Art Anything

The Eye of the Storm

2011-02-10T09:33:00.000-05:00

EYE OF THE STORM | Lovett from Lovett on Vimeo.

Can I Get You A Wheelbarrow Sir?

2011-01-27T08:27:00.001-05:00

Jeb Corliss wing-suit demo from Jeb Corliss on Vimeo.

Unemployment Productivity!

2011-01-04T08:50:00.007-05:00

Added these to my Flickr set if anyone is insanely bored and wants to see my other paintings.

Oh yes, yes there is.

2010-12-08T20:45:00.002-05:00

THREADLESS

Fun with Photoshop

2010-12-05T13:43:00.004-05:00

I was inspired to make something fun this morning.

The Age of Privacy

2010-11-30T20:56:00.001-05:00

No idea where this came from...

Recent Happenings

2010-11-13T08:23:00.000-05:00

10.10.10. - How to Score Points w. Family

2010-11-07T08:46:00.007-05:00

My mother approached me about helping her throw a party for my grandparents 50th anniversary. Like any designer I was full of "omgs!! yes! invites, save the dates, programes, table cards, movies, posters, banners & more!!!!"

This was an absolutely unrealistic of me, and also not being paid. What I learned from this entire process is to just keep it personal and simple. Personal goes beyond beautiful in my opinion - personal is what defines beautiful in this case. I spent about a month bouncing between my grandmothers siblings collecting photos from her youth. The slideshow...well stole the show. It was probably unnecessary to spend dozens of hours cleaning and cropping and meeting my particularly high standard of design. However the reaction of my family was so worth it.

Microsoft is... GOOD?

2010-10-27T00:10:00.007-04:00

"GOOD is a collaboration of individuals, businesses, and nonprofits pushing the world forward. Since 2006 we've been making a magazine, videos, and events for people who give a damn. This website is an ongoing exploration of what GOOD is and what it can be."

This website is a graphic designers wet dream... I couldn't even figure out what to feature on here. In fact I'm finishing this blog post right now so I can continue exploring this. Just go click for yourself - and check out the info graphics.

via PopURLS

Sockamillion

2010-10-12T23:21:00.012-04:00

Ok, pause life for a second...because this twitter page is ridiculously awesome. It is a tweeter of anthropomorphism writing of what perhaps a cat would tweet (if they could) throughout the day. This tweeter has almost 1,500,000 followers! At first I gave this heavy mockery, at its amounts of followers, and the contents of tweets. Until I read about four or five of them out loud to my roommate Andy and got to this one particular tweet;

AHOY TOP OF COUNTER arr you have been boarded AVAST I AM BEING YELLED AT abandon counter abandon counter

and i fucking lost it. when I say fucking lost it, I was gasping for air on the couch while Andy just shook his head at me. Don't expect any sort of intellect out of this... as I hope you figured out by now. They're more amusing when you read them out loud to people I suspect.

Deven Alan

2010-09-22T07:27:00.002-04:00

Birth announcements made for Brittney. Congrats Mama!

~~Stolen~~, uh inspired by eInvite. Is it stealing if you use to work for them? Lawyers would probably say yes, but I say no.

The Best Of: 09' Travels

2010-09-11T11:03:00.003-04:00

San Francisco

San Francisco'

San Francisco

San Francisco

Top of the Vatican

Roma - Storm Brewing Inside & Out

Paris - Blake & Darren

Amsterdam - The Flying Pig Downtown Hostel
Fun Fact - They have beer vending machines. Who needs canals when you have beer....in vending machines???

Amsterdam Commuters

Lastly, my favorite photo for complete narcissistic reasons (because it's AWESOME)

St. Peter's Square

How To Be Alone

2010-08-16T23:49:00.002-04:00

VIA Coudal

Plastic [nerd-the-eff-out] Jewlery

2010-08-01T08:34:00.002-04:00

Once again, Bridget Kane has pointed me in the direction of "Holy shit, that's awesome." These one-of-kind pieces are made by a graphic designer (really? I couldn't tell...) named Jen in L.A. Really cute shit, really good prices. Her ESTY store, Plastique has lots more.

How To Become An Internet Celebrity

2010-06-14T21:21:00.010-04:00

"THIS BOOK IS FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO MOVE INTO THE DIGITAL ERA OF AWESOMENESS.

A lot of things have happened during the past few years. New media have become far more than just toys for nerds; they now have an impact on everybody’s life to a greater extent than ever before – from the cell phone in your pocket and industries fighting to survive down to your old high-school friend you block on Facebook to prevent him from bothering you every time you’re online.

