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Just in time for new year, here's the newest update. This one has a slightly more formal look than some of the previous ones. It's kind of nice to make hand-drawn versions of sharp grotesk letterforms, sometimes they gain a nice liveliness in the process, I think the above picture is quite successful in that sense. I doubt the "2004" in the text refers to the date of the drawing but it could refer to the year I started my current job in. Made with only ball-point pens. Original size about 10,5 x 5 cm.

Happy New Year!

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I usually update on wednesdays but since tomorrow is Christmas Eve I figured it's reason enough to change the posting day just this once. This scan is slightly icon-like BrainStorm from yet another forgotten meeting. It might even be a symbol for everyone's hard thinking process for getting presents this time of year, if you choose to view it that way. Original size was about 3,5 x 3,5 cm so this has been magnified quite a bit. Made with same old ball-point and gel pens, though they look a bit painterly with the enlargement.

Enjoy the holidays!

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This is the second Sir Spend-A-Lot headline (first one here) although chronologically before the previously posted one. This time I left the paper texture and some other details visible so there's some context. Below the headline you can see glimpses of a calendar with dates and some expenses from a trip listed below them. I usually make some sort of simple graphic look for each page. The mysterious smudge in the upper right corner was a check to see of the pen worked. Made with the same pens as everything posted before. Original size is about 13 x 8 cm.

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I seem to have managed a regular weekly update for 10 times in a row now, not too bad. There's more on the way too of course.

This image is a headline from a work project unofficially codenamed Frank that was going to be updated, hence 'the new Frank'. Of course written in maybe-not-correct german instead of english since Herr Güüti is the one making these. 

Most updates so far seem to have been quite roundish in letterforms, so this may be a welcome contrast. I've used the blackletter-style letterforms also in my ball-point-pen-tattoo dictionary project, check it out at some-guy.net (or in facebook). Made, as usually, with felt-tip, ball-point- and gel pens. Original size about 9,5 x 9,5 cm

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Oops, I almost forgot about my self-imposed Wednesday upload day since I'm at home in a slight fever. Here is anyway a word written on a nice textured surface paper, I tried to leave a bit of the paper pattern visible in the black areas. This style might be worth exploring in a bit longer text and maybe with a bit less shading, let's see if I remember to try that. Made with same ol' felt-tip and gel pens. Original size about 8 x 4 cm.