tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22400710232661084992024-03-13T05:05:31.348-05:00Net LemurBlog of artist and MCAD student Dylan Davis.
All work copyright Dylan A. Davis, 2008-2011, unless stated otherwiseDylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-11865109605616732552011-08-02T20:22:00.002-05:002011-08-02T20:28:18.907-05:00"RAW" art show<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1fd5mxXonzI/Tjij8UfVHJI/AAAAAAAABZc/4Wkx-bfYpDM/s1600/RAW%2B-%2BDylan%2BDavis%2BPromo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1fd5mxXonzI/Tjij8UfVHJI/AAAAAAAABZc/4Wkx-bfYpDM/s200/RAW%2B-%2BDylan%2BDavis%2BPromo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636435190341770386" /></a><div><br />This is a one night only event that I got accepted into in Minneapolis - August 25 at 8:00 PM at the Fine Line Music Cafe. The image is a promotional image that a designer from the RAW organization made for me based on a short bio and some images I sent them. The art involves me bringing whatever pieces of my art that I want, but I have to provide all the means to display it - whether that means tables, easels, makeshift walls, lighting... And before all that, preparing the work itself. I really have no work that is in a state to present in a show, so that's what I've been working on doing a lot recently (learning to cut mat boards/frames for art, mounting the art). I am buying a few pre-made frames and going to have a frame service do the installing of glass and backboards.<br /><br />And here is a link the site for the event itself:<br /><br />http://www.rawartists.org/minneapolis/fusion</div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-821469105868829412011-07-30T00:20:00.004-05:002011-07-30T00:45:04.208-05:00Ancient Relief Style Project and my first ART SHOWS<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wKF55eobBzk/TjOXenFEsVI/AAAAAAAABZE/bw9PZ03HUBA/s1600/DSC_1815.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wKF55eobBzk/TjOXenFEsVI/AAAAAAAABZE/bw9PZ03HUBA/s200/DSC_1815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635014110912754002" /></a><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8UMVOH20m6o/TjOXfdVMITI/AAAAAAAABZM/jpXGkpm9mAA/s200/DSC_1814.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635014125475864882" /><div><br /><b>Here is a project I've been working on the past month.</b><br /><br />I'm still not sure how to describe some aspects of this and why I made it/what parts of it mean, but it's basically a comic strip made in a style influenced by ancient reliefs (Egyptian and Sumerian maybe?). When I was doing preliminary sketches I was thinking of art history classes and how I learned what different elements in pieces of art meant a long time ago - things we would never know now but that people back then would understand right away. So I was sort of making fun of that in a way. The car in the story is based off of this car in a photo I took in Florence, Italy:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/15978133@N00/5720454606/in/set-72157626583212207<br /><br />I don't really have a particular reason for choosing that car.<br /><br />If the story isn't clear: it's basically just a tale of some king and his subjects being given a gift from the heavens (or maybe just thinking that the heavens gave them this gift), and how they get too careless and waste their gift. The way the characters look is influenced by the way people were depicted in ancient reliefs - all sideways and sometimes had exaggerated-looking poses.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing I'll say about the border elements is that they usually represent, in some way, the surroundings or environment that I imagine to be around the characters in each panel. Sometimes its a representation of the scene from a different angle. The top and bottom (horizontal) borders in each one are kind of like top-down views of a town.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not sure if I want to ever color it - the original, at least. I am definitely going to experiment with color on the digital file, after I scan it. Might make some prints. We'll see. Glad to have made a more "complete" piece of art this summer. I am going to be in my first art shows outside of school soon, and won't have much time between now and the end of the summer to make anything else (also a road trip to go on before the end too).</div><div><br /></div><div>And, <b>about the art shows I'm going to be in</b>. Here is a link to the website and the Facebook page for the one night only RAW: Natural Born Artists event:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.rawartists.org/minneapolis/fusion">http://www.rawartists.org/minneapolis/fusion</a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195012467223789">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195012467223789</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And here is the website and Facebook page for the month long exhibit that I will have one piece in (I'll post a picture of the piece here too):</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.alteredesthetics.com/events/92/">http://www.alteredesthetics.com/events/92/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176312479101694">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176312479101694</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TdfAqJbPoPE/TjOaCd83ViI/AAAAAAAABZU/5lvusWgRH1U/s1600/dylan_davis_house_2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TdfAqJbPoPE/TjOaCd83ViI/AAAAAAAABZU/5lvusWgRH1U/s200/dylan_davis_house_2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635016925960951330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-49756672591233178682011-06-25T22:51:00.003-05:002011-06-25T22:58:31.966-05:00"Turtle"Here is what I made for the idea I got from the final person I talked to on Omegle chat. They said "Turtles" and that it was for their friend Casey, who likes turtles. In addition to the colored doodle, I included two other doodles I made as well.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PiB-B4L8xZY/Tgatx3ZAIDI/AAAAAAAABW0/rxGSqskjSTQ/s1600/turtle3_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PiB-B4L8xZY/Tgatx3ZAIDI/AAAAAAAABW0/rxGSqskjSTQ/s200/turtle3_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622372257012654130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 189px; " /></a><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b69OKqZtMiY/TgatxMwXZmI/AAAAAAAABWs/x-mn0yHa5EA/s200/turtle2_adj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622372245567923810" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px; " /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5pW3PV6aMlU/TgatwgAWy5I/AAAAAAAABWk/TjedmJXIVrQ/s200/turtle1_adj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622372233555397522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 200px; " /><br /><br /><br /></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-71997580516771612282011-06-17T02:04:00.003-05:002011-06-17T02:18:05.377-05:00Omegle Stranger Idea Number 5Here is what I came up with for the idea of "Stapler Orgy". I made some different crops on it and I'm just including four of the different crops here. As with my other illustrations for this project it's pretty rough and simple but it gives me some ideas for things I could do in the future (like either expanding and working more on this sketch specifically, or taking style/color choices and applying it to other illustrations I do).<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vNySHmI6-hQ/Tfr93UClJSI/AAAAAAAABWQ/O_CyLl_aZ7A/s1600/stapler4_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vNySHmI6-hQ/Tfr93UClJSI/AAAAAAAABWQ/O_CyLl_aZ7A/s200/stapler4_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619082611812279586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px; " /></a></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mBX0UjmEi5Y/Tfr925vK_tI/AAAAAAAABWI/vfLMB2AUPF8/s1600/stapler3_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mBX0UjmEi5Y/Tfr925vK_tI/AAAAAAAABWI/vfLMB2AUPF8/s200/stapler3_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619082604751552210" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px; " /></a></div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OS2x2kDN_Fg/Tfr92Ri5b_I/AAAAAAAABWA/i509U2Hpg6g/s1600/stapler2_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OS2x2kDN_Fg/Tfr92Ri5b_I/AAAAAAAABWA/i509U2Hpg6g/s200/stapler2_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619082593962651634" style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px; " /></a></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1WyBPldxKWo/Tfr92AU8laI/AAAAAAAABV4/kO3qy6MImOI/s1600/stapler1_web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1WyBPldxKWo/Tfr92AU8laI/AAAAAAAABV4/kO3qy6MImOI/s200/stapler1_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619082589340734882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px; " /></a></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-88500677330271909392011-06-16T23:31:00.002-05:002011-06-16T23:39:53.169-05:00Haven't forgotten about Omegle Stranger projectI haven't forgotten about the last two people I talked to for the Omegle illustration project. The second-to-last person wished to go by "Molality Party" and suggested the idea "Stapler orgy" or if I had too much trouble with that, "Hitler intensely observing the atomic number of Hydrogen" (the atomic number is 1). Two very strange ideas, and the guy also had a great sense of humor when I talked to him further.<br /><br />The last person I talked to suggested "turtles", and said to just mention the name Casey, because it was their friend Casey who likes turtles.<br /><br />I'm sorry this project has taken so long (I told the people I got the ideas from on Omegle that I would try to have each of their pieces up by the end of the week, and that was about two and a half weeks ago now). It was a bad time to start the project, when I was just about to move, and I've been trying to apply for jobs and also hang out with a friend who is going to be going to Denmark for six weeks soon. But, enough explanation/excuses. I am working on sketches for "stapler orgy" right now.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-42125346521803787062011-06-09T01:37:00.005-05:002011-06-09T01:47:19.044-05:00"A flower with different color petals to show we are all different no matter what color."That was the idea offered to me by the next anonymous Omegle user I talked to for this project. Like I said before, they disconnected without giving a name. I was also a little confused about the "to show we are all different" part, but oh well. It's what they told me.<div><br /></div><div>The illustration as it is now is not that bold in terms of how I did the color, but I saw some potential to experiment more with that while I was making it, and I included some examples of it with and without the outline. I plan to go back and play around with it more. Also, the flower in the photo I was referencing was actually split at that top part, so that's why it is split in my drawing. I thought it was kind of interesting. Also also, credit to my mom because the flower was one from her garden.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PmUf7-Ow1cc/TfBreAIqboI/AAAAAAAABVw/XEjHLxKNbe8/s1600/flower_petal_colors4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PmUf7-Ow1cc/TfBreAIqboI/AAAAAAAABVw/XEjHLxKNbe8/s200/flower_petal_colors4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616106898507591298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GP968_CbJBA/TfBrdhZGqFI/AAAAAAAABVo/OZxO8nZXKm8/s1600/flower_petal_colors3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GP968_CbJBA/TfBrdhZGqFI/AAAAAAAABVo/OZxO8nZXKm8/s200/flower_petal_colors3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616106890255050834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kl2iIXuevhM/TfBrdPoLd3I/AAAAAAAABVg/ztkQ8fo_FUI/s1600/flower_petal_colors2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kl2iIXuevhM/TfBrdPoLd3I/AAAAAAAABVg/ztkQ8fo_FUI/s200/flower_petal_colors2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616106885486442354" style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mS9Tjmn4Ybg/TfBrcgi1KCI/AAAAAAAABVY/ZqzUGP7-iuw/s1600/flower_petal_colors1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mS9Tjmn4Ybg/TfBrcgi1KCI/AAAAAAAABVY/ZqzUGP7-iuw/s200/flower_petal_colors1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616106872847542306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px; " /></a></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-51190132243198214302011-06-06T01:25:00.007-05:002011-06-09T01:46:53.506-05:00Illustration "Monster Eating Pizza..."<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">Ok, here is some sort of final version for the illustration "A monster eating pizza made of eifle towers [sic], on Neptune's ring. But Neptune is painted in the style of mondrian." As I mentioned in the previous post, this idea from a random Omegle user who asked to be called "A Daiquiri named Bishop".</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kDBO4v-VKEI/Tex1I4u9cvI/AAAAAAAABVI/7qst_8Kb-EI/s1600/alien_pizza_ill1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kDBO4v-VKEI/Tex1I4u9cvI/AAAAAAAABVI/7qst_8Kb-EI/s200/alien_pizza_ill1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614991630952919794" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px; " /></a></span><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">There was a brush in Photoshop that I randomly chose that had an interesting-looking effect. I noticed that some of that frayed effect on the right side is not present as much on the left, but when I went to look for the brush again I couldn't find it (or maybe my brush settings had changed - either way, not sure how to get back to that effect again). There are also other various qualities about the piece that I know are not as good as they could be. There are some things about it that I like too. I'm already sort of behind on this project, though, so I'm going to keep moving on, and go back to this piece later to add/refine things.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Also, as a side note, I made the Mondrian-style ring from scratch (well, looked at some of his paintings for reference, but I made my own I mean) - that part took a little while to make.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div></div></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-84104818842116766622011-06-05T01:41:00.005-05:002011-06-05T01:54:52.040-05:00Doodled ideas for next drawingsThe next idea for a drawing came from a random Omegle user who asked to be called "A Daiquiri named Bishop". Their idea was this: "A monster eating pizza made of eifle towers, on Neptune's ring. But Neptune is painted in the style of mondrian."<div>
