Couple artsy things

[gonzocanuck]

While trying to find the artist behind some bird banners flying on Calgary's bridges, I discovered that she also does fantastic portraits. Check out her and scroll down a little bit to find HST's.

Another portrait can be found on Etsy by Nathan Manire. I'm not sure about the disembodied fingers, but OK. Etsy is like an eBay for handmade items and crafts, and amongst the cowls and Scrabble pendants, there are often truly original things like this. In fact, a search for "Hunter S. Thompson" on Etsy pulls up more cheap than unique actually. I never know how to feel about people that grab an image off the web, tweak it a little and then sell it to put it on a hoodie :S Why not at least use it for reference and make something more original like Nathan? 10 years ago my attitude would have been a little different, oddly enough.

Comments

[smashboredom.livejournal.com]

My girlfriend got me a shoulder bag from Etsy with HST's face on it - that same classic image that is in the portrait you posted actually. I guess the person did tweak an image and stick it on a bag like you said but it's pretty cool, I use it a lot. I get what you're saying though.

[gonzocanuck.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you got it as a gift :-) Sigh, that's the trouble with going to art college, it teaches you to be a little snobby and critical about everything :-) I'm taking second year art history right now.