We’re currently experiencing a time of change – a change during which a whole generation is evolving; this generation is growing up with an entirely new media behavior. It can’t imagine a world without new media.

Now, also, the marketing industry must adapt, since you can hardly reach this generation using means and methods from the past.

This book helps traditional advertising and marketing people master the step into the digital era, providing tools to create campaigns that reach the people of today.

It was not written by a CMO giving expensive seminars and presenting big theories with no solutions, but by a creative team dealing with and living the changes in media every day.

The team, Innovative Thunder, specializes in innovative marketing and has gathered experience by working with three of the world’s leading marketing agencies - Jung von Matt, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, as well as currently, R/GA, New York."

Link Via PopUrls - Be Adventurous, buy it in German!

Financial Habits of The American Youth

2010-06-14T16:31:00.004-04:00

If you compared American Youth spending habits to Reality T.V.....Seems about right to me at least. Check it out.

Link via Visual Econmoics

YESS...

2010-06-09T23:39:00.002-04:00

Via Rumplo

Stealth Graffiti

2010-05-18T00:14:00.002-04:00

via Imgur

Grandparents

2010-05-09T08:30:00.012-04:00

I've been working on a family project for my Grandparents 50th this year. Had to share some gems.

Holy dress Grams!

I think I would have got along with my Great Grandfather very well...

Grandpa

Grandparents - 1964

Great - Great - Great Grandparents (awesome, no?)

Classic Mandy Face

Most Badass Dog Ever?

2010-05-07T15:31:00.004-04:00

"Kanellos, The Greek Protest Dog"

Amongst all the chaos in Greece poses a dog that apparently thinks its government needs to get its shit together - or he just likes the excitement. He's been photographed not only being around, but actually participated in multiple protests. I must say this dog has more balls than most people I know.

See/Read More via Buzz Feed

Leave it to the Sweeds

2010-05-04T17:56:00.008-04:00

Pimp my Library?

Leave it to the Sweeds to make the coolest library ever. This one is located in Stockholm.
Read More Via CG Society

Inspired, I hunted around for some other fun libraries. This gem is actually somewhere in New England. Sadly, it is a private library. It belongs to man named Jay Walker owns Priceline.com. I'm not really sure if I should declare him a hero...or a nut job. I vote both maybe.

Pictures and way more detail than you ever wanted to know about this place.
Even More Libraries!

The Light Switch.

2010-05-03T19:45:00.002-04:00

Click it.
You'll feet better, I promise.

Via Gold Egg

Up There

2010-05-02T20:16:00.002-04:00

A documentary of hand painted advertisements.

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

-Via Swiss Miss

Every Kid Needs This

2010-05-02T12:34:00.003-04:00

Correction, everyone needs this.
I wish I knew where this came from so I could give credit.

Information...Made Beautiful

2010-05-02T12:08:00.012-04:00

It's basically a shmorgishborg of current events plugged into fantastically designed charts so people like me understand what the hell is going on. I must have this book.

Information Made Beautiful

Aurgasm | your favorite music you've never heard

2010-05-02T11:36:00.008-04:00

"Launched in 2004, Aurgasm has developed into a destination of passionate music lovers around the globe. Its audience includes music mavens, critics, journalists, and bloggers—a highly influential audience. It has been named as one of PC Magazine’s Top 100 Blogs, profiled in The Boston Globe and mentioned on MSNBC.com, BoingBoing, Kottke, del.icio.us, Read/Write Web, Techcrunch, Signal vs Noise, and Digg. Aurgasm specializes in everything not under the American rock umbrella—music such as: downtempo, folk, nu jazz, chanson, scandinavian, jazz, cuban, brazilian, electro, soul, jump blues, bluegrass, film score, and electronica.

Aurgasm doesn’t turn a profit despite making some coin through Amazon and iTunes. If you’d like to donate with the button below, you can feel confident your donation will go towards bringing you more of your favorite music you’ve never heard."

And congrats to an old friend, Paul Irish, the creator of Aurgasm who is moving to San Fran to join the army of geniuses at Google. My advice...make sure you get a burrito in Mission Hill. Good luck Paul!

Cade Overton

2010-05-02T11:18:00.003-04:00

"Dude, you haven't done shit with your blog."

So thanks to Cade, I gave Art Anything a face lift. Currently Cade is a photographer doing a project on houses of Woo (Worcester).

