Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Remotely Experience Burning Man 2010

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Right now, if you didn't get a ticket and aren't there, the Internet is probably the best way to experience the desert event known as Burning Man. So here's a ripoff expansion/refinement of Laughing Squid's post "How To Experience Burning Man 2010 Remotely" Live Broadcast On Twitter .twtr-widget { float: left; margin: ...

Burningman Infographic

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

This Burningman infographic created by @xmasons shows the history and evolution of the event. Click to embiggen

A Field Guide to Typestatches

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

["A Field Guide to Typestaches." A $24, 18" x 24" poster from Old Tom Foolery /via Laughing Squid]

Star Posters

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

As you can see from the closeup below, designer Mark Brooks did up posters using stars. Distance yourself from these images to better make them out. [via DesignYouTrust]

The Vader Project

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

After four years on a traveling tour, The Vader Project should wind up in its planned home at the Freeman’s Auction House in Philadelphia this week. Artists participating in The Vader Project took the helmet of the dark Sith Lord Vader and transformed it into its own standalone artform. See several of the done-up Vader ...

Photorealistic pencil drawings by Paul Lung

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Hard to believe, but these are pencil-on-paper drawings from Paul Lung. No eraseies.

Brian Alfred

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Pleasant, thoughtful mix of stop-motion like type stuff, "live action" and animation from visual artist Brian Alfred with a soundtrack heavy on sound design including Columbia, Missouri's own Jon Sheffield. So why no HD version?

Ask me about my Zombie plan

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Crap. Really do need a Tumblr blog for this sort of stuff -- like all posts here today so far. Especially for the error fetish. But pictured is a $16.95 Ask Me About My Zombie Plan Shirt from Rooster Teeth.com.  Buy it from them here.

Turn black metal guitarist into toy

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

UPDATE: Now available to Pre-Order! Never has this webspace solicited votes for anything.  That changes immediately. Above the text, black metal guitar god Olaf Thundarsson beckons you to immortalize him in an action figure toy.  Olaf -- the brainchild of my pal Phil Balsman, aka Ballsy Balsman -- needs more votes before embarking on ...

Crayola Chronology Visualized

Monday, January 18th, 2010

As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" --  I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...