<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post4422982207123408440..comments</id><updated>2009-07-21T18:38:01.803-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Nicholas  Simmons: Kanji #2</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/4422982207123408440/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07901533179774248604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-5688900559903143998</id><published>2009-07-21T18:38:01.803-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T18:38:01.803-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dake -  the stuff got  squeezed  into another shap...</title><content type='html'>Dake -  the stuff got  squeezed  into another shape, a shape I don&amp;#39;t like as well, but works with this comp I  think. &amp;quot;Concentrated&amp;quot;  is the perfect word, not surprisingly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nava  - thanks for visiting and the parchment texture is what I was  going for, I guess  it worked</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/5688900559903143998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/5688900559903143998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1248215881803#c5688900559903143998' title=''/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07901533179774248604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06305778109424476022'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-8293933386838439415</id><published>2009-07-19T03:28:11.570-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T03:28:11.570-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful combination of text, texture and composi...</title><content type='html'>&lt;i&gt;Beautiful combination of text, texture and composition. The warm rusty hues of the parchment(?) against the cool background is truly appealing. &lt;/i&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/8293933386838439415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/8293933386838439415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247988491570#c8293933386838439415' title=''/><author><name>Nava</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03594536242955214557</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-3268865339630690673</id><published>2009-07-14T06:40:22.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-14T06:40:22.009-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sophisticated!
I like BIll's "Jacki O in the jungl...</title><content type='html'>Sophisticated!&lt;br /&gt;I like BIll&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Jacki O in the jungle&amp;quot; comment.&lt;br /&gt;I think that sums up that rural vs metro juxtaposition that the both of these designs project.&lt;br /&gt;I think this is a concentrated, perhaps more clearly articulated production when compared to it&amp;#39;s predecessor. I like it a lot!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/3268865339630690673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/3268865339630690673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247568022009#c3268865339630690673' title=''/><author><name>David Burge</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07381162837513099079</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4947679757694639138</id><published>2009-07-13T10:29:53.303-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T10:29:53.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sandeep - thanks for stopping by, nice to  have yo...</title><content type='html'>Sandeep - thanks for stopping by, nice to  have you aboard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandy - I think we&amp;#39;re probably alike, we paint what  we like when we want to paint it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billie -  heheh, the &amp;quot;interesting&amp;quot; remark can be a funny one, it&amp;#39;s what my mom would say when I did weird stuff. Yes, a couple little accents (sorry, &amp;quot;notes&amp;quot;)of red. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juan - un abrazo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre - merci and see above comment to Billie! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill - thanks!  and I&amp;#39;ll be over  soon, been trying to think of something worthy of your latest masterpiece. Something as good as  this post...ya gotta aim high,right?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/4947679757694639138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/4947679757694639138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247495393303#c4947679757694639138' title=''/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07901533179774248604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06305778109424476022'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4712070133526359295</id><published>2009-07-12T11:11:40.439-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:11:40.439-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Nicholas - looks like your production cycle is ...</title><content type='html'>Hi Nicholas - looks like your production cycle is in full gear now; a good thing when you have anxious and expectant fans waiting.. waiting.  I like the variation on your oriental (PC?) theme.  The warm shape in the middle with burnt orange edges makes me think of a leopard in the jungle... or a 5th Ave lady wearing a leopard stole with matching pillbox hat taking a hike in the bamboo forest.  Either way your painting trips the imagination in an intriguing way.  Excellent balance of simplified shapes with the more complex ones of the bamboo etc.  An exotic Jackie O in the Jungle... is there such a thing? - or perhaps a Rita Moreno, Bette Page, Joey Heatherton blend - searching for the elixir of youth and staying one step ahead of mosquitoes, poisoned darts and hungry cannibals.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/4712070133526359295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/4712070133526359295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247411500439#c4712070133526359295' title=''/><author><name>W. K. Moore</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09886162513117493657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-838915266304968985</id><published>2009-07-11T00:57:53.050-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T00:57:53.050-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A beautiful contrast of light and very interesting...</title><content type='html'>A beautiful contrast of light and very interesting!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/838915266304968985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/838915266304968985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247288273050#c838915266304968985' title=''/><author><name>masmoulin</name><uri>http://http.masmoulin.blog.lemonde.fr</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-6348658373608794765</id><published>2009-07-10T17:45:41.035-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T17:45:41.035-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nick 

Could be admiring the work to infinity! 
A ...</title><content type='html'>Nick &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Could be admiring the work to infinity! &lt;br /&gt;A great job ... increible, &lt;br /&gt;Very very good. &lt;br /&gt;A big hug !!!!! &lt;br /&gt;jk</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/6348658373608794765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/6348658373608794765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247262341035#c6348658373608794765' title=''/><author><name>cardesin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10157793751582213004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05189747480890894815'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-2404917086445580684</id><published>2009-07-10T12:25:29.847-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T12:25:29.847-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting and I mean that in a good way. The cen...</title><content type='html'>Interesting and I mean that in a good way. The central element looked like leopard skin to me when I first saw it. Asian jungle theme(?)...then I realized the &amp;#39;spots&amp;#39; were Chinese characters. Love the color transition, too. I thought it could use some red, then saw the bit of red and hot pink when I viewed the larger image.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/2404917086445580684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/2404917086445580684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247243129847#c2404917086445580684' title=''/><author><name>Billie Crain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11336330932102277633</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16493467173050219329'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-322148571669482773</id><published>2009-07-10T09:23:43.914-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T09:23:43.914-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Like the way you're pushing the design elements.  ...</title><content type='html'>Like the way you&amp;#39;re pushing the design elements.  Very striking and eye catching, too!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/322148571669482773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/322148571669482773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247232223914#c322148571669482773' title=''/><author><name>Sandy Maudlin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-1111256364733107164</id><published>2009-07-10T02:05:23.414-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T02:05:23.414-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Nick
This has a great color scheme and the whit...</title><content type='html'>Hi Nick&lt;br /&gt;This has a great color scheme and the whites contrast the other colors very well!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/1111256364733107164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/4422982207123408440/comments/default/1111256364733107164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html?showComment=1247205923414#c1111256364733107164' title=''/><author><name>Sandeep Khedkar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00903173620055938940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02525150592216522019'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicholassimmons.blogspot.com/2009/07/kanji-2.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3542897110279300858.post-4422982207123408440' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3542897110279300858/posts/default/4422982207123408440' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>