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SPRING 2012 – BUSINESS CARD VIGNETTES      Before computers, the business card business was busier. Designers made art and wrote copy. Typesetters set the type to spec from the designers. Copy camera services shot preliminary and finished art.      Now that's all at my fingertips on a computer. My cards don't have to be identical or even uniform in design. I print only as many as I need and I even design special cards for special purposes. Even 10-up to a sheet, each card can be different from the other nine.

From PUNTIAGUDOS   ♦   From COUSINS

Yikes! I just realized my name is going to be all over this page! In my paintings, though, I make an effort to camouflage my signature. But business demands a card, yes? For my card art, I've culled cameo vignettes from some of my paintings. Underneath each pair of business cards you'll find links to the paintings that feature the original images.

From SQUARE ONE   ♦   From NIKO IN SHADE

From GAGGLE   ♦   From HALF

Note that nowhere on my cards will you find the word artist. There's no need. Anyone who has one of my cards either got it from me while viewing my art or from someone who knows or represents me. I could just hand out the obvious palette card but when people notice there's more than one design, I give them their pick from whatever I have on my person.

From HAPPY CAMPER   ♦   From COUSINS

From LOS ANILLOS   ♦   From BALLS

My personal interests sometimes overlap with my art. I paint chess imagery because I study and play the game but I'm also a chess instructor, so my knight card does double duty.

From GASTON DESCENDING   ♦   From THE POPE'S BIG TWO-MOVER

From MUJER DEL TATUAJE   ♦   From DIOSA NICARAGUANSA

Another personal interest that competes for my attention is computing. I occasionally restore old computers and max them out for offline uses. Of course, these aren't original graphics but I did resample this assortment of computer-related icons to illustrate the card I used when I did computer restoration and repair. These days, I only do that as a favor for friends.

Last but not least, every sorceror should have a personalized calling card.

MAGUS from THE MAJOR ARCANA © 1970 © 1998 Keith Halonen ink on artist's illustration board digital colorization

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I  PAINT  ONLY  BY  STARLIGHT  —  IT'S  TRUE

Behold the simple technology bouncing photons issuing down from the nearest star at an upward angle into the artist's studio! Observe the ingenious looking glass positioned just so out on the deck!

See the brilliant (400 Watts or so) swath of light cast thereby onto the white ceiling directly above the wall-mounted easel! The resplendent radiance of this nearby self-luminous celestial body is so potent as to simultaneously dry my laundry and grow my vegetables whilst I labor with paintbrush in hand. Isn't science wonderful? No special licensing or permits required.

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