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I'm David Mattingly, a freelance artist and teacher. I did 54 covers for the #AnimorphsArtist series, along with the #HonorArtist Harrington covers.
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I am the artist who did most of the original Animorphs covers. I have an Etsy shop set up where you can buy signed (by me), numbered prints of the covers on acid free Epson Art Velvet paper. They come in a variety of sizes. Please check it out here:
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My Animorphs covers were chosen as one of the 25 Most Iconic Book Covers of All Time! Don't forget you can get signed prints of any of my Animorphs covers on Etsy.
#furryart
#scifi
#bookcovers
#applegate
#animorphs
#honor
#furryartwork
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I noticed a poster of mine being offered on eBay for over $50. You can buy it directly from me for less than half that. The print is 24 inches by 18 inches, on semi-gloss paper.
You can get one on Etsy here:
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An Animophs fan bought some custom Animorphs prints with a single morph on them. She was good enough to send me photos of those prints in front of the Animorphs toys that came out. Thank you, Mag!!
You can buy prints of any of my Animorphs cover here:
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A fan of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, Michael Reyes, contacted me to see if I had any of my covers left from the series. He got it beautifully framed, and sent me this wonderful picture with his daughter, Mika, looking at "Vampire Express."
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Blaise Corvin, a fan of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, bought this from me and framed it up beautifully! It is always nice when a painting of mine finds a good home.
#CYOA
#davidmattingly
#honorharrington
#Animorphs
#karate
#Taekwondo
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I'm pleased to announce that the Hunter Museum on American Art in Chattanooga has purchased one of my paintings for display in their collection. I will have more on this once the details are finalized.
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I was digging through my closet and found a cache of my 18x24 inch “Flying High” posters. I will send a signed, personalized print like the one I am holding to anyone who orders a 13x19 inch (or larger) print, or any piece of original art on any of my Etsy shops.
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When I was 22 and just out of art school I did this cover for "The Commodores Greatest Hits". Those big vinyl record sleeves were sure a great place to show off artwork!
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I was pleased to see this nice article about my Animorphs work, and my Animorphs store on Etsy:
I want to thank Nina Matsumoto once again for posting about my store!
#Animorphs
#scifi
#art
#furry
#furryart
#furryartist
#furryfandom
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I am reunited with a painting I did 43 years ago. I bought it e-bay. How did it get on e-bay?
The seller bought it in an estate sale in TX. But what really hurts me is that I gave the painting to a friend over 40 years ago, yet I had to buy it back on e-bay.
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I'm selling hand signed and numbered 13x19 inch prints on acid free paper of some of my Animorphs covers on Etsy. Please check it out here:
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As you may know, I teach at School of Visual Arts in New York, and at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. With the school year starting, I'm offering a discount! via
@Etsy
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I'm tweeting out some of my favorite covers. This one is called "Wizard World," and it is the only cover that features my father, John W. Mattingly. He is the big wizard on the left side of the painting. You can buy signed prints here:
#art
#animorphs
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I hope all of you saw my cover artwork for Scholastic Books “Animorphs” series was featured on the cold opening of Saturday Night Live last night. Please check out my Etsy Animorphs Artist store here:
#animorphs
#art
#artist
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I am selling my Animorphs style guide on Ebay!
If you are an Animorphs collector, I suspect this is one item you have never seen before, and may never see again.
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My free signed ”Flying High” poster offer has been so successful that I need to bring it to an end. For the next 3 days only I will send a personalized print to anyone who orders a 13x19 inch (or larger) print, or any piece of original art on any of my Etsy shops, or my web site.
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Two more of my early paintings are going up for sale on Heritage Auctions! Please take a look here, and bid it you would like to own one of my originals.
#animorphs
#furry
#furryart
#art
#davidweber
#honorharringtonfan
#Honorverse
#BaenBooks
#art
#SciFiArt
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My father, John W. Mattingly, was the inventor of the Water Pik, and the sole name on the original patent. He always said the Water Pik was no replacement for flossing—you should do both. Here is a nice article in the NY Times about it.
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Check out my other identity, AnimorphsArtist!
I now have all of my Animorphs covers up on Etsy, even ones you've never seen before. I discovered I got my count wrong. I actually did 55 of them! Please check them out here:
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I'm going to tweet out some of my favorite non-Animorphs, non-Honor Harrington covers. This is my favorite of all of my covers, called "Twilight of the Gods. You can order signed prints of it here:
#animorphs
#art
#scifi
#furryart
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I made this beautiful canvas print of my favorite painting, “Twilight of the Gods” but I printed it on the WRONG side of the canvas.