Cade's Photography Blog

Hell hath no fury....

2009-12-02T12:14:00.005-05:00

Thanks Bridget!

A Reminder

2009-11-02T10:17:00.006-05:00

Proof people will always be dumber than you.

I just watched TwittEarth for about 10 minutes. I want it back.

The Fun Theory

2009-10-31T08:40:00.006-04:00

Fun is a Motivator.

Volkswagon has once again handed our asses to us in marketing. According to their latest creation, "The Fun Theory", people will choose to do healthier things if fun is a result of it. It's like Improv Everywhere....going green!

Link - Thanks MLE!

Improv Everywhere (Or Nyc at least)

2009-10-29T08:32:00.006-04:00

You may have seen some of 'Improv Everywhere's work; i.e. No pants on the subway, or the train station freeze. Here's their latest gig, a surprise reception for a random couple picked up at city hall.

4d Dancers

2009-10-29T08:14:00.006-04:00

'I Want That Jacket...'

This was actually my favoritest store in Manhattan, Daffy's (on Broadway I think...in SoHo) when I lived there. I bought gloves for a simple $15.00 instead of the usual $65.00! No Ways!! And no one tried to sell me cocaine in there, bonus.

Enjoy the cleverness.

Vimeo II

2009-09-01T19:48:00.002-04:00

Just reinforcing the last post...

Josh's Commute to Work: A Tribute to Michael Jackson from 3to1 Studios on Vimeo.

Vimeo... the "Facebook" of Youtube.

2009-09-01T06:09:00.005-04:00

A video site....without crappy videos to sift through...

It's a new and improved video site called Vimeo, a video site used by art lovers. Remember when people gave a shit about myspace? You'd be ~~stalking~~, uhh I mean browsing through you're friends pages then BAM... Sparkly graphics, stretched roses, "HOT BABY" written in some shit ass graffiti font at the top. Then facebook came along, and designers were able to breathe again to continue their beloved stalking without any ticks or twitches from seeing manually bolded comic cans. Well friends, you wont see Miley Cyrus acting like a spoiled bitch on this site; no bike riders falling down stairs and breaking arms; and no hamsters playing the panio! What you will see is videos well edited, with creative foundations, and clever content. Go explore for yourself.

Here's a sample of one of their videos, don't forget the acid.

A Record Of Life from Owen Gatley on Vimeo.

If multiple musicians could have one baby....

2009-08-19T09:45:00.005-04:00

Charlie Winston

(Click image for link to Charlie's official website)

I'm not really sure how someone from Maine got to this before I did, but what's done is done....and it's FABULOUS. Honestly it's like Chris Martin, Muddy Waters, Jack Johnson, Ray Charles, John Legend and Tom Waits had a big love-fest orgy of music and gave birth to to Charlie Winston. He's british (of course), and needs a lot more love from America in my opinion. He isn't touring in America as of now, but that's just another excuse for me to tell you to get a passport. Go listen.

Be Safe!

2009-07-06T10:56:00.004-04:00

(Click image for link)

So awesome. Found this on etsy via rare bird find.
Too bad it's fifty dollars....

Edit Awesomeness

2009-07-05T11:48:00.002-04:00

2009-04-20T11:22:00.002-04:00

Mix Tape Magnets!

2009-04-19T09:40:00.005-04:00

Finally, something to do with your dust collectors you can't bare to throw out.

(Click image for link)

I've been checking in on Rare Bird Find for literally years now. It's a cute little (slightly expensive) online indie store. Despite absolutly loving it, I've never actually purchased anything from it. But damn, now I know what to do with my mix tapes!!

Weird or Cool?

2009-04-11T10:52:00.004-04:00

Once again cruising Pop Url I find strange yet fun stuff. Totally unrelated but equally fascinating.

Cool T-shirts by Chris Rushing

Gothic Weddings

I'm On A Boat!

2009-04-10T12:07:00.001-04:00

God Bless America

2009-04-03T08:57:00.003-04:00

(Click image for larger version)

Star Wars Sleeping Bag

2009-04-03T08:44:00.003-04:00

If you make it, they'll buy it.

(Click image for link)

This sleeping bag was originally meant as a April Fools joke. Now people really want it! I'm not surprised in the least, have you people seen star wars fans?

Let's see how long it takes George Lucas to sue!

The New Fuck Me Boots

2009-04-03T08:21:00.006-04:00

Oh yea, that's super subtle, no one will notice.

