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Motobi Tees Launched!
12th December, 2018: I stole time at my desk at Lema Concepts, with a deadline pressing, to build a page at mradot.com/motobi. That was version 3 of this website, a static build on the Bootstrap 3 framework. Back then,…
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Picture: Hendrix
Full disclosure: I did this after I stumbled on a concert video of Esperanza Spalding, without thinking of Jimi Hendrix at all. But somewhere along the line I simplified the design — faddish creature that I am — so this happened. Esperanza’s…
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PoxVop: Ploverbs #2
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PoxVop: Fashion
Interesting phenomenon, is it not? I especially love how the second-hand clothes market has flooded Ghana with hipster boots and jeans. Very soon we’ll have to discount people’s appearances entirely when forming first impressions.…
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PoxVop: Forever?
My machine died last week, and because I am an idiot who hasn’t backed up since March, I have now lost all the work from the most productive period of my artistic and professional life.…
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PoxVop: Ploverbs #1
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Picture: Escape
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Picture: Louis Braille, Legend
I hope I’ve done this justice. Every bust, every portrait of this man shows a different face. And none of them is easy to capture in outlines– at least, not for an amateur. I remember…
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PoxVop: Hugger Not A Fighter
I’ve been a fan of boxing all my life. That said, every insight into the sport and the business pushed me father away, until now I’m too self-conscious to enjoy the eye-busting and jaw-breaking.…