Levi's Commuter
U-lock loop, dirt/water resistant fabric, shiny bits on the cuffs. Higher back rise so your crack isn't showing while you're coasting around. They're also doing a trucker jacket geared towards cyclists. Apparently the official "release" is this week. I think they'll be raking in the cash with this one. Read more at prollyisnotprobably and levi's
The evolution of English...
Or the end of literacy? I'm sure you've seen people mix up "Their", "They're" and "There". I have just witnessed the solution in a dusty corner of the internet.
I bring you: THEIRE
Real talk, this was used in a real-ass sentence by a real-ass person. I aint playin.
I bring you: THEIRE
Real talk, this was used in a real-ass sentence by a real-ass person. I aint playin.
Aubrey Beardsley
"Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His drawings, executed in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau style and the poster movement was significant, despite the brevity of his career before his early death from tuberculosis."
Definitely one of my favorite artists... and like many of the great artists from the late 1800's/early 1900's, he was quite eccentric and had an interesting and tragic life. His compositions and the quality of his line is simply amazing. He style constantly evolved during his career from Pre-Raphaelite influences to almost completely abstract, but there was always a common thread through it all, which was his use of black ink. My favorite illustrations of his are probably the ultra-detailed drawings for "The Rape of the Lock" (a couple pics below).
More reading and images here and here
Definitely one of my favorite artists... and like many of the great artists from the late 1800's/early 1900's, he was quite eccentric and had an interesting and tragic life. His compositions and the quality of his line is simply amazing. He style constantly evolved during his career from Pre-Raphaelite influences to almost completely abstract, but there was always a common thread through it all, which was his use of black ink. My favorite illustrations of his are probably the ultra-detailed drawings for "The Rape of the Lock" (a couple pics below).
More reading and images here and here
Calgary Comic Expo pt.2
mo'. The lady in the first picture had a pentagram on the other arm, but the crowd was moving too quickly for me to get a clear shot of it. METAL! SATAN-ATION IN THE NATION OF FRUSTRATION!
Calgary Comic Expo pt.1
Met up with some fellow acad kids to experience the comic convention thing that happened a couple weeks back-ish. I think that I've seen comic-cons mentioned in pop culture so much that nothing really surprised me when I finally went to one. It was good fun though. Here are some snaps... and also the most racist thing ever, from an old Stampede poster.
Tegan and Sara July 9th
Bought a ticket for their show in a couple weeks. 80 bucks, ouch. I'm sure it will be more than worth it though.
"We are planning to do very special, intimate shows, with a new ensemble. There will be an audience Q&A component and every ticket comes with a limited edition silkscreened poster designed by EE Storey!"
Stoked.
"We are planning to do very special, intimate shows, with a new ensemble. There will be an audience Q&A component and every ticket comes with a limited edition silkscreened poster designed by EE Storey!"
Stoked.
Hmm + Product Design
This thing needs a redesign, but for now a standard template should do...
Here's a Japanese afro cookie.
via TWBE/Thesedelights
Here's a Japanese afro cookie.
via TWBE/Thesedelights
Everything is a remix
So this thing has been creating a bit of buzz lately, and this post isn't so much another case of linking to the videos (here), but my opinion on it.
I watched three of the episodes and I'm surprised about the attention it's getting. The concept of it is pretty common knowledge I thought. Everything is ripped off something else... refer to the Jimmy Corrigan/Family Guy post.
I'm not really a follower of Led Zeppelin, so I didn't realize how Led Zeppelin copied and did "covers" without crediting the other bands! I hate it when bands do that. The example of the beat from a Led Zeppelin song being sampled/copied was meh though, If you ever pay attention to drums or play drums, you know that the leeway for "copying" a beat is much more than a well known guitar riff. Tons of songs have the same beat.
So here's my contribution to "Everything is a Remix": How one of the main drum beats in death metal and the like is actually a polka beat (aka skank beat) and a really really fast polka beat (aka the blast beat).
The polka beat:
A metal song with a skank beat that turns into a blast beat later:
I watched three of the episodes and I'm surprised about the attention it's getting. The concept of it is pretty common knowledge I thought. Everything is ripped off something else... refer to the Jimmy Corrigan/Family Guy post.
I'm not really a follower of Led Zeppelin, so I didn't realize how Led Zeppelin copied and did "covers" without crediting the other bands! I hate it when bands do that. The example of the beat from a Led Zeppelin song being sampled/copied was meh though, If you ever pay attention to drums or play drums, you know that the leeway for "copying" a beat is much more than a well known guitar riff. Tons of songs have the same beat.
So here's my contribution to "Everything is a Remix": How one of the main drum beats in death metal and the like is actually a polka beat (aka skank beat) and a really really fast polka beat (aka the blast beat).
The polka beat:
A metal song with a skank beat that turns into a blast beat later:
Business Card Design
Wile E. Coyote demonstrates the effectiveness and elegance of a minimal business card.
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