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Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:13 am

aaronhorkey wrote:Small acrylic and gouache bat painted on Dracula variant, 2012. Bat measures approximately 2.5" x 3", private collection. #aaronhorkey #vania #dracula #mondo #chiroptera #PLUR


:shock: :shock: :shock:
So it goes...
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:09 am

Yeah dude, that bat is insane. And bein that i'm a big fan of bats, it's even sweeter.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:25 am

joshua wrote:
ayejay wrote:Mayer pursued Aaron to do that cover. Aaron declined and reccomended smith. Rest is history.
it makes me very happy to hear that he turned it down.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:34 am

Timbrh2001 wrote:
joshua wrote:
ayejay wrote:Mayer pursued Aaron to do that cover. Aaron declined and reccomended smith. Rest is history.
it makes me very happy to hear that he turned it down.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:33 am

ayejay wrote:Mayer pursued Aaron to do that cover. Aaron declined and reccomended smith. Rest is history.
John Mayer (in that video) wrote: This went to the guy who actually designed the dollar bill, the new dollar bill revisions and stuff, and then he said there's this guy in England, Robert Smith...
:shock: If only...
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:46 am

ceevee wrote:
ayejay wrote:Mayer pursued Aaron to do that cover. Aaron declined and reccomended smith. Rest is history.
John Mayer (in that video) wrote: This went to the guy who actually designed the dollar bill, the new dollar bill revisions and stuff, and then he said there's this guy in England, Robert Smith...
:shock: If only...
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HappaHaoli wrote:^^ That should be on US currency.
Furthering the point that Aaron should redesign our currency.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:53 am

Rooting for this collaboration as well. Glad to see they connected and get along!

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Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:58 am

That is beautiful, love it!
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:19 am

Smith and Horkey, knowing of each other and hopefully knowing each other. What a damn cool thing.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 11:33 am

shingo rocks...
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:58 pm

mfaith wrote:
aaronhorkey wrote:Small acrylic and gouache bat painted on Dracula variant, 2012. Bat measures approximately 2.5" x 3", private collection. #aaronhorkey #vania #dracula #mondo #chiroptera #PLUR
Aaand that private collector would be Decker. :-P
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:25 pm

ayejay wrote:Mayer pursued Aaron to do that cover. Aaron declined and reccomended smith. Rest is history.
Wow. Thought I heard this before, maybe not. Awesome though.
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:23 pm

xjmjx wrote:Smith and Horkey, knowing of each other and hopefully knowing each other. What a damn cool thing.
I had a discussion with Dave via e-mail a while back about something else and I mentioned being a big fan of Aarons work and felt a bit stupid when not only did he know of him but they converse via e-mail occasionally, so we can live in hope, if anyone can reproduce Aarons work in glass its def Dave
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Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:26 pm

Shameless plug:

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Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:49 pm

Good shameless plug!!!
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