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It has been a while for this second installment of storefront signs as these montages further illustrates the city’s vast multiculturalism. Most were taken within the downtown districts and while some areas are culturally designated, many establishments are a mixture of all cultures. The collections creates an interesting assortment of font treatments and is always appreciated being a longtime type geek. 🏣🏬🏢🏪🏩🏫🚲

A page from one of the numerous collage sketchbooks displaying a composition of architectural structures sourced from the paper archives. The post is inspired by all the amazing collage artists that follow and graciously share their work. The art style touches into the surrealism and can definitely feed into the obsessive compulsive mind as tendencies to end a piece seems to be never there 🫥 This construction of structures was a placement experiment before reaching the book as the initial intention was not reached while becoming something different. Will end here and hope to possibly post others in the future.

Another meditative sketch featuring the all mighty Shoebill. This majestic creature’s prehistoric like appearance mostly inhabits East Africa’s swamps and marshes preying on anything they can swallow. Sporting the third-largest bird beak in the world they stalk prey patiently, in a slow and lurking fashion. Populations continue to decline through habitat degradation and illegal trade with estimates of 5000-8000 remaining in the wild. The species is classed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Under the genus name Balaenicaps rex, they are the only living member of their family, Balaenicipitidae. Being a long time favourite within the bird kingdom, they truly remind us of birds’ dinosaur ancestry✨🕊️✨