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An inner laminated foil wrapper 38 of a flip-top cigarette pack has fully sealed flap folds and seams to retain the moisture and aroma of the cigarettes. An opening flap 49 defined by a tear line 52 on the adjoining top and upper front surfaces of the wrapper has a finger tab 47 on its lower edge, lying adjacent the cut-out front wall 35 of an upstanding collar 32 proximate an edge thereof, to facilitate opening the pack when the lid 21 is hinged back. The finger tab is formed by an adhesively sealed overlap of the wrapper foil.
1. A flip-top cigarette pack, comprising:
(a) a rectangularly shaped outer container (20) formed from a blank of relatively stiff paper, cardboard or the like, and having an openable and closeable lid top (21) hingedly connected to an upper rear edge of the container,
(b) a collar (32) extending upwardly from the opposite sides and front face of an upper open mouth of the container, the collar fitting within the lid top when closed,
(c) a cut-out portion (36) defined in a front wall (35) of the collar,
(d) a rectangularly shaped inner wrapper (38) folded from a blank of moisture and aroma proof material and configured to fit closely within the outer container, all seams and flaps of the wrapper being tightly joined to hermetically seal the wrapper,
(e) an opening flap (49) disposed on adjoining top and upper front surfaces of the wrapper and defined by a tear line (52), and
(f) a freely projecting finger grippable tab (47) provided on an edge of the flap and extending laterally across the wrapper proximate the cut-out portion in the front wall of the collar,
(g) the tab being formed by an adhesively sealed overlap of the wrapper material, and being downwardly directed and lying adjacent the front wall of the collar proximate an edge of the cut-out portion.
2. A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the flap which forms the tab comprises a section of a tube seam (45) of the wrapper extending continuously across both sides and the front surface thereof.
3. A cigarette pack according to claim 1, wherein the wrapper material is a metal foil laminate comprising an inner layer of polyethylene, and the tear line is defined by a thermally formed groove therein.
4. A cigarette pack according to claim 3, wherein the metal foil laminate comprises an intermediate layer of metal foil and an outer layer of polyester.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 54,070, filed July 2, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,303,155.
The invention relates to a pack, more particularly a cuboid pack, for cigarettes, small cigars or the like, with a wrapping which receives the pack contents and consists of a thin packaging material (tinfoil, laminated foil and the like) and preferably an outer wrap (hinge-lid box, pot or the like), the wrapping being provided with a tear-open device for opening it.
In designing cigarette packs, the impermeability of the packs is a particularly important subject, because the preservation of the quality of the cigarettes over what can under certain circumstances be a lengthy period before the cigarettes are consumed depends thereon.
Currently, it is predominantly two different embodiments of cigarette packs which are encountered on the market, namely hinge-like boxes or hinge-lid packs on the one hand, and soft cut packs on the other hand. Both embodiments have a basic construction in common inasmuch as the cigarettes are accommodated in an inner wrapping of tinfoil. This is placed in the actual (hinge-lid box or soft cup) pack. Finally, a regenerated cellulose film wrapping is provided as the outer wrap. In spite of this three-part construction, the preserving effect of this conventional pack is, however, unsatisfactory.
In principle, packs have also already been disclosed which are made substantially air-tight and aroma-tight by heat-welding of the packaging material (laminate foils). These packs however in part deviate from the conventional, generally accepted constructions of cigarette packs. Furthermore, with these packs, opening the packs in order to use the pack contents presents problems.
Starting from this, it is the object of the invention to provide a substantially impermeable pack for cigarettes and the like, which pack is based on the construction of the previously known, commercially used cigarette packs, can be produced by machine without any problems and is easy to handle in use, especially on opening.
To achieve this object, the pack according to the invention comprises, in the region of one side of the pack, especially in the region of a front face of the wrapping (inner wrapping) a freely projecting tear-open tab which is formed by material overlap of the wrapping (inner wrapping).
The pack according to the invention--preferably for cigarettes--is distinguished by a virtually impermeable wrapping which preferably serves as the inner wrapping of a pack which in other respects is of conventional design, for example of the hinge-lid or soft cup type, that is to say it serves instead of the conventional, non-impermeable tinfoil wrap. A special feature of the invention is the provision of a tear-open mechanism in the region of the front face or end face of the wrapping, in that there a freely grippable tear-open tab, with attached pull-off strip, is formed from the wrapping blank, by material overlap. Preferably, this tear-open tab forms a part, namely a section, of a transverse seal (tube seam) of the wrapping. According to a further proposal of the invention, this relative position of the tear-open tab is selected so that the tab is held in a ready-to-grip position by a part of the further, outer pack. In a pack of the hinge-lid type the tear-open tab can rest on the middle region of a collar which is customary with this type of pack, so that in the closed position of the pack the tear-open tab is covered by the lid of the pack, but is freely grippable when the pack is open.
The tube seam or seal, which according to the invention acts as a tear-open tab, at least in a part-region, can at the same time also be formed in accordance with the peel-seal effect which is in itself known. Furthermore, in the case of multi-layer inner wrappings which include layers of plastic it is advantageous to mark the pull-off strip, within the inner wrapping blank, by lines of lesser cross-section.
