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DCDan — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:53:36 +0000

thos aka thosalumpagus aka totally thomas aka “fill in the blank.” Help me reach my goal of finding a new place to call home by my birthday (+/- a couple weeks), May 24. I am intrigued by Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Berlin, anywhere in Asia, exotic Baltimore, or any other places you might suggest. Who wants me to be their new neighbor?!?
I also happen to be into graffiti, photography, illustration, all things hip hop, and creativity in general. And I’m part of the Common Folk Collective. My Flickr page. Boooom.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:48 +0000

Rafael Cerveglieri is 25 and used to wear funny t-shirts. He was born and still lives in São Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil. For some years now, he’s been working with stuff he loves: making comics and editorial illustration. He’s one of those boring guys who loves to talk about books, movies, comics and songs, and would love to talk about these things anywhere with anyone. Also, he lacks a haircut. If you’d like to waste some time talking to him or perhaps you have some work you’d like him to do, feel free to contact him by e-mail: rafael [dot] cerveglieri [at] gmail [dot] com.

He would be proud of it, and you can even eat some sandwich with him, but please don’t put tomato slices on it.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Paul Smith is an illustrator and graphic designer based in Glasgow, United Kingdom. He likes to experiment with geometry, symmetry, colour and shape. He mostly works in Graphic Design and illustration, and has been recently making the conscious decision to move into artwork for music.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:42 +0000

Renato Moraes is a graphic designer and illustrator from Curitiba, south of Brazil. He is always seeking to put a little playfulness and sense of humor into his work, ranging from cartoons to illustrations for children’s books.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:36 +0000

Jaime is an artist/illustrator working and living in Brighton, UK.

He recently won a runner-up place for The Dundee Comics Prize, a competition run by The University of Dundee and D.C. Thomson (The Beano/Dandy). His entry was entitled Elly’s Evil Teddy.

His other work includes a comic book based on a Medieval Welsh travel diary, a graphic novel about the dangers of doodling called Paper Cuts and an illustrated pamphlet for a holistic therapy practitioner.

Jaime completed the Sequential Design and Illustration MA at the University of Brighton in 2010. He exhibited a black and white silent graphic novel, entitled Hum-Man, as part of the graduate show. It features a turbo-powered vacuum cleaner among other things.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:31 +0000

William Keckler lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His books include Sanskrit of the Body, which was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver and published by Penguin Books in 2003.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:27 +0000

Faith Gobble is a poet, painter and illustrator. She lives in Kentucky.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:08 +0000

Samuel Rodrigues is a visual artist from São Paulo who dedicates himself to personal artwork and illustration.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:07 +0000

Born in 1975 in Bartoszyce, Poland and currently residing in Krakow, Franz Falckenhaus studied and graduated with a degree in Information Technology and Computer related Studies. Although he never had any formal training in the arts, Franz always had an interest in photography, film, and collage. His collage works are mainly digital and are always composed from selected vintage illustrations and images mixed with found paper materials. He skillfully combines self-made elements such as: backgrounds, shadows, and drawings with cleverly chosen photos to assemble them all together into art. Franz’s style obviously shows recognition of his interest and passion with vintage aesthetics. His subject matter contains a sense of humor and a certain nostalgic feel as well. Being a self-taught collage artist, he sees things a little differently.

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DCDan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:00:05 +0000

Note from Peter Clementi:
Drawing has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I find it to be the easiest way for me to express any type of thought, emotion or idea. I believe that art is more universal, having less limitation than a spoken language; the viewer does not have to speak a specific language to understand a thought out, well composed piece of art. I prefer to spread a positive message through my work, rather than trying to psychologically brainwash someone into buying a product from a large corporation or franchise.

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