Nothing some of you haven't seen before.
Noting my process here, since a traumatic brain injury has made my long-term memory semi-furtive & sneaky. We moved to Chicago twenty-five days ago and I've forgotten what the front of the building I live in looks like three times. Which isn't that bad, I s'pose, new environment & all, but I worry... when I can't remember whether it's a brown brick building with white stripes or a white brick building with brown stripes? Honestly. Two years ago I stopped & left my bike in the middle of the bridge a full block from my house-- absolutely no clue why --and didn't realize I'd done so until I reached the front door & panicked because I was missing... something.
There have been other moments, probably not aided by marijuana, or a pre-existing diagnosis of dissociative PTSD. This is me, admitting the actual reason to keep a fuckin' blog in the year 2024.
It is 2024, right?
The art itself was done in a quarter-century old sketchbook bought at a yard sale, because I compulsively collect ancient paper. Media involved: 4H graphite, felt-tip pen, sharpie, calligraphy brush & india ink, watercolour, white acrylic.
The test fonts came from the preloaded typefaces in my word processor of choice, Libreoffice, which is open source, free, and superior to any other program in my (admittedly backward) experience. I recommend it to anyone similarly bound for the Great Glue Factory.
The final logo was kerned & tweaked using Microsoft Paint-- because I am a trilobite --then pasted in as a transparency using GIMP-- because I am a highly evolved trilobite. Dual thumbs & everything!
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