Between the Arts Center and Rancho San Miguel 

Another car in Merced caught my eye. So, with the help of Procreate I present, to some extent, “the car between the Arts Center and Rancho San Miguel.” If you know your cars, send me the make and year, along with your contact information, and I’ll knock 50% off on a portfoliolongo bumper sticker also available here via PayPal.

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Progress video.

1969 Chevrolet Wagon in Ragsdale

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Side by side, rough, quick freehand in Procreate with Pencil by Fifty Three of this (my own) iPhone image.

1969 Chevrolet Wagons reference.

Progress video.

Couple Foggy Nights Ago in Merced

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couple foggy nights ago

Sunday ante meridiem winter solstice

Annyth, blanket, New York Times

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Started in Paper 53, then …………
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switched to Procreate (had to make that lamp smaller’n stuff…)
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Holidays at portfoliolongo.com

This time last year we were gearing up – full throttle – for our third and final Iowan Christmas! This year a Deere Santa print hangs in our blue kitchen in Merced, California. Ho ho ho! Click here for the original post.

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Ragsdale Home 2

I’ve already posted a drawing of this Ragsdale house, click here to see Ragsdale Home (I), but yesterday as I was walking Cowboy in the evening, I saw it in a different light from a slightly different angle, photographed it, and here you go.
Ragsdale Home 2
Technical: This time I imported the photo and used it as a reference while I drew it freehand, side-by-side…much more quickly this time…but still in Procreate. I export the long rectangular image and crop it in iPhoto. Then I import the cropped image and do some finishing touches.

Ten Fidy @ 17th Street Pub

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Merced Theatre PM Tower

I started this illustration over two beers and under ten conversations last night at the 17th Street Public House. I finished it on my side of our Ragsdale king size bed. I had snapped an iPhone picture of the subject beforehand and used it as a side-by-side reference for a free-right-hand drawing in Procreate; my left hand facilitated the beer delivery.

Merced Theatre PM Tower

Mariposa Midnight

Prospectors Brew Co., Smoked Stout, 16 oz.

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Parsons Ave. Ferry

Although an obscure one, the Trans-Bear-Creek Ferry is among the proposed alternatives to link Merced’s north shore with its south shore.
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Technical: This started as a screen shot of a street-level Google Earth image, processed in My Sketch on my iPad, and then further modified in Procreate.