DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

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Inspired by this college student and this video and I carved mine last night! Happy Halloween Everyone!

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The Wait is over! After waiting twenty eight years between championships, Philly fans were forced to wait a little longer when game 5 of the World Series went into a 50 hour rain delay. The final three innings were played last night, the Phillies coming out on top 4-3 to take the series 4 games to 1. It marks the second World Championship in the team’s 125 year history.
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels went 4-0, with a 1.80 ERA in post season and was awarded the MVP of both the National League Championship and the World Series.

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Most concede that Senator Barack Obama has run one of the smartest, well run campaigns in the history of our nation. If you believe the polls, he will be the next President of the United States. So, what can we expect from an Obama administration? Most believe he will deliver the cool, thoughtful approach that he has demonstrated during this hard fought campaign. He delegates to a very close circle of smart people… No rock stars here. They are loyal, tight lipped and keep their eye on the prize. On the agenda in the first one hundred days will be structuring a plan to bringing troops home from Iraq in a little over a year, develop a far reaching energy plan and provide universal health care coverage.

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Tenshi supports Obama at W&M

…and she gets extra credit for carving an Obama Pumpkin!

Al, Angie and Brian support Obama at their workplace.

Cheryl supports Obama at the salon

Donna, Brendan and Janet support Obama at an accounting firm.

Alice supports Obama at her adult community.

This one was sent in by a teacher with a disclaimer… It’s not an endorsement, just a little project for the students.

Give those kids extra credit! A++

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Colin Powell, Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient, one time National Security Adviser, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of State has endorsed Senator Obama. In his interview on Meet The Press, he questioned the direction of the republican party and John McCains judgment in choosing Sarah Palin, who he believes is not ready to be president.

Dan R and Dan D. support Obama at Josloff Glass Co

Maggie supports Obama at the University of Delaware

Joe supports Obama at Rowan University.

Andrew supports Obama at Rowan University

Alyssa supports Obama at Rutgers University

Molly supports Obama at Florida Institute Of Technology.

The Obama campaign contacted me and asked if I would create a drawing for the campaign. I was honored to contribute this poster aimed at the college student demographic. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the previously posted fragments below, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send a picture to me via email (larry@roibal.net) I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send a picture to me via email (larry@roibal.net) I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student (or not) and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the poster in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print out the fragments, trim off the borders, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the drawing in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print the fragments out, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the drawing in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print the fragments out, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the drawing in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print the fragments out, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

Thanks for all of your kind posts and emails yesterday. It almost makes up for my writers cramp.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the drawing in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print the fragments out, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

An ad agency working on the Obama campaign called me a few weeks ago. They saw my drawings over words and my drawing with words posted here and asked if I would be interested in doing a drawing for a campaign poster. They wanted a portrait of Barack Obama made from a list of issues most important to the Senator written out to form the portrait. I employed this technique once before when I was so frustrated with the media coverage I thought it an appropriate way to show the subtext. But that drawing was done for this blog rather quickly and designed to be seen 6 inches at 72 ppi (pixels per square inch) this would be viewed much larger and needed to be much more detailed. That means many many more words,.. so many in fact, that at 72 ppi, I could only show a small fraction of the drawing here, otherwise it wouldn’t read as words.

Over the next few days I’m going to post the rest of the drawing in fragments. If you’re a college student and you print the fragments out, tile them together on your dorm room wall and send me a picture, I’ll give you a shout out and post the pics here on my blog.

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Seven aids to Governor Palin have agreed to testify in the abuse of power probe.

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Yes, I am ready to be Commander in Chief… nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?

…Yes, I think I do, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more.

Watch Sarah Wink

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The Bailout Bill, ladened with pork, was passed by the Senate and is headed back to the House. Warren Buffett says the bailout is absolutely necessary to avoid going over the precipice.

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I have a few photo shoots in the city today…so today’s is a quickly.

Bush urges congress to sign that bailout bill.