<br /></div><div>So here are the small doodles I came up so far with for this idea (sorry the quality is so bad, my access to a scanner has been limited lately):</div><div>
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<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V6wqq07ul6E/TesnWWmopqI/AAAAAAAABUo/IHqTvdL2OoM/s1600/DSC_1456_adj.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V6wqq07ul6E/TesnWWmopqI/AAAAAAAABUo/IHqTvdL2OoM/s200/DSC_1456_adj.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614624625425688226" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 130px; " /></a></div><div>
<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V6wqq07ul6E/TesnWWmopqI/AAAAAAAABUo/IHqTvdL2OoM/s1600/DSC_1456_adj.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NADoKWCzK9U/TesoBnLq7dI/AAAAAAAABU4/TPNm1C6jAYc/s1600/DSC_1455_adj.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NADoKWCzK9U/TesoBnLq7dI/AAAAAAAABU4/TPNm1C6jAYc/s200/DSC_1455_adj.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614625368610368978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></a>
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<br /></div><div>The next user who offered an idea disconnected before I could get their name, but their idea was this: "A flower with different color petals to show we are all different no matter what color." I'm not sure if they meant to say "to show we are all the <i>same</i> no matter what color", but I guess I shall never know. Anyway, just one idea so far for that one.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tPSKWvy_VqA/TesmmS_ewrI/AAAAAAAABUg/CNNuQOb923Q/s1600/DSC_1454_adj.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tPSKWvy_VqA/TesmmS_ewrI/AAAAAAAABUg/CNNuQOb923Q/s200/DSC_1454_adj.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614623799822434994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></a></div>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-88715293930111003362011-06-04T20:42:00.002-05:002011-06-04T20:43:21.181-05:00Update on project coming soonSorry, but not all of the illustrations for this Omegle Stranger Idea project will be done by tonight. It's probably going to take a few days into next week as well. Moving in and settling into my new apartment has taken longer than expected. :/Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-53803981790781491032011-05-31T23:51:00.004-05:002011-06-09T01:47:57.034-05:00"Alien standing on a bridge about to fall in water and crush thousands of innocent people"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeSNQO3WrKE/TeXdabkoI6I/AAAAAAAABT8/-dGfYDXRj_4/s1600/new_sketch2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeSNQO3WrKE/TeXdabkoI6I/AAAAAAAABT8/-dGfYDXRj_4/s200/new_sketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613135956734911394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />very minimalist with the color, idea might not come across the best, and it probably doesn't look like it took as long as it did... but there was some considerable time I spent trying to get the bridge perspective to look better and the perspective on the alien to look at least okay (it still isn't quite right). Oh well. Might come back to this later, but for now, onwards to the next Omegle stranger idea... (might not be for a few days - packing tomorrow, moving the next).Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-74578472937699749842011-05-31T17:41:00.004-05:002011-05-31T17:51:05.792-05:00Alien on bridgeHere is the idea from the second person (in my "get drawing ideas from random people on Omegle" project): "Alien standing on a bridge about to fall in water and crush thousands of innocent people". I have an extremely simple and rough doodle so far (perspectives, on alien especially, are not the best right now):<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3c--Z7yLS-0/TeVvwqZMlBI/AAAAAAAABTs/ubLuGs1Le18/s1600/sketch1_cropped2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3c--Z7yLS-0/TeVvwqZMlBI/AAAAAAAABTs/ubLuGs1Le18/s200/sketch1_cropped2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613015392391566354" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NJDglRBYmYA/TeVvww5HIBI/AAAAAAAABT0/OWvdHaoZbLA/s1600/sketch1_cropped3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NJDglRBYmYA/TeVvww5HIBI/AAAAAAAABT0/OWvdHaoZbLA/s200/sketch1_cropped3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613015394136039442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Like the last idea I forgot to ask whether they wanted a name mentioned or not, as credit for the idea. I gave them the blog address though so if they want they can comment.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-84788600282232326882011-05-30T21:00:00.005-05:002011-06-09T01:48:39.533-05:00Charlie Sheen Riding a Unicorn Behind a MountainRecently I've been drawing and doodling a lot, but nothing really more "complete" than that. I was hitting a block in terms of thinking of ideas for some more full illustration to make, so last night I thought of an idea. I went on omegle, a text-only online chat service that pairs you up with an anonymous stranger, and I went from person to person until I had about six ideas for some drawings/illustrations. I told each stranger the basic idea of my project, and gave them the address to this blog, saying that there should be results within the next week. Unfortunately I forgot at the time that I'll be moving into a new apartment on Thursday, so I may not be able to get to every one of the six this week, but we'll see.<br /><br />For the first two people I accidentally forgot to ask if they wanted a name attached to the final product, but I gave them my blog address, so hopefully they look here and maybe leave a comment. Today I made Idea #1: "Mountain with Charlie Sheen on a unicorn in the background"<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ddN4BE_hhSg/TeRRYSro2WI/AAAAAAAABTk/NKwcyfUWwwU/s1600/sheenicorn_ill1_web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ddN4BE_hhSg/TeRRYSro2WI/AAAAAAAABTk/NKwcyfUWwwU/s200/sheenicorn_ill1_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612700513384061282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Not a masterpiece but I'm working fast with these. Hope to have the next illustration up tomorrow, and hopefully I can squeeze in another one tomorrow as well.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-45481762289453000392011-05-28T18:44:00.007-05:002011-05-30T15:31:33.922-05:00Summer Doodles and DrawingsHere are some various drawings and doodles from my sketchbook the past couple of weeks. A lot of it is rather directionless but I think that experimenting and "play" is sort of what I'm more interested in right now anyway. I do hope to make some stuff that's more "complete" soon. The church ink drawing is a little more complete, but that was begun last December and I was only "finishing" it recently (and I'm not sure I'd call it completely finished yet).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNFQGNRBk3A/TeGuRIaAl5I/AAAAAAAABSE/lwEuSi9E9A8/s1600/summer_sketches1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNFQGNRBk3A/TeGuRIaAl5I/AAAAAAAABSE/lwEuSi9E9A8/s200/summer_sketches1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611958220017932178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q0-Kgu9NkP4/TeGuRcvkCKI/AAAAAAAABSM/a1Dfank04Hw/s1600/lamps_bitmap_effect.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q0-Kgu9NkP4/TeGuRcvkCKI/AAAAAAAABSM/a1Dfank04Hw/s200/lamps_bitmap_effect.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611958225477044386" border="0" /></a><br />The version on the right came when I copied+pasted the drawing into a Photoshop document that was in "Bitmap" mode, and everything ended up looking pixelated. I liked the effect so I included it here (you have to zoom in to see it).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlqEjd792OE/TeGuSHvzMzI/AAAAAAAABSc/-CZiejYbqg4/s1600/summer_sketches3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlqEjd792OE/TeGuSHvzMzI/AAAAAAAABSc/-CZiejYbqg4/s200/summer_sketches3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611958237020762930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WV6eqI1R9qU/TeGuST9yorI/AAAAAAAABSk/K8-25VLM06s/s1600/summer_sketches4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WV6eqI1R9qU/TeGuST9yorI/AAAAAAAABSk/K8-25VLM06s/s200/summer_sketches4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611958240300671666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4M0-Y5_BhM/TeGuRhgbojI/AAAAAAAABSU/5x9g0KXA4TI/s1600/summer_sketches2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4M0-Y5_BhM/TeGuRhgbojI/AAAAAAAABSU/5x9g0KXA4TI/s200/summer_sketches2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611958226755756594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bqy3dR9c0tM/TeG1iLOUJUI/AAAAAAAABTM/vQvv72ZrCtY/s1600/summer_sketches9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bqy3dR9c0tM/TeG1iLOUJUI/AAAAAAAABTM/vQvv72ZrCtY/s200/summer_sketches9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611966209413358914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RCLdkgr2r4k/TeG1hwPbNWI/AAAAAAAABTE/MLcWCnvKUv4/s1600/summer_sketches8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RCLdkgr2r4k/TeG1hwPbNWI/AAAAAAAABTE/MLcWCnvKUv4/s200/summer_sketches8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611966202170258786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JpKYB4vzhAk/TeG1hbQySnI/AAAAAAAABS8/cM_G61lwrf4/s1600/summer_sketches7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JpKYB4vzhAk/TeG1hbQySnI/AAAAAAAABS8/cM_G61lwrf4/s200/summer_sketches7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611966196538821234" border="0" /></a><br />I think I posted the "JAN" sketch before, but this time... there's dots.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gENE5QiHs9A/TeG1g4F4oVI/AAAAAAAABS0/rHts4qvqHTQ/s1600/summer_sketches6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gENE5QiHs9A/TeG1g4F4oVI/AAAAAAAABS0/rHts4qvqHTQ/s200/summer_sketches6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611966187097858386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-muMc_4YwLzU/TeG1gvKUHXI/AAAAAAAABSs/2bBYTlCvoqM/s1600/summer_sketches5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-muMc_4YwLzU/TeG1gvKUHXI/AAAAAAAABSs/2bBYTlCvoqM/s200/summer_sketches5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611966184700517746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jPvlBd5KR6M/TeG6qmKdDKI/AAAAAAAABTU/rd9NIQfCles/s1600/summer_sketches10.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 101px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jPvlBd5KR6M/TeG6qmKdDKI/AAAAAAAABTU/rd9NIQfCles/s200/summer_sketches10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611971851642014882" border="0" /></a><br />My friend Liz, one night in Ireland, challenged my brother and me to draw all the Pokemon we could remember off the top of our head (without looking any up). I've played some of the recent Pokemon games for the DS, but I was still surprised at how many I could draw, because I don't remember seeing them as much in those recent games I had played. I also noticed that they were all from the first generation Pokemon games.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9nnIdPqIXOU/TeG6q3NWUTI/AAAAAAAABTc/RVG0p1iJJ2w/s1600/dylan_church_drawing_scan1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9nnIdPqIXOU/TeG6q3NWUTI/AAAAAAAABTc/RVG0p1iJJ2w/s200/dylan_church_drawing_scan1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611971856217559346" border="0" /></a><br />this is the church drawing I mentioned before; started December 2010, and then I worked on it more these past couple of weeks. It is of a church next to Kylemore Abbey in Ireland (I drew from a photo of it).Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-62235568971882143112011-05-25T23:10:00.006-05:002011-05-30T15:14:19.600-05:00Twin FuryA year or two ago I got a clip art book from my parents for Christmas (I think it was Christmas), but I had never really looked through it thoroughly or used it until recently. About a week ago my brother and I were looking through some of our books, in order to find some to give to charity. I came across this and put it aside, and then today I scanned a bunch of pages from it. I posted a bunch of images from it that I found amusing or interesting on <a href="http://netlemur.tumblr.com/">my tumblr</a>, and then proceeded to get carried away taking a few images from it and trying to make some sort of illustration.