tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344095662024-03-07T19:07:48.143-05:00The Rots®slightly irreverently twistedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-24798007463516220622014-03-05T20:01:00.000-05:002014-03-05T20:01:37.863-05:00This blog has moved!<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've decided to take the leap and host my own blog (!). A little scary, but what isn't scary in this world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here's the new address: <a href="http://www.the-rots.com/blog">http://www.the-rots.com/blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Pretty simple, huh? Even <i>I</i> can remember this one.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-11406255674597590462014-01-14T19:30:00.003-05:002014-01-14T19:30:56.121-05:00Sharky's Café<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My napkin @
<a href="http://www.sharkyscafe.com/" target="_blank">Sharky's Café</a>, 3960 Rt 30, Latrobe PA.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-68734151582020053362014-01-11T23:34:00.001-05:002014-01-11T23:34:11.661-05:00Oliver's Pourhouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My place mat @ <a href="http://oliverspourhouse.com/" target="_blank">Oliver's Pourhouse</a>, 8 N Pennsylvania Ave, Greensburg PA</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(The place mat was red, and I got the bright idea to draw on the red side. Inspiration said, "Devil." Camera said, "Not so much." This was the best shot I got, and it's very much massaged in Photoshop. So sorry.)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-460331058553794542014-01-09T18:41:00.000-05:002014-01-09T18:41:05.274-05:00Leo's Pub & Grille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My napkin @ <a href="http://www.leospub.com/index.html" target="_blank">Leo's Pub & Grille</a>, 202 N Diamond St, Mount Pleasant PA.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-70665209012422041202014-01-03T20:07:00.000-05:002014-01-03T20:07:14.075-05:00A Rot a Day: Day 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Drawn on a napkin, of course.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-79656653958599149762014-01-02T21:06:00.000-05:002014-01-02T21:06:47.840-05:00A Rot a Day: Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Painted with <a href="http://www.artrage.com/" target="_blank">ArtRage</a> on my iPad. (This is my first ArtRage painting; give me a break.)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-75368816383006542432014-01-01T21:32:00.000-05:002014-01-02T21:07:02.949-05:00A Rot a Day: Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ever see a skull in a Dole banana sticker?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-41851718620012431722013-12-20T22:16:00.000-05:002013-12-21T17:17:12.497-05:00Leo's Pub & Grille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My napkin @ <a href="http://www.leospub.com/index.html" target="_blank">Leo's Pub & Grille</a>, 202 N Diamond St, Mount Pleasant PA.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-26202990137705651442013-12-13T21:11:00.000-05:002013-12-13T21:11:29.853-05:00Leo's Pub & Grille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My napkin @ <a href="http://www.leospub.com/index.html" target="_blank">Leo's Pub & Grille</a>, 202 N Diamond St, Mount Pleasant PA.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-16752019873913815562013-12-13T15:53:00.001-05:002013-12-13T15:53:12.862-05:00Friday the 13th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For luck on this Friday the 13th.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-39168042376651341672013-12-10T15:03:00.000-05:002013-12-10T15:03:14.848-05:00Illustration Ale III @EastEndBrewing @UncoveredSpace @Aetherea @valkyriesbard @strawberryluna @toonseum @Waynocartoons<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The third edition of <a href="http://www.pgplate.com/beer/598-illustration-ale-releasing-dec-5" target="_blank">Illustration Ale</a> was released last Thursday (Dec. 5) at the <a href="http://www.toonseum.org/" target="_blank">Toonseum</a> in <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&q=toonseum&fb=1&gl=us&hq=toonseum&cid=3442518076657539503&ei=HmynUuTBEcjNsQT2gIHQDw&ved=0CK8BEPwS" target="_blank">beautiful downtown Pittsburgh</a>. Six local artists were invited to illustrate and design their own version of a label for the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Artists include (left to right; top to bottom):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.winnlederer.com/" target="_blank">Ilene Winn Lederer</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/slightly.irreverently.twisted" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">ME!</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.strawberryluna.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">strawberryluna</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarahmillertattoos" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sarah Miller</span></a><br />
<a href="http://lizzeesolomon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Lizzee Solomon</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://jessicaheberle.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Heberle</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The ale itself is a 1,600 bottle limited edition, Belgian-style ale with a rich, dark malt character, brewed by Pittsburgh's own <a href="http://www.eastendbrewing.com/" target="_blank">East End Brewing</a>. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the brew benefit the Toonseum.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original Square Kat painting: April Fool</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Read about the origins of the April Fool Square Kat <a href="http://the-rots.blogspot.com/2012/06/sketchbook-project-special-edition.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">See the progression of the painting <a href="http://the-rots.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-square-kat-painting-april-fool.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And see into the mind of the boozer Kat <a href="http://the-rots.blogspot.com/2013/06/april-fool-square-kat.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-11781259038234023652013-11-26T21:48:00.001-05:002013-11-26T22:11:06.940-05:00We totally did this Saturday night... #DannyElfman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I cracked open my <a href="http://www.burtonelfman.com/" target="_blank">Danny Elfman/Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box</a> the next day (namely, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/" target="_blank"><i>Alice in Wonderland</i></a>). If that music doesn't get you inspired to create art, you need to turn it up louder. </span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-45092521038345971942013-11-12T19:55:00.002-05:002013-11-12T19:55:43.438-05:00Sketchbook Project Special Edition 2012—Pirate #sketchbookproject<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Here's the next page from my <a href="http://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/10060" target="_blank">Sketchbook Project Special Edition</a>. Still figuring out the how-to-use-the-markers thing. This Square Kat would be a Pirate, as in, <a href="http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=pit" target="_blank">the ones from Pittsburgh</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yeah, it's from last year. Better late than never.