Illustrative embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with the aid of the drawings. In these:
FIG. 1 shows a hinge-lid box in perspective view, with the hinge-lid open,
FIG. 2 shows the pack according to FIG. 1 with the pull-off strip of an inner wrapping opened, again in perspective view,
FIG. 3 shows a blank for the inner wrapping of the pack according to FIGS. 1 and 2, in the laid-flat state,
FIG. 4 shows a vertical section through the pack according to FIG. 1, with the hinge-lid closed,
FIG. 5 shows a vertical section according to FIG. 4 of another embodiment of the pack,
FIG. 6 shows a horizontal section through the pack according to FIG. 1,
FIG. 7 shows the pack according to FIG. 1 in side view, with the pull-off strip partially pulled off or opened,
FIG. 8 shows a blank for the pack in the embodiment according to FIG. 5, in the laid-flat state,
FIG. 9 shows a further illustrative embodiment of a pack in a representation corresponding to FIG. 1,
FIG. 10 shows a soft cup pack as a further illustrative embodiment, in side view, with an outer wrap of regenerated cellulose film,
FIG. 11 shows the pack according to FIG. 10 in front view, when put into use,
FIG. 12 shows a plan view corresponding to FIG. 11,
FIG. 13 shows an alternative embodiment of a soft cup pack in front view,
FIG. 14 shows the pack according to FIG. 13 in plan view,
FIG. 15 shows a vertical section XV--XV in FIG. 13,
FIG. 16 shows a vertical section in the upper region of the pack according to FIG. 13, in the plane XVI--XVI,
FIG. 17 shows a blank for an inner wrapping for the pack according to FIGS. 13 to 16, in the laid-flat state,
FIG. 18 shows a cross-section through an inner wrapping, on a greatly enlarged scale and FIG. 19 shows a different embodiment of the inner wrapping, presented analogously to FIG. 18.
The examples of a cuboid cigarette pack shown in the drawings correspond in the basic construction to packs of the hinge-lid box or soft cup type.
FIG. 1 shows a hinge-lid box with a box portion 20 and a lid 21 hingedly connected thereto. The box portion 20 usually consists of the front wall 22, side walls 23, 24, a rear wall 25 and a bottom 26. The lid 21 comprises a lid front wall 27, lid end wall 28, lid side walls 29 and 30 and lid rear wall 31 hingedly connected to the rear wall 25 of the box portion.
In the box portion 20 there is provided a collar 32--consisting, for example of a separate blank--which partially projects from the box portion 20 and, where it does so, forms collar side walls 33, 34 and a collar front wall 35. The latter is provided with a cut-away portion 36, customary in such packs. With the pack closed, the part of the collar 32 which projects from the box portion 20 is enclosed by the lid 21.
In the pack thus formed, the contents, namely a group of cigarettes 37, are accommodated within an inner wrapping 38. The latter consists of a substantially impermeable material, for exmple a tinfoil, or a laminated foil the details of which will be discussed later.
The inner wrapping 38 is of a particular construction. A previously formed tubing surrounds the cigarettes 37 in such a way that the latter are arranged transversely to the direction of the tubing. Seals 39 and 40, which also run transversely to the direction of the tubing, as a result extend in the direction of the cigarettes 37. They are formed in the region of the side walls 23, 24 of the pack or in the region of the corresponding side faces 41, 42 of the inner wrapping 38. The end face 43 and bottom face 44 of the inner wrapping 38 hence remain free from folds.
The tubing, which is the intermediate product for forming the inner wrapping 38, is produced by forming a tube seam 45 which runs transversely to the cigarettes 37.
The impermeable inner wrapping 38 constructed as described above is inserted into the pack, namely the box portion 20, in such a way that the seals 39, 40 which rest tightly against the side faces 41, 42 are located between these side faces 41, 42 and the side walls 23, 24. In the present illustrative embodiments, the seals 39, 40 are constructed as a fin-like fold. This means that initially projecting tabs are bonded to one another by a seal, for example a weld 46, with the inner faces of the foil against one another, and the sealing strip thereby formed is folded over.
The tube seam 45 can, in the sense of the illustrative embodiment according to FIG. 4, also be a fin construction and be folded over flat against the inner wrapping 38, advantageously in such a way that the sealing strip formed faces downwards.
The tube seam 45 (or some other seam located in this region) fulfils a particular function on opening the inner wrapping 38. The tube seam 45, or the sealing strip formed therefrom, acts as a tear-open tab 47. For this purpose, the tube seam 45 or a middle region thereof, serving as the tear-open tab 47, is located within the cutaway portion 36 of the collar 32, that is to say at the front face of the pack. The relative arrangement is so chosen that the folded-over sealing strip of the tube seam 45, or the tear-open tab 47, rests, in the starting position, against the outside of the collar front wall 35 or on the edge thereof. The tear-open tab 47 marked by short lateral incisions 48 can as a result be gripped very easily. With the pack closed, the tear-open tab 47 is located in the region between the lid front wall 27 and the collar front wall 35, invisible from the outside. By gripping and pulling the tear-open tab 47, a pull-off strip 49 is pulled off the remainder of the inner wrapping 38, thereby providing access to the cigarettes 37.
According to FIG. 5, the tube seam 45 can also be constructed in a different manner, namely using the peel-seal effect which is in itself known. Here, the inner and outer face of the foil rest against one another and are welded to one another in such a way that the tear-open tab 47, which lies on the outside, can, on opening the inner wrapping 38, be pulled off the layer of the inner wrapping 38 which is underneath it. In this illustrative embodiment, again, the tear-open tab 47 forms a lower free tab edge 50 which is arranged in the manner which has been described, and can be gripped.
