Follow TET on Instagram for more Art, Skateboarding, Selfies, 3D Printing and Other Interests

I've been on Instagram for just over a year now and have been posting regularly enough that I feel, those of you that are on Instagram, might want to check my feed out.

I now have posted enough images to get a good feel for the kind of things I like to share. I try to keep the selfies to a reasonable minimum unless I have good reason like this...

"But with the blast shield down, I can't even see..." I can only assume the fold down lenses on these circle specs are for people who are constantly needing to be prepared for a spot of welding (spot welding?) But don't want to carry around a bulky welding mask. The double lense is really that dark! Did I mention I have a thing for circle specs? #glasses #fashion #onionskinglasses #sunglasses #specs #circleglasses

A post shared by David Arandle (@etourist.tet) on Nov 2, 2016 at 10:45pm PDT

The majority of my Instagram posts are related to my Art and Animation with quite a few being digital mobile phone sketches that I cross post to Facebook and Twitter (but they're always posted to Instagram first). Here's a good example...

Mobile phone art. Skate Monkey practice sketch in preparation for a video I'm making on using your phone as a sketch book. #art #artist #sketch #cartoon #draw #monkey

A post shared by David Arandle (@etourist.tet) on Apr 10, 2017 at 8:56am PDT

Then, of course, there is a sprinkling of my other interests like Skateboarding and 3D printing, along with the occasional pictures of our dogs. Fortunately I won't bore you with an endless stream of food selfies (unless I happen to be eating somewhere really out of the ordinary then, maybe I'll need to share that).

West Beach skatepark, Adelaide, South Australia is home to the biggest metal half-pipe, vert ramp I've ever skated... and by skated I mean going backwards and forwards a bit, turning occasionally and then remembering how much effort it takes just to keep your speed on something this big... too old for this! Lol #skater #Skateboard #skatepark #sunrise

A post shared by David Arandle (@etourist.tet) on Apr 17, 2017 at 3:56pm PDT

Overall, I do try to post pleasing images in an effort to give my followers something interesting to look at, that doesn't look like a bunch of random snaps... but I can't promise the occasional random snap won't slip through. You can follow me on Instagram here.

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