Thursday, March 17, 2011

Lovelocked

There are at least three bridges (probably more) in Paris where the side rails are almost completely covered in locks that lovers place.  It gave me a business idea.  Sell locks with dry-erase parts where people can write their names, then after they leave, go take the locks off and re-sell them!  Or maybe that would be totally wrong...  hmm....




Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The University

Well... It's not a university... I've just been reading "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss, and as I started working on this picture of Saint Sulpice in Paris, I started thinking about Kovthe and the wonderous University where he studies. The photo ended up darker and more contrasty than I originally intended as a result. In any case, I HIGHLY recommend "The Name of the Wind" and so far the sequel too, "The Wise Man's Fear" (tho I'm only about 45o pages in....)