<br /><br />I had no specific idea in mind to start with, so I just experimented and played around. Not sure if I would or could call any of these "complete", like I said, they're more experiments.<br /><br />If anybody's wondering, the image in the middle (in most of them) is two men (or boys?) doing some sort of judo-wrestling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ov7ReAg0_8c/Td3XZuoSTWI/AAAAAAAABQ0/AfT-Mz-j1Qk/s1600/twinfists_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ov7ReAg0_8c/Td3XZuoSTWI/AAAAAAAABQ0/AfT-Mz-j1Qk/s200/twinfists_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610877547787210082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuLFmwKExBI/Td3Xa1mi4LI/AAAAAAAABRM/aHmLbuQ3w_w/s1600/twinfists_4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuLFmwKExBI/Td3Xa1mi4LI/AAAAAAAABRM/aHmLbuQ3w_w/s200/twinfists_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610877566838825138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2UAd1kTONQ/Td3XZ2VsioI/AAAAAAAABQ8/047K86vrWHw/s1600/twinfists_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H2UAd1kTONQ/Td3XZ2VsioI/AAAAAAAABQ8/047K86vrWHw/s200/twinfists_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610877549856721538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sCBd9ELEBI/Td3jaxJBNKI/AAAAAAAABRs/dOz8IQbeF44/s1600/twinfists_7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sCBd9ELEBI/Td3jaxJBNKI/AAAAAAAABRs/dOz8IQbeF44/s200/twinfists_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610890759780775074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EcpnIt_8nxs/Td3jahB2GNI/AAAAAAAABRk/GD3FFWs6xIo/s1600/twinfists_6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EcpnIt_8nxs/Td3jahB2GNI/AAAAAAAABRk/GD3FFWs6xIo/s200/twinfists_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610890755455719634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-traItvPkMno/Td3XaUF-VsI/AAAAAAAABRE/_RGxwfFLjKE/s1600/twinfists_3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-traItvPkMno/Td3XaUF-VsI/AAAAAAAABRE/_RGxwfFLjKE/s200/twinfists_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610877557843842754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M2eOOr-Z4MY/Td3XbK4PJAI/AAAAAAAABRU/yPzNPuSJPPU/s1600/twinfists_5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-M2eOOr-Z4MY/Td3XbK4PJAI/AAAAAAAABRU/yPzNPuSJPPU/s200/twinfists_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610877572550173698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W5mu2Fgjc2g/Td3jwOOJaOI/AAAAAAAABR0/_lJDDiOpMik/s1600/twinfists_8.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W5mu2Fgjc2g/Td3jwOOJaOI/AAAAAAAABR0/_lJDDiOpMik/s200/twinfists_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891128364165346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hohtvHl2xEw/Td3jwcffsyI/AAAAAAAABR8/WZwKe_YY9rs/s1600/twinfists_9.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hohtvHl2xEw/Td3jwcffsyI/AAAAAAAABR8/WZwKe_YY9rs/s200/twinfists_9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891132195025698" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-33986869774592178872011-05-22T21:49:00.005-05:002011-05-30T15:15:34.704-05:00Florence, Venice and Paris - sketches and doodlesAfter my 4.5 months studying abroad in Ireland, my brother Dustin and I spent two weeks traveling in other countries around Europe. Dustin did basically all of the booking and scheduling (thanks again Dustin), and while it was still somewhat stressful at times, overall it was completely worth it and amazing. I didn't do a whole lot of drawing while there, but I did some, and most of those are posted here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akcayrGAem0/TdnMrPYNNgI/AAAAAAAABP0/cBCVTnbAgXM/s1600/combined_florence_doodles.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 172px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akcayrGAem0/TdnMrPYNNgI/AAAAAAAABP0/cBCVTnbAgXM/s200/combined_florence_doodles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609739854101165570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCuu3yr8pIE/TdnOO-BW2TI/AAAAAAAABQc/jFZ-v1CoswM/s1600/italy_035.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCuu3yr8pIE/TdnOO-BW2TI/AAAAAAAABQc/jFZ-v1CoswM/s200/italy_035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609741567428843826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5eJfoAF8tvY/TdnMrhetbGI/AAAAAAAABQE/lCmPEi8q2YU/s1600/italy_025.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5eJfoAF8tvY/TdnMrhetbGI/AAAAAAAABQE/lCmPEi8q2YU/s200/italy_025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609739858960280674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-myMky62Ro04/TdnMreR925I/AAAAAAAABP8/oVJtwWRVaUY/s1600/italy_024.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-myMky62Ro04/TdnMreR925I/AAAAAAAABP8/oVJtwWRVaUY/s200/italy_024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609739858101525394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdQy2Pdjv_M/TdnMr8WMErI/AAAAAAAABQM/R7U7haIav7Y/s1600/italy_028.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdQy2Pdjv_M/TdnMr8WMErI/AAAAAAAABQM/R7U7haIav7Y/s200/italy_028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609739866172297906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6iSIhK-etvQ/TdnMsFZQtlI/AAAAAAAABQU/c4VfjRoZsmU/s1600/italy_028_detail.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6iSIhK-etvQ/TdnMsFZQtlI/AAAAAAAABQU/c4VfjRoZsmU/s200/italy_028_detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609739868601103954" border="0" /></a><br />on the page with little faces: the building on the top of the left page was across the square in front of the Duomo, at night, during a crowded festival/concert thing going on. some of the gestural sketches on the right page are from people dancing on the stage at that concert. the little faces were just from my mind, based on a vague impression of people in Florence I had seen that night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mX0aaotPLK0/TdnOPJBrOII/AAAAAAAABQk/N6uvPe45zLA/s1600/italy_venice_029.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mX0aaotPLK0/TdnOPJBrOII/AAAAAAAABQk/N6uvPe45zLA/s200/italy_venice_029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609741570382968962" border="0" /></a><br />this was near the train station where we first entered Venice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4vIPDz1aMQ/TdnOPt-YPmI/AAAAAAAABQs/-AN_Ly6GmqA/s1600/paris_faces_blind_contour_030.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4vIPDz1aMQ/TdnOPt-YPmI/AAAAAAAABQs/-AN_Ly6GmqA/s200/paris_faces_blind_contour_030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609741580301254242" border="0" /></a><br />Paris blind contour sketches - I was sitting in a restaurant and all of these people were in cars or on motorcycles, stopping when the light was red at the intersection outside the window. I was pleasantly surprised at how I captured some of their faces (I'm still fairly new to doing blind contour drawings of faces).Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-73879179798404876082011-05-16T20:34:00.006-05:002011-05-30T15:32:35.044-05:00Charleville Castle and Aran Islands sketchesWhile visiting the "most haunted" castle in Ireland, Charleville Castle, a couple of months back, I made a series of small drawings in one of my sketchbooks. Here are some of them:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mn2xTzZbtJg/TdHRLHTg_OI/AAAAAAAABPU/OojrQVGfDX4/s1600/chareville_1_combined_flat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mn2xTzZbtJg/TdHRLHTg_OI/AAAAAAAABPU/OojrQVGfDX4/s200/chareville_1_combined_flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607492999922646242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-99Q6Rf0ONJY/TdHRLiE8FII/AAAAAAAABPk/VaHmrI2L1jM/s1600/chareville_3_combined_flat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-99Q6Rf0ONJY/TdHRLiE8FII/AAAAAAAABPk/VaHmrI2L1jM/s200/chareville_3_combined_flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607493007109264514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hJqSRkHaMtg/TdHRLbu5fxI/AAAAAAAABPc/kwk-XsjZK9U/s1600/chareville_2_combined_flat.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hJqSRkHaMtg/TdHRLbu5fxI/AAAAAAAABPc/kwk-XsjZK9U/s200/chareville_2_combined_flat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607493005406207762" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Also, here are some pages from my sketchbook from a trip to the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland (well, just one of the islands - Inis Mor):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVmMRmhY_o4/TdHR9qGcsBI/AAAAAAAABPs/hmCmSWOJegY/s1600/Aran_islands_sketches_Dylan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVmMRmhY_o4/TdHR9qGcsBI/AAAAAAAABPs/hmCmSWOJegY/s200/Aran_islands_sketches_Dylan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607493868256538642" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-64915194522310674652011-05-16T16:19:00.004-05:002011-05-30T15:17:22.691-05:00Animation workOver the past 5 months, I was studying abroad in Ireland (through my school, MCAD). One of the courses I had was "Independent Project", which involved weekly group meetings with the MCAD teacher who was also there for the semester (Pam Valfer) and the other MCAD students there, and then individual meetings with Pam. The project itself required a proposal written before we even got to Ireland, but once there, we were free to go in any direction we wanted to. I ended up doing a series of experimental animations, using charcoal and collage, that each involved some reaction I was having to the Burren (the name of the region of Ireland I was in). Finding a way to set up for each of these was a bit of a challenge, as the facilities at the Burren College of Art aren't quite what I'm used to at MCAD... Ok, I'm talking enough, here are the animations I made ("Foggy Night" - actually made for another class (Mixed Media) but it relates to the other three in some ways, "Tomb", "Wall", and "Burren and Home" - and that's the order I made them in):<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19707970?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19707970">Foggy Night</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1159943">Dylan Davis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23658827?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23658827">Tomb</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1159943">Dylan Davis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23661382?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23661382">Wall</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1159943">Dylan Davis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23663195?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23663195">Burren and Home</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1159943">Dylan Davis</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />"Foggy Night" and "Tomb" were both made on the wall of an empty classroom with only the regular ceiling lights of the room for lighting (which is why they flicker a lot - I'm not entirely okay with the effect but I don't hate it either). "Foggy Night" was made for my Mixed Media class, for an assignment that simply had the prompt "Journey", and was based on a walk home from the school I made one foggy night, by myself.<br /><br />The subject of "Tomb" is Poulnabrone, a "portal tomb" monument in the Burren, built thousands of years ago and with the purposes still uncertain. "Wall" came from me experimenting with cut-out, wrinkled/painted pieces of tracing paper, and from my interest in the many stone walls in the Burren. "Burren and Home" combines imagery from my dreams, the landscape of the area I grew up in, my fear of tornados and floods, and ruins of man-made structures in the Burren.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-31155367075045041282011-03-30T17:00:00.026-05:002011-05-30T15:33:40.414-05:00Irish Studies - Field TripsHere are various photos from the field trips we take for Irish Studies, every Friday. These photos come from multiple weeks.<br /><br />The following are all from February 11th, on a trip to Prehistoric sites in the Burren.<br /><br /><br /><br />barely visible remains of a prehistoric tomb:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYUzpsADRaw/Tadhv-cNWgI/AAAAAAAABHs/T_fxrpldoMg/s1600/DSC_0632.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYUzpsADRaw/Tadhv-cNWgI/AAAAAAAABHs/T_fxrpldoMg/s200/DSC_0632.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595548538874190338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />old wall running alongside the road we walked to get back to the bus (from the tomb site in the previous photo)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o64q2w7ckz0/TadhwOBst9I/AAAAAAAABH0/SfofqUmkdeM/s1600/DSC_0637.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o64q2w7ckz0/TadhwOBst9I/AAAAAAAABH0/SfofqUmkdeM/s200/DSC_0637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595548543057967058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Glacial erratic boulder:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UgCVC3AHqxY/TadhxCLMVkI/AAAAAAAABIE/-cKSlJiGLYI/s1600/DSC_0641.