"Steampunk Rhinoceros" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Steampunk".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Christmas Couple" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Sepia Rose" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"On The Edge Of War" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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What follows below is Free Speech satire / parody / mockery / sarcasm / what have you:

Country A, without provocation, bombs Country B. Is that an act of War?

1) Yes.
2) No.
3) It is whatever my Government tells me it is.

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Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares, they're always changing corporation names
Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
We built this city
(I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge on another gorgeous sunny Saturday and I'm seein' that bumper to bumper traffic.)

We Built This City - Starship

"Sepia Rhino" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Sepia."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Lord Fauci - Wizard Of Wuhan" - Postcard

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New York Governor Cuomo was a Hero, and then he was a Zero. They even took away his Emmy Award. It will be interesting to see which way the "something wicked this way comes" wind blows with Fauci.

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My piece is a "cartoon" in the same vein as Charlie Hebdo cartoons. (Their "cartoon" offended me, but apparently some thought it was "funny" so, I too, can make cartoons that others might find offensive.) My piece is also free speech that is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Well, it used to be, prior to the ascension of the US Government Ministry of Truth dictating to Social Media Platforms which of their users need to be banned for "misinformation" as defined by the Government.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.28.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Foul Spirit Crusader Bush" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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Oh, the irony of Bush (43) making his "foul spirit" speech at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on the twenty year anniversary of 9/11/2001. (CNN)

Some of us will never forget.

You have the timepiece. We have the time.

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I know who you are
I know where you're coming from

Call Me - Blondie (from The Conjuring)


Hit me with your best shot
Fire away

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

"Sepia Owl" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme was "Owls."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Lord Fauci - Patron Saint of Wuhan" - Postcard

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I saw this phrase on the Internet, and it inspired me to make an art piece depicting it: "Lord Fauci - Patron Saint of Wuhan" Current events helped me add the words on the left. And I predict we will reach the "absentee ballot voting required" stage again, just in time for California's Governor Recall Election in September. Two wise men once said something like this: "One is allowed to have an opinion (in the United States), as long as it agrees with the Collective." I wonder if their Free Speech right has been removed now, now that the US Government is dictating what is "misinformation" and what is truth.

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My piece is a "cartoon" in the same vein as Charlie Hebdo cartoons. (Their "cartoon" offended me, but apparently some thought it was "funny" so, I too, can make cartoons that others might find offensive.) My piece is also free speech that is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. (Well, it used to be, prior to the ascension of the US Government Ministry of Truth dictating to Social Media Platforms which of their users need to be banned for "misinformation" as defined by the Government.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Steampunk Horse" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses  challenge theme was "Steampunk."

This is one of my favorite themes, but I always struggle to create artwork for it. I used this background that I made, for this piece.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Sepia Steampunk" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses  challenge theme was "Steampunk."

This is one of my favorite themes, but I always struggle to create artwork for it. I used this as the background for the piece that I posted to the challenge.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Train" - Postcard

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This week I have the honor of hosting Sunday Postcard Art, and I chose the challenge theme "Train."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.18.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Dryad Woman" - Postcard

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I used some of the same images as I did in my "Vintage Car Woman" - Postcard.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.14.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Winter Birds" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Birds."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Sepia Blue Bird" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Vintage Sepia."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Roses" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Roses."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Sepia Scarecrow" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Scarecrows."

This is my second entry. Once again, despite wanting to make more colorful artwork this year, dark sepia moods have crept back into my muse.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.6.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Zeppelin" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Zeppelin."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

I used G'MIC filter Arrays & tiles - Tiled normalization on this.

"Vintage Gentlemen" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Vintage Gentlemen."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.20.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the sampler.

"Sepia Butterflies" - Postcard

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I made a sepia / butterflies theme piece.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.18.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)