Tag: uhhhmazing art

slightly frightening winner.

Comment # 8
Jenny: ..Definitely the fox mirror – love it!!! (N.B. this is a non-gratuitous use of multiple exclamation points)

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C…O…N…G…R…A…T…U…L…A…T…I…O…N…S…,…J…E…N…N…Y…!

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Also, that giant thank you is meant for those of you who courageously entered my first ever ilikeyoulikeyou giveaway, Nicola “Waaay Too Cool For School” Rowlands who made it all and made it all possible, and really anyone who happens to be reading this right now.  Seriously, all y’all been:
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makin’ life
more awesome
since 2009.
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PS – Jenny, please contact amyruthmarsh at gmail dot com to claim your Nicola Rowlands Monsters Mirror.

transcendentally terrific.


Ghostly International. Michael Cina
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“Ghostly International commissioned Michael Cina to work on an album cover for them in 2007. As time passed, we developed a great working relationship. Ghostly International has been one of those amazing clients that continually pushes the boundaries of what a record label can be. We have helped them transcend how art and design can function, and in the end, have created objects of desire.”

– Michael Cina Associates

slightly frightening giveaway.


Monsters Mirror. Nicola Rowlands
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Guess what, kids?  I’ve got presents!  Well, actually, Nicola Rowlands and I have one present that we’re so excited to give away it’s almost spooky, scary.  For serious though, listen up, cause I’m a big big fan of this lady.  I found her through my internet wanderings and developed quite a crush when I realized her arts and farts and crafts were funtimes tenfold.  Since her Monsters Mirror is my favorite item in her shop and Halloween is just around the riverbend (beyond the shore, somewhere past the sea), if you visit her Envelop and/or Supermarket shop and comment on this post with your favorite item, you will automatically be entered to win a Monsters Mirror of your own!   I’m thinking one of these babies will be more than necessary when doing bruisey, bloody touch-ups later this month . . .
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So how do I win that spookycool Monsters Mirror again?

1. ...Visit Nicola Rowlands’ Envelop and/or Supermarket shop.
2. ..Comment on this post with your favorite item.
3. ..Check back on Wednesday, October 13 to see if you won.
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PS – Comments will close on Tuesday, October 12 at 5pm EST.

guessing liam does too.


CDRyan
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“Liam, objectively the smartest, funniest, most mature 7 year old you could ever meet, received an invitation to a classmate’s party.

‘It’s from 3:30 to 7:00,’ he read.
‘Woah, that’s kind of long. I wonder what you guys will be doing,’ I replied.
‘I don’t know.’
‘Well, it can’t be a pool party. Too cold.’
‘Maybe it’ll be a pool party.’
‘Well, I just said it’s too cold.’
‘Well, IIII just said that maybe it’ll be a pool party.’

I look up, and he is miming shooting a cue ball across the kitchen table.

I strive to be like him.”

– Wait, what.

wonderous, wireless.


Sherlock. sikkin
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Nikki Sylianteng of dumdeedum made this poster so her father would stop constantly asking what their wireless internet password was.  The secret to unlocking the code?  BIGGEST —> smallest.  Ooooo, another secret?
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I……F…U…C…K…I…N…G……L…O…V…E……T…H…I…S….

happy non-rent payday!


David Strohl
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I sometimes apply body lotion to my arms and legs in one of the vacant offices on my floor because I don’t feel like walking all the way outside to the ladies room in the hallway (where doing things like applying body lotion would make a hell of a lot more sense).  Really, the only reason I don’t do this all the time is out of fear of having to prove I’m not a total creeper after being caught taking a large bottle of lotion into a vacant office and locking the door.  But I guess I can, uhhh, cross that bridge when I come to it.  Anyway, today happened to be a lazy lotion day and while I mindlessly moisturized behind closed doors, I had the sudden urge to flip the lock and go for a morning jog around the cubicles in my bra and underwear.  But then I remembered today was non-rent payday and I should probably wait to act on the primals until next week.
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Beware: ..When I am my own boss, naked office runs will be part of our benefits package.

my isms are on holiday.


vir.gen
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“As a moral atheist you have a number of rights and responsibilities. These include (but are not limited to):

1. ..Have no gods.
2. ..Don’t worship stuff.
3. ..Be polite.
4. ..Take a day off once in a while.
5. ..Be nice to folks.
6. ..Don’t kill people.
7. ..Don’t cheat on your significant other.
8. ..Don’t steal stuff.
9. ..Don’t lie about stuff.
10. ..Don’t be greedy.

Remember, theists may condemn you for living by this code because you are doing it of your own free will instead of because you’re afraid that if you don’t a supreme being will set you on fire.”

– Atheistic Rights & Responsibilities

trying to lego.


Lego Wallpaper. Balakov
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Baby Mamas!  I missed you so much!  Now that we’re all fully rested (just nod and smile) and back at our desks bright and early, I thought you might enjoy jazzing up your workspace desktop background with a little lego-rama drama. Also, rather unrelated, but yesterday I read The New York Times editorial on Labor Day and even though it was pretty much a solid snooze fest, I got a bit of a crush on the closing sentence.  Here, I’ll introduce you:
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“If Labor Day feels like a comma in the year and not a semicolon — like Thanksgiving or Christmas — it’s probably all to the good. We need a holiday that needs no preparation, which is a true holiday indeed.”

– The New York Times, Labor Day, Now and Then

i stare, don’t really care.