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UgCVC3AHqxY/TadhxCLMVkI/AAAAAAAABIE/-cKSlJiGLYI/s200/DSC_0641.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595548557056431682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Two photos of a wedge tomb, and then the remains of another type of tomb (I forgot the name) which we had to crawl and walk through much scrub and bushes to get to (very much off the beaten path).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TneNcFvQd5U/TadhwoWcxFI/AAAAAAAABH8/S3XBeYgrEos/s1600/DSC_0639.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TneNcFvQd5U/TadhwoWcxFI/AAAAAAAABH8/S3XBeYgrEos/s200/DSC_0639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595548550124323922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RYo9ab6sFIg/TadjekbSXgI/AAAAAAAABI8/91_8bDvX7cw/s1600/DSC_0663.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RYo9ab6sFIg/TadjekbSXgI/AAAAAAAABI8/91_8bDvX7cw/s200/DSC_0663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595550438856482306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SxS9Ain8Sdw/TadipqQTP4I/AAAAAAAABI0/S0UXeYQ8KPQ/s1600/DSC_0661.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SxS9Ain8Sdw/TadipqQTP4I/AAAAAAAABI0/S0UXeYQ8KPQ/s200/DSC_0661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595549529887948674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At the top of a decent sized hill, with a great view. I think the bus brought us there (we didn't climb, from what I can remember). Dustin and I got some photos of ourselves with friends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vToA0ik4ZGU/TadipQMomnI/AAAAAAAABIs/y5V95WgeT98/s1600/DSC_0651.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vToA0ik4ZGU/TadipQMomnI/AAAAAAAABIs/y5V95WgeT98/s200/DSC_0651.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595549522893249138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_g8BIXmHQw4/Tadio3CTUPI/AAAAAAAABIk/fQ946NsTwzI/s1600/DSC_0649.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_g8BIXmHQw4/Tadio3CTUPI/AAAAAAAABIk/fQ946NsTwzI/s200/DSC_0649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595549516139024626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mroPDh9Pzkg/Tadiog6HQ2I/AAAAAAAABIc/MJx5Sew1PSI/s1600/DSC_0648.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mroPDh9Pzkg/Tadiog6HQ2I/AAAAAAAABIc/MJx5Sew1PSI/s200/DSC_0648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595549510199100258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SiMiOCaR5RE/TadhxcOiqMI/AAAAAAAABIM/k-wBPUy9wVM/s1600/DSC_0642.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SiMiOCaR5RE/TadhxcOiqMI/AAAAAAAABIM/k-wBPUy9wVM/s200/DSC_0642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595548564049799362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Didn't know it at the time, but over a month later (March 25) we would climb the rounded mountain visible in the distance.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cg-sAAejkOE/TadioDGdLOI/AAAAAAAABIU/7FsmA4WKfZk/s1600/DSC_0645.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cg-sAAejkOE/TadioDGdLOI/AAAAAAAABIU/7FsmA4WKfZk/s200/DSC_0645.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595549502197804258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This next group are all from a trip to various pre-Christian and early Christian sites, on the 4th of March.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P7f4u5YL-cA/TadmcY3DzxI/AAAAAAAABKE/jWnQUFDmgPo/s1600/DSC_0747.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P7f4u5YL-cA/TadmcY3DzxI/AAAAAAAABKE/jWnQUFDmgPo/s200/DSC_0747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595553699926888210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GErRP8nUchs/TadnjNo9hHI/AAAAAAAABKU/t39nC92LO40/s1600/DSC_0755.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GErRP8nUchs/TadnjNo9hHI/AAAAAAAABKU/t39nC92LO40/s200/DSC_0755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595554916685677682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were some very cool carved faces (some human, some animal-ish) in the arch to this one door. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the ruins (it was a church), and the age, and whether our teacher (Gordon D'Arcy) said anything about what the purpose or origin of the faces was.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6lKcc5tbLA/Tadmc1g8BmI/AAAAAAAABKM/AxymE6rKzIc/s1600/DSC_0751.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6lKcc5tbLA/Tadmc1g8BmI/AAAAAAAABKM/AxymE6rKzIc/s200/DSC_0751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595553707618731618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JPlRFN1nxUw/TatLufJxzFI/AAAAAAAABN8/QEESv3mfS5A/s1600/DSC_0750.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JPlRFN1nxUw/TatLufJxzFI/AAAAAAAABN8/QEESv3mfS5A/s200/DSC_0750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596650223946550354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iPM-m3lA6i0/TatLu5djaRI/AAAAAAAABOM/CuvnkdCq-LY/s1600/DSC_0753.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iPM-m3lA6i0/TatLu5djaRI/AAAAAAAABOM/CuvnkdCq-LY/s200/DSC_0753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596650231008815378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8CFUpSVrBI/TatLvPd_y4I/AAAAAAAABOU/IQf3OBdmW-0/s1600/DSC_0754.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8CFUpSVrBI/TatLvPd_y4I/AAAAAAAABOU/IQf3OBdmW-0/s200/DSC_0754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596650236916255618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hmvJqMF1hXc/TatLuqs40HI/AAAAAAAABOE/d3ex-jRjD7Q/s1600/DSC_0752.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hmvJqMF1hXc/TatLuqs40HI/AAAAAAAABOE/d3ex-jRjD7Q/s200/DSC_0752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596650227046600818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Some remains of towers<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PJK_HUXQTlQ/TadmcL5wEEI/AAAAAAAABJ8/IaoRm02nRtc/s1600/DSC_0744.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PJK_HUXQTlQ/TadmcL5wEEI/AAAAAAAABJ8/IaoRm02nRtc/s200/DSC_0744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595553696448516162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNtDbeiWT74/TadmbNE9z3I/AAAAAAAABJs/PGd9eytNGGc/s1600/DSC_0740.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dNtDbeiWT74/TadmbNE9z3I/AAAAAAAABJs/PGd9eytNGGc/s200/DSC_0740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595553679584120690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgC40i0UvxQ/TadmbsYq4MI/AAAAAAAABJ0/64O5borVKRI/s1600/DSC_0742.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgC40i0UvxQ/TadmbsYq4MI/AAAAAAAABJ0/64O5borVKRI/s200/DSC_0742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595553687988265154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another church<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9CdSUK1Nmrw/TadlUEwytKI/AAAAAAAABJk/ybPAZQCXfDE/s1600/DSC_0737.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9CdSUK1Nmrw/TadlUEwytKI/AAAAAAAABJk/ybPAZQCXfDE/s200/DSC_0737.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595552457581311138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9qGYDU2gl1I/TadlTrZAbPI/AAAAAAAABJc/8PFuClgznOQ/s1600/DSC_0733.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9qGYDU2gl1I/TadlTrZAbPI/AAAAAAAABJc/8PFuClgznOQ/s200/DSC_0733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595552450770660594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAfwbP3Oow/TadlTCg--YI/AAAAAAAABJU/9GG1a3YrjsE/s1600/DSC_0732.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZeAfwbP3Oow/TadlTCg--YI/AAAAAAAABJU/9GG1a3YrjsE/s200/DSC_0732.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595552439798266242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-seHo8ANL85E/TadlS1bvqOI/AAAAAAAABJM/HWKe6g6MEJY/s1600/DSC_0731.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-seHo8ANL85E/TadlS1bvqOI/AAAAAAAABJM/HWKe6g6MEJY/s200/DSC_0731.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595552436286630114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6vzc30hksQ/TadlSQBYN7I/AAAAAAAABJE/CrJeLwglrVg/s1600/DSC_0730.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v6vzc30hksQ/TadlSQBYN7I/AAAAAAAABJE/CrJeLwglrVg/s200/DSC_0730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595552426243930034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This was a neat old, slightly leaning, and quite tall tower that we did not stop at because it was raining quite hard at this point in the afternoon. Neat to look at, though. I couldn't see the top of it from my seat in the bus but Dustin was on the closer side and shot a few photos through his window.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L2e2_kLAjrA/Tadnjftv-jI/AAAAAAAABKc/0J9XD_sQdtg/s1600/DSC_0757.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L2e2_kLAjrA/Tadnjftv-jI/AAAAAAAABKc/0J9XD_sQdtg/s200/DSC_0757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595554921537600050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The next batch are all from a trip we made to a mountain (Mulloch Mor - I think that's how it's spelled). We climbed to the top, rested, and then back down the opposite side. The views from the top (or even halfway to the top) were beautiful and amazing. Then we walked on a famine road back to the main road, and the bus came and picked us up. At the very end of the trip, there was a brief stop to a site where, long ago, some Christians held services outside, away from others, because I guess they were being prosecuted at the time (it's the photos where there are some standing stones visible).<br /><br />Big turlough:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-YXmNbSbOg/Tad6h8QUwHI/AAAAAAAABK0/PWc28s6ugN0/s1600/DSC_0363.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-YXmNbSbOg/Tad6h8QUwHI/AAAAAAAABK0/PWc28s6ugN0/s200/DSC_0363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595575785559998578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Black lichen:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Xn1TcdUPZQ/Tad6iWr0LzI/AAAAAAAABK8/fJOmqgeUiA0/s1600/DSC_0374.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0Xn1TcdUPZQ/Tad6iWr0LzI/AAAAAAAABK8/fJOmqgeUiA0/s200/DSC_0374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595575792654626610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The land surrounding the mountain, and some evidence of coral on rock (from very, very ancient times when the ocean covered the land)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0OK8pPx5eY0/Tad6g-fJOBI/AAAAAAAABKk/IQ_ryBkSshU/s1600/DSC_0355.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0OK8pPx5eY0/Tad6g-fJOBI/AAAAAAAABKk/IQ_ryBkSshU/s200/DSC_0355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595575768979159058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IOTaKtLsSbc/Tad6hcJH2FI/AAAAAAAABKs/gesTTwIkjTA/s1600/DSC_0356.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IOTaKtLsSbc/Tad6hcJH2FI/AAAAAAAABKs/gesTTwIkjTA/s200/DSC_0356.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595575776939858002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-znpHHcM5xVE/Tad6ijwn4yI/AAAAAAAABLE/m6ct3oYgMTI/s1600/DSC_0376.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-znpHHcM5xVE/Tad6ijwn4yI/AAAAAAAABLE/m6ct3oYgMTI/s200/DSC_0376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595575796164453154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Flowers<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o4ZlA5TBPwA/TatGme63nwI/AAAAAAAABNU/jmvEllUD_BQ/s1600/DSC_0365.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o4ZlA5TBPwA/TatGme63nwI/AAAAAAAABNU/jmvEllUD_BQ/s200/DSC_0365.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596644588886925058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Part of the way up the mountain<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EISdS62y8lQ/Tad8IS-kyTI/AAAAAAAABLc/2sRmwGl9TbE/s1600/DSC_0394.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EISdS62y8lQ/Tad8IS-kyTI/AAAAAAAABLc/2sRmwGl9TbE/s200/DSC_0394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595577544006224178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Zw1OD5ctJM/Tad8H4Wz92I/AAAAAAAABLU/v6MUNdKEQbc/s1600/DSC_0391.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Zw1OD5ctJM/Tad8H4Wz92I/AAAAAAAABLU/v6MUNdKEQbc/s200/DSC_0391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595577536860125026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NAkWV6L0k18/TatGm9lOLlI/AAAAAAAABNc/vlmpABZvLZM/s1600/DSC_0382.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NAkWV6L0k18/TatGm9lOLlI/AAAAAAAABNc/vlmpABZvLZM/s200/DSC_0382.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596644597117627986" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zqX4ZO3ifFk/Tad8HoMm3BI/AAAAAAAABLM/-ZrKlYIRwIU/s1600/DSC_0384.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zqX4ZO3ifFk/Tad8HoMm3BI/AAAAAAAABLM/-ZrKlYIRwIU/s200/DSC_0384.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595577532522355730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_voGygL-Fk/Taq0DmMp2RI/AAAAAAAABL0/pTO6P0cPA1A/s1600/DSC_0403.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_voGygL-Fk/Taq0DmMp2RI/AAAAAAAABL0/pTO6P0cPA1A/s200/DSC_0403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596483460847491346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-isA6q3D0Gl4/Taq0D61UBaI/AAAAAAAABL8/eXrdpCS8wy0/s1600/DSC_0402.