Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Day 4615: Flow Magazine 38 - excerpts & Acura NXS.

     

"Exhaustion": junk collage, digital






  

Want music?


    

Click: Tracy Chapman, Give Me One Good Reason 


 

2GN2S


Some of the things the magazine Flow featured 
in issue 38. 
Creating the cover ...
The artwork on the cover of this issue is by illustrator and designer Sarah Carolan, who lives in Chicago, US: “Sometimes I have a plan or idea of what I’d like to illustrate, but for the most part it’s a meandering process. I will use photos of friends or myself as portrait references, in addition to open source resources that I find online. I’m most attracted to portraiture that is heavily contrasting, because I feel like there’s more opportunity to emphasize emotions.

"When I begin a portrait, I like to ‘map’ out these contrasting areas first, and then go back to experiment with color combinations or adjust the composition. I love exploring with colors, especially eliciting moods through color palettes. For me, using values instead of the expected color creates a more dynamic portrait. Lately, my work has been focused on these demanding times: it’s about living in quarantine, missing friends and physically touching others, and insidious systems of oppression. My hope is that these illustrations are relatable, if not comforting, to others."

Do you ever read license plates? I do.

When I was little I used to add up the numbered plates. Then it got more complicated with letters and numbers. So I converted the letters to numbers, E = 5, J = 10 etc. But I digress, I like cars. My Dad loved cars and so of course I learned to identify all 

kinds of cars.  But I digress, again!

Yesterday, my eye caught a jazzy Accura NXS ... 





Mine was black and I kept an eye on it. 

Eventually I was behind it at a traffic light, 

and had a chance to get a photo of the the license plate.




It said EUFORIK.  I said, I bet it is!



 

  
 
A 5+ minute video, Mosquito Torpedo, here
 
 
 

  
 
Just because ...


Amhearst Pigeon


 

Tuesday's Smiles ... 




 

 









  
  

  

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1 comment:

  1. elenorApril 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM

    Again I learned a lot of new things, Jacki. Thanks.
    I even "googled" (Here we say so when we use google search) the Flow Magazine. It seems to be quite interesting.
    Were you frightened when the earthquake happened? I experienced one about 50 (!) years ago and I remember that I was terrified.

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