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Orange Present, Costco, La Mesa, $21

Blue Race Car, Costco, La Mesa, $88, Artist "Matt"

Tonight I had to make a quick run to the Costco one-hour photo. During my hour, I grabbed a few necessities, and headed to the checkout. At the door, I told Matt that my son wanted a picture of a race car. The goal was to see how much detail I could get out of the door clerk.

Matt's a guy. I am a guy. I figured he would put a little time into it and try to impress me. The truth is that Matt DID put in about 30 seconds, and came up with this:

I am sorry to say, Matt, but this does not look like any race car I have ever seen. To be honest with you, it looks like the 1986 Chrysler LeBaron I bought when my even older Chevy Van shot craps in high school.

The good news is that you reminded me about the good old Chrysler. No joke, but at one point, only one door handle worked on that car. To get into the car, I had to open the back passenger door, reach up front to the passenger door to unlock it. Get out of the car, open the passenger door, reach across, unlock the driver door, get out, walk around to the driver door, and get in.

Or something like that. It was ridiculous. But it wasn't a race car.

Welcome Costco Corporate Employees

We would like to welcome the readers from Costco Corporate who checked out our blog this week... 19+ times! Thanks for stopping by.

Turning the Sketch into Art

People have asked, "How do you take the sketch from the receipt and make the lines so clean?"

Well, here are the steps:

1. Scan the image into the computer.
2. Import the image into Adobe Illustrator.
3. Perform a Live Trace, usually using the 6-color default setting.
4. Expand the Trace.
   
5. Right click the new Trace. Undo Grouping.
6. Select the lines of just the Artwork. Move the art out of the way. And delete everything else.
7. Export the line artwork as a JPG to your desktop.
8. Upload your clean JPG to the blog.

Using the December 8th Christmas Tree as an example, here is the before and after:

Purple Christmas Tree, Costco, La Mesa, $19

Yay! This clerk has the spirit! She went out of her way to draw a Star, as well as not one, but TWO presents!

Blue Sun Smiley Face, Costco, La Mesa, $80

Sadly, the door-clerk was not so friendly and did not want to make the "Santa" that my daughter requested. She even said, "She can do that herself!" Hmmm. I'll have to go for a second try.

Challenge the Artist!

The next time you are leaving Costco, ask the friendly employee to draw something on the back of your receipt.

If you are alone, tell them that it's for your son or daughter. They will understand and you won't feel like too much of a dork.

For fun, ask for something a little more complex than a smiley face. (This works better when there aren't people waiting behind you!)

"Perhaps you could draw 'that big tower that they have in France!"

"Do you think you could draw a scuba diver for my son? He loves underwater stuff."

"My daughter loves dogs. Do you think you could draw a fancy poodle for her?"

Send in your artwork!

Send a scan or a photo of your receipt artwork and I will post it! Email it to 619deals@gmail.com

Blue Robot, Costco La Mesa, CA, $88

Pink Robot, Costco, La Mesa, CA, $13

Pink Butterfly, Costco, La Mesa, CA, $70

Green Smiley Face, Costco La Mesa, CA, $76

Pink Princess, Costco, La Mesa

This is the artwork that gave me the idea for this Blog. What a great drawing from a talented Costco Receipt Artist. I liked the drawing so much that I scanned it in to the computer, then traced it in Illustrator, and made a poster out of it. Coming soon... T-Shirts!