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    Posted by cosmic on July 21, 2005 at 11:10 am

    Id like to know what you good people on this site think of my work.
    so please be brutally honest.

    ill happily answer any questions.

    {this first one is just a self-doodle!- (the brain flying out of my head is offensive graffiti! please ignore)}

    thanks for checking them out

    cosmic

    (all images under artists own copyright)


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    cosmic replied 18 years, 9 months ago 12 Members · 30 Replies
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  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:13 am

    A lot of my work is on blackboards…


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  • Jill Marie Welsh

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:19 am

    I think you are one talented fellow!
    Very impressive and fun.
    Love….Jill

  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:20 am

    thankyou, Jill

  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:20 am

    .. but leave me too close to a mirror for a moment and..

    especially when the sherry’s flowing


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  • Shane Drew

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    July 21, 2005 at 12:01 pm

    I’m with Jill. A talented fellow indeed.

    Well done mate, nothing to be ashamed of here

    Shane

  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 12:43 pm

    Thankyou, Shane.
    It is quite nerve-wrecking holding these up to people ‘in the trade’.

    cosmic


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  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 2:16 pm

    someone scratched this one up before i could take a picture.
    it never happened before or since


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  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 2:26 pm

    This sign is hand made (top) out of 9mm ply.

    The banner is vinyl


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  • cosmic

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    July 21, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    This mural was for a tequilla-flavoured beer promotion. I did it through the night. getting locked in (the beer garden) when the pub shut and then set free when the cleaners arrived and going straight to bed!


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  • Marekdlux

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    July 21, 2005 at 3:21 pm
    quote cosmic:

    .. but leave me too close to a mirror for a moment and..

    especially when the sherry’s flowing

    I didn’t know Santa smoked stoggies. 😥
    I like your work, it’s awesome!
    -Marek

  • Moonsmurf

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    July 21, 2005 at 3:50 pm

    Cosmic
    Do you take orders for caricatures?

    Trying to come up with a different birthday gift

    Lanie

  • Chris Wool

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    July 21, 2005 at 4:12 pm
    quote :

    It is quite nerve-wrecking holding these up to people ‘in the trade’.

    well dont be nervous some stunning stuff

    chris

  • David Rowland

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    July 21, 2005 at 4:49 pm

    Cosmic, very nice.

    Unless you haven’t done it yet, tell us a bit about yourself.

  • Simon Clayton

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    July 21, 2005 at 5:09 pm

    Thumbs up mate.. great work

    Simon

  • Simon Kay

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:06 pm

    I would think that there would be a huge market for your style of work. There are lots of signwriters out there that do ‘traditional’ looking stuff whereas your work to my mind is sort of the ‘grunge’ edgy style stuff.
    Find your niche and you’ll be away.
    Goodonya.

  • Peter Normington

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    July 21, 2005 at 11:11 pm

    looks great!, try not to let it get rubbed out!!!!!
    Peter

  • Pryam Carter

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    July 22, 2005 at 10:37 am

    Have you thought about photographing your work professionally in a studio, putting it on disk for signmakers to buy from you.
    There are firms out there who do this but every artist has his/her own style.
    Yours is very funky and modern, something for you to ponder.

  • cosmic

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    July 22, 2005 at 4:00 pm

    Hi,
    what a great and interesting response.
    i am glad i took the plunge!

    Im learning how to make a website to put a gallery of my work on but i had no idea how complicated it would be. (For me, anyway.ha.) so this feedback is great for creating enthusiasm to push on with it.

    It’s enjoyable too, as much of it has been cleaned off or painted over -again and again!

    Billywifta, Hi.
    I read a thread where you used blackboard art from a disc- i hadnt heard of it before then, and it did get me thinking… it does seem like a interesting idea. i woudn’t know how to go about it right now though..

    quote Moonsmurf:

    Cosmic
    Do you take orders for caricatures?

    Trying to come up with a different birthday gift

    Lanie

    Hi, Lanie.
    I do. They make great gifts dont they? The subject either feels really special or develops a complex about the size of thier nose!!
    haha no, I try to make them a bit flattering.
    only a bit, tho. I wont lie!

    all i need is a few photos and as much information about them as you want to include– hobbies, catch phrases, you can even invent the whole scenario- around an embarrasing situation, for example.
    you get the idea.
    Ive never took an order online before.
    PM me and we’ll go from there..,
    thanks,
    cosmic


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  • cosmic

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    July 22, 2005 at 6:01 pm

    thats not a caricature i did earlier! i dont know anyone who can do that..not without going out of tune anyway.

  • Moonsmurf

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    July 25, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    Cosmic, I’m getting edited all over the place here.

    I enjoy your work
    🙄

    Lanie

    (admin-edit) :police3:

  • Simon Kay

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    July 25, 2005 at 10:21 pm

    Dude it’s the nature of this forum that unless you can afford to pay the cash you can’t contact people.
    It’s not like other forums.
    Unfortunate but that’s the way it is.
    One day I hope to have the spare cash to ‘join’ as I feel it’s a neccessary thing – to be able to contact each other.

  • cosmic

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    July 28, 2005 at 1:57 pm

    (admin-edit) :police3:

  • cosmic

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    July 28, 2005 at 2:00 pm

    yeah, scozzie, id love to have the spare loot to join 😥

  • cosmic

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    July 28, 2005 at 4:34 pm

    (mod-edit) :police3: adminuksignboards.com

  • Moonsmurf

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    July 29, 2005 at 12:23 am

    So do we call you Cosmic? or do you have another name? Ian?

    Kind feel like I just hear 70’s music when I say Cosmic lol

    Lanie

  • cosmic

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    July 29, 2005 at 4:46 pm
    quote Moonsmurf:

    Kind feel like I just hear 70’s music when I say Cosmic lol

    Lanie

    i cant see that as a bad thing! you can call me ian then, Lanie. when you dont want to hear 70s music!!

  • cosmic

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    August 2, 2005 at 9:55 am

    that last post was meant to be funny, but reading it back it sounds like i was offended about 70s music not being to everyones taste.. haha

    im not a hippie. not really

    honest

  • Paul Rollason

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    August 2, 2005 at 10:28 am

    Well

    Maybe a bit *hair*

    paul r

  • cosmic

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    August 12, 2005 at 11:47 am

    heres some oldies i pulled out of an old folder down in the dusty basement beneath the old library..


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  • cosmic

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    August 12, 2005 at 11:49 am

    the ‘back and crack wax’ volunteer is called Randy- he wasnt that excited about the whole idea

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