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Urban Sketchbook

This site is where I am collecting drawings I've been doing of people, mainly where I live around Newtown/Erskineville in Sydney, Australia, with occasional forays elsewhere. If you're interested, you can see other stuff of mine at http://sites.google.com/site/shakespearecomics/Home

Monday, July 6, 2009

Girl With Fur Hood, St Peters Station, St Peters, 2009

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Monday, December 1, 2008

'Bill Posters', King St, Newtown, 2008

Posted by David Messer at 4:56 PM 1 comments

Labels: The guy on the left was giving me a bit of a dirty look

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

'Homeless Man in Doorway, King St, Newtown', 2008

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Monday, October 6, 2008

'Woman with Sunglasses, 2007 Newtown Festival', 2008

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Monday, June 23, 2008

'Skateboarders in Kelly Armour, King St, Newtown', 2008

Posted by David Messer at 2:30 PM 1 comments

Labels: The armour is my addition to what I saw (this was a magazine illustration.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

'Jeans, bus stop in Pitt St near Central Station', 2008

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

"Angry Man outside Botany View Hotel, Newtown", 2008

Posted by David Messer at 10:27 AM 0 comments

Labels: "I've been here for six fucking hours, all for fucking eight dollars forty. " This man was very angry, yelling at someone on his phone.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

'Two Women in Jeans, King St, Newtown', 2008

Posted by David Messer at 8:42 AM 1 comments

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

'Punk, Newtown Station', 2008

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Labels: I don't know what it is about the station but it just attracts interesting looking people.

Friday, May 9, 2008

'Man in Sportscoat, Newtown Station,' 2008

Posted by David Messer at 10:48 AM 1 comments

Monday, April 7, 2008

'Trio Pushing Amp in Shopping Trolley, King St, Newtown', 2008

Posted by David Messer at 9:45 AM 1 comments

Labels: especially with the wind in her hair. Delacroix could have done well with this one., There was something heroic about the girl helping with the trolley

Friday, April 4, 2008

'Tuba Busker, King St, Newtown', 2008

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Labels: This guy plays regularly near the corner of King and Wilson streets. He has a one-song repetoire - the 'Star Wars' theme - though he does it very well.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

'Deal, King St, Newtown', 2008

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

'Drinking Couple, Newtown Festival', 2007

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

'Woman holding Nose, St Peters to Central', 2008

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

'Woman with Afro, King St, Newtown', 2008

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

'Goth, Egg Records, Newtown', 2007

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Friday, March 7, 2008

'Rockabilly Dad, Newtown', 2008

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

'Waiting for the Light Rail, Central', 2008

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

'Man with Bags, Erskineville Rd, Newtown', 2008

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Saturday, March 1, 2008

'Video Shop, Newtown', 2008

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

'Woman on Train from Tokyo to Narita,' 2008

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Monday, February 25, 2008

'Franklins Queue', ink on paper, 2007

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

'Greens Man in Dress', ink on paper, 2007

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

'Tired Boy & Two Girls, Newtown Festival', 2007

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

'Young Woman Sleeping on Light Rail', ink on paper, 2008

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'Julian Henderson', ink on paper, 2007

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Labels: but I quite like this drawing anyway, Not a great likeness, partly because he is usually smiling and beardless

Friday, January 11, 2008

'Couple, Haymarket', ink on paper, 2007

Posted by David Messer at 11:39 AM 0 comments

Labels: This was an experiment to use black without the hated cross-hatching. I think it works.

'Louis Tillet, Sandringham Hotel', ink on paper, 2007

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Monday, December 31, 2007

'Man Sleeping on the Train', ink on paper, 2007

Posted by David Messer at 9:52 AM 1 comments

Labels: Like a surprsingly large number of people, this man was sleeping (or at least appearing to do so) on the train from St Peters to the city.

Friday, December 21, 2007

'Angry Santa', ink on paper, 2007

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Labels: This Santa was suffering the twin indignities of wearing a costume in public and holding an advertising sign. His look embodied how I imagine most Santa's feel inside much of the time.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

'Arm in Arm', ink on paper, 2007

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Labels: Waiting for the lights to change. I'm very proud of the hair.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

'Women at Bus Stop Before Central, Pitt St', ink on paper, 2007

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Monday, December 3, 2007

'Couple, Marrickville Metro', ink on paper, 2007

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'Lost & Tired Couple, Newtown Festival', ink on paper, 2007

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Friday, November 30, 2007

'Man Sitting in Phone Booth, Bray St, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

Posted by David Messer at 11:32 AM 0 comments

Labels: happily chatting and smoking for half an hour, This guy was reclining on the floor of the phone booth (complete with urine stains and rubbish)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

'Busker With Badly Burnt Hand, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

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Labels: This guy busks regularly on King St. One of his hands has lost most of its fingers. His harmonica playing is rudimentary to say the least.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

'Vintage Delight', ink on paper, 2007

Posted by David Messer at 11:14 AM 1 comments

Labels: These three were having a good laugh together. The shop name 'Vintage Delight' seemed to sum them up.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

'Four Ruffians, Town Hall Hotel, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

Posted by David Messer at 12:59 PM 0 comments

Labels: 100 years ago these four would have been described as ruffians, an underused word today. The one in the middle looked pretty menacing, though this was more a lively discussion than a real argument.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

'Three Rockabilly/Goth/Punks, King St', ink on paper

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'Pub Window Drinker', ink on paper, 2007

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'Tired Man, Central Starion, Sydney', ink on paper 2007

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'Old Woman, King St, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

'Three Drinkers, Sandringham Hotel, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

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'Tired Drunk, King St, Newtown', ink on paper, 2007

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

'Aging Hipster, Redeye Records, Pitt St, Sydney' ink on paper, 2007

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

'Couple with Fan, King St, Newtown' ink on paper, 2007

This couple was actually dressed all in black, with a look somewhere between 50s retro and goth. My fear of cross-hatching meant I had to forgo the black.

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'Old Man, King St, Newtown' ink on paper, 2007

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

'Zombie Lurch, Sydney University' ink on paper, 2007

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'Three zombies, Zombie Lurch, Sydney Uni' 2007

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► 2008 (28)
- ► December (1)
  - 'Bill Posters', King St, Newtown, 2008
- ► November (1)
  - 'Homeless Man in Doorway, King St, Newtown', 2008
- ► October (1)
  - 'Woman with Sunglasses, 2007 Newtown Festival', 20...
- ► June (4)
- ► May (2)
  - 'Punk, Newtown Station', 2008
  - 'Man in Sportscoat, Newtown Station,' 2008
- ► April (2)
  - 'Trio Pushing Amp in Shopping Trolley, King St, Ne...
  - 'Tuba Busker, King St, Newtown', 2008
- ► March (9)
- ► February (2)
  - 'Woman on Train from Tokyo to Narita,' 2008
  - 'Franklins Queue', ink on paper, 2007
- ► January (6)

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