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Famous & Inspiring Photography.............*Austrian Boy and his Shoes
The picture moves you to happy tears the moment you see it. The gentle curve of the child’s cheeks make you think that the innocence of infancy remains a permanent guest. The happiness is palpable, a pair of chubby little fingers clutch a pair of shoes to the chest of the little boy. Six-year-old Austrian boy, Werfel, was photographed when he got a new pair of shoes at the Am Himmel orphanage, donated to him.The photograph was first published in LIFE magazine on December 30, 1946 and later, again, on September 24, 1951 and was titled “New Shoes”.

The picture is a beautiful effort in capturing the quintessence of childlike happiness. The abandon that children feel and profess, enjoying happiness in the littlest of things, in a life that an adult might otherwise be quick to profess as being filled with misery. The child’s ability to enjoy and cherish what has just been given to him, notwithstanding the fact that he lives in an orphanage, notwithstanding the historical events that had just unfolded snatching his comfortable life away from him, notwithstanding the fact that, that he doesn't understand were his parents are ...Reminds you how flawed our thinking is, to look at the negatives and focus on them. The expression of absolute purity in happiness is reminiscent of how beautiful life is – and wakes you up to straighten your own thinking when life strikes you down on occasion.
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Have a wonderful weekend.......Stay safe.
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.. The 1927 Duesenberg Model X Dual-Cowl Phaeton
★The Model X was introduced in 1926 as a comprehensively reengineered and improved model based on the Model A. It featured a new chassis, a redesigned engine, and a new front suspension arrangement to lower the center of gravity.

★The Duesenberg Model X offered a significant step up in performance over the outgoing Model A, the comprehensively reworked 260 cu. in., overhead cam, straight-8 engine was fitted with a new crankshaft, a new valve train, different pistons, and a revised intake. Power climbed from 88 hp to 100 hp, and the car was capable of topping out at 100 mph.

★The Great Depression killed Duesenberg in 1937 along with many other automakers in the US and Europe. The surviving Duesenbergs are now individually known to collectors and enthusiasts. Every now and then a new Duesenberg “barn find” is uncovered, sending a tsunami of excitement across the classic car world – like in the early 2000s when Jay Leno discovered and bought a remarkably well preserved Model X.
... ★Have a wonderful Mothers day weekend.....Stay safe
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★ Happy May...........*Have a great week......Stay safe

Japanese Supercar The 1967 Toyota 2000GT........."aka" Sakura GT20

The 1967 Toyota 2000GT, Toyota's first supercar! Built with a 2.0 liter in-line 6 cylinder fed by Triple Solex Side Draft Carburetors with twin overhead cams and tuned and developed by Yamaha. Accompanied by a 5 speed manual transmission which was unheard of in 1967! These cars were very expensive for their era at $6,800 in 1967 compared to a Porsche 911 at $6,050, Jaguar E-Type at $5,585 or a new Corvette at $4,721! Only 351 (only 62 left hand drive) 2000GT's were produced worldwide! The 2000GT shattered many world speed records and was able to achieve a top speed of 135 mph! The 2000GT made a name for itself as a world class car. Another boost to its prestige was its appearance in the James Bond 007 movie........ "You Only Live Twice"
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Reviewing a pre-production 2000GT in 1967, Road & Track magazine summed up the car as "one of the most exciting and enjoyable cars we've driven", and compared it favorably to the Porsche 911. Today, the 2000GT is seen as the first seriously collectible Japanese car and the first "Japanese supercar". Examples of the 2000GT have sold at auction for as much as $1,200,000.

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★Have you ever wished someone a Happy Easter only to be told it's not 'their' Easter yet? It happens to the best of us especially when we don't realize that our friends, or co-workers belong to the Orthodox Church, which celebrates Easter on a different day than the Catholic Church and the majority of the world. The dates are almost always different, except on rare occasions when the dates fall on the same day. Sounds confusing? It turns out that there is actually a carefully calculated system behind the day Easter is recognized. Easter is the day members of the Christian faith recognize the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. It is a celebration of life and new beginnings....*Orthodox Easter this year is on April 28th
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★Before the invention of calendars and other modern methods of tracking years and seasons, people relied on the position of the sun in the sky and obvious signs in nature to indicate the passing of time. When the equator and the hemispheres of the Earth became common knowledge, it was understood that the slightly tilted rotation of the earth causes different hemispheres to experience different seasons. While one hemisphere experiences spring and summer the other hemisphere experiences fall and winter. This happening is called an equinox. The vernal equinox is the event that occurs in late March, which brings spring to the parts of the earth in the Northern Hemispheres. The council chose this equinox as part of the calculation to ensure Easter would be celebrated in the spring at the same time..

★Easter reminds us that hope must never be lost for as dark as the road may seem, there always lies light at the end of it......May all your prayers be fulfilled.......I wish you and your family with abundances of happiness and inner peace...........Have a Blessed Easter weekend...

André Rieu - I Will Follow Him
➤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqN9aS2S...

Luminato Festival,Toronto Canada
1500 Singers sing HALLELUJAH!
➤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRfJ6-q...
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Life Lessons.......Described By A 70-Year-Old ................*As I've Aged....

