Some Notes About the Electronic Music I've Been Using as Soundtracks in My Videos and Reels
An article written so that I can point to it when explaining about where I found some of the electronic music I use as soundtracks for my...
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Please visit my online stores, Big Shadows for film noir art and attire,
and Lazy River Design Works for everything else.
WHYTHEALGARVE
WHYTHEALGARVE
Freelance Graphic/Applied Design
My store is online and open for business. I create striking and vivid visual imagery and then place those designs onto a bunch of different products, t-shirts, Hawaiian shirts, hats, cards, stickers, and prints. Brought to you with the technological magic of print-on-demand and dropshipping. Check it out!
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Tiny Hearts Can Be Broken, Too
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Justus Hayes
Sep 72 min read
Last Night at the LRT - Neo-Noir Music Video
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Justus Hayes
Aug 33 min read
What do you mean by "noir?"
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Justus Hayes
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The Concrete Frog
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So Random: Tuned Styles from Midjourney
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Justus Hayes
Apr 302 min read
Tiny Noir - Miniature Hearts Bleed Just as Red
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Apr 32 min read
Underground Circuses Blowing Up Real Good
An underground circus and fairground lurks in caverns below, dark carnivals where the warm glow evokes the sinister fires of hell. Pennywise
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Feb 131 min read
Noir Cats
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I love it when a plan comes together
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Justus Hayes
Dec 15, 20232 min read
Introducing Big Shadows, Fulfilling Your Need for Noir
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Justus Hayes
Oct 30, 20236 min read
PSA: Look Out for New Scams on Social Media Using AI Images
It's unfortunately true that there is and always will be a segment of our population dedicated to turning the latest developments in...
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Justus Hayes
Oct 20, 20235 min read
Ethical Use of AI Image Engines
Some thoughts and examples of how to use AI image engines like Midjourney in a way that doesn't trample on the rights of artists. While...
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Justus Hayes
Oct 7, 20233 min read
Death, Cake, Balloons and the Birth of Spooky Stuff
As we lurch into actual October, my creative output's spooky quotient has risen correspondingly. Truth be told, the increase in ghosts...
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/Describe Greebles, Please
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Jul 24, 20231 min read
Salvador Dali Photo Unlocks the Feline Storm
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Abstract Thought
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Please Stand By - the Spring and Summer of '23 Prove to Be Very Crowded Indeed
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Justus Hayes
May 15, 20236 min read
YouTube Channels that Offer Property WalkThrough Videos and Buying Advice in Rural Central Portugal
I started paying attention to cheap rural land for sale in Central Portugal at the beginning of 2020, right around the start of the...
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Apr 23, 20237 min read
3 Hectare Hilltop Olive Farm in Fundão for € 65,000
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Mar 31, 20235 min read
Something About M*A*S*H: Hawaiian Shirts, Booze, Cross-Dressing and Subversive Liberalism
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Justus Hayes
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Club Noir de Mer
"Another Set at Club Noir de Mer" My fascination with variations on the film noir aesthetic continues, mostly placing the tropes in an...
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Justus Hayes
Jan 29, 20236 min read
A Pocket Terraced Grape Farm in Central Portugal for under 50K USD
It's been quite a while since I wrote up a piece of rural Portuguese property, but this little gem jumped out at me a couple of days ago...
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Jan 9, 20233 min read
What's Going On in 2023
Here we are in a new year and big things are afoot at the Lazy River Design Works store. The last time I posted was mid-December, and...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 12, 20226 min read
What is Art? Part 2: How AI-Generated Art is Like a Camera
Yesterday, I wrote a post on social media and here that outlined as many of the arguments against AI-generated imagery as I could think...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 11, 20221 min read
Film Noir de Mer - A Midjourney Image Dump
Squid Town. The Big Murk. That bottom-dwelling metropolis where the dregs drift in and settle down in the mud and debris. A place where...
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Justus Hayes
Dec 11, 20223 min read
What is Art: Criticisms of AI-Generated Imagery
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about the growing controversy over AI-generated imagery. It's a complicated issue that can be...
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Justus Hayes
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Midjourney Image Dump
I just started using the AI art engine, Midjourney. I have many thoughts, but as always I am short on time. While I'm processing and...
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Nov 14, 20221 min read
T-Shirts Found Drifting Down the Lazy River
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Justus Hayes
Oct 31, 20224 min read
The Wedding Ring
Back in August, I related a couple of remarkable events from my life and mentioned a few more (see this post). Today being Halloween, I...
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Oct 24, 20222 min read
Not Quite Azulejos
The original source photos of the plates used to make these designs were posted on Pixabay by tunaolger. One of the few drawbacks of...
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Justus Hayes
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My Characteristic Style
Keen-eyed observers will have noticed by now that much of my creative output has a certain finish, a look or style that is present to...
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Justus Hayes
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Specs and Size Charts for HugePOD T-Shirts in cms and Inches are no longer applicable
HugePOD is no longer one of my suppliers. A good product, but they became a little too unreliable.
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Justus Hayes
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Bleeding Speedo, Haunted Wedding Ring, Abandoned Lullabye, and Other Remarkable Events
As I slide into the latter half of my fifties I find myself being more than a little retrospective. A part of this is Recovery work but...
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Justus Hayes
Aug 6, 20221 min read
In the Backyard with Rowan and Merch
Taking photos with Rowan of Hawaiian shirts and bucket hats from the Lazy River. Merchandise IRL via print-on-demand and dropshipping.
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Justus Hayes
Jul 23, 20223 min read
The Lazy River Just Got Deeper: The Latest Developments
Some big changes just came down the pipe and I am scrambling to catch up. Where to begin? I'll summarize with some bullet points and then...
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Justus Hayes
Jul 16, 20222 min read
A Look at the Umbrellas from HugePOD
I have a feeling that umbrellas are going to become a lot more relevant in the near future as global warming continues to deliver extreme...
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Justus Hayes
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Hawaiian Shirt Size Charts (HugePOD and InterestPrint)
Wondering what size Hawaiian-style shirt you should order? Wonder no more. Here are size charts for both the square-cut shirts from...
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Justus Hayes
Jul 9, 20223 min read
A Look at the Hawaiian Shirts from HugePOD
Now that I've ordered and received a few of these shirts from HugePOD, I can write up a description of what they are like. Spoiler - I...
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Justus Hayes
Jun 21, 20224 min read
What Are and How Does Print-On-Demand and Dropshipping Work?
This article answers the questions in its title, and in doing so answers the MFAQ (most frequently asked question): How long is the...
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Justus Hayes
May 31, 20222 min read
Much Progress on the Store Front
This morning saw two very large boxes and a slightly smaller one being ticked: - Thanks to a generous cash injection from my father, I...
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Justus Hayes
May 22, 20222 min read
Ever-So-Softly Introducing "Lazy River Design Works"
My last post asked you to "Please stand by" because of working on the new online store. And, it turns out, with good reason. I'm very...
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Justus Hayes
May 9, 20223 min read
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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Justus Hayes
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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, 20225 min read
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, 20228 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
Parisian Street Photography from the 30s to the 80s: Robert Doisneau
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Justus Hayes
Mar 16, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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