I just posted my 100th Prom Night Fist Fight entry. For whatever reasons, our western culture often places added emphasis on events occuring at intervals of 100, thus, a celebratory post.
What began as a digital sketchbook way back on 03/04/2006 has become one of my more favored artistic outlets (much to the dismay of other outlets that are getting very little love right now. I’m looking at you Notes to Self.) I’ve learned a few things along the way and have hopefully grown as a craftsman through my posting there. When I started PNFF (as the cool kids call it):
Not bad lessons to be gleaned from one ridiculously-monikered domain name and some free time during my lunch breaks to visually flesh out a few of the odd creative sparks that float around in my head. Thanks for playing. Here’s to 100 more fist fights.
Quote, “Steven Seagal now can add “Energy Drink formulator” to a list of talents that already includes veteran actor, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and Aikido black belt.” Steven Seagal’s Lightning Bolt Energy Drink, Cherry Charge and Asian Experience. What I’m shocked by is that he has somehow synthesized the entirity of the Asian cultural experience into one tiny can that’s available at your local 7-Eleven. (thanks Simmy)
Brrr. Yesterday it was 80° in Dallas. Today it is 30°. It feels like 19° and I LOVE IT.
I like the video for Regina Spektor‘s new tune Fidelity. A tad cheesy towards the end, but the overall art direction is clever and some of the shots are stellar. Oh, and the song’s fun, too.
Complex origami sculptures and creations from Origami Joel on Flickr. All the masks are interesting, this lamp is nice, and this piece is crazy tiny.
Now THAT is a sketchbook. 4000 sheets of recycled paper bound in black buckrum; for sketching or use as a seat or a side table.
I agree with Nixon that I don’t really want to reach for any “mountain spring water” from this San Francisco Zoo vending machine.
A federal judge says the Treasury Department is breaking the law because all bills are the same size and therefor, ostensibly, indistinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. First the Treasury Dept. Next the internet. Widespread accessibility to just about everything for people with disabilities will become a big deal in the next few years.
Comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday (poetically enough) wearing Superman pajamas and covered with a Batman blanket. He’ll be cremated in a Green Lantern shirt. Cockrum helped make the X-Men popular in the 70′s, and his influence on comics and my childhood can’t be underemphasized. (Oddly enough, he and his wife had retired to a little town called Belton, SC, which is about 10 minutes from the house I spent said childhood in.) Sad to see him go.
Penguin is releasing six classic books with blank covers so readers can create their own, then submit their cover interpretation to an online gallery. This is one of the more brilliant user-generated-content moves I’ve ever seen. And I will be buying and drawing on copies of Crime and Punishment and Magic Tales at some point.
Jeffrey Zeldman ponders whether Safari is better than Firefox. People, I tried. I honestly did. I tried to use Firefox. It’s just… not… pretty. And why does it render text so poorly?
“It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits – like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing a beautiful woman, flying through the stratosphere or landing on the moon. First-rate pursuits – involving, as they must, trying to understand what life is about and trying to convey that understanding – inevitably result in a sense of failure. A Napoleon, a Churchill, a Roosevelt can feel themselves to be successful, but never a Socrates, a Pascal, a Blake. Understanding is ever unattainable. Therein lies the inevitability of failure in embarking upon its quest, which is none the less the only one worthy of serious attention.”
New posters from Scott Hansen aka ISO50. I like the 1971 print.
One of the more underrated bands of the 90′s (and unfortunately pigeon-holed as “that band with the bee video”), Blind Melon, is back together with a new singer and new songs. Interesting. These sorts of things never seem to work out well, but I’m hopeful.
I can’t help it. I’m just pulled in by their ridiculousness. (If you really want to know what I want for Christmas, look no further than my Gifttagging page.)
The rundown:
The Sartorialist is inadvertently drawn to the guy that heads Ralph Lauren’s vintage department. Love the style. LOVE THE SARTORIALIST.
The Apple Blog has 10 OS X Apps You Might Not Know About But Should. I will be partaking of SpamSieve and Wallet soon. Handy, handy stuff.
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I'm a graphic designer and sometimes writer living in Anderson, South Carolina. I serve as the Design Director for NewSpring Church. I love Jesus, my wife, Levi's Jeans, good Tex-Mex, and 8oz glass bottle Coca-Cola Classic. On good days I love them roughly in that order. Email me.