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Harry…A compelling story of a thoughtful and conscientious doorman who reluctantly gave his job up in the blink of an eye for what turned out to be a mistake, he hoped he would live to regret.

Taken through the alphabet of scientific study with a Platypus/Penguin type Man. This rhyming ABC poem offers an abundance of laughs, poetry and some insight into the different types of ‘Ology’ jobs. It does not attempt to provide an accurate portrayal into each field of study or academic discipline, nothing more than a illustrated poem combining science and art.

The Dot Sketch Book was designed by ptoone as a way to write between the lines, and keep structure. The Dot Grid was developed as an alternative to traditional lines and boxes. The light grey geometric dot matrix serves as a subtle guide for your notations and sketches.

From the beetle to the tree, ‘Shellac’ embarks on a remarkable process before it is purified for commercial use. The Laccifer Lacca (Lac Beetle) is a scale insect from the cohiael family. Measuring just 5mm in length when fully grown, it resides on trees in India and southern Asia, such as the Ficus, Palas, Kusum and Ber tree’s. This amazing process requires the precise efforts of man, animals and nature to perfect.