Recently, some clothing website I give no shit about posted this LOVELY dress. Why yes I do want to get fucked tonight, how did you notice? Upon us crazy bloggers, emailers, bored at work chatting with friends people, this image sure as shit flew around the internet. My friend Bridget immediately sent this to me with "DUUUUDES", and "OMGS". I clicked it, and proceed to laugh my ass off...and take a snap shot for this blog. Only to have her go "OMG CLICK IT AGAIN, IT'S GONE."

Really light box? You thought if you changed your image no one would notice?Here's what was posted upon my second click a few moments later.

FAIL

Kinetic Typography

2009-03-31T07:59:00.006-04:00

Moving Pictures??

Kinetic Typography is kind of taking over. Back in the mid 80's I believe it was ABC that first introduced the "moving logo" that rocked the world of design entirely. Now students shit out work that would have dropped jaws merely a decade ago. Ever since this kinetic typography of Pulp Fiction showed up (my personal favorite), dozens and dozen more have appeared. Monkey see, monkey do!

Kinda of makes me wish I stepped up my Flash game a little more in college.

I've linked a few more kentic typography videos I like also!

Random Links for the hell of it:

Yes, You
Well someone has photoshop skills!

MOBA (Museum of Bad Art)

Virtual Polaroids

We're all gonna D ie - I don't really understand this site, any asshole with free time can do it... but it's fun to play around with even thought the thumbnails don't line up with the photographs.

Locked Up Abroad

2009-03-31T07:45:00.002-04:00

My New Obsession

(Click image for link)

Move over Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch I will be with you in a moment. National Geographic, please forgive me for never paying attention to you. You now have my full attention with your new amazing tv show. Locked Up Abroad is a documentary-esq series that reenacts (very well might I add) very true horrific stories of drug smuggling, kidnappings, hostage situations...and holy crap it's amazing.

Note to self: Never try to smuggle 6 kilos of cocaine duct taped to my body through any airport ever!

STFU, Marrieds

2009-03-30T13:44:00.008-04:00

Facebook and the annoying couples on it...

(Click image for link)

To all you couples out there on Facebook, we know you can't wait to see your significant others. Maybe what you didn't know, is that NO ONE GIVES A SHIT. Vivek Vasani, who feels just like the rest of us (i.e. you want to stab your eyeballs out when you read status updates like "Lisa's hubby bought her flowers! I'm so in love!!") has started an anti-facebook-couple website called STFU, Marrieds.

Let me expand your mind for a second. Lets hypothetically pretend you have about 500 - 1000 "friends" on facebook. Among your hours of online stalking your husband comes home and gives you a big big hug and you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside and your so happy to see him! Hooray! You're in love, you should tell everyone on facebook your in love!

Lisa has updated her status
"Lisa's husband just gave her lots of hugs!"

Seems harmless right?
Now, would you go on facebook and email those 500-1000 people directly? No, you wouldn't.
Would you get a megaphone and find a random crowd of 500-1000 people to announce how great your husband is? No, you wouldn't. In fact... how well do you even know these 500 - 1000 people anyway?

Now a bunch of strangers just think you're really gay.

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May I offer up great thanks to the founder of this website.. may stupid people continue to amuse us.

For those of you who don't think this website is art, go research Dada Art....then we'll talk.

Thanks Bridget!

Did You Know?

2009-03-29T09:53:00.002-04:00

Alarming stats, soothing music.

The dudes from Shift Happens have put out another lil' clip of the worlds alarming growth rate. I'll admit, I like their first one more...as they should know us "Generation Y" kids like fast paced entertainment!

Anyhoo.

Happy Sunday.

Little Red Riding Hood (student interpretation)

2009-03-27T11:00:00.002-04:00

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

School assignment to reinterpret the
fairytale Little red ridning hood.
Inspired by Röyksopps Remind me.

Music: Slagsmålsklubben, Sponsored by destiny smk.just.nu
Animation: Tomas Nilsson

So my friend Cade says:

"check this out, this reminds me of something i'd find on your blog."

Why yes Cade, you are very correct! Thanks!

Where the Wild Things Are

2009-03-26T08:20:00.004-04:00

I have to wait until October?!
Although if you ask me, October is a fabulous month...

In case you were under a rock somewhere Spike Jonze is bringing....Oh the best book EVER to the big screen.

If you need to fill your child imagination void before October, watch Pans Labyrinth. It's on my top ten list, that's for sure.