You can have it for free (as long as you are in the United States) if you are the first one who can tell me what neoclassical painting this honors.
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Check out this wonderful video on the Elastic Reality software I used to create Scholastic's Animorphs covers from Clint Basinger:
The books were by K.A. Applegate, and designed by Karen Hudson.
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Chris, Miranda + Eddy at the Anidorks podcast did this interview with me:
Thanks for being so interested in my work, and making me feel welcome.
You can get signed prints of all of my Animorphs covers here:
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It was the great matte artist Peter Ellenshaw's 107th birthday yesterday. It was an honor to work with him at Disney studios. Here is a picture of him working on the opening shot of "Dick Tracy," with a much younger me right behind him
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I love the frame! Looks great!
Do yourself a favor and buy a print from
@AnimorphsArist
@davidmattingly
because they are gorgeous when framed. Never thought I’d have one of my favorite
@kaaauthor
and
@MichaelGrantBks
book covers framed in my house, but here we are.
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Plein-air painting with my grand niece Bliss Mattingly in Colorado. A future artist in the making!!
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Come to my exhibition at School of Visual Arts, showing 5 Animorphs paintings, 131 West 21st Street. Opening Thursday, Oct 26 from 6-8.
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Joe Downey ordered prints of my artwork, got them beautifully framed, and sent me these photos of them hung in his home. Thank you, Joe!!
You can order prints of my artwork here:
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It looks like there will be an Animorphs movie on the horizon! With the amazing producer Kevin Feig attached to it, I look forward to a film that is nothing short of mind blowing!
#furry
#furryartist
#furryfandom
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#artwork
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Four more of my paintings are going up for auction. I have done over 2 dozen covers for David Weber, but all of them were digital, except for one, the cover for "Armageddon Inheritance," is an actual painting.
#baen
#Animorphs
#sciencefiction
#scifiart
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I'm selling hand signed and numbered 13x19 inch prints on acid free paper of some of my Honor Harrington covers on Etsy. Please check it out here:
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I noticed a poster of mine being offered on eBay for over $50. You can buy it directly from me for less than half that. The print is 24 inches by 18 inches, on semi-gloss paper. You can get one on Etsy here:
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This is the last day of Libertycon in Chattanooga, TN. Cathe and I have had a WONDERFUL time!! Thank all of the Libertycon family for making us feel so welcome. Drop by the dealers room and see us before it end, and maybe buy a print!!
#baen
#davidweber
#scifi
#scifiart
#artist
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It is one year ago tomorrow that I had my foot reconstructed, and it has been a long time since I posted anything on the surgery blog. Here is an update on my condition:
#animorphs
#furry
#surgery
#Hospitals
#reconstruction
#honorartist
#mattingly
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Talk about high priced talent!!
I often use friends and neighbors as models for my book covers, and I used my next door neighbor, Sheldon Teperman, as the model for the driver on my cover for David Weber's "Honor of the Queen." It just so happens Sheldon is a world famous trauma surgeon!!
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One of the authors I have been privileged to do covers for, Simon Hawke, had my artwork tattooed on his body!! He was kind enough to share photos of two of them, along with the artwork that inspired them. Thanks, Simon!
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@SplintersmithNC
@Scholastic
@kaaauthor
@MichaelGrantBks
I think this is from a press kit Scholastic did for the Animorphs books with a lenticular cover. I got one of them, and it has sat in my book shelf all these years. I didn't know any other copies existed!
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I did some new Animorphs style artwork for designer Hillary Taymour of Colina Strata. Check out their innovative clothing line here: . I love their clothing, kind of Haight Ashbury meets Bridgerton!
#animorphs
#art
#Tigers
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2 more of my paintings are up for auction on , and the bidding closes tonight. Please check them out here:
#baen
#furryart
#furryartist
#animorphsart
#Animorphs
#davidweber
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#scifiart
#scifiartist
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4 of my paintings for novels by Lester Del Rey, published by Ballentine books in 1982, are up for auction at Heritage Auctions. They are a matched set, so I hope they all go to the same home. You can find all 4 here:
#animorphs
#furry
#furryart
#art
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cyclists for cars to park in the bike lane.