The inner wrapping 38 can consist of a one-piece blank as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 8. The folds are premarked by appropriate folding lines. At the upper and lower face of the inner wrapping 38, the side folds produce substantially triangular corner pieces 51. In the embodiment according to FIG. 1, these corner pieces 51 point sideways in an intermediate folding position, and are thereafter bent over downwards against the side faces 41, 42 of the inner wrapping 38. In the pack, the corner pieces 51 are fixed in this position by the side walls 33, 34 of the collar.
In the alternative embodiment according to FIG. 9, the folding procedure is so chosen that the corner pieces 51 are folded inwards, that is to say they are here covered by the side faces 41, 42 of the inner wrapping.
The pull-off strip 49 which adjoins the tear-open tab 47 is premarked, in the present illustrative embodiments, by a tear line 52. This tear line 52, the details of which will be described later, is so arranged that the pull-off strip 49 extends on the front face of the pack, in the region of the cut-out portion 36 in the collar 32, and, adjoining thereto, over the greater portion of the end face 43 of the inner wrapping 38, so that a foil rim 53 is left at the side and on the rear face. Advantageously, the pull-off strip 49 is not removed completely but folded back into the starting position when closing the pack which has been opened.
An example of the construction of a soft cup pack is shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. The cup 54 consists, in the usual manner, of a front wall 55, rear wall 56, side walls 57 and 58 and bottom 59. The contents of the pack, namely the inner wrapping 38 containing cigarettes 37, project somewhat from the cup 54 which is open at the top. In the present illustrative embodiment, one of the upper corner pieces 51, located at the side, serves as a tear-open tab having a pull-off strip 49 adjoining it. This strip is marked out by tear lines 52 so that an opening can be formed up to a central, transversely located control mark 60 or the like.
The corner piece 51, in this case, rests, in the starting position, externally against the side wall 58 of the cup 54. This starting position can be ensured either by lightly sticking the corner piece 51 against the side wall 58 or by providing a further outer wrap in the form of a sealed regenerated cellulose film wrap 61. On opening the pack, an upper part of this outer wrap is usually severed, so that the corner piece 51 thereby automatically becomes free and can be gripped, to serve as a tear-open tab.
In the alternative solution according to FIGS. 13 to 17, the tube seam 45 again serves as the tear-open tab 47. The tube seam 45 is, in the illustrative embodiment shown here, constructed in the manner of FIG. 4, but can also be constructed analogously to FIG. 5. The tube seam 45 which extends over the entire width of the pack is here formed in the region of an upper front edge 62 of the pack or of the inner wrapping 38. The sealing strip formed by the tube seam 45 is folded over against the front face of the pack. In the present illustrative embodiment, the tube seam 45, or the sealing strip formed by it, is fixed in position by the cup 54. For this purpose, the folded-over tube seam 45 projects into the region between the front wall 55 of the cup 54 and the front face 63 of the inner wrapping 38.
A lateral region of the tube seam 45, namely along-side the transverse control mark 60, is constructed as a tear-open tab 47. The latter rests externally on the front wall 55 of the cup 54 and can as a result easily be gripped when the regenerated cellulose film wrap 61 has been partially removed. The tear-open tab 47 is delimited from the adjoining region of the tube seam 45 by an incision 64. The pull-off strip 49 adjoining the tear-open tab 47 here extends over the entire width of the end face 43 of the inner wrapping 38.
On detaching the pull-off strip 49 from the inner wrapping 38, the material of the inner wrapping 38 must be severed in the tear-open direction, but also transversely thereto, namely at the beginning of the tearing process. For this purpose, special measures must be taken and the foil used for the inner wrapping 38 must be of appropriate construction. According to FIGS. 18 and 19, the inner wrapping 38 consists of a three-layer laminated foil with an inner layer 65 of relatively low melting point, for example an inner layer of polyethylene. This is followed by an intermediate layer 66 of an aluminum, which ensures the impermeability. This layer is covered by an outer layer 67 which has a higher melting point and consists, for example, of polyester. The melting point of the inner layer 65 is about 100 degrees centigrade, whilst the melting point of the outer layer 67 is of the order of magnitude of 250 degrees centigrade. Appropriate thicknesses of the layers are about 12μ for the intermediate layer 66 and outer layer 67, whilst the inner layer 65 can be of greater thickness, for example 15μ.
To form the tear lines 52, the inner layer 65 and the intermediate layer 66 are, in the case of the illustrative embodiment of FIG. 18, severed by an incision 68. Accordingly, during the tearing process it is only the continuous outer layer 67 which remains to be destroyed.
FIG. 19 shows a particular example of how the tear line 52 can be produced. A sharp-edged, heated tool 69 is applied to the side of the outer layer 67. The temperature of this tool is such that sufficient heat can penetrate through the outer layer 67 and the intermediate layer 66 and that the inner layer 65 is caused to melt locally, forming a notch 70. The notch 70 forms an effecient tear line. The tearing process is assisted by the fact that the material forms a crust on either side of the notch 70.
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I was referred here by the Single Life Forum for some advice on permanent placement for elderly parents. One is just recovering from a stroke and the other has pretty advance dimentia, after a stroke from 4 years ago. Right now they are in a respite home (apt) in Michigan. Logistically, this is nightmare because thre is no one close by to care for them, even in the assisted living environment. I need more info on madicare/medicaide, and how the systems work for long term care for both - they have to remain together. I'd prefer the Long Beach area for their home. Any help would be appreciated - really. I just got back home from Michigan, and am worried sick - especially since they aren't answering the phone. So, urgency is in place, I guess. My step-brother is there but I can't reach him either. I'm sitting here thinking the worst but still trying to keep a stable mind in order to get immmediate care for them.
