Everything's Coming Up Guns and Roses!

So, today i just finished a pretty long terms job. It was one of my bread-n-butter jobs for the past few months. The freelance lifestyle can be pretty crazy sometimes, and I don't think I'll ever get used to the amount of freedom it offers. So now that I'm finishing up with one client, I can't help but feel a little.... freaked out. In order to commemorate today's news, I was going to post a David Bowie video for Changes. But right when I was about to search for it, I burst into song, "Everything's coming up Roses". I guess that better represents my mood today. Yay! Future

Where does Color Come From?

Well, that a really pretty looking factory. I am a big fan of visiting printing houses to see how their process works. I've never seen an ink maker. From the looks of this video, it's a rather beautifully boring place to work. ......but where does the pigment come from?

Oklahoma!

Well, I'm off to see the the Wind come sweeping down the Plain.

Knock 'em Dead Kristine!

Birds.

"You're in our talons now, and we're never letting go." -this is the refrain that was stuck in my head while I was making this design. I've been doing a quite a few bird drawings lately for different brands. It's a little mini trend, i guess. This one that just came out. It's the famous birds of brooklyn. A while ago, a crate of Monk Parrots broke apart and the parrots escaped into the wilds of Kings County. They've been thriving here ever since. I often see them chirping in the trees while walking through Park Slope.

Best thing I've seen all day.

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What defines Creativity?

I feel like I've had this conversation many times before. A bunch of us artists will be sitting at a bar or a party or a conference or something, questioning the finer aspects of art (What exactly is art? What is creativity? What's the difference between being inspired by a work and stealing it?) when the outcast of the group will say, "Why are we wasting our time talking about this stuff? Do you thing plumbers and steal workers sit around talking about the essence of plumbing?" Then, hopefully the rest of the group will ignore the comment and continue to dissect the finer points of the creative spirit.

That being said, It looks like these builders figured out a way of embodying my thoughts about Creativity: Do the best you can do with what you got.

You Know How People Are, You Tell 'em Something, They Start Talking

Guess what I just watched tonight?
God Bless the Brooklyn Public Library. They have the craziest selection of movies at their local branches.  The BPL is my own public Netflix.

The girl in this movie, Linda, is amazing.  She steals the movie away from Sam Shepard and Richard Gere.  If I could find a stripped down version of the film that's comprised solely of her voice overs, I would watch that thing everyday.

POGO X DISNEY

Pogo is some dude from Perth, Australia.  He like to dismantle Disney movies and turn them into groove-tech. I first started following his stuff when he mishmashed Alice in Wonderland into a few really good songs.  He does an amazing job of cutting up english into rhythms of nonsense. Here's his latest cut-up: Toy Story

Drummer wanted for Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs

I had to post this video before Rob beat me to the Punch. I can't say I'm the biggest ZZ top fan, but I could watch this band play their covers for hours.

Monkey Man

Dang, I wish i could do that. Ever since i was a kid I've wanted to swing from the trees. When I was a kid, I used to repel down from the high branches. It smarted something fierce when the branches broke (and the cradle did fall).

This guy has taken the art of climbing to a new level. He's bested the monkeys at their own games, like Tarzan or Kintarou.(Check out 0:30-0:40. WTF? Who taught him that trick??) Dang, I wish that Rousseau was right, that man is a noble savage. There's something magical about those Lost Boy stories. They always draw me in.

1-14-8, originally uploaded by Stephen Halker.

Heman's been taking voice lessons

OMG. When I was a kid I loved He-Man...... what the hell was wrong with me.
Through all those years, i never knew he had such a good singing voice. Skeletor aint bad neither.

RobinHood

Some of my favorite things mixed to form something even better: Japanese and Robinhood, and folk influenced music. gotta love it.

Adventure time!

A little long. a little pointless, but there's something I love about the style of this cartoon..... and there is a rainicorn. How awesome is that.