Right now their seems to be no enforcement of the bike lane at all. At least I have never seen a policeman make a car move. I would encourage the police the TICKET the cars, not make them move, and ticket them immediately
@KenFerrante
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Ingres "Jupiter and Thetis" was the inspiration for this painting. Ingres copied himself for the pose of the central figure from his "Portrait of Napoleon".
Caryl Heard was the first person to guess this. Congratulations Caryl! I'll be getting the print to you.
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I did some new Animorphs style artwork for designer Hillary Taymour of Colina Strata. Check out their innovative clothing line here: . Here is the full animated version of the still, with an animated b-gr.
#animorphs
#art
#Tigers
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In the early 1990's, I did the six covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Pellucidar" series as a continuous strip so the books could be displayed side by side on the shelves. Here are all 6 covers as one like I originally envisioned them.
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Marvel issued this omnibus volume of Conan stories, many by my idol John Buscema, with this cover I did in art school many years ago. The retail price is a hefty $125, but you can get it for $75.00 at .
#animorphs
#paulhchadwick
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Joe Clifford Faust, an author I have been lucky enough to do 5 covers for, bought my painting for "A Death of Honor," his first book. He shared these photos with me.
#baen
#furryart
#furryartist
#animorphsart
#Animorphs
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#scifiart
#scifiartist
#artwork
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It seems Midjourney has sucked up my style!! The weird thing is that is you type in “/imagine in the style of David Mattingly,” you get a result that looks NOTHING like my paintings.
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I am honored to be the 298th subject of Walter Day's Science Fiction Historical Trading Cards, along with H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein. There is a short interview with me on the web site for the card collection, and you can read it here:
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I am selling two more of my paintings on Heritage. I will be selling more, two at a time, in the coming months. Please check them out here:
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On the advice of my good friend Paul Chadwick, I watched Roger Ebert's excellent commentary on Orson Well's masterpiece, "Citizen Kane." I thought I knew everything about that film, but I learned a lot!
@PaulHChadwick
@LawKap
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Ramen lunch at one of my favorite places to eat, Ippudo, near Astor Place in New York City. The best ramen you will ever eat!
#artist
@PaulHChadwick
#Animorphs
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Two more pieces of my artwork are going a sale a Heritage Auctions, one for a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, and another a paperback cover. You can check them out here:
#animorphs
#art
#scifi
#furry
#illustration
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Some of your favorite Animorphs covers are now available for purchase as signed, numbered prints on Etsy!
New Animorphs prints up on Etsy. Thanks to everyone who tweeted me their favorite Animorphs cover. Keep them coming! Remember the 54th person will get a large sized, signed, numbered print of this cover
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Congratulations Sharon and Steve! "Fair Trade" is now a bestseller! If you would like a signed, numbered print of the cover, without the type, you can get it here: just type in "Fair Trade" or "Steve Miller" or "Sharon Lee".
Hey, this just in!
Fair Trade
#4
Bestselling hardcover SF in the Whole United States!
Thank you!
Yes, ALL of you.
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After a wonderful weekend with Sharon Lee and Steve Miller at Heliosphere, I decided to set up an Etsy shop just for the artwork I did for their Liaden Universe covers. The celebrate the opening, I am offering 20% off site wide for ONE WEEK ONLY!
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Win a free signed, numbered print of Animorphs 54 (a $100 value) by tweeting your favorite Animorphs cover to me
@AnimophsArist
. I will send the poster out to the 54th person who tweets me!
I'm planning to put more of my Animorphs covers up on Etsy, but I need to know which are your favorites. Please tweet me the ones you want me to put up. I will send this print of Animorphs 54 for free to the 54th person who tweets their favorite cover.
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Here is a great pic of me working with Peter Ellenshaw on Dick Tracy. From Cinefex Dick Tracy Edition.
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From left to right—me, my wife Cathleen, my nephew Mac (John’s son) and my big brother John, in Salida, Colorado.
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Here is an
#Animorphs
screen saver I did with Lawrence Kaplan featuring Rachael. You can buy signed and numbered prints of all of the Animorphs covers I did here:
#davidmattingly
#honorartist
#animorphs
#furry
#furryart
#furryartwork
#applegatefan
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I made a print of one of my favorite covers on canvas the exact same size as the painting. I will send this print, free of charge, to one of the next 10 people who order a print of one of my paintings off of my web site, .