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I live here in Los Angeles and have a tip for you. There is a wonderful service in the San Fernando Valley called S+AGE. It's run by a couple of MD's who specialize in geriatrics, they refer you to all kinds of services and support as well as offer counseling. THey do not want to be the primary doc, rather they coordinate care with all the senior's doctors and make helpful referrals. I would call them and see what's available in the Long Beach area. Good luck!
Here is a link that might be useful: S+AGE at Sherman Oaks Hospital
Thanks compumom!! Since I've been home there have already been two calls from the care facility - one, an ER situation. My dad had a gran mal seizure!! He's OK, and for some reason, he is more alert and talkative since then - go figure. However, this is why I'm so concerned. Hid meds were changed and he's back at "home". I will have my step-brother contact your source as soon as he gets back to CA. Thanks so much!!
I can't help you with placement, but I did want to mention that if your father is a veteran, there is a benefit for Veterans and their wives, that helps pay for nursing home care. You should be able to track down the info through the local veteran's association. It's not enough to cover the bill, but an extra $800 or so a month certainly helps.
Good luck.
Yes, I also read about Vet's benefits. The article I read said that it was best to go through a group called Veteran's Express-- they knew more about the benefits than the folks at a local VA.
Here is a link that might be useful: Aging Parent Solutions Newsletter
Hi all - I'm back at home from trying to get my folks placed somewhere safe where they can get good care. It has been a nightmare - I can't even begin to tell you. Luckly my step-brother and his wife were able to stay there for a few more days. They really did a lot and I'm sure they are exhausted!! Yesterday was the first day my folks were "on their own" as my step-brother went back home for a few weeks. They are living in a rehab type place until we can find them a more permanent place. They need a lot more care than what anyone realized.
Thanks so much for your suggestions - especially about the VA info. I'll check it out. My Dad was in the Air Force so he is eligble. He gets some VA benefits where he is now. Those services are better in MI than here in DC, IMO. So that's a good thing.
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The least enjoyable of the Langdon series. Brown's recipe for past success seemed a little overdone this time out. Although a good scenic tour through Florence, it seemed to have a 'made for the big screen' feel, which is a big part of where I think Inferno fails.
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a girl next door, quiet but maybe wild once you get to know her. a total romantic
she's a kathie
by romancejunkie December 22, 2009
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Slang for MDMA. "Kathie" is a powder form of the drug ecstacy. Is often preferred to ecstasy pills as MDMA is pure, whilst ecstasy pills are often adulterated. It is a popular drug amongst ravers and people who do not trust the purity of pills, and ecstasy in general has always been associated, often by the police and government, with the underground dance music scene.
Other slang used "Mud"
Other slang used "Mud"
"Alrite mate, you got any Kathie for the mash-up tonight? If not I'll get some beans (pills)"
by Raveboiikk February 07, 2010
Slang for MDMA
That shit is Hott
That shit is Hott
The girl from E4 Skins killed herself cuz she got hold of some Kathie
Really? must of been some tight stuff
Really? must of been some tight stuff
by Gamerholla February 07, 2010
flakes that come off of your ass when u itch it...kinda like dandruff but from your ass
"man i scratched my ass so much some kathie's came off of it"
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Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., sent 84 disciples of Jesus out into the community to use their hands to do God's work. They delivered 350 grocery bags inviting residents to fill them with non-perishable food items to be donated to the local emergency food pantry. The team also packaged produce and delivered the parcels to a home for the elderly. Some disciples spent their afternoon helping organize a store front and warehouse area for a local thrift store that funds an emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence.
Fifty members of three New Jersey Shore congregations — St. Paul Lutheran Church, Beachwood; Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Manahawkin; and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Brant Beach — joined together to participate in a cleanup project in the Beach Haven West section of Stafford Township, N.J., an area that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
More than 70 members of Hope Lutheran Church, Temecula, Calif., participated in five projects. One team cleaned a bike path; another packed food boxes and prepared hot meals to take to 26 units of transitional housing for the homeless, while another team visited residents at an assisted-living facility. Still others went to a local park and refurbished playground equipment. And last but not least, a home team prayed for those out in the field.
One of the parish nurses at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Salt Lake City, Utah, offered blood-pressure checks and heart-healthy info.
Along with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, Messiah Lutheran Church and School, Mechanicsville, Va., celebrated "Gods work. Our hands." Sunday with several service projects benefiting the Hanover County Sheriff's Office Adopt-A-Senior Program, the Hanover County Humane Society, Lutheran Family Services, the local food pantry and the local clothes closet. Members of the congregation even had time to spruce up the church property and building. Together, they served more than 150 hours in the afternoon.


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Coquito (Puerto Rican Holiday Drink for Christmas and New Year's
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This is a family tradition for Christmas and New Year's. Very creamy concoction made with coconut, rum and cinnamon! A delicious drink! Similiar to egg nog, but much better!
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut cream
- 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 (10 ounce) bottle white rum (recommend Bacardi)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Mix all the ingredients in a blender.
- Refrigerate.
- Serve cold and ENJOY!
