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New Art Print: Choose Your Own Adventure

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I am releasing a new art print in my Etsy shop. It’s called “Adventure”, and it’s inspired by some very cool books from my childhood. Check it out and get one for your darn self!

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Fab.com sale, new art print

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Check out this great opportunity to make some sweet drunken art purchases this New Years!

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Two California Poster Artists.

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A number of years ago a friend gave me some dog-eared old issues of American Artist magazine. It was a stack of a dozen or so mildewy artifacts dating back to 1968-69, largely unremarkable except for one issue that caught my eye; May 1969.

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Prehistoric Paper Cuts

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Since May 9 my life has been a nonstop crazy thrillride. That’s the day my son Ethan Louis Mercer was born. His arrival has unearthed my childhood obsession with dinosaurs. I feel like a young nerd again!

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A type specimen

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I spotted this specimen in an old Linotype catalog once used by a midwestern newspaper publisher. The catalog itself is 3 inches thick, has several cigarette burns on the cover, and smells wonderful. As I studied the catalog for its [...]

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Why your band needs gig posters.

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Let’s be honest. If you need to promote your next gig, a limited edition hand-printed gig poster is not the best way to spend your money. The internet is the cheapest, most effective way to get the word out. So [...]

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