Laid Back Logos: Christmas Edition

Right under the wire for the holidays, Laid Back Logos has returned, same MO as the previous ones, a cosy little video collage of retro TV snippets, but this time, in the words of Noddy Holder...

IT'S CHRIIIIIISTMAAAAAAS!!!!!!!

...

Indeed.

The mainstay of this video was put together back in August but between one thing and another, I got tangled up with other things and only just got the title and end card art done the other day (on the solstice, no less!) and here it is, ready for its close-up, complete with exciting celebrity guests! First off, here's a look at the title and end card art, without the text. It's probably fairly obvious I didn't have much time to spare for these, but it felt better to get them done than to leave it for next year. (We'll just casually sidestep the several episodes of Spooky Shenanigans which have been in the works since 2023...)

To open with, there's Danae, Goldie and Jean-Paul posing a clear and present danger to a sizeable Christmas pud.

And to close, we have Jonesy and Dionne being a couple of lovebugs in a festive wreath.

On that note, it's been a hectic year and I need a siesta, so activity might be thin on the ground through the tail end of December and into January. In the meantime, have a lovely Christmas and a brilliant new year, everyone. Look after yourselves, and see you in 2026!

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Further rambling

Twa Thousand Corbies

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Going to start this post with an illustration, because of this blog layout, posts lacking images tend to look a bit pants. The art here is by G. Howell-Baker. A while back, I was joking about gathering together as many versions of Twa Corbies as possible, and finally, here we are. This is going to be a continually evolving list, so if you know of a version that needs to be included, or if you've recorded one of your own, then by all means, let me know. You can put a comment here or e-mail me at looksinnocuousnenoughchaps [at] gmail [dot] com. Part two, with versions 50-100 can be found here . Let's begin! 1.  Folly Bridge - My personal favourite, performed completely a capella with some beautiful, eerie harmonies. 2.  Hamish Imlach - A live version, and a very close second favourite. Hamish's distinctive voice works wonders here and we're treated to some elegant sitar as well. 3.  Ayreheart - This one features the lute and a passionate vocal performance, it's qui...
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Some doodles from last night

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I went on a bit of a spree last night, trying out some different brushes in Rebelle 7, trying to work out what approach I might want to take for reviving Facts About the World, and here are some of the resulting doodles. First, a swoonicorn investigating Blarglflorp, the tiniest comet in the cosmos. Ara, done entirely using ink brushes with varying degrees of water. It's been a bit of running joke that their markings are different every time I draw them, and this time is no exception. (They were initially based on a striped dolphin but at this point, it's anyone's guess. Cynosure was a futuristic thing with cyborgs anyway, so what kind of dolphin Ara resembled wasn't exactly a pressing logical concern.) And one from the end of the night, which didn't end up being coloured because I'd been up since 3am again and needed to go to bed.
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Fridayposting

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It is Friday, continuing the theme of the spooky video games, I'm currently revisiting Still Wakes the Deep and trying to finish up the blog post about that (it's a good job this isn't an audio effort because noone needs to hear yours truly going "Fuckin' 'ell, McLeary!!!" in an incredibly questionable Glaswegian accent whenever the mood so takes me.) Sod's law, I completely forgot to actually get the pictures off of Mariner... it was late at night. For now, it's time to return to the comfy slippers of The Callisto Protocol, not in chronological order and not really with a theme in mind either, just a bit of fun for today. Starting with these artfully arranged Crunchy Creatures, with a bit of an HR Giger kind of vibe. I also appreciate the elegantly flowing mist around here. Hmmm . (This one's off the PS4 version, I redid it on the PS5 but a big cloud of mist was obscuring one of the monsters and we can't have that.) This hexagonal effort...
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