15 tips to choose a good text type

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LadyBugger

Great little short film created by Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud

Yarzersz

Simply amazing illustrations and posters from an unknown artist. If you happen to know his/her name please comment!

Andy Andy!

Great portfolio of illustration and typography, and dark humor. He also contributes weekly to the Tech Tuesdays hilarious comic.

2006 年個展 JAPANESE GRAFFITI にて発表。

The Structure of Man

178 Lessons on how to draw the human figure with your mind.

Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006

Read the full story here.

10. Hackable Passports

9. What's Worse Than Bird Flu? The Cure.

8. Petro Powers Drop the Dollar

7. The Gender Gap Gets Smaller

6. Iran and Israel Hold Secret Talks

5. United States Funds the Taliban

4. Russia Fuels Latin American Arms Race

3. Bush's Post-Katrina Power Grab

2. China Runs up African Debt

1. India Helps Iran Build the Bomb, While the White House Looks the Other Way

Ray Harryhausen

The four and a half minute compliation of every Ray Harryhausen animated creature in feature films, presented in chronological order.

1952 North African Orangina Ad

Wholphin DVD

Check out the new issue of Wholphin. "The Passion of Martin" is a great clip, directed by Alexander Payne.

From FecalFace...

Go ahead and create!

McSweeney's

From their site...

Prescription Drug or Metal Band?
BY ERYK SALVAGGIO

1. Norvasc
2. Xentrix
3. Skelaxin
4. Glycolax
5. Eidolon
6. Acyclovir
7. Hirax
8. Mythotyn
9. Krabathor
10. Ilium
11. Ketek
12. Insomnium
13. Armour Thyroid
14. Depakote
15. Lantus
16. Diovan
17. Zetia
18. Gorgoroth
19. Amebix
20. Finntroll
21. Behexen
22. Flonase
23. Xalatan
24. Avelox
25. Ted Nugent
26. Treponem Pal
27. Advair Diskus
28. Zocor
29. Ensiferum
30. Ambien

Metal bands: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 29
Prescription drugs: 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22, 24, 27, 28, 30

Urban Counterfeiters!

Urban Outfitters sucks. They're such ripoffs, that some random has a blog to exposing them and holding them accountable for their actions.

Poketo

Head over to Poketo Stationery and Home for some very cool holiday gifts!!

Nerdcore For Life.

dzn

Very nice work from the Denmark based designer, Emil Kozak. The above piece was designed for Hulger.

To celebrate the 1 1/2 year anniversary of Emil Kozak - Barcelona designstudio,designers, friends and visitors of the site where invited to ‘beautify’ a “blank” mannequin-photo, here are the winners/runners up...

tutorials...

Great video tutorials from Kirupa for photoshop and flash for those who want to expand their knowledge.

Colour Lovers

Check out this great site that represents a new way to think about color and design. They gather creative professionals into an online community where they can share ideas about color and influence others.

Trapped in the CLAUSet

part 1:

part 2:

part 3:

Untitled (Bird Head Study 2)

Tra Selhtrow’s compositions layer graphite, ink, and oil into distorted narratives inhabited by lucid animals, humans, and often a cross between the two.

Nick Walker tagging Norway

Vetiver

Thanks to my buddy Shari for sharing these talented musicians and check out their streaming music player... the song "You May Be Blue" is epecially moving.

!!!

It's Monday so freak out !!!

2 in the AM PM

From director JG Quintel

Ron Mueck

From now until February 4th, a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum showcases the work of sculptor Ron Mueck and includes five major new works commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris.

F L A G

Great work from the peeps over at the Zurich based design studio.

ISP

Today I had a photo shoot with all my buddies at the ISP space. We had some bands play this weekend and it was quite a success.

KFC

"I came here from london with 200 bucks and a hairdryer"

"American Hair Metal" from Feral House Publishing... woooow

Song of the Day

"I Ain't Lazy! from Skratch Bastid.... just put this on loop all day, and freakout!

Come to our gallery!