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The exact recipe I used this past Christmas. I rarely drink alcohol but I think I drank this whole concoction in about a week!
As close a recipe my grandmother used to make.<br/>How long will this "Coquito" keep in the refrigerater ?


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She's not just my baby momma, she's my wifey
by Your M Effin Wife March 19, 2013
A name given to your lesbian best friend. Everyone thinks that because you guys are married that you are lesbian. Who would have thought? But a wifey is straight and loves a heaven. A wifey thinks the same things as you and vertually has the same brain. Except one wifey cheats off of the other in STATS and almost gets caught. Wifeys have the ultimate bond made of cookies and rainbows. (Love is the secret ingredient.)
Wifey NO!
by Jennoza July 09, 2010
a lofty way of speaking about a mans wife
"i called my wifey today, and told her to make meh some pizza"
by piinkk sharpie July 14, 2009
Any female uses this term while referring to her best friend.
1.) My wifey is coming over today.
2.) Don't insult her. She's my wifey!!
3.) My wifey and I are going to get our nails done.
2.) Don't insult her. She's my wifey!!
3.) My wifey and I are going to get our nails done.
by ♫Flash♫ July 28, 2009
ya chicky, 4 life, u tell ha shit,she tell u shit, u luv ha 2 death. A real girl!!
MIchelle n Shana are ma closets wifey'z 4 lyfe. i luv yall {no homo shiit} ya boo stephanie d. u alradii kno
by stephy_bu May 16, 2008
Commonly used with girls to say how much their friends mean to them. Used instead of best friend or besty.
Girl 1: Babe I love you loads - you're my wifey!
Girl 2: I love you loads to babes! You're my wifey for sure.
Girl 2: I love you loads to babes! You're my wifey for sure.
by Pally. October 04, 2009
What Ethnic kids in middle/high school call their girlfriends of 1 week.
Typical myspace name "(Insert name here)+ WIFEY 4EVUH!"
by Thisisareallycreativename December 20, 2009
Terminology used by low-life to describe their pistol. When one gang member asks another "where's wifey", you know it's time to leave because they are referring to the location of their gun and not their wife or ho or both.
Hey Hank, where's wifey? It's time to do that Spencer dude from the show the Hills, he's such a Nancy. While we're at it, let's give him a wedgie and a haircut!
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Liar, liar, pants on fire. Earlier this week Kat Von D's rep denied reports that she's doing the dirty with Jesse James, but it looks like they're dating after all.
According to Extra, Kat took to her Twitter page to confirm the reports tweeting, "And yes, Jesse and I are dating," on Wednesday.
Shortly after she allegedly tweeted it, it was erased from her page. Hmm...shady shady.
According to SEVERAL eyewitnesses, Kat and Jesse were spotted enjoying a romantic dinner together at Palms Casino Resort's N9NE, the duo "didn't bother spreading out in the oversized booth, but got cozy by sitting right next to each other," People magazine reported. They even reportedly left hand-in-hand.
Hours after the report came out Kat's rep denied the claims saying, "They've always remained good friends. There is no romance there with Jesse."
So are they or aren't they?! They make a cute couple, but with Jesse's track record, we're surprised Kat would date him.


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Thread: Msafs' sketchbook
December 27th, 2011 #1
Msafs' sketchbook
--Jan 2013--
I'm now a third year information technology student, and I've calculated (via a lengthy spreadsheet) that I've spent more than 1,300 hours drawing and painting. (This is what one does for fun with an IT degree). I'm hoping to get to the fabled 10,000 hours at some point, and perhaps when I'm old and crazy from too many hours staring at code and setup screens, I'll run off and become an artist.
--Dec 2011--
Hello! I'm a second year information technology student and a long time lurker here. I think I posted once and went back to lurking, until this week.
I took some art classes in high school, and so far I've tallied that I've spent over 500 hours drawing. Still a long way to go.
I'm usually crunched for time during the semester with schoolwork and one or two jobs, but I've decided to start again.
The posts aren't really in chronological order...
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberDecember 27th, 2011 #2
Ill post the good stuff first
(The first image is duplicated in case I change the thread icon).
All but the last one are from 17 yrs old/ 12th grade:
1. This one took 63 hours with a 0.7 mechanical pencil (its 18 x 24). I used a bit of ebony pencil to detail the alveoli in the background. The person on the right is refd from a self portrait photo, the one on the left was refd from life (wearing the uniform while drawing).
2. My best clothed pencil drawing, from a self-portrait photo. Four hours with a 0.7 mechanical pencil.
3. Drawing from the mirror. About an hour
4. An illustration from a novella I never finished writing (20858 words so far). Almost entirely from imagination (except for the clenched hands and folds in the pants). About 15 hours in Illustrator.
5. Eight hour portrait of a friend with a 0.7mm mechanical pencil. I started from life (about 40 minutes) and continued the rest from a photo.
6. Another mirror drawing. 1 hour 37 min
7. This one is a T-shirt design for the high school I went to. About thirty hours in Illustrator. Used a bunch of references for various things.
8. Fourteen hour self portrait in Corel Painter. Mirror reference. The back of the head isnt deep enough by a lot.
9.Twenty hours in Photoshop in 11th grade/ 16yrs old. A bit of indirect reference used
Last edited by msafs; December 28th, 2011 at 04:38 PM. Reason: Made two images smaller
December 27th, 2011 #3
India Ink
Some Pitt India Ink pen drawings...
