Coffee art
Cat by Bun Buku
Sitepoint’s Jennifer Farley takes a look at some coffee art.
Painting with coffee as the medium by Andrew Saur and Angel Sarkela-Saur
+ a green matcha latte by mountainhiker
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Blackbird
‘Just be nice to people. Not because you think it will get you into heaven. Just because it’s right.’ -Natasha Newton, Blackbird Sings
This is one of my favorite quotes. It was posted under ‘Religious Views’ on the Facebook page for UK-based visual artist Natasha Newton. And if one could have the title of ‘social networking ambassador,’ it should go this particular blackbird.
myspace came first
I didn’t trust MySpace. I’d heard about the freaks, the stalkers, the time wasted. But it was Natasha’s simple page that said to me, MySpace isn’t as stupid as it seems to be. She was the first one I followed out to Twitter. Because she does it right. [Read more →]
Good grade: d++
Marko Davidovic is an artist and graphic designer out of Belgrade. I love the expressive freedom in his art – it just totally syncs with me – in each medium he works, his energy explodes.
He’s always posting something interesting on my MySpace page – ‘just fooling around,’ is his MySpace approach. His work, however – calligraphic, canvas, photographic, illustrative, digital – is something else.
He goes under the tag of d++. Find him on MySpace here.
Shadow knows
The Vincent Black Shadow was on MySpace. Then they weren’t because their record company did something screwy. Then they were again, with an official new page. I found them thru Lux Nova. She says they’re great live, I haven’t seen them yet. But hope to.
They’re a band. They’re from Canada. They’re named after a motorcycle. They have an incredible vocalist, Cassandra Ford. She is from Manila. That’s in the Philippines. She used to test video games. She is also an artist. They had a song in the Project Greenlight film Feast. This is the video. Feast spawned two sequels. The reality show Project Greenlight was actually produced by the same company that does Project Runway. There is a whole other band called Vincent Black Shadow but it’s not them.
So make sure when you find their page, you have the right one.
Follow all that? There’ll be a quiz later.
In defense of MySpace: good music, art and real shit
‘The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.’ -Sir Thomas Beecham
My current taste in music comes from too much exposure to MySpace. Music keeps me designing. Keeps me focused. Keeps me in The Zone.
My music picks bounce around a lot. They’re personal. The one constant: I won’t sync with a new band until I’ve been to their MySpace page and test driven.
Unfortunately, I keep seeing remarks/writings/commentary that MySpace is in its 15th minute. Which is such the 21st Century Thing To Do, isn’t it? [Read more →]
Liquid glee!
No. 1235
David Peterson is a local watercolor artist. You can often find him hanging out at the Sacramento Fine Art Center.
I love the looseness, energy, layering and colors; David has the guts to just let it all fly! You’ll even see a Sharpie in there.
This is his site.
No. 579, Katrina (all proceeds went to Katrina Relief)
No. 1528, Easter in Locke
No. 546, Milk Farm
No. 845, Crazy Tacos
‘Went to San Francisco Saturday and painted the obvious’
‘Jay Street Sunday Morning’
Painted jazz
The work of Paris-based Françoise Nelly, one of the first artists I found on MySpace.
Great write up in Cool Hunter here. Official site here (Check out the video under biography).
Jeanne Moderno detergent
I was told when I released my Jeanne Moderno fonts, they’d probably end up being used on a cereal box.
Instead, I’ll settle for this cool laundry detergent box designed by Bootleg.
Paperbag Parachute
Paperbag Parachute by Lois van Baarle; print available here
Follow the Paperbag Parachute blog here
From a conversation on Facebook . . .
Laura Hohlwein:
you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
Chris Demas:
Wait no, im pretty sure you are the only one.
Laura Hohlwein:
ha. yeah. could be.
Steve Mehallo:
Nope. There’s more of us. And if you think we’re freaks, you’re right. But we know how to change the world. We invented the ipod, aerosol cheese, disco and the escalator. See if you can do that you non-dreamers you!
Escalator, Osaka City, Japan; details here
Penguin by Illustrators
When it comes to design, UK-based Penguin Books produces some beautiful specimens. And here’s a write up by Ace Jet 170 on the Penguin Collectors Society and their wonderful Penguin by Illustrators monograph.
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