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-76115062892414802632013-11-07T19:34:00.000-05:002013-11-12T19:35:48.390-05:00Sharky's Café<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My napkin @ <a href="http://www.leospub.com/index.html" target="_blank">Leo's Pub & Grille</a>, 202 N Diamond St, Mount Pleasant PA.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-65490770275998811732013-10-25T14:47:00.000-05:002013-10-25T14:47:00.048-05:00 ArtBox Project for @PghCityPaper (part 6)<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was selected to paint (decorate? enhance? art?) <a href="http://posting.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/2013ArtboxProject/Page" target="_blank">one of ten Pittsburgh City Paper street boxes</a>. This is Part 6 of my progress reports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The boxes will be revealed October 15 at the Best of Pittsburgh party, and then voting for a favorite begins October 16.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-10390418797019012682013-10-22T18:58:00.000-05:002013-10-22T18:58:02.388-05:00Leo's Pub & Grille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My napkin @ <a href="http://www.leospub.com/index.html" target="_blank">Leo's Pub & Grille</a>, 202 N Diamond St, Mount Pleasant PA.</span></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-88761751585870722202013-10-22T16:30:00.000-05:002013-10-22T16:30:01.118-05:00ArtBox Project for @PghCityPaper (part 5)<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was selected to paint (decorate? enhance? art?) <a href="http://posting.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/2013ArtboxProject/Page" target="_blank">one of ten Pittsburgh City Paper street boxes</a>. This is Part 5 of my progress reports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is the back of the box where Andy will be, but just the background is complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The next thing I did was the flesh tones. Those were the scariest part of the box for me (along with the balloons), so I decided to tackle them first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And then, here's Andy's head complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">...And the back of the box with the masking removed. This is the side that will be facing the street. I think it's safe to say I'm pretty satisfied with how he turned out.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-105782424119953972013-10-18T12:41:00.000-05:002013-10-18T12:41:00.766-05:00ArtBox Project for @PghCityPaper (part 4)<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I was selected to paint (decorate? enhance? art?) <a href="http://posting.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/2013ArtboxProject/Page" target="_blank">one of ten Pittsburgh City Paper street boxes</a>. This is Part 4 of my progress reports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Not a whole lot to show on this one. This is the top of the box. Pretty straight forward. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-49604735481953504122013-10-16T20:42:00.001-05:002013-10-16T20:42:31.083-05:00Hutch's Tap Room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">My place mat @ <a href="http://hutchstaproom.net/" target="_blank">Hutch's Tap Room</a>, 1099 University Dr, Dunbar PA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">(This also doubles as Day 16 of The Rots' 31 Day Rotty Halloween Challenge.) </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-25992487423925407642013-10-15T22:37:00.000-05:002013-10-16T20:42:54.231-05:00 D's Six Pax & Dogz @Ds6Pax<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My paper towel @ </span><a href="http://www.ds6pax.com/" target="_blank">D's Six Pax & Dogz</a>, 1118 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh PA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(This also doubles as Day 15 of The Rots' 31 Day Rotty Halloween Challenge.)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-22621123209183897932013-10-14T18:32:00.000-05:002013-10-16T20:33:18.196-05:00 Day 14 of 31 Day Challenge #RottyHalloween
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challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October,
and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/slightly.irreverently.twisted" target="_blank">The Rots' Facebook</a> followers are holding me to it (I hope).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Once again with the marker thing. I'd like to think I'm getting a little bit better with them, but that doesn't really feel true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm thinking he's not a happy camper.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-75251544406886996262013-10-13T11:29:00.000-05:002013-10-16T20:30:21.933-05:00 Day 13 of 31 Day Challenge #RottyHalloween
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've
challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October,
and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/slightly.irreverently.twisted" target="_blank">The Rots' Facebook</a> followers are holding me to it (I hope).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Another one with markers. The red marker turned out to be more pink than red, but I'm thinking it's in support of breast cancer awareness month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Yep. That's it.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-15854555169338462522013-10-12T20:26:00.000-05:002013-10-16T20:27:12.355-05:00 Day 12 of 31 Day Challenge #RottyHalloween
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've
challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October,
and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/slightly.irreverently.twisted" target="_blank">The Rots' Facebook</a> followers are holding me to it (I hope).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I decided to try and crush my fear of markers with this one. The fear isn't completely crushed, but I'm learning more every time I use them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I also did something I don't normally do in Photoshop. After I scanned the page in, I didn't try to get the paper as white as I usually do in other scans. I think it looks just right with an antique-y sort of tone.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34409566.post-36109175094851563222013-10-11T17:20:00.000-05:002013-10-16T20:21:53.984-05:00 Day 11 of 31 Day Challenge #RottyHalloween
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challenged myself to draw something for Halloween every day in October,
and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/slightly.irreverently.twisted" target="_blank">The Rots' Facebook</a> followers are holding me to it (I hope).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm liking how this one turned out, although it started out a little iffy. It originally started as a spider web with a bunch of little spiders, but it was just awful. That's when I started filling it in as bats, and that worked out a whole lot better. You can still see the lines that made the spider web, but I kind of like them in there.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388554435369819867noreply@blogger.com0