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New in my continuing project making posters for things I would have liked to have seen is this one for an exhibition of 1970s German experimental television and video art. Because life is better in blurry blacks and wobbly greys. . . . #1970sTVArt #VideoArt #GermanTVArt #GermanVideoArt #ExperimentalTV #ExperimentalVideo #Can #Cluster #Neu #Harmonia #AustereDesign #Typography #BlackAndWhiteArt #PatternDesign #70sArt #70sDesign #70sCulture #TVArtExhibition #VideoArtExhibition #GermanArtExhibition #GermanCulture #ExperimentalArt #MusicInfluence #GermanMusic #ArtExhibition #glc #ArtShowcase #TVArtShow #ilea #VisualArtEvent https://www.instagram.com/p/CqNqh63ITX2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Adventures in artificial reality (swipe for sequence). Some spring blossom photographed yesterday and put through several rounds of artificial intelligence enlargement. Pictured: something that looks like a mid-1980s Gerhard Richter, that then resolves into some relatively nice blurry colours. Not pictured: a Schwarzenegger coming back through time to wipe us out. Conclusion: Skynet is cool with humans doing this kind of blowing up using computers, presumably because it has the other kind totally covered. . . #theterminator #adobephotoshop #topazgigapixel #ai #artificialintelligence #enlargement #schwarzenegger #arnoldschwarzenegger #computers #computerart #artificialreality #blossom #spring #naturephotography #digitalphotography #skynet https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBpDhIIGLl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The early 1980s called to say your dinner’s ready. (Spotted in Sainsbury’s in 2023) . . #noexpensespareddesign #dropshadowhorror #packagingdesign #ratatouille #dinner #80sdesign #early80sdesign #graphicdesign #cookery #tinnedfood #tin #retro #retrodesign #vintagepackaging https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-tzOkIbPW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I love it when prints suddenly veer off in a totally unexpected direction, as this one did today… Oh and please do join the Anti-Boredom Coalition - they don’t have a website, so you’ll have to phone their membership department between the hours of blah-blah and whenever. . . . #art #print #printmaking #photoshop #artistsoninstagram #fashionshow #shopwindow #boredom #boring #typography #collage #contemporarycollage #contemporaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5mbZroHAE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Excusez-moi Monsieur Station-Masteur, why est mon train not here yet? Ah, les «cartoon-goats» sur le line encore! . #interrail #train #traintravel #mwa #france #français #goats #cartoon #illustration #1960sillustration #illustrationstyle #brochure #vintagebrochure #timetable #ephemera #animaux #mwa #franglais https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0Z0W4I287/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Angry robot remembers previous holidays and reconsiders his booking intentions. #angryrobot #comicbookart #landscape #collage #art #artistsoninstagram #memories #holiday https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpx4B6cIbKH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today’s sketch is, unusually, an actual sketch. Attempting to demonstrate to our eldest that it *is* possible to do your art homework in under 5 mins (and that no, those lines aren’t ‘wobbly’, they’re *characterful*). #anoldmansketches #art #homework #drawing #sketching #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvQ39eIN4R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My recent Robert Louis Stevenson portrait is now available as a print from the Standard Designs website (tap the image/link in bio). #RobertLouisStevenson #RLStevenson #TreasureIsland #Kidnapped #JekyllAndHyde #ScottishWriter #LiteraryGenius #AuthorPortrait #ClassicLiterature #BookLover #ArtPrints #ContemporaryArt #PortraitPainting #FineArtPrints #WallArt #HomeDecor #InteriorDesign #Bookish #LiteraryArt #WordArt #WriterInspiration #BookishDecor #BookishHome #ReadingNook #HomeLibrary #Bibliophile #LiteraryQuotes #ClassicNovels #VintageBooks #readmorebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpklwsYoAhI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sleep voted almost unanimously for an 8-hour sleeping day, but they were vetoed by the Commons Standing Committee on Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Have You Finished Your Coffee Yet Good Have Another Coffee. #coffee . . #sleep #sleepgoals #parliament #housesofparliament #houseofcommons #selectcommittee #bedtime #circadianrhythm #goodsleep #collage #art #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgAAauIfxS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thinking back to the bookmark strike of 1967. After protracted negotiations they managed to secure a 30% reduction in page corner folding. . . #books #reading #bookmarks #libraries #igreads #1960s #sixties #literature https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdNRMVocZp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today’s sketch: Robert Louis Stevenson (“TV’s Mr Treasure Island!!!”) in his final years. . . #robertlouisstevenson #treasureisland #classicliterature #literature #books #reading #drawing #sketching #ipadart #rls #scotland #igreads #literary https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYUVNDIkrM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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How I Made This Stunning Abstract Art (So You Can Too!). 1. Find a recipe for cinnamon buns. 2. Get ingredients, mix ingredients. 3. Bake in the oven at gas mark whatever on some baking parchment. 4. Once baked, set aside buns, take the parchment and scan it into your computer or photograph it. 5. Do Photoshop Stuff! 6. Voila, your abstract art is ready. 7. NOW EAT YOUR BUNS. . . #artschool #cookeryschool #baking #abstractart #cinnamonbuns #photoshop #adobe #cookery #cookeryart #art #artistsoninstagram #howto #howtobeanartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVV_VbomOA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Today’s sketch, done entirely on an iPhone: Are You Being Collaged? (Frank Thornton snoozing bottom right). . . #captainpeacock #areyoubeingserved #collage #sketch #iphoneart #dailyart #artistsoninstagram #swissposters #switzerland https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQZXZmIZFV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“To begin at the beginning of a sketch of Richard Burton, and not get to the end.” #unfinished #richardburton #sketch #undermilkwood #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram #poetry #poetrycommunity #dylanthomas #unfinishedart #actor #acting https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLPERXoqlk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Okay geometry fans, here are this week’s top lines and grids - go crazy. . #mathematicalentertainment #grid #square #foundart #geometry #lines #graphicdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDOe6Ho1oO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Sorry Phil, you’re not wanted here…” #ithinktheymeantspectators #philspector #signs #signfail #london #playingfields #grassrootsfootball #homemadedesign #homemadetypography #wallofsound (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0UYILITS_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Silly selection of signs seen on Sunday. . . #signage #collage #londonsport #sunday #alliteration #vernacularart #vernaculardesign #typography #foundfont https://www.instagram.com/p/CoprqgXoiqx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=