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Update - February 2023
Sorry for the long absence but my family suffered a very unexpected death and it knocked everything off track here. Now I am trying to...
andrewruhren22
Feb 3, 2023
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November 2022 update
I've just finished editing the thousands of words in the lists from A-Z. We've been correcting coordinates, deleting redundant words, and...
andrewruhren22
Nov 4, 2022
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Sep 2022 Update
Publishing date moved to December 19, 2022
andrewruhren22
Sep 15, 2022
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Release date moved to October 24, 2022
This is the latest idea for the layout, horizontal with a spiral binder.
andrewruhren22
Jun 8, 2022
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O - Oh
O - I guess there are many O cereals I could have drawn bowls of too
andrewruhren22
Apr 20, 2022
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N - for nothing
N - not much going on here but but the tiny details imply quite a bit
andrewruhren22
Apr 19, 2022
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M - mmm mmm mmm
M - Some personal things in this detail. Our little white, smushed face Pekingese is named Mochi as are the oval, smushed rice treats on...
andrewruhren22
Apr 19, 2022
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O - an overturned cart of onions
O - I've posted many detail shots from O because I really enjoy this octopus town and had fun drawing it. I haven't posted this detail...
andrewruhren22
Apr 18, 2022
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L - landscaping the lawn
L - I paid for college and some of grad school by working as a landscaper, first in NJ and then out in Southampton, NY. Some fond...
andrewruhren22
Apr 18, 2022
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N - Nice neck!
A nice little piece of N with enough N words to entice your noggin.
andrewruhren22
Apr 14, 2022
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K - K does a great job...
except when it's silent
andrewruhren22
Apr 13, 2022
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M - A museum of M
There is so much going on in M but I tried to post a little piece that maybe you haven't seen as much of. When I started this one my kids...
andrewruhren22
Apr 13, 2022
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J - for jerk
My mom worked as a soda jerk in my dad's father's drug store in highschool. That is where they met.
andrewruhren22
Apr 12, 2022
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L - Are you looking for a lot of L words?
There are plenty of them in this little piece but my favorite is the ludacris lobster.
andrewruhren22
Apr 12, 2022
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I - the implosion of I
The Egyptian had a hieroglyph for arm, which is believed to have evolved into the Phoenicians yodh. The Greeks stood it up and called it...
andrewruhren22
Apr 11, 2022
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K - kitten kidnapper
At the center of the drama in the K drawing is this kitten who has stolen the king's crown and thrown and has even kidnapped the princess.
andrewruhren22
Apr 11, 2022
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H - had to be a haunted house
This came together so easily and has lots of H words in it.
andrewruhren22
Apr 10, 2022
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J - Joan of Arc
J - I went with this one for a good friend of mine, you know who you are. I also always remember how another friend's reaction was, "Do...
andrewruhren22
Apr 10, 2022
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G - growing guards
One of the first plants I ever grew from seed were mixed halloween guards. I have to thank my mom and siblings for adding the love of...
andrewruhren22
Apr 9, 2022
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I - Inspiring ideas
I like the cartoonish interwoven with the classical, the art history mixed with the contemporary issue.
andrewruhren22
Apr 9, 2022
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