The drum is calling my name
Gary Cook Gary Cook

The drum is calling my name

A company invents the perfect product to do a job and the market loves it. To keep the factory open, they need to keep selling it and to make profits they need to sell more and more each year. They keep trying to invent new improved versions but that just gets harder and harder. Then some bright spark comes up with the idea of 'built-in obsolescence' in other words they use thinner metal or weaker joints - so that their product is designed to break and then the customer

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Exmouth Arts goes Underground
Gary Cook Gary Cook

Exmouth Arts goes Underground

What has been fantastic is the response of local residents who have shown they share my sense of humour with lots of great comments on…

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Sea Wall Public Art
Gary Cook Gary Cook

Sea Wall Public Art

The Sea wall in Exmouth has always been a glorious place to set up camp for a day at the beach, but also

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Kids today
Gary Cook Gary Cook

Kids today

This illustration is a comment on the use of mobile technology by the kids of today. There was a time with kids would have been content to watch a Punch and Judy Show. The image not only

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Cartoons, Illustration, and all that
Gary Cook Gary Cook

Cartoons, Illustration, and all that

Cartoons, Illustration, Graphics, Advertising Concepts, Animations, Film Direction, Furniture Making, Architecture. It’s all the same stuff to me. Being creative is not about being constrained.

The process is one of invention, honing the

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Coffee Shop Concentrations
Gary Cook Gary Cook

Coffee Shop Concentrations

Working freelance means working for your own company, with no-one but yourself for company.

I find I need a routine and I need company, even if I don’t know them or talk to them, just being in the same room as fellow humans is

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