Please Stand By - I'm Building an Online Store!
Yep. I've decided to take the plunge and open a stand-alone, print-on-demand, dropshipping online store, a site with its own name and url...
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WHYTHEALGARVE
WHYTHEALGARVE
Freelance Graphic/Applied Design
We Have a Winner in the
Very First WhyTheAlgarve
T-Shirt Giveaway Contest!
Congratulations to Nick from around Chicago! They have selected "Draped with Cherry Blossoms" for their prize, and the process of building that shirt for them has begun.
"AS HEARD
ON A
PODCAST"
Rhys and Jesse, the guys behind the podcast, Canadian Politics is Boring, gave my War on Christmas series a big plug! Thanks, guys!! Check out the episode on YouTube.
Justus Hayes
- Apr 27
- 7 min
So You Want to Design a Bucket Hat
I spent some time in my last post, What Do Magnum PI, Ricky from the Trailer Park Boys, and Hunter S. Thompson Have in Common? talking...
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Justus Hayes
- Apr 18
- 5 min
What Do Magnum PI, Ricky from the Trailer Park Boys, and Hunter S. Thompson Have in Common?
A big part of my overall plan to create a sustainable income stream from my creative work is figuring out what products I want to sell....
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Justus Hayes
- Apr 9
- 7 min
The Captain of Industry at Real Algarve Living: Andrew (or Andy, if you like)
It's been almost a year since I last wrote about the YouTube vloggers pursuing a simpler life, renovating land in rural Central Portugal....
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Justus Hayes
- Apr 1
- 3 min
The Source of Distress
My Great Big Europe Trip of 2005, referenced many times throughout this blog, had the explicit goal of collecting as many photographs of...
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Justus Hayes
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Parisian Street Photography from the 30s to the 80s: Robert Doisneau
"Doisneau is remembered for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in...
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Justus Hayes
- Mar 16
- 1 min
And the Winner of My Very First T-Shirt Giveaway Contest Is...
And the winner is Nick from Indiana in the vicinity of Chicago. Their general area of residence seems fitting, as they found out about...
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Justus Hayes
- Mar 12
- 1 min
How I Got There: Steps in the Design Process
I'm developing a new processing technique that results in images that look like printed ink. These images chart my steps in an attempt to...
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Justus Hayes
- Mar 5
- 3 min
My Last Visit to Woodlands Hospital
Woodlands Hospital, or "Woodlands School" as it was latterly and inaccurately known, was an institution in New Westminster, British...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Bits of Portugal
As I was putting this design together, it struck me that it serves as a kind of pocket virtual tour around Portugal using the web-based...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 18
- 12 min
More Off-Grid Options under 100K CDN in Central Portugal
My light obsession with cheap, rural property in Central Portugal continues to simmer quietly on the back burner. Symptoms include...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Return to Riverview's West Lawn Pavilion
Please don't get the idea from this post's title that I have physically returned to the interior of Riverview's West Lawn Pavilion. I...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 12
- 3 min
My Very First T-Shirt Giveaway Contest
Win an original WhyTheAlgarve t-shirt! My amazing wife, Lisa, suggested recently that I hold a contest and give away a free, original...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 5
- 7 min
The Secret Life of Shopping Carts
I have a lot of thoughts about shopping carts. They've been on my mind in some fashion for at least ten years, to the extent that I even...
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Justus Hayes
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Pockets of Radiance
As I recently wrote when I posted the above image on Facebook, "I think I'm narrowing in on something." I'm discovering (well,...
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Justus Hayes
- Jan 17
- 3 min
A Look at Cartoonification
One of the techniques I have been spending a lot of time with is what I have been calling "cartoonification," the process of turning a...
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Justus Hayes
- Jan 4
- 1 min
Website Improvements Underway
It's 2022, my Portfolio is getting much closer to the point when I can start trying to get some work out of it, and that means the rest...
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Justus Hayes
- Dec 26, 2021
- 6 min
Where to Find High Quality Free Graphics
Anyone who likes to mess around with digital images and image editing and who also doesn't want to steal intellectual property is always...
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Justus Hayes
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
The Next Design Series: British Columbia
This design series has a very focused and pragmatic goal - to create designs for merch that would appeal to tourists visiting British...
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Justus Hayes
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
V Day for the War on Christmas!!
