"Vintage Bicycle" - Postcard

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

I created this using GIMP 2.10.32

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

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Super Bowl Party (Let the good times roll)" - 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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The Super Bowl is this coming Sunday, February 13, 2022, here in the United States (US). Unlike Christmas 2021, Fauci isn't advising people to turn away the unvaccinated from their house door step, nor is he advising against private gatherings of more than 30 people, so all of the Super Bowl Parties are good to go! And this week, several Democrat Governors in the US started announcing end dates for mask mandates. It won't be long now, before President Biden announces covid-19 has been conquered. Perhaps he will do that on March 1, 2022, when he gives his State of the Union address to Congress, and he can say, "Mission Accomplished".

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Let the good times roll
Let them make you a clown

(Let The) Good Times Roll - Cars


We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant


And just like that

Just Like That - Amber


This lie is over

Only Time Will Tell (This lie is over) - Asia

"Are You Ready For Some Football?!" - Postcard

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In preparation for the "big game" I threw together this homage to American football art piece. I've been struggling with artist's block lately, but in this case, everything came together for me without much effort. I think the problem is worse when I'm trying to produce something for a challenge theme: then I seem to draw a blank. When I'm making something just for fun, I seem to have a somewhat easier time making it.

I'll be streaming the Super Bowl to my TV via an HDMI cable and this free CBS Sports Super Bowl LIII (53) online link, which I hope is the correct one. They are supposed to start broadcasting on it at 6pm Eastern Standard Time (EST), and the kick off is around 6:30pm EST, about 11 hours from now.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

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

"Masculine Sports" - Postcard

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This week's Moo Mania challenge was "Masculine."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

"Super Bowl L" - Postcard

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This is 1 of 3 souvenir postcards that I created for Super Bowl L (50).

This one shows both the AFC champion Denver Broncos and the NFC champion Carolina Panthers. Are you ready for some Football?!

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

I'll be watching the Super Bowl tonight! Neither of the teams I root for are playing, but I always enjoy watching the game, regardless of who is in it.

"Super Bowl Panthers" - Postcard

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This is 2 of 3 souvenir postcards that I created for Super Bowl L (50).

This one is for the NFC champion Carolina Panthers.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

"Super Bowl Broncos" - Postcard

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This is 3 of 3 souvenir postcards that I created for Super Bowl L (50).

This one is for the AFC champion Denver Broncos.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

Super Bowl Sunday - Week 06 - The Book of Days

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The week06 theme for my Book of Days was Super Bowl Sunday.

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

The master index for all of my entries is here.

I'll be posting more Super Bowl related artwork as the week progresses. (Neither of the teams I root for are playing, but I always enjoy watching the game, regardless of who is in it.)

"Football" - Postcard

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I made a Football theme piece, now that the Super Bowl teams have been determined from the playoff games this past weekend. All of the images are from old books in the ~1900 to ~1910 era about American Football, which is similar to Rugby. The rest of the world uses the term Football for what we in the US call Soccer.

Because everything on this is old, I decided to enter it in this week's Tuesday's Treasures (which seems to be very slow responding, at least for me).

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

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

New York Mets Baseball Game - Photographs

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I took these photographs at a New York Mets baseball game I went to recently. I brought my old camera so I wouldn't have any problems entering the stadium at the security checkpoint. The zoom wasn't as good as I would've liked, so these are kind of blurry, and not level either. Normally I wouldn't post low quality shots like this, but I took these more for practice on capturing action. I also don't usually post photos of people, out of respect for their privacy. Taking photos of athletes while they're participating in their sport is an allowable exception.

"When I Grow Up" – Postcard

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was “When I Grow Up.”

The vintage baseball player boy image is from an Internet search. I created everything else.

The fonts are Gentium Basic Bold and Gentium Basic Bold Italic.

"Player" – ATC

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This week’s Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge #77 was "Sporty Girls."

I used a tennis player silhouette, card suits, and a diamond pattern background. I added a splash of color for the tennis ball.

The vintage images are from an Internet search.

The font is Seabird SF.