A little of what I’ve seen during the last couple of days.

Well, I have been on the Earth for three decades as of today, and I can’t really complain. I’ve been blessed with good family and friends, and generally some pretty good luck.

In celebration of old(er) age, it only seems fitting to show a few recently acquired photos of more innocent times.

Not a great jumper, admittedly…

Me in the blue Everton kit, next to my brother in the red Liverpool kit. No idea why we were dressed in those colours to be honest, but in the 80s they dominated English football.

Obviously tired out from all the energetic things one does at that age. The jumper hasn’t improved much.

Well, in the old days, it was using good, honest love for inspiration. Simpler times, eh? Not the sort of thing that’s useful to writers of the weird, perhaps…

Via Comically Vintage.

I love this guy’s style. It’s got great tone, great use of colour, and a wonderful, eerie, distressed feel to the scenes. Check out more on his blog.

This, by the Book Surgeon, is a rather unique form of editing a book – more clinical than most authors could cope with, perhaps. Part of me wonders how someone could possibly destroy a book in such a way, but the end result is rather beautiful.

Check out the rest of the gallery.

More fantastic fantasy art, this time from Maciej Kuciara. I’m not sure how many of these are concept sketches, which, from my trawl of artists’ websites, seems to be the reason for a lot of digital art these days. Anyway, it’s good to see a broad use of styles. What do you think?

More fantasy art, this time from Andreas Rocha. He uses a more painterly style than tends to be in vogue these digital days, but I particularly like the use of light in his pictures. Also, as with the others I’ve featured recently, there’s a good eye for an untold story, too.

From last week, but worthy of posting: Christians forming a ring around Muslims to protect them during prayers at protests in Cairo. Later, Muslims returned the favour.

Via Guilherme Ranoya.