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Tag Archives: gps art
Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling…
…from east to west, and down the streets of town. My wife’s cousin Claire plays the bagpipes. She recently did me a huge favour. When I asked what I could do to repay her, she said simply, “Doodle me some bagpipes.” To … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipes, gps art, instrument, music, Scotland, strava art, victoria bc
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#MSbike
This morning, as thanks for my invitation from the MS Society of Canada to participate in this year’s Scotiabank MS Bike Cowichan Valley Grape Escape, I doodled #endMS. This afternoon I popped out and doodled another of the fundraising initiative’s hashtags: #MSbike. Following … Continue reading
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Tagged #endMS, #MSbike, bike-writing, gps art, multiple sclerosis
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It’s time to #endMS
Yesterday, I received an invitation to ride along on the Scotiabank MS Bike Cowichan Valley Grape Escape – a fundraising ride organized by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. An estimated 100,000 Canadians live with MS – an autoimmune disease of the … Continue reading
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Tagged #endMS, #MSbike, bike-writing, Cowichan Valley, disease, gps art, multiple sclerosis
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Another Venice-inspired doodle: il gondoliere
On Friday, July 1, I planned and pedalled another GPS doodle inspired by my recent holiday in Venice: a gondolier. Since July 1 marks the anniversary of the enactment of the British North America Act in 1867 – an important milestone on Canada’s way … Continue reading
“Plague doctor” Venetian mask
I’ve just returned from a holiday in Venice, where I saw, on every narrow strada I wandered, a crowded shop selling ornate Venetian masks. Typically worn during the Carnival of Venice, these masks have a colourful history. One of their uses: to obscure the … Continue reading
Two doodles in one: Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White
On March 19, I spent the day with Sean McShane to shoot a segment for Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet. I wanted to doodle something truly magical for the Daily Planet segment, so I was delighted to find – as I … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, creativity, cycling, cyclist, fantasy, Gandalf, garmin, gps, gps art, Lord of the Rings, strava, strava art, Tolkien, urban art, victoria bc, YYJ
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“It’s all connected” • A doodle for the CAO
For the past few days, I’ve been cycling about in the nation’s capital – Ottawa, Canada – creating a doodle on behalf of the Canadian Association of Optometrists, or CAO. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, the doodle underscores a key … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bicycling, Canadian Association of Optometrists, CAO, creativity, cycling, cyclist, da Vinci, eyes, garmin, gps art, health, strava art, vision
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Great big seahorse
This huge Hippocampus, which I doodled nine days ago, isn’t so much a lesson in marine biology as it is a lesson in paying attention while you’re GPS-doodling. I’d actually set out to do my seahorse doodle a day earlier, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bicycling, creativity, cycling, cyclist, garmin, gps art, marine life, ocean, seahorse, strava, urban art, victoria bc, wildlife, YYJ
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Hoppy Easter 2016…and a very big bunny
Calgary’s a big city. And since I happen to be in Calgary for the Easter weekend, I figured I ought to do a big Easter doodle. 100 kilometres (62 miles)…I guess that’s pretty big. SEE IT ON STRAVA * * Note: The GPS … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, bicycling, bike-writing, Calgary, creativity, cycling, Easter, Easter bunny, garmin, gps, gps art, strava, strava art, urban art
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GPS Doodling Shenanigans with Shaw TV
On March 3, I spent a sunshiny and fun-filled afternoon with Shaw TV‘s Lisa Pysmenny, who put together a fantastic four-minute segment that aired yesterday. Have a look: To commemorate the occasion, I doodled the words from the program’s logo … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bicycling, bike-writing, creativity, cycling, cyclist, garmin, gps, gps art, Shaw TV, strava, strava art, victoria bc, YYJ
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