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I've created a series of emoticons based on the typical ones, except mine have noses. Revolutionary? Arguable. Mad genius?? Perhaps. Guy with a misplaced sense of priorities? Could be. I just prefer these to the original ones. They emote more. Here they are conveniently named for no good reason except that I'm attached to them and I've imagined they have personalities. For example, Vern's a bit of a know-it-all, Umberto's a conservative, Ned's a liberal, and Ozzie's a creative type, and Carl is a good-natured goof. The great thing about the first 5 guys is that they work in both directions. Don't ask me why that's a good thing, but it is. These are open source (is a horse of course) of course. Spread the seeds of emotirevolution! I'm adding an emoticomic at the end. :c)  Carl :v)  Vern :u)  Umberto :n) Ned :o) Ozzie :3) Trig :2) Deuce :Ω) Omar :Π) Pike :Λ) Larry :o(|) Boz :oB Bucky :o3 Bingo (:oθ Bubba :cφ  Carla :vφ  V...

There are a lot of us out there who let our insecurities get the best of us. For some it's a matter of dealing with a niggling doubt now and then, for others it's a constant battle with 50-foot colossus of self-loathing. I grew up with it, shared bunk-beds and a toothbrush with it, and did my best to stake that bastard in the heart every chance I got, but recently I had an epiphany. Being isn't insecure isn't all bad. It may have fostered in me a fear of success, but it also made me sensitive to my surroundings and gave me a bend-over-backwards-type personality that makes me really good at pleasing others. Here is my list of ten reasons why insecurity doesn't completely suck. Please love me - I mean - I hope you like it. 1. Insecure people are eager to please - When you need constant love or validation, you tend to go try that much harder. Just like how the pretty people don't "put out," we DO put out - and we put out plenty. We let you skip First, Sec...

New Wobblehead papercraft. Captain America and Conan. Get Cap here . Get Conana here .

I grok Spock. Actually Scotty will always be my fave. I promised that I would make some Star Trek papercraft. I'll probably do some more of these. You can make Spock, too. Just download the pdf here .

My newest creation - based on Punchkinhead! I put together a wobblehead based on the book I wrote and edited with illustrations from 30 amazing Japanese artists. The book benefits the Holden's Hope charity for little Holden Underwood who suffers from Leukemia. Click here for the pdf: http://patokon.com/patobits/wobblehead04.pdf More info here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Holdens-Hope/152387661445173 I wrote about it here as well: http://patokon.blogspot.com/2010/11/punchkinhead-never-give-up-boy.html The book is available on createspace and amazon .

Here's a Yoda for ya. I wonder what I will make next? He's a little smaller cuz he's small... Click here to open pdf.

Been wanting to make some papercraft recently. This is what I came up with. Click on pic to download .pdf