Finale at Dolce & Gabbana. JAK & JIL BLOG
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A few days ago, I rode one of the many elevators in my office building down to the first floor to get something from the messenger center.  Usually, I put my brain on pause when I have to stop playing with you guys for a second . . . except . . . this time a random old dude got on halfway down (it was just the two us) and took a shiny money clip out of his pocket. Holy Moly Guacamole!  You would not believe the number of crisp $20 bills he had in there!  It was like a golden money clip of dreams!  Fresh $20 bill dreams!  I wanted to touch them!  All of them!  But he was touching them!  Unfortunately, I made absolutely no effort to suppress the wide open, gaping amystare that had taken over my face.  I think it took me, like, a whole fucking minute to realize the elevator had made it to the ground floor and that I needed to stop gawking at this man’s ..H..U..G..E….W..A..D.. and exit, but not before this special exchange (!) :
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Him:..You can leave now.
Me:….Okay.

align right, justify.


Plenty of Fish. Appleping
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Friend:..When I was little my dad used to point out pregnant women and told me they ate the watermelon seed, and that’s how babies are made. Don’t swallow the seed!
Me:..And then later on you found out swallowing the seed is a way not to get pregnant.
Friend:..Oh, that’s good.
Me:..I know. I felt it as I was saying it. Everything aligned.

– Wait, what.

his advice is a platypus.


Un Sedicesimo. Frank Chimero
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“It’s hard to make purple work in a design.
Look people in the eyes when you are talking or listening to them.
Quiet is always an option, even if everyone is yelling.
Libraries are a good place. The books are free there, and it smells great.
Keep two books on your nightstand at all times: one fiction, one non-fiction.
Adobe software never stops being frustrating.
If you meet a person who cares about the same obscure things you do,
hold on to them for dear life.
Most important things happen at a table.
It is okay to romanticize things a little bit every now and then: it gives you hope.
If you need an analogy, use an animal.
Be suspicious of lists, advice, and lists of advice.
Everyone is just making it up as they go along.”
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– a little bit of Frank Chimero’s advice to graphic design students

amster amster dam dam dam.


Zeitgeist / Jungstar. Job Wouters
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Job Wouters designed these super swell flyers for Jungstar (formerly known as Zeitgeist) which, according to the MRKMLM-group’s website, is “a bi-monthly club night at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam with young and upcoming DJ’s from Europe and the Netherlands…The music is mainly electronic and includes styles such as electro, fidget house, baile funk, baltimore, and acid house.”
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this is very important:
if you ever find me living
in some ramshackle fidget house,
please schedule an intervention asap.
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(no cameras).

these are just pretty cool balloons.


maplesyruponly
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Lately, I’ve had a few people tell me that while they think the photos I post here are “pretty” and “cool,” they find my written content really hard to follow.  I’m too confusing, too cryptic, too stream of conscientious, they say. Now I can’t stop wondering, does everyone feel this way?
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Is my writing hard to follow?
And, if it is, does it bother you?
Do you wish I wrote more clearly?
Or, is it like a fun surprise when you visit?
Like, Ooooh maybe this time I’ll understand her!
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J..U..S..T…..L..E..T…..M..E…..K..N..O..W…..

crazy, lovely.


Colour Me Silly. Jon Burgerman
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I spent the final days of my summer vacation at a crazy-lovely lake house in North Carolina with some of the craziest-loveliest people I’ve met in quite a while. In the weeks leading up to our arrival, the man of the lake house sent out these awesome pre-trip emails and I’m inclined to say that this one was my personal favorite:
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Friends,

The flights are booked. The van is rented. The boat is tuned and the giant snakes that live under the boathouse are fed. Less than 3 weeks until Lake Lure! This year I am asking everyone to bring one special item. This could be a playlist, mix CD, drink, food recipe, game, movie, one-man play, troupe of acrobatic monkeys (though they may not get along with the snakes)…anything you think that will add to the fun (extra points for creativity).
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Since my insider @ weather.com tipped me off to at least one day of rainytimes, I decided to bring a a Ziplock bag full of paint brushes, a set of 16 Crayola Educational Watercolors, and Colour Me Silly by Jon Burgerman (pictured above).  I’m still waiting to hear back on my extra creativity points.

no worries.


Living the Dream. CDRyan
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As I was walking back to my apartment from the gym this morning (feeling awesome, obvs), I wondered if just by living in the city you’re automatically a little smarter because you end up using at least 10% more of your brain power just to fucking cross the street.  I mean, I keep my iPod pumped up to 11 and look both ways for pedestrians, bikers, cars, pigeons, signaling taxis, non-signaling taxis, leashed dogs, non-leashed dogs, hidden poop traps, et al in a matter of seconds just so I can be sure some bullshit traffic signal isn’t telling me how to live my life.  I’m a grown ass woman, cross traffic green light.  Leave me alone!  I hate you!  DOOR SLAM.  Okay.  Wow.  That felt good.
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I think [like a new yorker] therefore I am [a little smarter, quick to anger]?
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Also, I’m broke.
Please send money.

dressed in the dark.


Lord the Air Smells Good Today, Joe Nigel Coleman
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When I was younger, I used to be afraid of the dark.  I just knew there was something really troubled and terrible lingering in that thick unknown behind my back and my only option was to leap up my basement stairs fast enough to reach the light switch before whatever was back there reached me.  And though my track record for making it to the top unscathed was impeccable, my heart had little affection for history and would still flip and jump with the same ferocity every time.  Nowadays, my fear has subsided substantially and it’s just that I prefer the light / the day, but I’m stating to think this oh-so-soon (and oh-so-necessary) summer vacation might change my tune as I have a distinct feeling there could be something really great lingering in those dark, post-sunset hours.
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At least, I hope so.