All of them but the last one are friends and teachers drawn from photos (I decided to make my own high school yearbook). The checkerboard shows the progression from my first ink portrait to my twenty-fifth one. They improved a lot, imo.
The last one is drawn from life. I didn't bother with perspective, so it's pretty off. The blob is from imagination, of course.
December 28th, 2011 #4
Moar India Ink
Some stuff from life and mirror in India Ink pens...
I like the umbrella a lot. Also, the landscape from campus (#1) although I didn't have a red pen to draw any bricks.
I didn't try for proper perspective, so they all look off in their own ways.
The guy in the chair is always sleeping in the same chair in the library. Saw him once in December and twice in the summer. Always wearing the same thing, too. The cables on the desk are so kinked because someone tried to send too much Internet through them.
December 29th, 2011 #5
Some Flowers
Some flowers from my mother's garden...
The two lilies were drawn when I was 16 years old.
The first one is five hours in colored pencil from a photo. Wish I still had the original.
The second was three to five hours in Illustrator and Photoshop from life. Not sure how there were lilies here in February.
The orchid was from a photo. Seven hours with colored pencil. 17 yrs old.
The daffodil is India Ink on yellow paper. About an hour when I was 18.
December 31st, 2011 #6
Graphite and Colored Pencil
Some colored pencil and graphite stuff from when I was 15...
I'm rather fond of the Akatsuki Gundam. That one took nine hours, drawn from life (my action figure). I used Roseart colored pencils, which included a fun metallic gold one. I got some Prismacolors as a gift later, but they're the hard kind and sort of hard to draw with.
The geode is also from life. Should've used a straightedge for the corner. Maybe five hours?
I made up the background for the duck on a stool, but the rest was from life. I built the stool in 7th grade. Should've used a straightedge again. That's not my croc.
The teacup and crayon still life are also drawn from life. The spatial relationships in the crayon one are shot... looks like it was squashed in a microscope slide. Five hours for the crayon one.
The portrait was of a friend. The only picture she had of herself at the time was a crappy passport photo mugshot, so the angle's really boring. Ten hours.
And happy new year! Have a snow ZAKU.
January 1st, 2012 #7
Arms and hands
Some arms and hands and a face... The fist and the hand on the lamp were drawn from life. The rest were from the mirror.
Art goals for early 2012:
Start working on constructive anatomy
Start on lighting
Learn to create enviros or even draw them from reference... they always turn out awful.
January 4th, 2012 #8
Graphite Nudes
Some nudes and sort of nudes drawn with mechanical pencil and tortillion...
Bunch of things wrong with each one...
I think the woman is my favorite, although her breasts ended up looking a bit detached from her body.
Ref sources:
(third one's been taken down from http://medusestock.deviantart.com/ 's gallery... shame.)
Last edited by msafs; February 11th, 2012 at 01:28 AM. Reason: Well they're not all nudes. Thought I'd clarify that.
January 6th, 2012 #9
Life in graphite
Some things from life in graphite...
First is a tree in the park. The light coming through the leaves was changing and I had to stop when it turned overcast. From 2009. I left such a large area blank because there was only uniform grass there and I wanted to leave room for characters from my unfinished novella. But I realized I couldn't draw from imagination at the same level of skill as the tree.
Second is a drapery study done from outside of a window. It was a really thick curtain. Had to stop and bs the lower triangle when it got too dark to see inside.
Finally is a one hour life drawing pose at the local Art Alliance. It ended just before I got to the hand. The last two are from this June.
January 6th, 2012 #10
Your rendering is really beautiful! I like your black and white ink drawings the best though.
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January 7th, 2012 #11
dude your drawings are so good! keep it up!
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January 7th, 2012 #12
Thank you, CarlyH! It's a fun challenge not being able to erase the India ink.
Thanks, Quasar97! I'm definitely going to spend more time drawing this year.
Here are some ink drawings from reference photos. I decided last year to put all of my ink stuff in one sketchbook so that it didn't get smudged with graphite. Only two pages left as of today.
In the interest of trying to get things right the first time, I sketched in grey ink instead of pencil, so all of the preliminary mistakes are still there (did the same for some of the life ones in the previous posts).
I was inspired a lot by Rupert Smissen (and sort of stole his handwriting for a bit).
http://jappasstickystock.deviantart.com/ (image isn't in the gallery anymore)
I'm not sure where on Deviantart the second stock photo came from. :/ She's kneeling on a barrel.
Third: http://freeport.deviantart.com/
January 28th, 2012 #13
Digital stuff
I should be posting more
Here's some old stuff. I have some new graphite stuff that I'll post eventually. Not that any of the previous things were in chronological order anyway
I have a ton of crappy digital stuff that's a lot worse than my graphite drawings, but here are a few not-yet posted highlights. I need to do more digital.
I'm quite proud of the kneeling man, although I was too much of a bum to draw his neat gas mask. Five hours for that. The values on Agent Hotchner were getting muddy, so I stopped at five hours, although I think the colors were decent. The Hooverville drawing is a T-shirt design I made for my high school's cardboard box shantytown simulation (the lineart was printed in black and white). It took seven hours to draw in PS and three hours to outline in Illustrator. The outlet used my hand as a ref. The bird one was a thank you card for a bird ornament (so the bird is suppose to look sort of fake). Hand and bulb are terrible and the whole thing took seven hours. Coraline is ref'd from various screenshots and my own pose. The character took four hours to draw in Illustrator before I bs'd a Photoshop background for it. The Sleater-Kinney poster was drawn with a now-offline photo as a ref. It took fifteen hours (two for the pencil sketch, thirteen for the photoshop). I was about an hour and a half from finishing my epic-ish WIP, until I realized that everything was wrong with it even though I'd taken numerous ref shots for it. More fold studies and lighting practice before I attempt anything else so large. The guy with the tires is from only a month ago. I like the right arm. I was trying to use varying opacities and 100% flow/ make more opaque strokes.
