Strava Art prize 2018 thread

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  • #920016
    Allan C
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    “Well, Art is Art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.” — Groucho Marx

    This is the thread to post your Strava Art Pointless Prize entries. Post an image of your Strava ride here, along with a link to the Strava entry.

    Winner is the best single entry submitted by March 1, as judged by our small, secret panel of judges, based on artistic merit, technical complexity, and scale.

    For inspiration, here are last year’s entries: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?11412-Strava-art-pointless-prize

    “Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.” –Allan C
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  • #1081856
    bikedavid
    Participant

    A little drawing from MLK weekend. I have a dream… that everyone will go on a coffee ride.

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1358561752

    #1083703
    Allan C
    Participant

    It’s been a little slow in the old art department so far. I am reupping this with a reminder that entries in this particular pointless prize close Feb 28. For inspiration, check out last year’s thread: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?11412-Strava-art-pointless-prize

    #1084010
    komorebi
    Participant

    Here’s my Del Ray dragonfly, https://www.strava.com/activities/1407965741:

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    My ride title:

    Dragonflies make me think of summer days,
    lazing by the creek, soaking up rays.
    Wings shimmering,
    water glimmering,
    and the air thick with a golden haze.

    This was mostly a warm-up ride. I’ve got a couple more art rides planned, schedule and weather permitting.

    #1084096
    Allan C
    Participant

    Nice!

    A dragonfly / is not much of a dragon / unless you are a fly

    #1084189
    komorebi
    Participant

    Butterfly, https://www.strava.com/activities/1411790801. My Garmin appears to have been drunk this morning, but hopefully the lines are clear enough that you can see the drawing anyway:

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    My ride title:

    On this sunny but cold winter’s day
    I wish I could fly far away.
    Some butterflies migrate,
    travel far then congregate,
    but this one’s in D.C. to stay.

    #1084192
    Allan C
    Participant

    A better fly / a flutter fly / a butterfly

    Strava Art entomology category starting to look pretty locked down.

    #1084217
    komorebi
    Participant

    @Allan C 174836 wrote:

    Strava Art entomology category starting to look pretty locked down.

    Don’t worry, I’m working my way up the food chain. Here’s my fish, https://www.strava.com/activities/1414123194:

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    My ride title:

    There’s something fishy in this place,
    and it’s not the market ‘neath the Bridge Case.
    Just keep swimming
    and also spinning
    and see how these streets interlace.

    I nearly got smushed twice while doing this ride, first by a panda bus and then by a ridiculous muscle car. However, this was offset by two good things. First, I found a hidden pedestrian tunnel under 695 that I otherwise wouldn’t have known about. Second, when my saddlebag fell off while I was going through an intersection, the driver behind me saw this and stopped so that I could retrieve it, despite furious honking from the driver behind him/her.

    #1084222
    Judd
    Participant

    @komorebi 174861 wrote:

    Don’t worry, I’m working my way up the food chain.

    A horse is pretty high up on the food chain…

    #1084235
    Allan C
    Participant

    Icthus R Us.

    #1084514
    bikedavid
    Participant

    Moving up the chain, here’s a dog for “Year of the dog.”

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1424384480

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    #1084538
    Allan C
    Participant

    Elegant line

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