Evolving Art

2009-03-25T10:21:00.000-04:00

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Via Soul Pancake

"I've seen it all."

2009-03-25T10:05:00.000-04:00

A Zen Photo

2009-03-25T09:32:00.002-04:00

Just chill for a moment...and enjoy a cool picture.

(Click image to vist Found Shit)

"I had an instructor who said: mental illness grows in the mind like a tree that has grown inside of a house. Eventually you must learn to live there with that tree, its still your house afterall." - some chic online

I've always had a thing for creepy library's, abandoned buildings, and all that shuddersome jazz. I even pride myself in being kicked out of the Metropolitan State Hospital by the cops with my curious friends. Go find your own creepy things.

Cruise Found Shit (not to be confused with fffound) for more strange stuff.

Nerd Up On Your Volcano Knowledge

2009-03-23T11:03:00.006-04:00

Pretty, Yes?

(Click the nuculear explosion-esq image for link)

Over at the Alaska Volcano Observatory they're posting just above live reports on the Redoubt Volcano activity. Unlike our terror warning system, a code red actually is serious.

"Redoubt Activity - Color Code RED : Alert Level WARNING" - reports A.V.O. on their website.

EVERYONEPANIC!!!

They have a slammin archive you can specifically search through if you're not an idiot. Try It!

LED Sheep Art!!

2009-03-19T14:22:00.001-04:00

AMAZING!

The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)

2009-03-19T09:56:00.001-04:00

WTF AMERICA?

2009-03-18T14:30:00.005-04:00

Why does the entire globe hate us?

HERE'S WHY:

Sorry guys, we need a side bar from Art Anything. Lingerie American Football everyone!! Only FUCKING AMERICA would do this. I'm not even going to link that photo... I just want to outwardly share how embarrassed I am by my own country sometimes. REPULSED.

America when the fuck are you going to GROW UP?

Love,
MANDY

Charley The Retarded Cat

2009-03-18T11:41:00.000-04:00

Adam Taele: News From Above

2009-03-15T09:56:00.002-04:00

(Click image for link)

This morning, I Stumbled Upon an extraordinary photography blog by a chap named Adam Taele. Being the internet whore I am, I've browsed thousands of blogs. Mr. Taeles reflects of the goodness in simple humanity, and just appears to to be a humble dude living in the Middle East that is clearly an excellent photographer. He isn't selling anything; he isn't promoting ideas, spreading propraganda, he's simply showing the world from his eyes to whomever wishes to see. I'm utterly jealous of his CSS skills, his photography, and all his traveling. So how's about you stop looking at facebook for just a moment and check out his photos?

Illustrator Tutorials

2009-01-25T09:19:00.002-05:00

Brush Up!

(Click image for link)

Blog Spoon Grapics, located in the UK has gathered and posted some swank tutorials. If you haven't figured out how to get, or errr...pirate Adobe programs yet I suggest you find a friend that can do so. These programs are becoming more and more user friendly. Sadly that ensures the delivery of poor design everywhere from amateurs, but if you sift correctly you can find some slamming things.

These are sites I use for inspiration:

• FFFFound! - image book-marking, there is no organization to this. Just keep clicking through the cool images.
• Veerle's Blog 2.0 - a fantastic site for tutorials and inspiration. Sometimes I find the site a little difficult to navigate because of its information overload...but it's usually something interesting that sparks my A.D.D. curiosity so I happily keep clicking.
• Piepmatzel - An index of attention deserving graphic design on the web.
• Design Flavor - Something for every designer, vector art, photoshop, tutorials, flash, css, and more.

LINK

Be A Kid Again

2009-01-06T12:47:00.002-05:00

Mario themed bedroom.

(Click image for link.)

So if your having a mid-life crisis here is one way to deal with it. I'm not sure I could make this my bedroom....but it would certainly be awesome to have in my house somewhere!

Dirt Cheap Homes

2008-11-20T10:20:00.002-05:00

Homes made of straw and mud.

(Click Image for link)

Mud homes are rare in the United States, and I don't know why. They're cheap, energy efficient, and solid went built correctly. As I learned from Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs! Linked with the image is a gallery of beautifully build mud homes. Who knew?

Drain Art

2008-10-29T17:59:00.001-04:00

When did art become so draining?

(Click image for link)

Eggs Anyone?

2008-10-29T17:25:00.003-04:00

Why, yes I do have free time. Why do you ask?

(Click image for link)

The Artist With No Eyes

2008-10-29T17:02:00.001-04:00

The most awesomest pumpkin carvings.