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-isA6q3D0Gl4/Taq0D61UBaI/AAAAAAAABL8/eXrdpCS8wy0/s200/DSC_0402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596483466386736546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />next several are at the top area, I think<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9OiFEkgatVU/TatGnZnEu0I/AAAAAAAABNk/Iexw98F7tF4/s1600/DSC_0396.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9OiFEkgatVU/TatGnZnEu0I/AAAAAAAABNk/Iexw98F7tF4/s200/DSC_0396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596644604641590082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8nKddoWFkhk/Taq2gGru4eI/AAAAAAAABMU/TLyYO1rO0PY/s1600/DSC_0421.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8nKddoWFkhk/Taq2gGru4eI/AAAAAAAABMU/TLyYO1rO0PY/s200/DSC_0421.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596486149627372002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xpy8ZY1i8mM/Taq2f7CbaFI/AAAAAAAABMM/e_P_p971DqA/s1600/DSC_0420.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xpy8ZY1i8mM/Taq2f7CbaFI/AAAAAAAABMM/e_P_p971DqA/s200/DSC_0420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596486146501339218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m70cNsmv344/TatGoBGlToI/AAAAAAAABNs/_BGTdRzSJsE/s1600/DSC_0419.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m70cNsmv344/TatGoBGlToI/AAAAAAAABNs/_BGTdRzSJsE/s200/DSC_0419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596644615242731138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04dek4WhJU/Tad8JAijXcI/AAAAAAAABLs/UReJII6ixEI/s1600/DSC_0397.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q04dek4WhJU/Tad8JAijXcI/AAAAAAAABLs/UReJII6ixEI/s200/DSC_0397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595577556236721602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H01iL2drX0s/Tad8Itx7CII/AAAAAAAABLk/ys4JUtSq3AM/s1600/DSC_0395.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H01iL2drX0s/Tad8Itx7CII/AAAAAAAABLk/ys4JUtSq3AM/s200/DSC_0395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595577551200913538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPtNpxtw_Nk/Taq2fWFUFYI/AAAAAAAABME/4kRKbHp9Olw/s1600/DSC_0416.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CPtNpxtw_Nk/Taq2fWFUFYI/AAAAAAAABME/4kRKbHp9Olw/s200/DSC_0416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596486136581330306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some trees on the way down the opposite side:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qamxB_09e2c/Taq2gIMJNPI/AAAAAAAABMc/_JoKaUWtIPo/s1600/DSC_0422.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qamxB_09e2c/Taq2gIMJNPI/AAAAAAAABMc/_JoKaUWtIPo/s200/DSC_0422.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596486150031750386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ERWvDZtNd6U/Taq2ggs6ugI/AAAAAAAABMk/ZSxnw3MnLWQ/s1600/DSC_0424.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ERWvDZtNd6U/Taq2ggs6ugI/AAAAAAAABMk/ZSxnw3MnLWQ/s200/DSC_0424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596486156611664386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Standing rock alongside the famine road (we were now all the way down the opposite side of the mountain).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WAN220t0BcA/TarGUbMtBEI/AAAAAAAABM0/uCWHysOh5Ow/s1600/DSC_0426.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WAN220t0BcA/TarGUbMtBEI/AAAAAAAABM0/uCWHysOh5Ow/s200/DSC_0426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596503541161985090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />View from our final rest stop at the end of the famine road, and views of the mountain from this side<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zFcgj9YbwC8/TarGUjBpsDI/AAAAAAAABM8/sA_2YG8_Sbk/s1600/DSC_0430.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zFcgj9YbwC8/TarGUjBpsDI/AAAAAAAABM8/sA_2YG8_Sbk/s200/DSC_0430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596503543263113266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wy6tJ7X_XAw/TarGUyIfbzI/AAAAAAAABNE/ud1zNSLw1t8/s1600/DSC_0431.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wy6tJ7X_XAw/TarGUyIfbzI/AAAAAAAABNE/ud1zNSLw1t8/s200/DSC_0431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596503547318333234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0UrA6qnhm08/TarGUKH56kI/AAAAAAAABMs/Wf-s1J-0sXg/s1600/DSC_0425.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0UrA6qnhm08/TarGUKH56kI/AAAAAAAABMs/Wf-s1J-0sXg/s200/DSC_0425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596503536578456130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the final site we stopped at (mentioned in the beginning of this group of photos)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-km2WXwELdO8/TarGVMBtKfI/AAAAAAAABNM/3EA1554UFp8/s1600/DSC_0435.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-km2WXwELdO8/TarGVMBtKfI/AAAAAAAABNM/3EA1554UFp8/s200/DSC_0435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596503554269194738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cngQv64vz8I/TatGoduQ4UI/AAAAAAAABN0/onQ5as5qQwE/s1600/DSC_0437.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cngQv64vz8I/TatGoduQ4UI/AAAAAAAABN0/onQ5as5qQwE/s200/DSC_0437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596644622925357378" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-20608500888643221382011-02-13T17:58:00.024-06:002011-05-30T15:20:11.431-05:00Art StuffsJust some things I've been making during my time in the Burren (in Ireland). A lot of experimenting. I'm pretty excited about some of the little new ways in which my creativity is being stretched and developed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SE2-rRKdVks/TVmY6QU1JPI/AAAAAAAABFU/7voLeTsGXQM/s1600/texture003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SE2-rRKdVks/TVmY6QU1JPI/AAAAAAAABFU/7voLeTsGXQM/s200/texture003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573654140429870322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gzj9C5PGS2c/TVmY6ITGcuI/AAAAAAAABFM/lKU4NMkkPXg/s1600/texture002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gzj9C5PGS2c/TVmY6ITGcuI/AAAAAAAABFM/lKU4NMkkPXg/s200/texture002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573654138275132130" border="0" /></a><br />These are some sheets of tracing paper that I painted heavily with watercolor. I then spread a light layer of charcoal over it, and took it outside to spray some fixative on it. I put some rocks down on the paper to hold it down from the wind while the fixative was drying. It had recently rained and the rocks were wet, so I think that somehow left those white "bleach" marks on the paper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dbu2MmHqmL0/TVmY5jLy0rI/AAAAAAAABFE/6FPDQHK6buc/s1600/texture001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dbu2MmHqmL0/TVmY5jLy0rI/AAAAAAAABFE/6FPDQHK6buc/s200/texture001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573654128312373938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DywzOnSQFpk/TVmY5Nqp8II/AAAAAAAABE8/5OjNHjemIpo/s1600/scan002_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DywzOnSQFpk/TVmY5Nqp8II/AAAAAAAABE8/5OjNHjemIpo/s200/scan002_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573654122536235138" border="0" /></a><br />The left image is a charcoal rubbing I made of a rock on a recent field trip to some prehistoric sites (as part of Irish Studies class). The right image is just a quick experiment I did with acrylic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cA531xtoJRw/TVmY4g8G-kI/AAAAAAAABE0/4Mz6M32K1RU/s1600/scan001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cA531xtoJRw/TVmY4g8G-kI/AAAAAAAABE0/4Mz6M32K1RU/s200/scan001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573654110529845826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0oFk8YJHBzQ/TVmXh2w4rBI/AAAAAAAABEs/Xb30DQtCqNY/s1600/politician_apathy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0oFk8YJHBzQ/TVmXh2w4rBI/AAAAAAAABEs/Xb30DQtCqNY/s200/politician_apathy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573652621739731986" border="0" /></a><br />Another quick experiment with acrylic and then a quick collage I made while feeling pretty apathetic about politics in general. The guy there is a prominent political figure in Ireland...it just shows how apathetic I am about it when I can't remember his name. :/<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LnHnNPWXX_k/TVmXhU-ThEI/AAAAAAAABEk/rdBdiQDNNqA/s1600/img125.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LnHnNPWXX_k/TVmXhU-ThEI/AAAAAAAABEk/rdBdiQDNNqA/s200/img125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573652612669211714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MRSLkjVJMKk/TVmXgxwJ6MI/AAAAAAAABEc/1aa-Q3CMLak/s1600/img124.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 121px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MRSLkjVJMKk/TVmXgxwJ6MI/AAAAAAAABEc/1aa-Q3CMLak/s200/img124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573652603214620866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rltYf3E4Taw/TVmXggP1ohI/AAAAAAAABEU/r9tCIzuyKh4/s1600/img123.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rltYf3E4Taw/TVmXggP1ohI/AAAAAAAABEU/r9tCIzuyKh4/s200/img123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573652598515671570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZNkMmxeNSs/TVmXf5Iq0sI/AAAAAAAABEM/kfXYEUrYMw0/s1600/img122.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZNkMmxeNSs/TVmXf5Iq0sI/AAAAAAAABEM/kfXYEUrYMw0/s200/img122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573652588016620226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MnhOV5Hpkzw/TVl4GKNnl1I/AAAAAAAABEE/sYgAjH7S_H8/s1600/DSC_0690.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MnhOV5Hpkzw/TVl4GKNnl1I/AAAAAAAABEE/sYgAjH7S_H8/s200/DSC_0690.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573618061063722834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGbj7i2FVdw/TVl4FjyI1eI/AAAAAAAABD8/1bGg_dLqh7c/s1600/DSC_0692.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGbj7i2FVdw/TVl4FjyI1eI/AAAAAAAABD8/1bGg_dLqh7c/s200/DSC_0692.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573618050747913698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7NBBddPaLc/TVl4FSSKMbI/AAAAAAAABD0/SYF2xxO1YBs/s1600/DSC_0689.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7NBBddPaLc/TVl4FSSKMbI/AAAAAAAABD0/SYF2xxO1YBs/s200/DSC_0689.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573618046050382258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T0aAil8Bn1U/TVl4FBfPJ1I/AAAAAAAABDs/huD_0deTfHo/s1600/DSC_0685.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T0aAil8Bn1U/TVl4FBfPJ1I/AAAAAAAABDs/huD_0deTfHo/s200/DSC_0685.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573618041541830482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-87K7Fk6CbN8/TVl4E7TiC7I/AAAAAAAABDk/bJ7kMxczjx0/s1600/DSC_0684.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-87K7Fk6CbN8/TVl4E7TiC7I/AAAAAAAABDk/bJ7kMxczjx0/s200/DSC_0684.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573618039882124210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mn3D4MRwvDE/TVl3YBpqQLI/AAAAAAAABDc/lZH9cNO6KOM/s1600/DSC_0681.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mn3D4MRwvDE/TVl3YBpqQLI/AAAAAAAABDc/lZH9cNO6KOM/s200/DSC_0681.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573617268491436210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YXQnibNeC54/TVl3XyyECwI/AAAAAAAABDU/PZV4DSvb8fg/s1600/DSC_0676.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YXQnibNeC54/TVl3XyyECwI/AAAAAAAABDU/PZV4DSvb8fg/s200/DSC_0676.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573617264500148994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmytdYOBM4c/TVl3Xm-TQ4I/AAAAAAAABDM/sy-jVAC-ZsU/s1600/DSC_0674.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmytdYOBM4c/TVl3Xm-TQ4I/AAAAAAAABDM/sy-jVAC-ZsU/s200/DSC_0674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573617261330252674" border="0" /></a><br />The left picture shows some experiments with hatching marks. The right picture shows more of the charcoal rubbings I made of rocks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4c_Q56-VJTM/TVl3XftxBRI/AAAAAAAABDE/bETxB44BJkk/s1600/DSC_0670.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4c_Q56-VJTM/TVl3XftxBRI/AAAAAAAABDE/bETxB44BJkk/s200/DSC_0670.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573617259381851410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iFIkNJrVCQM/TVl3XKqQhmI/AAAAAAAABC8/cI-Mo6gqKD4/s1600/DSC_0667_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iFIkNJrVCQM/TVl3XKqQhmI/AAAAAAAABC8/cI-Mo6gqKD4/s200/DSC_0667_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573617253729994338" border="0" /></a><br />The left picture shows a random experiment I made. The right picture shows some tracings of drawings I had made in the past, and then some butterfly wings glued on. I found the butterfly wings lying by themselves (didn't pull them off), and gluing them on was based on a random suggestion by my MCAD teacher Pam during our last meeting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yxaDiLteTnE/TVl1COncNOI/AAAAAAAABC0/VV2y1alo6LA/s1600/DSC_0151.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yxaDiLteTnE/TVl1COncNOI/AAAAAAAABC0/VV2y1alo6LA/s200/DSC_0151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614694991410402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7StFLedq-8/TVl1BxXMQHI/AAAAAAAABCs/STc05buTLfM/s1600/DSC_0087_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7StFLedq-8/TVl1BxXMQHI/AAAAAAAABCs/STc05buTLfM/s200/DSC_0087_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614687138627698" border="0" /></a><br />Another "cut corner" pile, and a charcoal drawing that later became the setting for the animated drawing I made.