Man holding tires from: http://vishstudio.deviantart.com/gal...ottle#/d1infd7
Kneeling guy from: http://danger99stock.deviantart.com/...et=96#/d2p6fji
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February 11th, 2012 #14
Some of the better pencil drawings I've made recently...
The first one was drawn from the mirror in 3:19 hours. Someday I'll have to draw a whole bunch of right arms to place on these drawings. Probably my best mirror drawing so far. I realized that with the older ones, I was only paying attention to local values and wasn't getting a coherent range of values over the whole picture. I still drew it part by part, (pants first, then shirt, then fleshy parts, so I could move between the three drawing sessions), but I tried to pay more attention to the thing as a whole. The head outline is gigantic and makes me look even shorter than I am, but too lazy to fix it.
The second is a drawing of my friend, from a photo. I was very happy with it at first, but then I had the finished drawing open next to the photo and I realized that the head and neck are way too narrow. Somehow I'd missed that with the outlined one at 1.5 hours. The whole drawing took 8.5 hours with an HB and a 2B (for hair) mechanical pencil. I elected not to tortillion the dress to give the drawing more diverse texture. Can't stop seeing that glaring error.
Grayscale GIFs are fun since the high-res scan was 256 "colors" to begin with.
Third one is another mirror drawing. The dark outlines look kind of silly because it's a small drawing. I tried to draw a head on this one but it failed and I couldn't erase it. I've been working on putting in nice hands, though.
February 19th, 2012 #15
Shirt and arm studies
I should be drawing more of these... and studying more anatomy via Loomis, but somehow I'm better at drawing from life than I am at drawing the anatomical lines. I think the left one in the second image is my favorite of the bunch. The first left one is crappy besides the torso. I learned that trying to lay down a base layer of graphite before doing the shading details was a bad idea, so I'm back to drawing in small parts again. Some of the directional hatching in the arm curl went awry which made my bicep look bigger than it actually was. I guess I have to go work out more to make it match the picture.
... oops. Double posted the shirt from before. But the post looks better this way I think.
Last edited by msafs; February 19th, 2012 at 01:48 AM.
February 25th, 2012 #16
All glory to the female amazon ornate horned frog
About two weeks ago I decided to sleep only about three and a half hours per night and paint this IRL version of the hypnotoad (although I later realized that I usually sleep about that much without even a hypnotoad to show for it).
It took 15 hours in Corel Painter plus a bit more to make the eye frames. Really long for a study, but I think it was worth it. I didn't capture the intensity of the light in the photo and I couldn't manage to draw the warts, but I'm happy with it. Expected to take only five hours at the start, but after I hit seven, I knew I had to finish it.
Photo ref from George Grall at NatGeo
February 26th, 2012 #17
... >_>
Why are my enviros all such shit?
Any suggestions besides "draw more until they're not shit"? I admit I've given up on these in less time than it would take someone of my artistic level to make a nice enviro, but I think I'm pretty good at judging when something of mine is unsalvageable. The third failed in part because I used a super-smudgy oil brush in Painter. I kind of wanted to give the last one to my friend as a present (there's supposed to be someone standing on the log), but I might try drawing it with India ink pens instead.
I spent a while constructing a 3pt perspective grid in Illustrator, although I learned by drawing lines over the photo that they didn't actually converge (grow straighter, trees), but I decided to use my forced-perspective grid anyway.
Alps: http://momotte2stocks.deviantart.com...et=48#/d339x7l
Centralia road: http://camierz06.deviantart.com/gall...doned#/d1ju4sz
Machu Pichu: http://www.flickr.com/photos/efernan...7625863246924/
Last is my photo. I can post that if it would help with suggestions.
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March 6th, 2012 #18
Fucking acrylics... how do they work?
Trying to paint with acrylics seems like herding cats right now... they dry before I can do anything useful with them. Also, there's a grass spider that's biting my foot and I can't manage to find out where it's hiding.
Just so this isn't completely an angry bullshit post, the second image is a better acrylic painting that I did four years ago. Dammit.
Is there not an acrylic category in the uploader?
Any tips?
March 10th, 2012 #19
Graphite... my only strong medium, maybe
More graphite stuff... the shoe is one of my best drawings from 2009. It took 5.75 hours and involved a bit of colored pencil (which I messed up a bit). It was drawn from life.
Second is my part of a portrait trade from life in 1:14 hrs, also from 2009. A lot of issues with this one, but the right cheek (left on the drawing) showed some promise.
Third is the same friend drawn this year. 1:49 hrs from life and 4:12 from some photos I took of her. The eyes are out of alignment and the right eyeglass is really screwed, but I like the hair and I think the value's decent. I was trying to improve my mark-making, so I didn't smooth any of it.
March 24th, 2012 #20
Color studies in PS...
Two studies... The first is a lucky Chinese grapefruit/pomelo and a lemon from my grandmother's tree. Painted it from life and it turned out pretty crappy.
