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Argus Seventy-five

Argus Seventy-five

I bought this old camera off eBay last fall. I used it to shoot through the top viewfinder with my digital camera and got shots like these:





But then I loaded it with real film. This is a medium format camera that takes 620 film. They don't make it anymore, unfortunately, but with a slight modification to 120 film you can load it up. 120 is the kind used in lomography a lot, it makes a nice, big square picture sometimes with vignetting. I really like how they came out and it's exciting to scan the negatives yourself.





I had my hopes up about putting film into the Argus but I knew there was a chance it wouldn't work, being that it's an antique and I bought it off eBay. It's a really solid camera, I could see this thing holding up for a long time and being able to accept some heavy wear and tear. They certainly don't make cameras like this anymore.

Getting Back On My Feet

Haven't drawn since I moved at the beginning of the month. That's one of my goals for the summer. Yesterday I sketched this big piece of equipment, it was parked in a grocery store parking lot. I came home and turned into something fun.

Iron Punk

This is my take on Iron Man in a vaguely Steampunk-esque way -- though it might've turned out more like a Ashley Wood knockoff. Either way, I like it. I really tried to push the wet media and keep it rough. I only have one question for you: what is the font used by the saloon in Back to the Future 3?

Revised Pineapple Express Logo

Thanks go out to Justin for screenprinting my shirt for me. You rule, I owe you big.

Vs.

If you played PC games in the 90s, Doom was it. Extremely ground-breaking, it built on a lot of the first-person shooter themes but also established its own, many of which are in use in today's shooters. I saw something similar in the two logos -- Doom, to me, is so much more iconic than Iron Man. I was more of a gamer than a comic reader, unfortunately, but I thought I'd put them up for people to see side by side. Let me also add that the Doom movie was horrible.

This Is Surreal

You really get the feeling that something bad is about to happen. It's a little long but well worth the watch.