Artist uses Google street view to find interesting small buildings to draw

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Street View is an astonishing resource. During downtime at work I’ll pick a place I know nothing about and go browse there. Never know what you’re going to see.

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Yes, Street View is every kind of addictive. My favorite are the canal views of Venice, but small Japanese shops seem to be a favorite of more than one artist:

https://mateuszurbanowicz.com/works/tokyo_storefronts_book/

colourful and endlessly varied. Damn now I really want to go there…

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That CO340 sign leapt out at me; I have very happy memories connected to that road. A long-ago visit to Japan also made me a fan of these small cafés, so I may contact the artist about prints.

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How to block your home from appearing in street view:

I’ve had my home blurred for a couple of years now

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