Author: oldpachwycc.com.au
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I’m trying not to be the Disappointed Panda.
One of the designs I decided to share this month is my Disappointed Panda t-shirt. I’m not quite sure when the idea of the Disappointment Panda edged its way into my psyche, but one night I was drawing after a particularly bad day at work, and there it was on my screen. The panda with…
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The Geek, The Biker & YouTube OR Confessions of a YouTube Addict
3 March 2025 Wow, all this change on the website site is cool, but kind of disconcerting. My social media elf has been on at me to finish the new logo so she can change Facebook, Instagram and the shop over to the new colours, but I’ve been too busy drawing and designing. I can…
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Slowing Down, Changing It Up and Getting Out
28 January 2025|Design History From my last post you may have gathered I’ve been a bit of a boring chap. Working contracting often involves long hours of work, and when I’m done, I’m really done—done in. Over the Australian summer break I repainted the kitchen. Seventeen doors and five drawers! I’m not doing that again!!…
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Change Is A’Coming!
Ah, 2018! The year; Ducati released the Ducati Panigale V4 S super bike, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner began direct flights between Perth and London, the Commonwealth Games were held on the Gold Coast, and I started sharing my t-shirt designs with the world—largely so I could have the type of t-shirts I love to wear. Since then,…
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It started with a mug…or Women Are From Venus
4 September 2022|Twisty Tales It started with a mug. Actually, it started a little before that, but never let the truth get in the way of a good story. I happened to mention I need a mug to take out with me when I’m “working” on the bike, or in the shed—one that won’t break. …
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Peats Ferry: Iconic Bridge on The Old Pac
13 August 2022|Design History The morning air is crisp and I wrap my hands tightly around the Bonnie’s heated grips. She purrs a deep throated burr, as twins do, as I head off for yet another morning run along my home route—the Old Pac. Every time I come down the hill I am awed by…