2008-10-27T14:34:00.003-04:00

EVER.

(Click image for 53 more pumpkin carvings!)

And you thought books were for reading.

2008-10-27T14:26:00.004-04:00

Silly You!

(Click image for link)

We all know and love the book shelf that looks like a book..buuut someone thought it would be cool to take that one step further!

Insert Coolness Here

2008-10-23T14:52:00.004-04:00

(Click image for link)

"In Melbourne I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark while working for Emery Studio. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards."

That's a quote from the official site that posted it. Although some people hate it, I give credit for someone being creative when they were not required too. Also, I must agree with the site I linked the photo too. If I were on drugs...I would most certainly be freaking out. Or trying to pick up the letter off the wall...either or.

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(Click image for Link)

"I was driving back from the dinosaur dig up near Canada, feeling awfully tired on the highway between Butte and Bozeman. The hour was around sunset and then I suddenly saw this enormous field of sunflowers… it was just sitting there… with no one taking photos of it… I thought it was a shame so pulled over and ran out into the field to get some shots before the sun dipped below the horizon.

These sunflowers were TALL. They must have been 6 feet off the ground. To get the shot, I extended the tripod, kept the legs together, put the camera on a 5 second timer, and hoisted it in the air again and again until I finally found the angle I wanted..."

High Speed Water Photography

2008-10-14T14:44:00.001-04:00

(Click image for link)

Links!

2008-10-14T08:27:00.002-04:00

• Superb Sand Structures (pictured above)
• Doodle Bug - An online sketchpad of sorts
• Coolest USB ever.
• Surreal pictures - they never get old.

Are you ashamed of America?

2008-10-08T07:59:00.003-04:00

You will be after you read this.

Link

Some may find these ignorant word offensive. I merely find the speaker appalling.

Photo Collections

2008-10-06T19:47:00.007-04:00

"The world is but a book, and those who do not travel read merely a page".

That is a quote from the dear St. Augustine. I seriously debated having that quote tattooed on my body. These two galleries of photos reveal a humorous side, and the other serene.... but both wonderful achieved. If the following galleries do not inspire you to travel then I suggest you go live under a rock.

The amazing photographs that show the world's most famous landmarks replaced by cheap souvenirs
(Click image for link)

Earth From Above
(Click image for link)

Warning Label Generator

2008-10-06T08:24:00.006-04:00

Potential Greatness? I think so.
(Click my label for website link)

You do not need any art skills to be creative with this site. Use your brain here, and you can make countless labels that could impact another. I choose to use a Winston Churchill quote...as my eyes have recently been open to how fantastic his words were. (Yes I see I spelled his name wrong, but I'm leaving it so everyone knows I'm human.) This runner up quote I was considering by Churchill was this one;

"I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly."

Ahh that Churchill, such a way with words. Straight to the point, no fallacies or bullshit we see today in our politicians.

So make a label, I don't care what for. Use it to threaten your roommates, freak out strangers, amuse your significant other...but most of all amuse yourself. Challenge yourself. Enlighten yourself. Take something simple, and make it meaningful. Get it?

Links

2008-10-03T07:40:00.008-04:00

(Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best - Click image for gallery)

More Links
Desktopography - Fantastic wallapers
Color-and-Me - What does color reflect in personality?
Drift Wood Horses
The Picture of Everything
Spirals are everywhere
Hot Library Smut!
Not Martha - Non cheesy, fun crafts, and more!

Subway Life

2008-10-01T11:01:00.003-04:00

Antonio draws people on subways.

(Click image for link)

Antino has travelled to over 10 different major cities, drawing people on subways. He stays in each city for about 3 weeks and travels at all times of the day to capture those who intrigue him on paper...even though he'll never see them again!

Links

2008-09-30T12:30:00.002-04:00

(Second Lives art exhibit - click image)

Hypnotic Nothingness - Don't click if you're prone to seizures
Seeds of our Future - A vault in the artic moutains is our life support.
Corpse Bride Wedding Dress
Sarah Palin's Dodo Award
Word Perhect - DYI!
Drunkard Magzine

Geography Test

2008-09-29T14:27:00.003-04:00

Study this map.

(Click map for quiz...I got 134/150..)

Yup, I am a failure of the American public education system. So why the hell do I owe them so much money then?!

Links

2008-09-28T09:46:00.004-04:00

(Paul Newman - 1925-2008)

More Links

Scrabble Grave

College Fashion
Papercraft Paradise

QUIZ: Who drew this?

