Molly) were asked to take part in a news segment promoting the Chicago Park Disrict.  Monday morning was spent fishing, playing with backpacks, pelts, skulls and tents.
If we had known it was gonna be Fox though!  The last time Molly was on the news was a month or so after birth for BBC America.  What is lower than Fox news?

Excuse the layout it's something to do with Fox's embedding code and really this post is for family and posterity.

Chicago News and Weather | FOX 32 News
 Chicago News and Weather | FOX 32 News
 Chicago News and Weather | FOX 32 News

 

Chicago Murals

Here are some photos of some of the great murals in Chicago.  I hope to add more over time.

 Native fish of Lake Michigan in Roger's Park.

And then of course the one Molly and I helped paint at Avondale and Addison.

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Inside 'Nitto'.

Here is a video I just found on TheChainlink.org (reposted from Gizmodo, Simworks and Prolly is not Probably).

'The Elephant and the Whale'...... and bicycles too!

A couple of weeks ago Molly and I went to see 'The Elephant and the Whale' by Chicago Children's Theatre in collaboration with Redmoon.  First off it's a great show.  A terriffic piece of theater aimed at kids but enjoyable by all.  Truly creative, inventive and theatrical.  Truth be told 5 year old Molly said she was a little confused by characters being represented by puppets and their puppeteers but hey she's only 5 right.

Anyway this is what we saw upon arrival:

a tandem poking out from the wings with a hint of contraption attached to the back.

This wonderful machine came into it's own in the opening sequence where the characters introduce the story in a pedal powered cinematic scrolling picture book and a lovely thing it is too:

Here are a promotional piece about the show, which closes in 2 weeks time.




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Custom frame fitting bags by Lovestar

Last week I attended a 'Bike Camping' class at an REI branch.  Turns out it was a little too basic in regards to the questions I curently have but was still worth the visit.  Why? Well it made me think some more, it gave me time to wander the store and get another sleeping mat and the class was led by Elliot Bennet who happened to let it slip that he makes custom frame fitting bags.

He had two bikes kitted out for us to see.  One was an REI Novara the other was his 'commuter' Cannondale complete with snazzy frame bag which people eventually enquired about.

3d printing invaluable cycling components.

3d printing is making the news for many reasons.  Will it arm terrorists or feed the starving?
More importantly you can now order 3d printed valve caps, currently available in blue, pink or black.
Printmeneer is the etsy store making this cycling innovation.

Whilst there if you browse their other goods you will find yourself getting hungry.

Printmeneer on Etsy

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