Here we are, Dec 12, and the War on Christmas has finally run its course. Whew! I pumped out 17 unique designs in about 5 weeks, which is...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
And to All a Good Night - The War on Christmas
And to All a Good Night - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has arrived at drop #15 with And to...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
I Don't Know What I Want - The War on Christmas
I Don't Know What I Want - The War on Christmas What's this? #14 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021? Yes, it is. I...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
Christmas Is an Inside Job - The War on Christmas
Christmas Is an Inside Job - The War on Christmas My lucky number is 13, and so it is with great satisfaction that I present #13 in the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
Memories That Last a Lifetime - The War on Christmas
Memories That Last a Lifetime (v2) - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has hit a dozen with...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
So Many Weapons - The War on Christmas
So Many Weapons - The War on Christmas We've reached #11, which is close to when I thought I would run out of juice for this thing, but...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Uplift the Glorious Leader - The War on Christmas
Uplift the Glorious Leader - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has hit double digits! Here we are...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Just Walk Away - The War on Christmas
Just Walk Away - The War on Christmas The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive continues with Just Walk Away, the 9th design in the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
They All Chose Socialism - The War on Christmas
Design #8 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 features another fusion of Karl Marx and Santa Claus, titled They All...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Death From Above - The War on Christmas
Design drop #7 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 has arrived. I call it Death From Above. While I enjoyed putting...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Christmas Is a False Flag - The War on Christmas
Design drop #6 in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021 courts the conspiracy-minded among us. Christmas Is a False Flag is...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Raising Cane in Victory - The War on Christmas
Announcing the drop of the fifth design in The Great Big War on Christmas Design Drive of 2021! Raising Cane in Victory is one of two...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 6, 2021
- 1 min
Karl "Santa" Marx - The War on Christmas
Announcing the newest drop in the Great Big War on Christmas design series, #4 and going strong. This is, literally, the newest, in that...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
The War on Christmas - Hell Brought Eggnog
And along comes the third installment in the Great Big War on Christmas Design Series of 2021 - Hell Brought Eggnog. This is actually the...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 2, 2021
- 1 min
The War on Christmas - He's Watching You
This is the second design in The War on Christmas series. Replacing the almost-silhouette of the Nazi soldier with Santa's silhouette was...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
The War on Christmas: The Smell of Eggnog
The first design drop in my War on Christmas series is something I'm pretty proud of. "The Smell of Eggnog" references one of the...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
The Great Big Christmas Drive of 2021
Life has been pretty hectic over the past couple weeks, but it looks like I may get a bit of a breather in some respects over the next...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 11, 2021
- 6 min
Interpretations of The Overlook's Gold Room
This is an examination of another of Kubrick's iconic scenic environments, the Gold Room, which is featured so prominently in his horror...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 10, 2021
- 1 min
Portfolio: Beachcombing in the Pacific Northwest
John Baanstra is a friend of mine from junior high who I am getting to know again through Facebook and Instagram. He recently posted this...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Despite the Evidence, I Have Not Lost My Mind
In other words, there is method in my madness. One of the challenges of operating this website and using it as a way to highlight the...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Bathroom in Room 237
The bathroom in The Shining's room 237 is one of the most iconic environments in film history. The fame of this room is due as much to...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Mike Lindell - Feathers
Our current reality often seems like some strange, inverted comic book version of reality. In the graphic novel written about 2020 and...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
a shopping cart saved my life
I created a group on Facebook, "a shopping cart saved my life." When I realized I could easily create a group, one dedicated to shopping...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
Knowledge Fight Timeline
(**Timeline updated Oct 03, 2021) Full resolution versions available here, on Flickr. Now that I have started my second re-listen of the...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Tucker Carlson - Charred Tree
I'm not alone in thinking that Tucker Carlson is doing more to stoke the fires of hate and intolerance in America than just about anybody...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Alex Jones' Modest Proposal
If you have been browsing around in the Low Humour section of my portfolio, you will have noticed that quite a few of the designs there...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Portfolio: Flamingo Bones
Simple idea, simple execution. When I finished this one, I immediately wanted to make another one. Unfortunately, there aren't many...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
Portfolio: The Irony Indicator
The Irony Indicator, aka The Rayburn Ironic-O-Meter This an example of a design that was conceived, implemented, thought about, then...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Life's Very Fragile
This design is kind of unique. It was made as a very specific inside joke based on the podcast, Knowledge Fight, but also works on its...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Just Say NO!! to Interdimensional Demons
I've had the idea for "Just Say NO!! to Interdimensional Demons" for a while. Once again, inspired by the podcast Knowledge Fight (I am...
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