2008-09-26T09:51:00.004-04:00

Those who do not know the past are doomed to repeat it.
(Click image for more drawings, and your answer.)

Seriously, to be an artist you must know your art history. You must understand techniques, methods, influences, hierarchy (of life in general to understand meaning). "WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?" That should be your favorite question. You should know a little bit about a lot. As a graphic designer myself I can't get my hands on enough material to learn about. I know enough to know I do not know enough. Just because you can use Photoshop, doesn't mean your an artist. For example, fonts... the fathers of type didn't just pull swirls out of thin air. They were actually mathematical geniuses of their time. They used math found in nature to create sound fonts like Garamond (which might be my most abused font next to Arial Black). These rules aren't just for artists either, they apply to any professional. Music today is still influenced by the musicians of my parents, and grandparents. Architecture from the ancient romans is still used in modern buildings today. A quote from Roosevelt was used to explain this current political mess on CNN. Open your eyes for inspiration and everywhere you look you will see something that can be traced back in history somehow!

Harbin Snow and Ice Festival

2008-09-26T09:09:00.002-04:00

Since it's starting to get cold and all...
(Click image for more photos)

"The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, both Fahrenheit and Celsius, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. This Chinese city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok, Russia, just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the cold, the residents of Harbin celebrate it, with an annual festival of snow and ice sculptures and competitions. The festival officially runs from January 5 through February 15, but often opens a week early and runs into March, since it’s usually still cold enough. This is the amazing sculpture made of snow greeting visitors to the snow festival in 2003."

These photos are fairly old, but I'll bet you haven't seen these pictures. This is very similar to the seasonal Ice Hotel Sweden builds every year. Except the Chinese always seem to kick everyones asses in size ratios...it is what it is I guess. Either way, both are pretty cool (pun intended!)

Glass Art

2008-09-25T13:29:00.004-04:00

I doubt you'll find any better.
(Click the picture for plenty more!)

Over a Colourlovers.com, again. I think I have a new favorite blog.... they've posted absolutely stunning works of art made only of glass in every variation you can come with (and more). In fact...you should bookmark that site..the only thing I visit more is Cuteoverload, but honestly that doesn't count..everyone and their mom goes there.

Skateboard Art

2008-09-24T10:13:00.002-04:00

Got extra skateboards laying around? Make something!
(Click image for more skateboard creations.)

So some genius over at Skateboard Park made some fantastic furniture from the scrap of creating skateboards, or the skateboards themselves.

"Polyurethane wheels changed the world of skateboarding in the 70’s. Incorporating this notable trend into this iconic design produces a true fusion of both eras. The Astro Clock (pictured above) created with 12 skateboard wheels and bearings."

Click the clock to see the rest of the creations!

Over the Top Limos

2008-09-23T12:51:00.010-04:00

I'll drive myself, thanks.
(Click absurd limo for more pictures.)

Gas efficient? God no. Convenient? No way. Eco friendly? Not in the least. Yet people continue to waste money in these pointless (yet fun to look at) creations. Don't get me wrong, they do make for quite the entrance. For example, if I saw you show up in this, or this... I believe the word "tool" would appropriate.

Scenes from India

2008-09-23T08:53:00.004-04:00

An evolving country
(Click image for photostream)

India has a lot going on now. It's still declaring it's place in the world, fighting tradition, poverty, social separation, corruption, and even monsoons. Check out the images, they're very moving.

DIY Photobook

2008-09-22T12:55:00.006-04:00

Blurb.com offers professional photobooks, without professional prices.
(Click image for link)

This website is fantastic. Instead of paying a professional oddles of money to stylize your memories you can do it yourself and still look like you've spent oddles of money. Blurb shows you examples, inspiration, and offers tons of different options. Photography venders everywhere weap.

French predict the future in 1910

2008-09-22T11:28:00.003-04:00

What they thought 2000 would look like.
(Click image for link)

These french prints created in the year 1910 depict what they thought the year 2000 might envision. Although some are very outrageous they still represent modern day inventions, pretty cool!

When Ads Go Bad

2008-09-22T11:02:00.003-04:00

Horrible yet hilarious ad combos.
(Click image for link)

Pictures of ads poorly placed near each other producing comical results.

Indexed

2008-09-21T17:37:00.004-04:00

A blog on index cards.

(Click index card for link)

Jessica Hagy puts her everyday experiences and thoughts about life in humorous index cards.