Not many people know this, but I am the art curator for a gallery/music collective dubed "ISP" in downtown East Atlanta. If you're in the area, come check out our most recent pieces for sale and support the local art community!

I'm working on an official site right now just to focus on the art, but in the meantime, please email me if you're interested in any of the pieces.

Jerry Hsu

Gritty photography I could swear I've in Vice Magazine.

Untitled Film Stills

Back in '95 Cindy Sherman's work was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art

Cidade dos Homens

Recently I've been hooked on the mini-series City of Men (in Portuguese: Cidade dos Homens). Sharing the same directors as City of God, some actors, and the setting of the Brazilian favela (slum) the story follows thirteen year-old best friends Acerelo (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha). The series are now available on DVD. Also check out the interview from the BBC with Kátia Lund, director of the series.

Rare Treat...

Al Hirschfeld’s grandson posts this video creating a drawing of Paul Newman... wow.

Titus Andronicus | Lavinia

Born in Alaska, Sam grew up in Deep River Ontario, Canada. Her work is simply amazing.

yg

Love this band. Listen to the song "Swing your Heartache" on the site....

Song of the Day

The Most Serene Republic "Emergency Performance Art Piece"

Puffy was never original.

Expose corporate rip-offs and contribute to this blog.

Kozyndan

Check out this great documentary by Baltic. Kozyndan are by far my favorite artist duo... and check out their blog too!

Pans Labyrinth

Guillermo del Toro is releasing his epic "fairy tale for adults" later this month... I've been hearing alot of good buzz about this film.

Calamari Wrestler Trailer

Say Hi!

Great pieces by Kevin Christy.

Citrus Gum

From the creators of GUM, comes LEMON, a twice-yearly publication that stakes its claim at the intersection of 60s/70s Pop and 21st century hyper-culture.

Great Animation Resource

If you're inspired to create stop-motion animation, but not sure where to start, check out the Stop-Motion Handbook. The site is a great resource on the subject and a popular meeting place for aspiring animators.

Top D'z

The world's 40 best directors according to the Guardian... not that they can direct worth a shit or anything, but a good list to base your next movie picks.

Just A Bit Short

Featured in The Drama Store

Violence Against Children is a multi-color zine by AJ Purdy and Jason Hsu. 28 pages. Edition of 100.


New tee-shirt design by previously posted Jeana Sohn

Celyn Brazier

Love the illustration style of this quirky Londoner.

Drama R.I.P.

So I was exploring my local art gallery Young Blood Gallery yesterday and stumbled across this art magazine The Drama. So I gobble up the zine, and it quickly tops my other favorite art magazine, Art Prostitute as number one. So today I pop over to The Drama's website to find out to my dismay, #9 will to be their very last issue! Very sad, and wish you guys luck! Pop over to their store to pick up some great art/prints/issues/books/etc before they run out... it's a gold mine.

Penguins With Angst.

"Penguins have this typecast of being cute little animals in today's world. Well forget what you know about this adorable penguin and watch how they vandalize a couple of farm silos and threaten Santa Clause."

Lenticulations

Does anyone know how this is done? Animated 3D Multiple Lens Photographs is what Chinese Jet Pilot are calling this... haven't had much luck on finding anything else about this style of photography.

Gigapixel Gallery

Check out this amazing gallery from xRez, who are exploring new creative opportunites made available by the advent of extremely high-resolution gigapixel digital photography. This is the new revolution in photography. I especially enjoyed this alien mojove movie, their talent is so extreme it makes my brain hurt.

Old School Nintendo

You're parents help you hook it up... classic

c-spot

Kimberly Dulaney's work makes me feel like storyboarding all weekend... her work is simply stunning.

No No Art

New pieces from Ben Swift.

Fever

This eight-minute short film was created by Charlie Griak from around 4,000 hand drawn illustrations. The project took three years to complete and shows what you can do with no dialoge and a few well orchistrated sound effects and music...amazing stuff indeed Charlie!!