#animorphs
#furry
#furryart
#art
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Cathe and I just returned from 16 days in Poland and the Czech Republic. We spent 4 days in Gdansk, Warsaw, Krakow & Prague. The inspiration for the trip was to see Hans Memling’s “The Last Judgement” in Gdansk, one of my favorite paintings. Here are somephotos from the trip.
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I'm selling a few of my paintings on Heritage Auctions over the coming months. The first is one of my Lensman paintings I did for Berkely Books many years ago. Please forward this link to any art lovers that might be interested.
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The cover looks even better as a wrap with no type. You can see it here: Just type in "Steve Miller and Sharon Lee". And, or course, you can buy signed, numbered prints of any of their covers.
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I made a print on canvas, the exact size of the original, of one of my favorite paintings, "Doc Sidhe." Here it is with the winner of the print, Branden Marcus. Nice tats, Branden!
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My student at Pratt Institute, Pengpeng Du, has been nominated for the Student Academy Award! Here is the preview:
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Two more of my paintings are going up for sale on . Last week one of my paintings went for $4000.00, but these two are going for much less. Please check these out, and bid if you see fit.
#baen
#furryart
#furryartist
#animorphsart
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2 more of my paintings are up for sale on Heritage Auctions. This is it for a while, so if you want to own one of my painting this is your last chance to bid.
#baen
#furryart
#furryartist
#animorphsart
#Animorphs
#scifi
#sciencefiction
#scifiart
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when they stop in the bike lane. Without protected bike lanes, this is the only way to get cars to stop parking in the bike lane. Let’s not wait until the first death, possibly mine since I am a constant bike rider, before we start making it clear the bike lanes
@KenFerrante
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These would make great holiday presents for any Honor Harrington fan!
Hi all--
I finally got all of the covers I have done for David Weber's
#Honorverse
#HonorHarrington
books up on my HonorArtist Etsy account. They are 13 by 19 inches, signed and numbered in an edition of 50.
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My new course, Stereoscopic 3D Environments in Maya, just went live at
http://t.co/H6oRxG8yLs
Take your scenes to new dimensions with Maya!
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@BaenBooks
I am so sad to hear of Steve Miller's passing. He and Sharon were a great team. I am honored to have known them.
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I just posted an update on my foot operation. 10 weeks in, I'm healing well, but frustrated by my immobility. You can check out my blog here:
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Transform your digital 2D
#matte
#paintings
into
#3D
scenes with moving cameras & animated backgrounds in
#Maya
.
http://t.co/lBAXcOg4VJ
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@rihannamator
You can buy a print of that painting (and any others I have done by going here on my web site:
Type in “Harpy High”, and click on the image. The print in various sizes is available there.
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For one week only, I am having a sale in the Miller and Lee artwork section on Etsy. You can get 25% off all orders using the code: LIADEN. Remember, this is only for a week!!
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lane, and often there are 3, 4 or 5. It is like an obstacle course for bicyclists, forcing us to swing out into traffic to avoid the cars parked in the bike lane. And often, to add insult to injury, they have their drivers side door swung open into the street,
@KenFerrante
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aren’t just extra parking for people to run into stores for a minute.
Thank you for your concern
David Mattingly
@KenFerrante
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@barryjgrossman
Could you follow me at davidmattingly and HonorArtist on twitter? I am trying to build my social media presence so I can sell prints, and more followers would help.
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@ymmanuel_who
Sorry, I just re-read your site, and found that it is compatible with the mac. I just bought it. Thank you!
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@TransformARTive
Thanks! I look forward to hearing the interview. I'll help promote it, so send me a link.
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I reviewed The Doctor (Park Avenue Armory)
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@back2babylon5
@HeyStevieLee
@Oliviaj_8
@DavidWeberBooks
@HonorArtist
That was the original cover. I was asked by Jim Baen to redo Honor's face for a later edition, and I like the second version a lot better.
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forcing cyclists to go even further out. And there is the hidden danger of drivers parked in the bike lane suddenly swinging open their door, forcing cyclists to either crash into their door, or swing suddenly out into traffic. It is EXTREMELY dangerous for
@KenFerrante
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Chief Ferrante—
I was a supporter of protected bike lanes on Washington St, but when I saw we were getting clearly demarcated bike lanes, I hoped for the best. However, as I ride my bike down Washington St, I rarely encounter a block where at least one car in parked
@KenFerrante
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