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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Textuality – product placement gone made

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Guthlac

Watching the Canadian movie Textuality and I have lost count of all the product placement there – starting with opening credits which were a Blackberry advert. The movie also is pretty lame as well. Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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Art Collection

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Guthlac

Check out this website I found at simonmarchini.co.uk I’ve just added an Art Work section to my website. I know the work can be found at Flickr and in my blog but I thought it might look better in one place displayed a little more sympathetically…. Continue reading →

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Releasing the frustration

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Guthlac

After I made the last drawing that went so spectacularly wrong I drew this cartoon sketch which low and behold produced a better likeness in 5 minutes than I managed in over an hour of work and toil. Now there are many reasons for this, perhaps th… Continue reading →

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Utter Frustration

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Guthlac

Reworking the drawing in a digital format has lowered my frustration with this. I spent almost two hours trying to get this right and in the end I failed miserably. My aim was to make a really good likeness from a small photograph of the actress N… Continue reading →

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My thoughts on the new iPad

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Guthlac

So having slept on the new iPad what do I think? Before I answer that I think I should set out my criteria for judging. The first is I don’t know what the new iPad feels like when you use it so any comments I might make with regard to this should … Continue reading →

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Apple (United Kingdom) – iPad – It’s thinner, lighter and faster than ever.

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Guthlac

via apple.com so it has been launched. The first impression is that it is much hype and not any real changes which is to be expected as the first iPad was pretty good. The one thing that I really like the look of is the new case which no doubt doe… Continue reading →

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The one that got away

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Guthlac

Well this is based on Nicole Kidman and I suppose from a distance it may be a bit of likeness and I must say I am disappointed in that. However, the drawing was such a small scale that I don’t think I have the correct control, too big and cumberso… Continue reading →

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Updated: Apple And The BBC To Co-Host iPad 2 Release Event?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Guthlac

via crunchgear.com the last link didn’t seem to want to work – hopefully this will Continue reading →

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Ipad 2 will be launched at the BBC – Inquirer | So Stephen Fry … in real time | SoCelebrities

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Guthlac

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Is today iPad 2 day?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Guthlac

Who knows but it probably is. We’ll have to see what comes out from Apple over the day – perhaps Steven Fry might be able to answer this. Sent from my iPad Continue reading →

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