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6K8WYlxKQIU/TVl1BklKmCI/AAAAAAAABCk/rzN72jHa5YY/s1600/DSC_0086.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6K8WYlxKQIU/TVl1BklKmCI/AAAAAAAABCk/rzN72jHa5YY/s200/DSC_0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614683707578402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0m0SEj3RKAQ/TVl1BspAQwI/AAAAAAAABCc/uCJyj7z9jD0/s1600/DSC_0085.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0m0SEj3RKAQ/TVl1BspAQwI/AAAAAAAABCc/uCJyj7z9jD0/s200/DSC_0085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614685871162114" border="0" /></a><br />The left drawing was kind of a study, and the blue paper towel doodles were just for fun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-51bMCALKVwc/TVl1BaMKTZI/AAAAAAAABCU/xt0oWJMnrHw/s1600/DSC_0084.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-51bMCALKVwc/TVl1BaMKTZI/AAAAAAAABCU/xt0oWJMnrHw/s200/DSC_0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614680918347154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l61ahje77sg/TVl0pisE55I/AAAAAAAABCM/4uX6eeKxH0U/s1600/DSC_0083.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l61ahje77sg/TVl0pisE55I/AAAAAAAABCM/4uX6eeKxH0U/s200/DSC_0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614270882834322" border="0" /></a><br />Some drawings I made early on in the semester. The one on the right was part of a workshop with one of the teachers where we were asked to take an observational line drawing and fill it in with "Van Gogh like" mark making. I liked the results, and then made the drawing on the left.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d3mJL_i642A/TVl0pD98TcI/AAAAAAAABCE/WdU0-7cNgiY/s1600/DSC_0082.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d3mJL_i642A/TVl0pD98TcI/AAAAAAAABCE/WdU0-7cNgiY/s200/DSC_0082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614262636268994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RJk2uSN83yw/TVl0oVy15XI/AAAAAAAABB8/IAZGX35Tu4o/s1600/DSC_0081.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RJk2uSN83yw/TVl0oVy15XI/AAAAAAAABB8/IAZGX35Tu4o/s200/DSC_0081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614250241680754" border="0" /></a><br />Couple of photos of my studio space.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKwPy94I4M/TVl0oDvuFGI/AAAAAAAABB0/3vju0zXeXQw/s1600/DSC_0078.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9jKwPy94I4M/TVl0oDvuFGI/AAAAAAAABB0/3vju0zXeXQw/s200/DSC_0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614245396747362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KY_ReIUPdek/TVl0n0d4joI/AAAAAAAABBs/0CEPPW63GWM/s1600/DSC_0076.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KY_ReIUPdek/TVl0n0d4joI/AAAAAAAABBs/0CEPPW63GWM/s200/DSC_0076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614241295404674" border="0" /></a><br />this is the view from one of my studio windows. Sun beams were coming down from the clouds in the distance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jSjbY7Oeg7M/TVlzY2VJAGI/AAAAAAAABBk/sxYgcL4dVC4/s1600/DSCN0688_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jSjbY7Oeg7M/TVlzY2VJAGI/AAAAAAAABBk/sxYgcL4dVC4/s200/DSCN0688_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573612884585939042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ey9LxsrRZs8/TVlzX_oOJ3I/AAAAAAAABBc/GPAJtKr3jgw/s1600/DSCN0687_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ey9LxsrRZs8/TVlzX_oOJ3I/AAAAAAAABBc/GPAJtKr3jgw/s200/DSCN0687_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573612869902018418" border="0" /></a><br />More "cut corner" piles.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-110583609035751062011-02-09T18:23:00.012-06:002011-05-30T15:22:02.126-05:00Dublin - January 27 and 28Here are a bunch of photos from Dublin, in reverse chronological order (of when I took the photos during the roughly 20 hours I was there). I know this blog post is pretty late, but things have gotten busy at school (homework, field trips), and I continue to try and hang out with others when I can, so not a lot of time left over for side projects.<br /><br />Anyway... there were scheduled trips to art museums - some cool stuff, some not as exciting stuff. Everybody from the school also got checked into a hostel. After the scheduled stuff, me and my brother saw the Book of Kells at Trinity College, and walked around for a little bit. Then we met up with some friends, and proceeded to wander around the outer edge of the "city central" area (which is the area that everybody on the trip basically stayed in for the entire time - it's pretty big). It was night time but we were in a group of eight and stayed on well-lit streets. We were actually walking for almost two hours, only stopping in a couple of pubs briefly. Then we finally settled in a pub near our hostel, and enjoyed a couple of drinks while just talking and relaxing.<br /><br />The next day, me and Dustin walked around for a while trying to find a certain antique shop we had passed by the night before (it was closed then). We asked for directions at several places (we knew the name of the shop), and finally found it. It wasn't that exciting, unfortunately, but the owner was friendly and we chatted briefly. I'm forgetting right now what else we did on the 28th (besides eventually leave for home)...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gv1BmQL1bdg/TWBgFA2zVoI/AAAAAAAABHU/C48Vda9Njec/s1600/DSC_0072.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gv1BmQL1bdg/TWBgFA2zVoI/AAAAAAAABHU/C48Vda9Njec/s200/DSC_0072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575561977930143362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E6XL-WmsiV0/TWBgFqyFiAI/AAAAAAAABHk/L2TCu8kUhfc/s1600/DSC_0075.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E6XL-WmsiV0/TWBgFqyFiAI/AAAAAAAABHk/L2TCu8kUhfc/s200/DSC_0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575561989184653314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y0Edq2cgxE/TWBcBSRhcaI/AAAAAAAABHE/wBDAsmhVh0U/s1600/DSC_0071.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y0Edq2cgxE/TWBcBSRhcaI/AAAAAAAABHE/wBDAsmhVh0U/s200/DSC_0071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575557515839631778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TYqHQeU3Ocs/TWBgFkMrZxI/AAAAAAAABHc/xkwW1xj3kXo/s1600/DSC_0073.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TYqHQeU3Ocs/TWBgFkMrZxI/AAAAAAAABHc/xkwW1xj3kXo/s200/DSC_0073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575561987417138962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uq082X3c9uI/TWBcAzZ8XZI/AAAAAAAABG0/n_R6UfMLfw4/s1600/DSC_0067.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uq082X3c9uI/TWBcAzZ8XZI/AAAAAAAABG0/n_R6UfMLfw4/s200/DSC_0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575557507553451410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0j9MXRvdKhk/TWBcA_dtLXI/AAAAAAAABG8/LOguQGSh-eA/s1600/DSC_0070.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0j9MXRvdKhk/TWBcA_dtLXI/AAAAAAAABG8/LOguQGSh-eA/s200/DSC_0070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575557510790458738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDzpR7kFnnU/TWBcAq8Dn-I/AAAAAAAABGs/VWk4wvG6oaI/s1600/DSC_0066.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zDzpR7kFnnU/TWBcAq8Dn-I/AAAAAAAABGs/VWk4wvG6oaI/s200/DSC_0066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575557505280614370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l_d2koOIKsg/TWBbHss3uTI/AAAAAAAABGc/M_9k1AyNSJg/s1600/DSC_0061.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l_d2koOIKsg/TWBbHss3uTI/AAAAAAAABGc/M_9k1AyNSJg/s200/DSC_0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575556526501247282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfNRivAaYV8/TWBbHB3cW2I/AAAAAAAABGU/1TAgjmTzzrs/s1600/DSC_0059.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfNRivAaYV8/TWBbHB3cW2I/AAAAAAAABGU/1TAgjmTzzrs/s200/DSC_0059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575556515002866530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GugwECNOsU/TWBaO3Zv9TI/AAAAAAAABF8/9m8JkPXkth8/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GugwECNOsU/TWBaO3Zv9TI/AAAAAAAABF8/9m8JkPXkth8/s200/DSC_0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575555550121293106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tuFwJYJHNc/TVhvQ97LnkI/AAAAAAAABBM/KCS595xIqwY/s1600/DSC_0038.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0tuFwJYJHNc/TVhvQ97LnkI/AAAAAAAABBM/KCS595xIqwY/s200/DSC_0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326876162367042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--GugwECNOsU/TWBaO3Zv9TI/AAAAAAAABF8/9m8JkPXkth8/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg"> </a><br />Just an example of the doors I see sometimes with a knob in the center.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0VcJ9u9LJc/TWBaOdBU48I/AAAAAAAABFk/rY58OuQRjfA/s1600/DSC_0048.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0VcJ9u9LJc/TWBaOdBU48I/AAAAAAAABFk/rY58OuQRjfA/s200/DSC_0048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575555543039534018" border="0" /></a><br />Some police on motorbikes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gRTYe0uj7L0/TWBaOeKeHxI/AAAAAAAABFs/KyxLpAkghRA/s1600/DSC_0054.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gRTYe0uj7L0/TWBaOeKeHxI/AAAAAAAABFs/KyxLpAkghRA/s200/DSC_0054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575555543346323218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mJPhsRWNb1Y/TWBaODmVgwI/AAAAAAAABFc/JWOXUB2qYuQ/s1600/DSC_0046.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mJPhsRWNb1Y/TWBaODmVgwI/AAAAAAAABFc/JWOXUB2qYuQ/s200/DSC_0046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575555536215442178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4bxyqia7BVs/TWBaOgKDp4I/AAAAAAAABF0/-seahdDqFk8/s1600/DSC_0051.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4bxyqia7BVs/TWBaOgKDp4I/AAAAAAAABF0/-seahdDqFk8/s200/DSC_0051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575555543881459586" border="0" /></a><br />Sidewalk artists.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OOJK-wonEHU/TVhvQmx1UnI/AAAAAAAABBE/qBd98WzMWy0/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OOJK-wonEHU/TVhvQmx1UnI/AAAAAAAABBE/qBd98WzMWy0/s200/DSC_0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326869949141618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ujEGe90X8CU/TVhvQsazNrI/AAAAAAAABA8/Nttvrt9XdZM/s1600/DSC_0035.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ujEGe90X8CU/TVhvQsazNrI/AAAAAAAABA8/Nttvrt9XdZM/s200/DSC_0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326871463147186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KR5V5-tDviY/TVhvQQ4rDjI/AAAAAAAABA0/LSq4oPUg3IQ/s1600/DSC_0034.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KR5V5-tDviY/TVhvQQ4rDjI/AAAAAAAABA0/LSq4oPUg3IQ/s200/DSC_0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326864072248882" border="0" /></a><br />I thought some of the names of shops looked funny, so I took pics.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kxdCMDsyYc/TVhvQGS68hI/AAAAAAAABAs/6LfdPwlo0ds/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kxdCMDsyYc/TVhvQGS68hI/AAAAAAAABAs/6LfdPwlo0ds/s200/DSC_0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326861229552146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrA2Lzu2V-Q/TWBbGksvP5I/AAAAAAAABGE/MsytYPKiEGc/s1600/DSC_0057.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MrA2Lzu2V-Q/TWBbGksvP5I/AAAAAAAABGE/MsytYPKiEGc/s200/DSC_0057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575556507173339026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BsoP-f_g8No/TWBbHy0qt5I/AAAAAAAABGk/FK4ibvUCQYQ/s1600/DSC_0064.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BsoP-f_g8No/TWBbHy0qt5I/AAAAAAAABGk/FK4ibvUCQYQ/s200/DSC_0064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575556528144562066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ml3asjz7urI/TWBbG-RXJXI/AAAAAAAABGM/lyx2NUrIqlU/s1600/DSC_0058.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ml3asjz7urI/TWBbG-RXJXI/AAAAAAAABGM/lyx2NUrIqlU/s200/DSC_0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575556514037835122" border="0" /></a><br />Parts of Trinity College.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6uSzw6kULME/TVhusorv-hI/AAAAAAAABAc/-3an9ItqAn4/s1600/DSC_0027.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6uSzw6kULME/TVhusorv-hI/AAAAAAAABAc/-3an9ItqAn4/s200/DSC_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326251985205778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oL8p7JXYcl4/TVhusQg5KqI/AAAAAAAABAU/iqz4SfOWblQ/s1600/DSC_0025.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oL8p7JXYcl4/TVhusQg5KqI/AAAAAAAABAU/iqz4SfOWblQ/s200/DSC_0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326245497219746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYKyu0VfmRo/TVhusOZkgSI/AAAAAAAABAM/YOzxDGzDBX4/s1600/DSC_0024.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYKyu0VfmRo/TVhusOZkgSI/AAAAAAAABAM/YOzxDGzDBX4/s200/DSC_0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326244929634594" border="0" /></a><br />Speedy train that went through the city. Got a little close at times to us pedestrians on the sidewalk (or I guess we got too close to it. :P )<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vE0G1Jw9jTo/TVhusN_WDUI/AAAAAAAABAE/EeJzjmrHq6w/s1600/DSC_0007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vE0G1Jw9jTo/TVhusN_WDUI/AAAAAAAABAE/EeJzjmrHq6w/s200/DSC_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573326244819635522" border="0" /></a><br />Front of Irish Museum of Modern Art.