"This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math."

Earth House

2008-09-19T10:42:00.012-04:00

Don't live on it, live with it.
(Click image for link)

Swiss architects are the genius designers behind these eco friendly houses. The houses are fully modern, and are designed to work with the flow of the land...so each one is unique! No contract houses here!!

Perhaps if you don't want to live in the ground, maybe you might consider in the trees?

:-)

2008-09-19T10:42:00.007-04:00

Can't you guys take a joke?
(Click image for link)

"1982: At precisely 11:44 a.m., Scott Fahlman posts the following electronic message to a computer-science department bulletin board - Click image for link"

19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman

I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:

:-)

Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:

:-(

Click the image for history of emoticons!

Wash Me

2008-09-19T10:42:00.002-04:00

No don't!
(Click image for link)

Artist Scott Wade does his doodles on your car you've been ignoring!

Here Comes the Sun!

2008-09-18T11:19:00.016-04:00

Track the sun in real time.
(Click to visit the World Sunlight Map)
This site shows in real time where the Sun is casting light on us. I suppose to could be useful if you can't add and you need to call your friend in India!

T.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m.

2008-09-18T11:19:00.015-04:00

Images made of Type!
(Click the image for link)

Convert your existing images into new pieces of art! You've got a few rendering choices between color, type, and shape. Pretty nifty. The only downside is that it only accept fairly small images. If your really adventurous though you could run them through the Rasterbator, and make them as large as your heart desires!/p>

Go Green

2008-09-18T11:19:00.004-04:00

And look good doing it...
(Recycled Business Card Holder - Click image for link)

This is a cute shopping blog that encourages you to buy recycled goods, use your own goods to recreate what they have, and to do nothing at all! Less is more for the environment (how to go green). There's jewelery, vases, rugs, plant holders, and more. Please, take my advice and stay FAR FAR away from the beer carton cowboy hats. I can't tell you how to pick up chics, but I can tell you how NOT TO.

20 Most Incredible Desert Oases

2008-09-18T09:58:00.003-04:00

That's not real...wait...is it?
(Click image for link)

I don't know who managed to pull all these stunning photos together, but thanks for doing it. There's also more links to many other different subjects of the most fabulous of its kind.

Masters of CG Art

2008-09-18T09:15:00.003-04:00

Digital Inspiration
(Click image for link)

I appear to be on a sci-fi kick this morning...this was not intentional. This site features some slammin' realistic CG animations. What I really liked about it is the artists have posted their color palettes also. Sharing is caring! For you designers out there Veerle's blog is a most excellent source of inspiration and sharing also. It's full of free art, tutorials, and even features design contests.

Concept Ships

2008-09-18T08:48:00.004-04:00

"The future is going to be so futuristic!"
(Click image for link)

Sorry I'm going to quote Southland Tales whenever I get the chance. If you do not like that movie, I'm sorry we cannot be friends. Anyhoo...there's a blog out with amazing visuals of concept ships. It appears the entire illustration staff for Star Wars might be in on this blog. The drawings range from preliminary pencil drawings, to full color sci-fi landscape settings with the ships in full action. I dig it. I feel like my friend Scott who has an amazing ability to just pull sci-fi scenery out of thin air should get in on this. Cool stuff.

Test your color IQ

2008-09-17T14:21:00.004-04:00

You and Hue.
(Click image for test)

How smart and accurate are your eyeballs? Only one way to find out!

Toothpaste for Dinner + Livejournal?

2008-09-17T13:57:00.009-04:00

and the amazing randomness of it all...
(Click here for Toothpaste for Dinner)

Now I know Tooth Paste for Dinner is hysterical with its cynical, but oh so realistic, yet horribly drawn comics. We know you have one printed out and tacked up on your cube...you can't resist it.

(Click to raid livejournal user pictures.)

What you may not know is that there is a very strange connection between T.P.F.D. and Livejournal (your teen life is dull I do not want to read about it). For some odd reason T.P.F.D. has some sort of script that pulls EVERY picture that livejournal users post in their journals (including locked entries) for the world to see. Be warned some are NSFW, but this is fabulous endless F5 refreshing fun for your boredom. I cannot express how entertaining this site is.

Banana Personification

2008-09-17T11:30:00.000-04:00

Because we love making objects do human things...
(Got That Rotten Feeling, by David Schmidt - click image)

David Schmidt grew up around Bananas, and became a photographer. There you have it folks. Photos and Bananas. Kinda awesome.