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[snoball]

Ah, bee butts!

 

[Iain]

Yes I thought I should capitalize on BUM otherwise I feared it would be too obscure a pun for anyone but the seasoned Punologist. The humble bumblebee turned from humanity, so to speak.

 

[Artyczar]

Pretty and clever! I like it lots.

 

[Iain]

Thanks Art., I have another bee one in the pipeline. You sometimes find queen bumblebees after hibernation, motionless, spent from the exertion of beating their wings 250xper/sec, and they can be revived with a mixer of honey or sugar dissolved in a teaspoon of water. It is quite satisfying seeing them revive and fly off as the neighbours look on in amazement.

 

[Iain]

Yes, the neighbours look on, baffled. "What is he doing?" And there he is, crouching, spoon in hand, looking out for the brethren.

Anyhow. I have a clothing range coming out this autumn. I will have, no doubt, sold out by winter. Ho-Ho. Santa!

Grab them while you can!

RECLAMATION OF THE EXCLAMATION MARK (What's the point!)

 

[Artyczar]

You kill me! These are so cool!

 

[Iain]

Thank you, Arty. I do appreciate and welcome your input. I am enjoying messing around with the word and image, finally. It has taken time.

I changed the tagline at the last minute. It did read, "Clothing for those with the balls to wear them."

Edit. I never thought. The clothing industry was your family business growing up!

 

[Artyczar]

"Clothing for those with the balls to wear them." Ha ha haha! That is GREAT! Childhood would have been a lot more interesting if these were the clothes we were making, though sometimes they were almost as weird.

 

[Iain]

I have sometimes thought that art was compensation for not functioning like a good little robot. There, there, they say, tapping the tank which acts for a head.

 

[Iain]

The ramifications are ill.

 

[Iain]

 

[Iain]

A Moveable Food

Edit. Are we concerned?

 

[Artyczar]

Love these! The cat face scared me a little. Ha ha ha. I really like the center spirals.

 

[Iain]

Yes, sorry about that. She looks grumpy in the photo, but she is a sweetheart really.

i don't mind admitting that I messed up on the spiral, where one of the petals overlaps with a bee, like an Escher illusion. The eyes. And I cannot find the re- edited version. Let it bee the way it wants...Thanks Arty

 

[Iain]

Brainchild

 

[snoball]

Are you sure there was a brain involved? I like this. How much is digital and how much paper?

 

[Iain]

It was drawn on paper, photographed, of course, cut and pasted, and the values were fiddled with. That was it. All digital done on the smartphone. No brain necessary - luckily!

I never intended to work digitally. It just seemed to have evolved. Who knows, our thumbs that were so crucial to our evolution might just shrivel up and fall off.

Thanks sno.

 

[Artyczar]

This is great!

I hear you about not intending to work digitally, but it's all an evolution with the times I guess. I use the computer a lot in my process as well.

 

[Iain]

Yes, it should be looked at as yet another tool. I use it in a very primitive way. That doesn't mean I pick up the keyboard and use it like a club But lt sure can make a money out of one.
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Thank you Arty!

 

[Iain]

Money