Friday, March 21, 2008
Labels: Vague
Spring: please let me explain. I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain. We love spring for the reasons that Charlton Heston still makes audiences swoon: he's charming and human. Spring is humane. ¶ I'm not sure who I've been writing to for about two years. That's a significant amount of time to go before knowing a fairly basic fact. Like a slack university student, I've shied away. I've wanted to write all along, of course, but I can't possibly care about it in the same way I do my drawings. We don't always write or draw when we should, is the thing. As artists, we should admit this. I draw far more often than your average man, but do I draw a lot? Would my drawing be of note? I've always seen my writing as an important component in my creative process. Many posts are early articulations of half-baked ideas. ¶ I walk to work on basic Toronto streets and pass common folk going about their business. There isn't a glamour to any of it. I don't mean to even compare it to glamour, which for all its negative implications, still resonates with me in a positive way. I just mean that there's a valued normalcy to our city (branding geniuses will loathe Toronto's be-all and end-all instinct). ¶ With Siteway turning 12 next month, I've come to realise a few things. One, you have to tell the people you care about about the things you care about. And two, when you're picking a domain name, always go with your gut.
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Antony Hare is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in publications including Esquire UK, Maisonneuve, Forbes, Annabelle Mann, The Improper Bostonian, Bon Appétit, the Globe and Mail, and National Post (for which he won a Silver Medal from the Society of News Design). His work is at the meeting point between portraiture and caricature. Antony is a member of the Society of Illustrators and works from his office in downtown Toronto. ¶ Learn more about Antony.
Siteway was launched in 1996. It is Antony Hare's personal web site and is affiliated only with him. It contains his gallery of illustrations and blog since 2000. His illustrations are available for sale and for licensing in film and advertising. Siteway World is Siteway, Phelts, Tonicville, and Coastalmatic. Siteway is updated every week, usually Tuesday, with a new feature illustration.