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-79106323513662653382011-02-09T18:06:00.009-06:002011-05-30T15:23:14.545-05:00Sunny Hill ClimbOn January 20th I made my 2nd climb up the hill next to the school. It was a sunny day this time, so I got some much brighter views of the landscape around me. Also, this time, on the way down I found a metal chair frame with a rock for a seat. Must have been somebody's project in the past, or maybe they just did it for fun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V9ZtZoxk39w/TVMujhvQS6I/AAAAAAAAA_8/pKOxmQmOosk/s1600/DSC_2611.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V9ZtZoxk39w/TVMujhvQS6I/AAAAAAAAA_8/pKOxmQmOosk/s200/DSC_2611.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571848351874304930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hoONHH33gQ/TVMuXug0PgI/AAAAAAAAA_0/hHig8yCs86w/s1600/DSC_2610.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hoONHH33gQ/TVMuXug0PgI/AAAAAAAAA_0/hHig8yCs86w/s200/DSC_2610.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571848149144976898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVMuXK4zVnI/AAAAAAAAA_s/IaqifgY20DU/s1600/DSC_2603.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVMuXK4zVnI/AAAAAAAAA_s/IaqifgY20DU/s200/DSC_2603.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571848139581904498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMjwpL7nPl8/TVMuW66wnzI/AAAAAAAAA_k/eyiPyNzfoEo/s1600/DSC_2601.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vMjwpL7nPl8/TVMuW66wnzI/AAAAAAAAA_k/eyiPyNzfoEo/s200/DSC_2601.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571848135295147826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkN9Q_hlw1k/TVMuWSYpC2I/AAAAAAAAA_c/5HdTMoM55gM/s1600/DSC_2599.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkN9Q_hlw1k/TVMuWSYpC2I/AAAAAAAAA_c/5HdTMoM55gM/s200/DSC_2599.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571848124414626658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vuTWV9-0ztg/TVMuWPmEtGI/AAAAAAAAA_U/dXrwuYVEb_o/s1600/DSC_2598.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVMs2KzKYQI/AAAAAAAAA90/9bDJOQ9Ny-o/s200/DSC_2577.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571846473110937858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-npqJN2roE8M/TVMs1oP693I/AAAAAAAAA9s/5PhCDEHwWO8/s1600/DSC_2576.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-npqJN2roE8M/TVMs1oP693I/AAAAAAAAA9s/5PhCDEHwWO8/s200/DSC_2576.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571846463836321650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVMs1ZtO7HI/AAAAAAAAA9k/iaeWO_YozUw/s1600/DSC_2573.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVMs1ZtO7HI/AAAAAAAAA9k/iaeWO_YozUw/s200/DSC_2573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571846459932732530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0JrTgjuo5Pg/TVMs1AfbwNI/AAAAAAAAA9c/Yxc-rKHDIgU/s1600/DSC_2571.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0JrTgjuo5Pg/TVMs1AfbwNI/AAAAAAAAA9c/Yxc-rKHDIgU/s200/DSC_2571.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571846453163966674" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-30397977172601784242011-02-02T17:36:00.015-06:002011-05-30T15:24:15.895-05:00GalwayOn January 23rd (I think? I can't remember the exact day for some reason), there was a mass trip for students to Galway. Galway is one of the largest cities in the country - not saying a lot compared to big cities in the US I guess, but definitely felt big compared to tiny Ballyvaughan). I can now say I've been in two places that qualify as European "cities" (first was Galway, then after that we made a trip to Dublin - the next blog post should be about that).<br /><br />What was in Galway?.... let's see... a lot of commercial/consumer-centric stuff, some of it not the most appealing to look at. A lot of people walking around, though, which was nice in a way (the sense of more activity and energy than in a place like Ballyvaughan). There were whole sections of street that were only for pedestrians, and had a lot of shops crammed next to each other. I think I remember seeing, in a video on Galway before we came to Ireland, that there are not a lot of old buildings left in the city (I forgot exactly why - maybe something to do with the British?). The church interior in the photo below - that building was actually only constructed in the 1960s.<br /><br />Shortly after we arrived, me and Dustin and our friend Ashley (from the school) went wandering. We found a shop where a young woman artist carved jewelry from bone - we all went inside and she showed us the back area where she worked. She had a huge jaw bone from a sperm whale that somebody had given her, just sitting on the floor. The carved jewelry was all neat to look at too.<br /><br />After that we went briefly to a used book store, then through a shopping mall, where we got some shakes, checked out a book/art supplies store, and stopped for a short time at a comic book store. We then decided to split from Ashley, and me and Dustin went on our own way, walking towards and across the river. I think it was after this that we stopped in a seafood joint and had a small meal. Then we happened to meet up with some friends at a nearby intersection and wandered with them for a short time. We split from them, and went inside the Galway Cathedral, then walked to the University (U of I) campus. There we wandered around, not really looking at anything in particular. It was pretty quiet and deserted, and we later heard there were exams going on. We also saw signs for an anime convention, and eventually found it, but decided not to pay the money to go in.<br /><br />At the end of the day me and Dustin went to a couple more art supply stores and bought some materials.<br /><br />That's most of what I can remember of our day in Galway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHja3AJmMI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Coffxd0Fg84/s1600/DSCN0552.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHja3AJmMI/AAAAAAAAA9U/Coffxd0Fg84/s200/DSCN0552.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571484264614697154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHjavOtITI/AAAAAAAAA9M/v4ZHnMhJT4E/s1600/DSCN0551.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHjavOtITI/AAAAAAAAA9M/v4ZHnMhJT4E/s200/DSCN0551.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571484262528262450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHjaQX7yuI/AAAAAAAAA9E/T9QdNjzermI/s1600/DSCN0550.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHhBboD1II/AAAAAAAAA78/e-GATviMFs4/s200/DSCN0535.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571481628745913474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHhBD9GqmI/AAAAAAAAA70/_KHFdHA4R0U/s1600/DSCN0534.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHhBD9GqmI/AAAAAAAAA70/_KHFdHA4R0U/s200/DSCN0534.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571481622391728738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHhAyVnTMI/AAAAAAAAA7s/PNUPRba5tko/s1600/DSCN0533.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TVHhAyVnTMI/AAAAAAAAA7s/PNUPRba5tko/s200/DSCN0533.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571481617662692546" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-39896274313226625002011-02-02T04:16:00.011-06:002011-05-30T15:34:09.050-05:00Fairy Fort - January 16thOn Sunday, January 16th, me and a few other friends walked to a "fairy fort" that is a few miles from town. The weather was nice and sunny that day and there were turloughs about (bodies of water that form when the water table below the surface rises), so there were some fields full of water and even a temporary creek alongside the road out of town.<br /><br />The fairy fort area itself was kind of fantastical looking. An earthen ring is all that remains of the ancient fort that was once there, there are trees growing all about, and there was a pool of water in the middle. There were neat nooks and crannies in the trees. In one nook at the base of one tree, my brother Dustin found some coins. Maybe somebody was giving money for the fairies? We left the coins there.<br /><br />There was one spot on the earth ring that I photographed because I thought it looked like a miniature version of a larger landscape; some kind of cliff side/cave.<br /><br />This time, since there weren't as many pictures to deal with, I put some of the ones from the beginning of the trip first. So, it's not completely reverse-chronological like it has been in previous blog posts. :P The first eight are from the walk there; I took pictures of some thorny plants and the turloughs off to the side of the road.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0YfH8T_I/AAAAAAAAA5g/hcunGbDL0uc/s1600/DSCN0463.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0YfH8T_I/AAAAAAAAA5g/hcunGbDL0uc/s200/DSCN0463.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569040009496645618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0YHE5svI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/s2slGiQJiRI/s1600/DSCN0460.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0YHE5svI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/s2slGiQJiRI/s200/DSCN0460.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569040003041440498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0X92o3yI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/nZWdTJBidO0/s1600/DSCN0459.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk1TxNWZoI/AAAAAAAAA6A/r_c2wdcc-Rk/s200/DSCN0475.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569041027963446914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk1TeotaiI/AAAAAAAAA54/Hq6VUXf4unA/s1600/DSCN0473.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk1TeotaiI/AAAAAAAAA54/Hq6VUXf4unA/s200/DSCN0473.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569041022977927714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0Y9gD41I/AAAAAAAAA5w/rTgOvgpARWY/s1600/DSCN0471.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0Y9gD41I/AAAAAAAAA5w/rTgOvgpARWY/s200/DSCN0471.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569040017650869074" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0Ylb6I5I/AAAAAAAAA5o/Irt4RkL-h9Y/s1600/DSCN0469.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUk0Ylb6I5I/AAAAAAAAA5o/Irt4RkL-h9Y/s200/DSCN0469.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569040011191002002" border="0" /></a>Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-17903044888957153002011-01-29T11:16:00.013-06:002011-05-30T15:33:23.598-05:00ConnemaraAt the end of my first week, everybody in Irish Studies (which is basically all the students at the school) went on an all-day field trip as part of the class. We went to the region called Connemara, an area northwest across the bay from Ballyvaughan. There are a lot of hills and mountains, and Ireland's only fjord. It was very beautiful and otherworldly at times.<br /><br />One place we stopped at was Kylemore Abbey, an amazingly cool-looking castle by a lakeside. We didn't get to go inside, however, or stay very long, which was disappointing.<br /><br />We stopped in a town called Clifden, and got a bite to eat at a cafe as well as walked around a little bit. As we were leaving the town, our guide told us some interesting trivia: The first nonstop transatlantic flight in the world landed right outside of Clifden. It was also the site of the first (quoting from Wikipedia) "point-to-point fixed wireless service connecting Europe with North America" (the station they connected with was in Nova Scotia, Canada). The radio operator on the Titanic worked at the wireless station in Clifden at one time, apparently, too.<br /><br />On the way back, we stopped at two beaches; I don't think the first one had a name, but it had interesting sand that was made up of many, many tiny bits of coral remains. That was my first time being near an ocean and beach, and it was awesome. Then we kept driving for a while longer and got to a beach called Dog's Bay, where everybody walked around for a while. It was very beautiful, and some of the "otherworldly" moments were especially strong here.<br /><br />Now, for pictures. Pictures taken last are at the top, and ones taken first start at the bottom. Also, I apologize for the extreme blueness of some photos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTIc1rg8I/AAAAAAAAA4g/HxyiefQ4Avk/s1600/DSCN0438.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTIc1rg8I/AAAAAAAAA4g/HxyiefQ4Avk/s200/DSCN0438.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567666443982177218" border="0" /></a><br />Dog's Bay<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTICM86jI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/6qxushgTNtE/s1600/DSCN0437.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTICM86jI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/6qxushgTNtE/s200/DSCN0437.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567666436832029234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHvBMKTI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/RrR-f_1jmSM/s1600/DSCN0435.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHvBMKTI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/RrR-f_1jmSM/s200/DSCN0435.