{"id":1313,"date":"2011-04-28T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2011-04-28T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T10:52:59","slug":"a-little-bit-quirky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/a-little-bit-quirky\/","title":{"rendered":"A little bit quirky"},"content":{"rendered":"

I quite enjoy trying something outside of my comfort zone, it’s too easy to stick to the familiar grounds – which for me would be painting, photographing, and writing about standing stones or the dawn sky (though I will be posting more on the Sunrise topic soon ;-)). So when Zoe Dawes, otherwise known as the Quirky Traveller<\/a> (or should that be the Quirky Traveller who is also known at times as Zoe Dawes?) asked if I would help her come up with something a bit quirky I decided to jump in with both feet \ud83d\ude42 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally the Quirky character was going to be a watercolour illustration, but the colours were quite muted and tame so we opted for a digital rendering of the character which is not something I normally attempt or think of myself as doing. In reality creating the Quirky character digitally was the right option; not only did Zoe get the strength of colour she was after, but it allowed me to use it quickly in a number of ways without worrying if the scan quality was good enough, or whether I’d have to spend hours cleaning and correcting the scan.<\/p>\n

Now, the Quirky character is appearing on the front of Zoe’s first publication The Quirky Traveller : Travel Notes<\/a> with plenty of room for observations and with thought-provoking quotes embellishing the pages to help you along the way, is the ideal companion for both travellers close to home and those who venture far and wide. Zoe Dawes, a noted travel writer and blogger, uses her own quirky take on life and travel to make The Quirky Travel journal a must-have accessory for adventurers, travellers and thinkers alike. <\/em><\/p>\n

The <\/em>journal will be published this weekend (30th April 2011) for more information check out the Quirky Traveller<\/a> website or the Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I quite enjoy trying something outside of my comfort zone, it’s too easy to stick to the familiar grounds – which for me would be painting, photographing, and writing about standing stones or the dawn sky (though I will be posting more on the Sunrise topic soon ;-)). So when Zoe Dawes, otherwise known as the Quirky Traveller (or should that be the Quirky Traveller who is also known at times as Zoe Dawes?) asked if I would help her come up with something a bit quirky I decided to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1315,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions\/1315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}