*As I've Aged...
I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4AM or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will...I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. ... And I eventually remember the important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore... I've even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day *If I feel like it •Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time •Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly..........•Have a wonderful weekend.....Be well my friend
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📽️ Multi-Award Winning CGI Animated Short Film................. ..CITIPATI
✴ We follow a dinosaur in his last moments, in which he, in an inhospitable world, succumbs to the effects of fatigue and his injuries. With his last breath, his world of thought unfolds, and his last impressions merge with his memories to a very personal end.

RunTime:7min ➤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSoImbo8...

📽️ Award-Winning CGI Animated Pixar Short Film................ ..Smash and Grab
✴ Smash and Grab is a tale of two robots. After years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering locomotive, two antiquated robots will risk everything for freedom and for each other.
... RunTime:8min ➤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-G7YpS...
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Happy Sunday......*Have a wonderful week ahead.......Be well.

★ An abundance of blessings and prosperity are my heartfelt wishes to you today and throughout the month.....*Happy April.......*Have a wonderful week...Stay safe


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★It's time for April Fool's Day - a day when it is socially acceptable to prank your near and dear ones. April Fool's Day is celebrated on April 1. It is a day of laughter and cheer, when people around the world play practical jokes on their loved ones....Just be considerate and make sure your jokes are harmless, and then go ahead and enjoy April Fool's Day!

*1917 French Biplane Fighter Aircraft.....*Spad S.XIII

1913 Greek Biplane Fighter Aircraft......*Avro-504K

... 1916 German Biplane Fighter Aircraft........*Fokker-Dr1......"The Red Baron"

..Have a great weekend........Stay safe
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•Inspirational Story...........•A Bit Of Warmth...........•By Joseph J. Mazzella•

•It was a morning in January. The jet stream had dipped down causing the arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside but the wind chill made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow along side of my house trying to open a tiny door so I could get underneath it. I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets were dry.The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled to get two electric space heaters in place around the section of frozen pipe. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a space heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords into my house and plugged them in. Both heaters roared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipe. My fingers had already started to go numb so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again.Finally, after twenty minutes the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the bitter cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled "thank you" heavenward and went back inside to make myself a hot breakfast.Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. At times like these, though, all we need is a bit of warmth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heart-felt hug, a morning sunrise, a bird’s song. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that get us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of warmth for others every chance we get.....
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•Have a wonderful week ahead........*Be kind to one an other.........Stay safe
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★ Have a great weekend.....Stay safe my friend.

Airplane-Engine 1939 Plymouth Pickup is Radically Radial....Ready for takeoff
✴The 1939 Plymouth pickup, Its pockmarked, raw-steel body is dotted with rivets, and rising out of the open engine bay is a halo of finned cylinders—an airplane radial engine shoved back against the firewall. The joke’s on you, though, if you think it’s all for show. When Gary starts it up, there’s a wheeze and then a rat-a-tat-tat in the bare-metal engine bay. Smoke billows around the Plymouth and it disappears before you can comprehend what you’re looking at.

✴The transmission may think everything is copacetic, but inside and out, the truck thinks it’s a plane. Pitot tubes and aircraft lights dot the exterior, and in the interior, leather aircraft seats face dual steering yokes and an array of gauges intended to soar above the clouds.
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✴Early radial engines used what were basically shotgun blanks to send a gust of high-pressure gas into the cylinder to start the engine.

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𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡,𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬!

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫,𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.......𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.....
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𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲

★𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟕𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐂𝐄, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟑𝟓𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝟓𝟎 𝐁𝐂𝐄, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫.

★𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟖 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟗 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

★𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲.

★𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆.........𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲.
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★ᗪᗩSᕼIᑎG Tᕼᖇᕮᗯ Tᕼᕮ SᑎOᗯ...............SᒪᕮᗪᗪIᑎG



★Sᒪᕮᗪ Qᑌᕮᗷᕮᑕ ᕮ᙭Tᖇᕮᗰᕮ SᑎOᗯᗰOᗷIᒪᕮ ᗪᕮᕮᑭ ᑭOᗯᗪᕮᖇ
➤ www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbmXC0I...

★ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ GᖇᕮᗩT ᗯᕮᕮKᕮᑎᗪ .......STᗩY Sᗩᖴᕮ

₁₉₆₉ Cʜᴇᴠʏ Cᴀᴍᴀʀᴏ Bᴜʀɴɪɴɢ Rᴜʙʙᴇʀ

🔹𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱......𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲

SᕼOᖇT ᖴIᒪᗰ..................................★ᐯᕮ ᑎT
✴It’s been three years since a widespread radiation leak has affected the air outside. Now, on the eve of her third continuous birthday indoors, Rose is frustrated and determined to convince her controlling boyfriend Parker, that she is ready to take the gas mask and go outside.

★𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟏𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.........➤ openloadmovie.org/movies/vent-20...

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✴Jomar Machado Is a freelance 3D Artist from Brazil who creates beautiful product images for advertising agencies in Rio de Janeiro. He specializes in automotive imagery.

✴This series of future vehicles by Jomar are characteristic of his style, blending impossible technology with 20th and 21st century vehicles....He’s recognised today as a significant figure in the world of 3D design.

ᕼᗩᑭᑭY SᑌᑎᗪᗩY.....ᕼᗩᐯᕮ ᗩ Sᗩᖴᕮ ᗯᕮᕮK ᗩᕼᕮᗩᗪ....ᗷᕮ ᗯᕮᒪᒪ