Second is referenced from this photo. I like this one a lot better. My first half decent landscape. The foremost tree is terrible, but I didn't want to spend as long as the hypnotoad study making it perfect. I used Blur's good brush's blocky spiral looking brush and a softer one for the sun .
The process photos help me realize that I'm actually making progress, since it's so slow. Might try some shorter studies now. In the interest of getting things right the first time, I used only three layers for the first one (bkg + pomelo + lemon) and two for the second (trees and not trees) plus the throwaway outline one.
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April 1st, 2012 #21
Perspective putzin'
I'm terrible at drawing things in perspective and finding the perspective in organic things/anything that's not a bunch of plain building lined up. I suppose the next step is to try some more organic things in perspective and try the Loomis body outline.
I stupidly did the first two in my 8.5"x11" cheap notebook on my lap, so I had to establish the VP with two rulers from a pair of existing lines and then carefully move one to make a new line.
I'm going to look at a circular thing before trying to draw any more circles.
Probably about 30 to 45 min for the first two and then 41 min, 61 min and 1hr 51min for the last three, which were done on 11"x17" paper on a table.
April 4th, 2012 #22
Derpin' along with some foto figures
15 - 30 min. On #13 of the line so far. Maybe I'll shoot for 100? (more eventually). Also doing some Loomis that I'll post later. The last girl + chair are from life during the intermission of a play.
Surely I could make them better if I spent two hours on each one but...
April 6th, 2012 #23
100th post. No category.
Very happy with how the figure turned out (1:16 hr). I'll probably do some shorter 15 min sketches of him. Studying the arms with Loomis and Bridgman, so hopefully that will improve my non-ref'd sketches.
I did the urban enviro study when I should've been reading and studying a book for Spanish literature, and I subsequently flunked the test about it, but it's heaps better than my previous enviros, so no regrets. Well, maybe a few.
Skateboarding photo from here
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April 10th, 2012 #24
Moar figures
I've been drawing a lot more in the past 1.5 months than earlier in my college career. Trying to ace every test and paper got dull and I'm going to be programming 40 hours a week this summer, so...
A quarter of the way done with my short term figure goal (100 ten - ninety minute photo figures).
Some ones from imagination are included for your lulz (last image).
April 11th, 2012 #25
I was inspired by a spider that found its way into my room and kept crawling up my leg. I think it was a broad-faced sac spider? Only got a few glances.
The first one's a sun spider, so not a real spider at all. From two years ago (damn, 2010 passed away long ago). Hope I'm not getting worse. I was trying to imitate the DOF in the photos with a tortillion, to varying degrees of failure. Didn't include much shading that preggers abdomen in the fourth one was hard enough just to outline. :/
April 12th, 2012 #26
Dial up death...
Might start putting fewer images on each post...
Some more figures 11.5 hours of them since I started on 29 March. Not nearly enough to be good, but my imagined figures have improved immensely since the middle of March. I'm kind of proud of this one. I was planning to give him a foot, but I changed the pose halfway through and the page ran out.
Donated blood for the seventh time on Tuesday. I've been feeling a bit loopy since then.
April 14th, 2012 #27
Lady, lady spiders, and wtf
Some stuff from today. Spider legs are so much harder to visualize in space than human legs. I guess I need to go watch some videos of that hydraulic exoskeleton in action...
Last one is an awful attempt at combining something or other for lulz.
April 15th, 2012 #28
Gentleman and gentlemen spiders
Last night, another spider belayed down from my ceiling, paused to stare into my eyes and continued down into a crevice in my desk. Can't find it. I just expect that it will crawl up into my pants sometime soon when I'm not expecting it.
The angle on the human was pretty difficult. The rear leg is way too long/not foreshortened, but it came out better than I thought it would.
April 17th, 2012 #29
Way hey hey...
is that the fleeting scent of improvement that I smell?
Or maybe it's just sweat.
The 2012 version did take twice as long as the 2010 one, but all of the lines were in place at 20 minutes. I think my observational skills got better, too.
Head and hands are still terrible. I will work on those.
... and still such a long way to go.
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April 18th, 2012 #30
One can always stave off sleep to draw more...
Slept two hours last night, and Sunday night, too. But the drawing bug has bitten me. Damn flying ants in the house.
Going for quality over quantity now, but I'll get to 100 eventually. Then off to 200 and then 1,000...
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Almost done with my herms setup and I kept pushing the tops and tubes from the keggles from place to place. Finally I decided to build something out of one. Here is what I came up with. Bought a lamp kit from home depot for $10, and viola I now have a lamp for my workshop. just needs to be cleaned up a little.
Next one I'm going to make the lid into the reflector for the bulb and have a ceiling mounted version. Then possibly incorporate the 3rd one into the brew stand for late night brewing.
Nice! Bar lighting, who'd have thunk it.
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I'm not sure how sturdy that setup is, but we've done something similar over here. Had some huge disk brakes, screwed a pipe in there about waist high, and mounted a small vice on top. Doesn't work for anything huge, but a movable vice has been pretty handy.
Did that keg contain "Light Beer" by any chance?
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Thats an old classic black,,,love the way it looks,,,,great capture of the old car with the American Flag,,,,Rick
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Wonderful shot…so filled with interesting bits…excellent work!!
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Very nice, Dennis!
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Has a pleasing look to it Dennis. Your post work softens the image which works so well with this.
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