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567666431682423090" border="0" /></a><br />The picture on the right shows the former site of a prehistoric settlement.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHdiochI/AAAAAAAAA4I/vpf0wlrIfII/s1600/DSCN0434.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHdiochI/AAAAAAAAA4I/vpf0wlrIfII/s200/DSCN0434.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567666426990850578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHLZQTvI/AAAAAAAAA4A/WOeHUUnr9Bo/s1600/DSCN0433.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURTHLZQTvI/AAAAAAAAA4A/WOeHUUnr9Bo/s200/DSCN0433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567666422119681778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURSmf1b_PI/AAAAAAAAA34/WeK5kYpJzfI/s1600/DSCN0432.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRCwvYzeI/AAAAAAAAA3I/-aDCnoc5dYw/s200/DSCN0424.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567664147222023650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRCuzAl3I/AAAAAAAAA3A/DsPxeR9dHXU/s1600/DSCN0423_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRCuzAl3I/AAAAAAAAA3A/DsPxeR9dHXU/s200/DSCN0423_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567664146700343154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRCAUdW1I/AAAAAAAAA24/GobO11bnpXM/s1600/DSCN0422_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRCAUdW1I/AAAAAAAAA24/GobO11bnpXM/s200/DSCN0422_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567664134224173906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRB4-p_gI/AAAAAAAAA2w/If1cWctUgH4/s1600/DSCN0419.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURRB4-p_gI/AAAAAAAAA2w/If1cWctUgH4/s200/DSCN0419.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567664132253679106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQD6kmB1I/AAAAAAAAA2o/1BD6LhIBXto/s1600/DSCN0418_adj.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQD6kmB1I/AAAAAAAAA2o/1BD6LhIBXto/s200/DSCN0418_adj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567663067529348946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQDpndjjI/AAAAAAAAA2g/t4K_KFpIpNc/s1600/DSCN0417.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQDpndjjI/AAAAAAAAA2g/t4K_KFpIpNc/s200/DSCN0417.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567663062977973810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All of the pictures above are at Dog's Bay (or approaching Dog's Bay).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCyHJ2iI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/1SqLK0Twfc8/s1600/DSCN0416.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCyHJ2iI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/1SqLK0Twfc8/s200/DSCN0416.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567663048078514722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCpaaFPI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/42k4CRddzI4/s1600/DSCN0415.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCpaaFPI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/42k4CRddzI4/s200/DSCN0415.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567663045743351026" border="0" /></a><br />The first beach we stopped at.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCOaLrRI/AAAAAAAAA2I/0IZ-S_XwoNI/s1600/DSCN0413.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURQCOaLrRI/AAAAAAAAA2I/0IZ-S_XwoNI/s200/DSCN0413.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567663038494649618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgyIbQCI/AAAAAAAAA2A/_FNLVoiBwD8/s1600/DSCN0412.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgyIbQCI/AAAAAAAAA2A/_FNLVoiBwD8/s200/DSCN0412.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567662463968296994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgQo9VYI/AAAAAAAAA14/pauUyh_97sg/s1600/DSCN0411.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgQo9VYI/AAAAAAAAA14/pauUyh_97sg/s200/DSCN0411.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567662454977942914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgNmbyWI/AAAAAAAAA1w/dNuYWaKuKtU/s1600/DSCN0409.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPgNmbyWI/AAAAAAAAA1w/dNuYWaKuKtU/s200/DSCN0409.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567662454162049378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPfvKytuI/AAAAAAAAA1o/iXfzw-q-tVk/s1600/DSCN0408.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPfvKytuI/AAAAAAAAA1o/iXfzw-q-tVk/s200/DSCN0408.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567662445993047778" border="0" /></a><br />Kylemore Abbey<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPfZ06TxI/AAAAAAAAA1g/UcLUvc5BCuM/s1600/DSCN0403.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURPfZ06TxI/AAAAAAAAA1g/UcLUvc5BCuM/s200/DSCN0403.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567662440264126226" border="0" /></a><br />A "rag tree" - I think it's a fairy tree that people have decided to tie bits of cloth to, for remembering friends/family.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMlotmIaI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/LWoObA9Hfn4/s1600/DSCN0401.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMlotmIaI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/LWoObA9Hfn4/s200/DSCN0401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567659248804307362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMleJnQAI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/jF8xKhibv_o/s1600/DSCN0400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMleJnQAI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/jF8xKhibv_o/s200/DSCN0400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567659245969031170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMk5w-SLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/SKI92wm3918/s1600/DSCN0397.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMk5w-SLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/SKI92wm3918/s200/DSCN0397.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567659236202006706" border="0" /></a><br />Awesome fjord we stopped at (next to the rag tree).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMkkN_xeI/AAAAAAAAA1A/rPhC2fFtII8/s1600/DSCN0388.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMkkN_xeI/AAAAAAAAA1A/rPhC2fFtII8/s200/DSCN0388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567659230418159074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMkAYY7qI/AAAAAAAAA04/iTYj5uZArgw/s1600/DSCN0385.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMkAYY7qI/AAAAAAAAA04/iTYj5uZArgw/s200/DSCN0385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567659220798074530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMJZSiOlI/AAAAAAAAA0w/-Niz1oIH3-4/s1600/DSCN0384.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMJZSiOlI/AAAAAAAAA0w/-Niz1oIH3-4/s200/DSCN0384.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567658763627936338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMJO4eFDI/AAAAAAAAA0o/TlmFHQUJGjg/s1600/DSCN0383.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMJO4eFDI/AAAAAAAAA0o/TlmFHQUJGjg/s200/DSCN0383.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567658760834257970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMIidoAlI/AAAAAAAAA0g/kH-UybxJx9s/s1600/DSCN0380.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMIidoAlI/AAAAAAAAA0g/kH-UybxJx9s/s200/DSCN0380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567658748910502482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMIcvAlmI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/BTrG23H_27g/s1600/DSCN0378.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMIcvAlmI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/BTrG23H_27g/s200/DSCN0378.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567658747372803682" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMH6E-dYI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/ugifpqBA3ws/s1600/DSCN0377.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURMH6E-dYI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/ugifpqBA3ws/s200/DSCN0377.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567658738069697922" border="0" /></a><br />The photos above are all from the bus ride in.Dylan Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00942455061308662140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240071023266108499.post-69803452957081832522011-01-26T14:35:00.018-06:002011-05-30T15:28:30.176-05:00Climbing a Castle Tower, Climbing a Hill<span style="font-family:verdana;">In the last post I summarized a lot of the first week (except for the third day, which I described a little bit, and posted photos from. I should also mention that when I say "third day", I mean the third day since arriving in Ireland (I first arrived on Friday, January 7th). I'm basically calling Friday the 7th through Saturday the 15th the "first week".</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">During the first week I got to see the school campus for the first time. At 9:00 AM every weekday the maintenance/driver guy Robert provides a van ride to the school. Some people walk to the school instead (I have done that a few times now). Anyway, it was nice to get familiar with the (very small) campus. Cafeteria food is very good, there's a campus cat, and a nice little library. One downside is the coldness of most studio areas.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />On Thursday the 13th, my brother and I climbed the school's castle tower for the first time. It felt like stepping back in time to go inside it (feels like stepping back in time at a lot of places in the Burren). I was reminded so much of a medieval fantasy video game. Not long after the tower climb, my brother and some other friends climbed the hill next to the school for the first time. Calling it a "hill" gives the impression that it's not that big... but it's quite a hike up to the top, at least 40 minutes of mostly rocky terrain. Even after only 10 or 15 minutes the view is great, and it just gets better as you go up. We saw a small group of feral goats on that first climb, as well as a pile of bones and a lot of interesting vegetation.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(PHOTOS FROM THE CAMPUS - last one is just a shot outside my window in Ballyvaughan one morning, there was a cloud sitting over the hill in the distance)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5-MHHpI/AAAAAAAAAyI/MbOz-14jlfE/s1600/DSCN0319.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5-MHHpI/AAAAAAAAAyI/MbOz-14jlfE/s200/DSCN0319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650802073804434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5WKi4QI/AAAAAAAAAyA/sJ0ycFfqnOo/s1600/DSCN0314.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5WKi4QI/AAAAAAAAAyA/sJ0ycFfqnOo/s200/DSCN0314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650791329816834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5B9Oz1I/AAAAAAAAAx4/ai_-bCo3AHM/s1600/DSCN0310.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE5B9Oz1I/AAAAAAAAAx4/ai_-bCo3AHM/s200/DSCN0310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650785905266514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE4-5LbjI/AAAAAAAAAxw/k8OPzUJFHxc/s1600/DSCN0308.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURE4-5LbjI/AAAAAAAAAxw/k8OPzUJFHxc/s200/DSCN0308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650785082961458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURENIi0VnI/AAAAAAAAAxo/djF7xseGlyQ/s1600/DSCN0305.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURENIi0VnI/AAAAAAAAAxo/djF7xseGlyQ/s200/DSCN0305.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650031759283826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREM-6S-NI/AAAAAAAAAxg/AFrGE9ydheI/s1600/DSCN0304.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREM-6S-NI/AAAAAAAAAxg/AFrGE9ydheI/s200/DSCN0304.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650029173405906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREMaPYYAI/AAAAAAAAAxY/27HS_hsbM7I/s1600/DSCN0302.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREMaPYYAI/AAAAAAAAAxY/27HS_hsbM7I/s200/DSCN0302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650019329728514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREL6bv4zI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/LIXefR--pZg/s1600/DSCN0301.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TUREL6bv4zI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/LIXefR--pZg/s200/DSCN0301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567650010791666482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCvA4KkoI/AAAAAAAAAxI/Klwz9NtX_sY/s1600/DSCN0299.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCvA4KkoI/AAAAAAAAAxI/Klwz9NtX_sY/s200/DSCN0299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567648414793634434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCuDeWtDI/AAAAAAAAAxA/MkNrqsmGwdM/s1600/DSCN0294.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCuDeWtDI/AAAAAAAAAxA/MkNrqsmGwdM/s200/DSCN0294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567648398310814770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCt434uUI/AAAAAAAAAw4/a9jv68w5qPs/s1600/DSCN0283.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCt434uUI/AAAAAAAAAw4/a9jv68w5qPs/s200/DSCN0283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567648395465111874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fBoH2UCAEuM/TURCtmA5zqI/AAAAAAAAAww/uwhX3Ul3rlc/s1600/DSCN0279.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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